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The art of downhill skiing drama, catch you then.

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To become a champion means more than play. It begins

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To become a champion means more than pushing the limit. Gravity takes

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hold at the bottom of the hill. It takes something very special to get

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to the top of the podium. There's a certain irony that this

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quiet, picture-postcard resort in Switzerland hosts

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probably the most punishing, gruelling downhills

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on the World Cup circuit. The crowds are flocking

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to the finish area eager to see We are also in Flachau, Austria,

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which plays host to the women's Chemmy Alcott has caught up

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with Britain's Alex Tilley to find out how she's adjusting to racing

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on the elite World Cup circuit. And we finish the programme

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with the jaw-dropping spectacle Think slopestyle times two,

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three, 20 or 30 even. The main point

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have 20 or 30 skiers jumping over each other. You see all the big

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jumps crossover each other. What happens if the calculations are

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wrong? Somebody might get their head chopped off. Do not miss that later

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on. First though, it's the race

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from Wengen and it's our first The Norwegians dominating. They have

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such a small team, but they are dominating. Svindal in scintillating

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form. That year he had off because of the Achilles injury, it is given

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extra speed. In the form of his life. Seems to have come to the

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detriment of his team-mate. I don't think he would have achieved

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anything without Svindal. Now he is back, he is almost pushing too hard

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to beat his team-mate. This is the Austrian, one to watch. There are

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the Italians. Christof Innerhofer, and Peter Fill. 34 years of age,

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just had a child, given him extra determination to go fast. We are in

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Switzerland, the Lauberhorn, the classic downhill race, never rule

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out the Swiss Ron Holmes snow. As we know, the Lauberhorn

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is the longest downhill on the tour. The longest downhill

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on the World Cup, nearly five kilometres of quad-burning,

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lung-busting, breath-taking action. Unbelievable drama. He has got it.

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Oh, yes left it all on the level one. -- Lauberhorn. Because of the

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new snow on the top of the course, we have moved the start down. Not

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too much speed in the first two corners, work the skis around the

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corners, setting up for straight into the jump. Just clipping the

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bump as I went through, over the top. Hard on the left ski, as you go

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round the corner. That is the toughest part of the course, right

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there and then. Out of the gate, no warm up. They have done a great job

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of clearing the new snow off the track. Another little jump.

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Underneath the railway track. Out onto the glide. The gliding part of

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the course will be so important today. With these new snow

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conditions. Coming towards the S. Really working the skis through the

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terrain here. The terms are so vital, from here on, straight and

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fast. Through the speed trap. Out. Good light, good visibility. Over

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the Silverthorne jump. Quite a hard landing. A latter terrain as you go

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through the Austrian hole. Approaching the finish S, wide to

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the net. Hard on your right ski, get nice and high. Pressure on the left

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ski, over, the final run into the finish. Well, no one start, snow

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this morning, now son, what kind of state is the course in? Because of

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the lower start, no warm up, straight into the big flight, really

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rough afterwards. That is the key part of the course, straight out of

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the gates. That is Graham's verdict. Signed to put the races to the test,

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this is the Wengen Downhill. COMMENTATOR:. Something rather

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special on downhill day, for the Swiss and racing fans all over. The

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scenery and the spectacle combining to make any unique sporting arena.

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David Poisson in the gate. Shortened downhill this year. He has to start

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on the flat. Still skating as he sets up for the cliff jump, one of

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the classic obstacles in this classic men's downhill. Standing

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hard on the left ski now. Low onto the flat,

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three this ass. Through the railway line, into the tunnel. Into the fast

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as part of the course. Clocking 143 climate is per hour. David Poisson

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is going solidly in Wengen. The Silverthorne next. Excellent run so

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far from the powerful Frenchman. Working hard, legs burning, not

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quite as tough as normal. The short course, but still a real test for

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these pros. Good run from David Poisson, from in the gauntlet down.

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He will be hoping the new snow would not have slowed him down on the

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technical section. Race number four for Austria, one of the veterans,

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Klaus Kroll. Like speed skater, the momentum of the top of the course.

