Back pain? You have to try this bit.ly/3uEaHAA

I'm 72 and have skied since 4th grade (9yrs old). This was back before non-releasing ski bindings. The skiis were all wood and much longer per one's height, skied in galoshes (slide-on over one's shoes rubber boots with zippers or buckles), bamboo ski poles. Very few wore actual ski parkas, rope tows consisted of very thin clothesline type ropes that you held on with just generic leather palmed gloves. Primitive! Eventually would come release bindings, ski boots and thicker ropes. In 9th grade I begged for "metal" skiis, still no "buckled" boots. The bigger hills installed T-bar lifts and some, chair lifts. These brought new "technical" challenges of getting on and off. Ski parkas and ski pants showed up...morphing into "stretch" pants. Ski magazines abound (how a lot of us taught ourselves how to ski the latest techniques. I devoured them. I'm born and raised in Wisconsin, so the ski environment was modest and somewhat limited. But that was was all we had. Even high-school, it was a rather elitist sport that only few were able to access. I was a decent skier and I knew no one who raced. But I was ADDICTED! Our whole family (me and two sisters) skied (after a fashion). My father was from out east and my mother from Duluth. So they were used to snow growing up, but not accomplished in any sense. I'm mansged to ski some out west during college and after and skied a lot locally (yo-yo skiing up/down). I taught my wife and two children how to ski (reluctantly on their part at first). They developed into good "social skiers" and my son was varsity on his high-school ski team and skied the Rockies with his cousin, aunt and uncle Brother-in-law born and raised in Boulder. He and my sister still ski out there at age 70 and 71. Enjoy viewing ski racing etc. Thanks for the download.

@terryallen9546

4 жыл бұрын

Those were the days. I still have marks on my head from getting egg-beater'd with my skiis in a tumble. For young viewers, this was in the days you tied your skiis to your ankles so you didn't lose them.

@Braun30

3 жыл бұрын

@@terryallen9546 and if the leather straps were frozen they'd break and you spent an afternoon looking for you ski.

@johnodo764

Жыл бұрын

You can't see the equipment when it is under powder or flying by at a mighty clip.

It is amazing and inspiring that both Wengen and Kitzbuhel still challenge the best skiers in the world after so many decades. The mountains will always demand and deserve respect.

Thank you for helping us to understand and appreciate this race. Wow!

Ever since I've been into downhill, this is my favorite course. A lot of my ski friends have heard of " The Strief" but when I bring up " Lauberhorn" or " Wengen", I get blank stares.

@st-ex8506

4 ай бұрын

Then, they don't know much about skiing... as much as I know about cricket, I guess!😉

Grew up skiing in Wengen best place ever

Wow. I thought the hahnenkamm in Kitzbuhel was tough but this course is also insane.

Great short docu. Love this race. Best of the season for the men!

Carres affûtées obligatoire ! Merci les préparateurs...

Wow, absolutely incredible and eye-opening video. I've never heard about a Dh run in any sport being so taxing, fascinating. Even the Megavalanche of Mtb at Alpe D'Huez, which combines harsh terrain, major traffic, grade and altitude can be defeated in ~1 hr by capable riders with no major failures of the bike. Lauberhorn however appears to be 2.5mins of the most intense downhill the world has to offer, cheers for the video

Respekt an das Schweizer Militär, ohne Sie währe so ein Rennen nicht möglich! Respect for the Swiss Army, without them its not possible to have a race like this!

Visited Wengen 5 times and ran the track....what a ride!

I worked a winter in Bern just before retireing. Skiing every weekend when the weather allowed. I was in Wengen, doing the Lauberhorn more than 10 times before I could break 9 minutes, no bones broken though. It is a great run but a challenge for a 64 year old beer belly. Switzerland in the winter is so great, given that you can afford it. Go try it yourself, you will not regret it.

@michaelbauer8778

2 жыл бұрын

“Given that you can afford it” - life hack: work as an expect in Switzerland and you can afford it ;) you did it totally right!

@ZENmud

Жыл бұрын

Lived in Hermance (CH-1248) from 97 to 2010 ~ made it to Wengen only once (2009? 08?) for race weekend

@humanbeing2420

6 ай бұрын

Did you ski the whole course without stopping for rest?

@gorannilsson4798

6 ай бұрын

@@humanbeing2420 A number of slow turns to get speed, breathing and thigh under control but no stopping. I had the opportunity to visit Wengen again last winter and did the full run again, great as ever. This time with another minute and a half on the clock though. Not bad when you are at the mature age of 72. Of course the run is affected quite a bit by the conditions of the day. As wonderful as a perfect day is with great snow and sunshine, as harrowing it can be on the mountain in high winds, fog and ice. Do I detect a little bit of tounge in cheek by the question? Well, to be fully open I do the run on one ski as I lost the lower part of one leg many years ago. That adds a bit to the challenge, but not much. I doubt that I could cut much time off the clock by adding another ski.

