Ski Posted October 28, 2005 Report Posted October 28, 2005 Results from World Cup opener at Soelden, AU: 1 MAIER Hermann Quote
AtomicSkier Posted October 28, 2005 Report Posted October 28, 2005 Results from World Cup opener at Soelden, AU: 1 MAIER Hermann 02:17.60 2 MILLER Bode 02:17.67 3 SCHOENFELDER Rainer 02:17.78 4 RAICH Benjamin 02:18.37 5 BOURQUE Francois 02:18.42 8 LIGETY Ted 02:18.65 Schlopy did not qualify in first run. Miller was fastest in the first run, but Maier crushed the field in run two for the win. The Hermannator is back! For complete results, as well as for the women: http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sec...AL&raceid=39113 Awesome, i love how the FIS race seaon starts so early Quote
Ski Posted October 29, 2005 Author Report Posted October 29, 2005 Yeah, they hit you early, but then take a month off...but reopen at Lake Louise, Canada, before coming down to the US. It's like a drumroll building up... And just where the hell have you been, Atomic? Quote
skierboi Posted October 29, 2005 Report Posted October 29, 2005 noooooooooooooooooooooooo schlopy Quote
Ski Posted October 31, 2005 Author Report Posted October 31, 2005 From skiracing.com: Miller, a double gold medalist at last season's alpine world championships, said he had enjoyed watching the normally reserved Maier's wild celebrations in the finish area at Soelden. "I was so amazed to see how Hermann flipped out. It's quite unusual for Austrians, he almost hugged me," Miller joked. _______________________ Adam Chadbourne, who was Ligety?s coach when Ligety first arrived on the U.S. Ski Team, was in the finish area watching the Park City native jump from the 64th starting position to eighth. ?A new level,? said a beaming Chadbourne. ?He?s just taking his slalom tactics into GS.? Chadbourne, who now coaches for Burke Mountain Academy in Vermont, brought 47 Burke athletes and nine coaches to Austria to train at Hintertux. He was sky-high after seeing Ligety win the second run. ?It won?t be long before he wins one of these things,? Chadbourne said. ?He?s making a shorter arc than anybody up there. It?s unbelievable.? _______________ Seven years in the making, a documentary film about Bode Miller?s life is set to premiere on Nov. 4 at the Banff Mountain Film Festival. Directed by Bill Rogers, who runs the nonprofit Coruway Film Institute, the movie is an intimate look at Miller?s career from 1998, when he started near the back in World Cups, to 2005, when he won the overall World Cup title. ?I haven?t seen it yet,? said Miller after Sunday?s race in Soelden. ?Have you?? In fact, the film will be discussed in the pages of Ski Racing's next issue, due out soon. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted October 31, 2005 Report Posted October 31, 2005 Yeah, they hit you early, but then take a month off...but reopen at Lake Louise, Canada, before coming down to the US. It's like a drumroll building up... And just where the hell have you been, Atomic? very busy, it was tough for me just to get to BC today, but I made it Quote
Ski Posted November 25, 2005 Author Report Posted November 25, 2005 A reminder for anyone that cares: The WC resumes tomorrow with a men's DH at Lake Louise, CA, then a men's SG on Sunday. Quote
Glenn Posted November 26, 2005 Report Posted November 26, 2005 Is there any television coverage on normal cable channels? We lost OLN about 6 months back, it's been lousy ever since... Quote
Ski Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Posted November 26, 2005 I don't think there's any at all. I've been trying to to talk my mom in Florida to search satellite listings and throw in a video tape...I just don't see that working out, though. Quote
poconoceancity Posted November 26, 2005 Report Posted November 26, 2005 I don't think there's any at all. I've been trying to to talk my mom in Florida to search satellite listings and throw in a video tape...I just don't see that working out, though. Maybe you should look into satelite...from what I have seen it seems a lot cheaper than cable. Quote
tretiak Posted November 26, 2005 Report Posted November 26, 2005 Maybe you should look into satelite...from what I have seen it seems a lot cheaper than cable. but also when its windy outside the dish will blow and u might get some really crappy recitpion(sp) Quote
Ski Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Posted November 26, 2005 Maybe you should look into satelite...from what I have seen it seems a lot cheaper than cable. We can't see the sky...trees and more trees... Quote
