The new season starts today, that's my weekend viewing sorted till next March :D Any other fans on here?
Yep - I have never skied, but Ski Sunday always leads nicely up to Christmas.
Back to ski jumping. I visited the Olympic Ski Jump in Oslo (in summer). It is a long way down and very steep. That might sound obvious, but it still takes your breath away.
I go to Bischofshofen every January for the finale of the 4 Hills tournament, it's brilliant to watch live, and yes it is breathtaking
Quote from: Philip. on November 16, 2018, 05:19:14 PM
The new season starts today, that's my weekend viewing sorted till next March :D Any other fans on here?
Yes, one here. What channel is it on please?
Thirty years ago I had 1/2 dozen ski-ing holidays and loved it I considered myself a "brave" intermediate, probably the gluhwein I always had for breakfast ;)
I once skied the 1976 olympic downhill course at Igls, the one Franz Klammer won in two minutes, it took me 14 minutes and was absolutely cream crackered and at the end. Balls of steal, those guys ( and gals).
I've often wonderred, how do you start ski jumping, at some poit you've got to launch yourself off that hill?
Quote from: TrevL on November 16, 2018, 05:54:09 PM
Quote from: Philip. on November 16, 2018, 05:19:14 PM
The new season starts today, that's my weekend viewing sorted till next March :D Any other fans on here?
Yes, one here. What channel is it on please?
Thirty years ago I had 1/2 dozen ski-ing holidays and loved it I considered myself a "brave" intermediate, probably the gluhwein I always had for breakfast ;)
I once skied the 1976 olympic downhill course at Igls, the one Franz Klammer won in two minutes, it took me 14 minutes and was absolutely cream crackered and at the end. Balls of steal, those guys ( and gals).
I've often wonderred, how do you start ski jumping, at some poit you've got to launch yourself off that hill?
It's on Eurosport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/47113853 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/47113853) arguably the greatest Ski Jumper of all time, Matti Nykaenen, passed away on Monday at the age of 55. Never saw him live but was enthralled by him on TV.
New season starts next Friday 22.11.2019, can't wait :D
This is where I'll be in just over a weeks time, can't wait :D
http://webtv.feratel.com/webtv/?design=v3&cam=5315&fbclid=IwAR0_UbvYIbJe8UsA9BvZfogJHhVsYMNwdeZyiP3vtPYKxMxNMO5Ucg1AIEU (http://webtv.feratel.com/webtv/?design=v3&cam=5315&fbclid=IwAR0_UbvYIbJe8UsA9BvZfogJHhVsYMNwdeZyiP3vtPYKxMxNMO5Ucg1AIEU)
Staying here, snow is forecast ;) https://www.salzburg.info/en/travel-info/webcam (https://www.salzburg.info/en/travel-info/webcam)
Great place to be, love that part of Austria. Stood at the top of the jumps in Innsbruck and Garmisch, I don't understand how you would tackle that for the first time. Even the 'baby' sized ones in Seefeld and Kitzbuhel look a long way down.
Gary
Sis and I were only discussing on Christmas Day - where has 'Ski Sunday' got to?
Quote from: Newportnobby on December 27, 2019, 02:30:08 PM
Sis and I were only discussing on Christmas Day - where has 'Ski Sunday' got to?
Back a week on Sunday https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v8fc/broadcasts/upcoming (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v8fc/broadcasts/upcoming) but only seems to feature the Alpine skiing nowadays
Quote from: Garyf on December 27, 2019, 02:16:54 PM
Great place to be, love that part of Austria. Stood at the top of the jumps in Innsbruck and Garmisch, I don't understand how you would tackle that for the first time. Even the 'baby' sized ones in Seefeld and Kitzbuhel look a long way down.
Gary
I've seen 6 year olds jump off the "baby hill" at Bischofshofen, comes second nature to them I suppose. They are taught to ski as soon as they can walk. What makes someone want to jump off a 145m Hill though is anyones guess. Very spectacular though.
Hello from Austria, last day of the 4Hills competition. Time for Gluhwein and Leberkassesemmel oh and Ski Jumping 😁 Stunning weather at the minute, clear blue skies very calm going to be a cracking finale.
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My wife and son love skiing and have been to several places in France and also Lake Louise Canada There is know way you would get me skiing and I doubt that they would do any ski jumps ,while in Canada we did see the Calgary ski jumps .
Bob Tidbury
Quote from: TrevL on November 16, 2018, 05:54:09 PM
I've often wonderred, how do you start ski jumping, at some poit you've got to launch yourself off that hill?
I recommend the biopic about Eddie the Eagle which explains how a short-sighted builder's son from Bristol got into ski jumping :)
My wife Val and my son Glenn really enjoyed watching that film ,
Bob Tidbury
Quote from: TrevL on January 08, 2020, 09:43:38 AM
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I removed the video, seems YouTube blocked it because the music playing over the loudspeakers was copyrighted :(
Here's a shorter video, hopefully it gets by the censors :D
Managed to get rid of the music, so here's the longer version........hopefully