@markhavig641

4 ай бұрын

Wow! 😳 On one ski! That’s very impressive! 😎👍

the most important thing to remember is that in those clips it all looks kinda easy, but if you were at the hundschopf personally or at the old entrance to the finish, it looks fucking different. lets face it, 85% of skiers dont even go down there because its so steep. and in those videos it looks like almost flat :D

@manbue3796

5 жыл бұрын

I went down there and I will never do it again

@ZeroneAngel

5 жыл бұрын

I've done it several times. However, the course took me over six minutes to finish XD

I would love to spend a winter living in a ski town like this .wow man it is like in a dream

Nice Work...the Legendary footage of the past greats, the course remains the same...

A good analysis of Lauberhorn downhill course, the mother of all downhill courses. To me the race Saturday in January is the most important day in winter. A sport challenge beyond compare.

@xCLiCH3E

Жыл бұрын

very interesting comment. in your opinion, how does the shortened course compare to the full course? Interpret this freely

@TheSapanone

Жыл бұрын

@@xCLiCH3E I am always disapointed when they run the shortened course like this year. Wthout the full length of meters and seconds the drivers do not experience the same amount of exhaustion which is a characteristic attribute of the full course.

One of my top 3 sporting contests, Le Mans 24hrs and the America's Cup being the other 2. Skied over the Hundschopf one year in March a very gnarly mogul field by then and under the railway bridge. It's not obvious during the race, but there is a compression under the bridge, so I fell. A couple of years later I was there for the race. Happy times.

Damn, I miss Bode Miler :(

R.I.P. Gernot Reinstadler😢😢😢

@hyweltthomas

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I'd never seen the video of his accident, just horrible.

I love it. Since l was 13 !!! 1965 .

I've been there and did the course in just under 8 minutes haha

@counterfit5

6 жыл бұрын

Max Clerckx speed demon

@flachlandbraut

5 жыл бұрын

@@counterfit5 🤩

@paulosalvador

5 жыл бұрын

i did it in 10 :p

@derdiesonnemeidet

3 жыл бұрын

U know they ice the track before races?

@johnodo764

Жыл бұрын

Just getting down without wiping out is a victory.

1:33 Bernhard Russi speaks

In loving memory of Gernot Reinstadler.

STANDING ON A DOWNHILL COURSE IN MAMMOTH MTN CALIF: HAIRJUMP,WHEN THE COMPETITORS CREASTED THE RIDGE AT 80 MPH YOU COULD HEAR THE WIND AS IT HIT THEIR BODIES,MAKING A TWUUT SOUND,LIKE WHEN A BULLET PASSES BY YOUR HEAD.. THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO SKI AT THAT SPEED IS INSPIRING.

@johnodo764

Жыл бұрын

The more you ski something the better and faster you get at it.

Anyone see that dude fall at 2:54

@mrspex7599

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander Allbee 😂

@wingerbot3311

5 жыл бұрын

Alexander Allbee me

@evab.6240

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah

@cedericocosantorini8013

4 жыл бұрын

I also did. Funny.

@ipecaquana

4 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha great !

R.I.P., Bill Johnson, first American to win the Lauberhorn downhill in 1984. He then went on to win the final 3 downhills of the season. Olympic gold at the Olympics in Sarajevo, and victories at Aspen Colorado & Whistler, B.C. Canada. Paving the way to victory for other great American downhillers.

@doughenry2249

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with your comment.! I am a big fan of him.! Thank you R.I.P. Bill Johnson

Thanks for your nice presentation. Please note following The right village"s name is Wengen and not vengan Cheers from Switzerland

Darren, "Hundschopf" doesn't mean "elevator shaft." It's transliteration is "dog's head."

@Waldlaeufer70

8 жыл бұрын

+synapse131 In fact, it means the hair on the head of a dog or kind of a doghouse.

@TheBrianBollen

6 жыл бұрын

That is what I always thought, but long-time race director Viktor Gertsch, when I interviewed him about the race for a piece in the Financial Times, assured me it was a local word meaning dog's nose. He might, though, have been taking the mickey out of a naive foreigner who knew nothing about skiing.

@NewtonInDaHouseYo

3 жыл бұрын

Swiss guy here: Schundschopf literally means dog shed (or barn).