sibhusky Posted November 26, 2005 Report Posted November 26, 2005 Maybe you should look into satelite...from what I have seen it seems a lot cheaper than cable. Dish Network's not carrying OLN either. Quote
Ski Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Posted November 26, 2005 You need the satellite service that gets EuroSports Network, I suppose. OLN reduced coverage to highlights only. We get OLN and they'll have highlights of the DH and SG in their Sunday broadcast. But highlight shows are even much worse than what they do to the Olympics. Quote
poconoceancity Posted November 26, 2005 Report Posted November 26, 2005 You need the satellite service that gets EuroSports Network, I suppose. OLN reduced coverage to highlights only. We get OLN and they'll have highlights of the DH and SG in their Sunday broadcast. But highlight shows are even much worse than what they do to the Olympics. Am I right to assume that coverage of skiing is much better in Europe than in the states? Quote
Ski Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Posted November 26, 2005 Yeah, all races are broadcast in Europe...mostly live. But ratings aren't great because Europeans are out skiing during the broadcast times. That's why they've been sampling with the night slaloms, trying to pick up ratings and sponsors. Even Canada gets better coverage. The SLC Olympics had 100's of hours of ski race coverage in Canada. It's amazing that an American with a flashy personality wins the overall title and coverage gets cut to next to nothing...in an Olympic year, no less. Freaking Americans would rather watch poker. There's something seriously wrong with us. Quote
Ski Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Posted November 29, 2005 OLN's coverage was better than I expected. They'd sometimes skip a half dozen racers at a time and have made it Bode/Daron versus the Austrians, but coverage of the mens DH and SG from Lake Louise was pretty good. What SUCKED was Bode Miller, who caught an edge while skating to the first downhill gate and almost fell, then got completely off line a few more times to finish way back in the pack. He was so bummed, he jumped out of the finish corral to hide from reporters. In Sunday's SG, Bode fell on his hip, but popped back up and finished far back again. He dropped from 2nd to 6th in the Overall Cup standings. Svindal Aksel-Lund of Norway leads the overall, with Maier right behind. Rahlves had a crappy DH, but finished 3rd in the SG on a mountain that he's always had terrible luck (and results) skiing. Quote
ole2planker Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 ski, What OLN show runs the highlights and when it is on? Quote
Ski Posted December 1, 2005 Author Report Posted December 1, 2005 ski, What OLN show runs the highlights and when it is on? It's called "10 Weeks to Torino", Sundays at 5pm...it's a 90 minute show. Here's a link: http://www.skiracing.com/tv_guide/ The "10 Weeks" refers to the 10 weeks left before the Olympics once the World Cup comes to Beaver Creek (this weekend). Steve Porino did all the race commentary and only mentioned Chad Fleischer in passing, as if Chad were sick... Some of the writers were pretty tough on Bode: LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) -- Bode Miller flailed, faltered and fumbled. In the end, Miller's best move was a nimble jump over the fencing in the finish area that allowed him to avoid explaining his tumultuous run at the season's first World Cup downhill race on Saturday. One of the circuit's top gliders, Miller entered the race as a favorite, having posted his first World Cup downhill victory here last year with a dominant run. But the World Cup overall champion never looked in contention as he wobbled down the men's Olympic course barely in control to finish a distant 22nd, 1.47 seconds off the pace set by reigning Olympic champion Fritz Strobl of Austria. Quote
ole2planker Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 It's called "10 Weeks to Torino", Sundays at 5pm...it's a 90 minute show. Thanks for the information on the show and for the link. Quote
mbike-ski Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 If you miss Sunday they play it again Monday at 5pm - at least they did last week, Nice Recap Ski999! Quote
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