@keirfarnum6811

2 жыл бұрын

@@NewtonInDaHouseYo Thanks for the clarification. I wonder who told Darren it was “elevator shaft?” That seems odd.

And above all else requires massive balls

okay, that looks tough.

Let it all hang out! TUCK AND ROLL, NO FEAR. MAMA HERE I COME., legs don't fail me now! LOL SWANK AN SWOOSH BABY!

When they talk about your legs burning, then mean the thighs and yes they burn with lactic acid, so to go down such a long course you'd have to be a great skier in top shape, otherwise you'd collapse short of the finish line.

Nordschleife of skiing

@ichputzhiernur2829

4 жыл бұрын

I think Streif is similar to Nordschleife. This is more like Hockenheim^^

Bode back one more time for '18 Olympics DH curtain call? Heard rumors...

This is a great video. It would be nice if you told us who the skiers were in the old footage. Assume the Canadian is Ken Read and the Austrian is Franz Klammer but there's no way of knowing.

@MrBNutzer

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex Woods Only know the first one - Peter "Pitsch" Müller.

@TyLockton

7 жыл бұрын

#11 in the yellow suit is Read for sure. His son is really starting to make some progress on the WC this year.

@alexwoods4825

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Ken is a god and I had no idea his son was a racer.

They filmed the 1969 film "Down Hill Racer" with Robert Redford! On this famous hill.

What cruel irony that KZread decides to recommend this to me today..

@lorrainegatanianhits8331

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck me... yeah same

Would've been good to know who those two dudes were giving their thoughts on the course. Additionally, would've been good to have some footage a little more up to date.

@poulhansen4822

4 жыл бұрын

chad fleischer and bode miller

@lukasfontana7589

4 жыл бұрын

m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/mX-glbOOZb2oebA.html point of view camera of this year

@BlueSky-ub4fx

2 жыл бұрын

it's in the description. And there is lots of "up to date" footage on youtube.. ...btw, i really LOVE the remastered footage of the 70s...

It not only can destroy careers, it can kill you! Gernot Reinstadler died there at the age of 20. He crashed into a net and was nearly torn into 2 halfs. The snow turned red and he did not survive this crash

@BlueSky-ub4fx

2 жыл бұрын

I always think Reinstadler, when I hear Wengen... Since I knew, what happened to him, I see downhill skiing with other eyes...

It's seriously demanding, but there are plenty of other sports that are just as demanding and over a similar or even a much longer period of time. Most of them, though are not nearly as dangerous.

classic old footage...

I believe this is from *The Thin Line* www.imdb.com/title/tt1569984/

Listen, they did nothing on the Zielsprung, your fellow Americans had big luck, not to die 😎

Not to show the death of Reinstadler

why is the vast majority of the footage in this video ancient??

@bmang1344

6 жыл бұрын

To show that the course hasn't changed at all over that time. Most downhills change over time or are very dependent on the course setter. The classics like Wengen and Kitzbuhel are the same every year with very minor tweaks

@jumbo6498

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah vast majority of your comment ancient, were in 2018 fellow

@jumbo6498

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, just tugging your leg friend

aircraft....mmm

4:19 well someone doesn't watch motorcycle races

@NecumNaTo

4 жыл бұрын

Well I believe him nobody would be able to drive a motorcycle at that speed on ice on this ski track.

"..has created legends and destroyed careers", even demanded a life

Just go straight really fast. When something gets in your way, turn.

M

If you can afford it….

Idk why people think motorcycles can turn. They can’t turn as well as cars it’s obvious actually

pro cycling is tougher !

@evab.6240

4 жыл бұрын

You can't compare those two.

@thijsssstoer332

4 жыл бұрын

Tomasz Nobilec no.

The american ski-racer accent has to be one of the most irritating accent out there.

@nikolamladenoff3516

5 жыл бұрын

It's the American accent in general. God, it's awful...

@3pedal372

5 жыл бұрын

Nikola Mladenoff typical euro snob

@mtadams2009

5 жыл бұрын

F,,, you both, Euro trash for sure.

@codyk.8104

4 жыл бұрын

The European mindset has poisoned the world.

"There is perhaps no better test of an athlete in any sport" - this documentary officially got americanized ;) Stupid exaggerations with dramatic music, instead of letting the scenes (or athletes…) speak for themselves… ever heared of the Iron Man, Wimbledon or Olympic Decathlon? The only thing that is missing are 3 advertisement sections in this 8 Minute block and athletes acting as if they were living on Red Bull Energy Drinks...

in Wengen I always think of Gernot Reinstadler... 🩸🩸🩸

"The Energy of downhill is Kitzbuhel ~ the Essence of Downhill, is Wengen" ⛷️♥️⛷️