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Dummy in towards the cliff jump. Beautiful flight. Solid landing,

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standing on the right ski, he has to absorb the next stage. Klaus Kroll

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has won in Wengen in the past. Taking this race back in 2011. This

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part of the course named after one of the best of the last crop of

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Swiss skiers. Out of the S. Clocking 143.8 kilometres per hour. He is

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almost a quarter of a second quicker than David Poisson. Not the

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smoothest landing of the Silverhorn. Looks pretty good shape as the tax

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towards the line. He leads the way in Wengen by 11 hundredths of a

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second. A veteran skier who knows this course like the back of his

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hand. As soon as the classic downhill starts, Klaus Kroll

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suddenly starts to come in form. Christof Innerhofer, from Italy.

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Winner of the downhill here in 2013. To minutes .29 .82 seconds on that

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day. 2.29.282 seconds that they. He stands tall

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. Comes out with good speed. Under the railway line. On his way.

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High-speed, 142 Columbus is per hour. In a hopper was half a second

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in front. He trails. It is close. It is a case of letting the skis

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collide. That is nicely done. Christof Innerhofer home in second.

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Missing the lead by seven hundredths. Seven hundredths of a

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second, Christof Innerhofer not quite taking the lead. Skiing

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brilliantly on the top part of the course. Carry great speed through

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there. Did well on the finish S. Not course. Carry great speed through

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fast enough on the glide. Next Peter Fill, the veteran racer, originally

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he trained as a car mechanic before committing to Alpine skiing. Crashed

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last year, but got the bodywork back in shape. If there is a faulty axle,

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he will hope to turbo to victory. Peter Fill, the Italian, racer

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number 15. Visibility in and out, bank of cloud. He's going to fly

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here. Never won one of the classic

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downhill is. Time to be running out, maybe today? Comes onto the

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narrowest part of the course. The entry to the S. The entry out is a

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little slower than he would have liked. Plunging down, the fastest

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man on the mountain so far. 145.7 metres per hour. For lying through

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this course. Struggling for dynamic balance. Managed to stay on his

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feet, but would have given himself quite a scare at that speed. 15

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hundredths behind Klaus Kroll at the last intermediate. He is sixth, .29.

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He mistakenly Silverhorn Costin. Every funded point is taken.

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Paris could do well this week. Look pretty solid in training. At silly

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brute of a man. Not quite as comfortable as some of the others in

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the air. He's taking chances, but Paris get the reward. A quarter of a

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second quicker than Klaus Kroll. Now to the narrow gully. 106.3 onto the

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entrance. The exit did not look particularly tidy. 75.2 kilometres

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per hour on No Way Out. He is only just in front of Klaus

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Kroell. 143 plus kilometres per hour. Silverthorne standing tall.

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Keeping his body up to the wind and that would have slowed him down a

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fraction. 700th of a second behind Klaus Kroell. Standing on that right

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ski and he dips the inside edge of the left ski into the snow, looking

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for purchase and speed. He has got second, 500 of the second out. Paris

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is so good on the top part of the course, really lives on his skis. He

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stands so clean on his edges. He loses it on the Clyde. There was

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missed just above which would have slowed him down slightly, losing out

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by 500th of a second. Svindal, the best downhill racer of the season so

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far. Can he win in Wengen? Smooth and soft on the landing, standing on

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the right ski. Already, nearly four tents of the second Dan Klaus Kroell

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of Austria. He comes in as prerace favourite,

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carrying good speed in the way in and out, under the railway line,

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Svindal is going like a train. Now, we follow him on the relatively flat

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section. 103.3, this shot delivered courtesy of the helicopter and you

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can see the misty conditions, the fog thickening on the bottom part of

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the course. It is something of a journey into the unknown here. For

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them. -- for Svindal. Now we pick him up in slightly cleaner air. Look

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at the time difference, Svindal going even quicker. Does not matter

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about the missed, Svindal is out to prove he is the number one. The

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about the missed, Svindal is out to classic Wengen downhill, he is going

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to take some beating today. Svindal absolutely ripping it up on the

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Lauberhorn in Wengen. Hard on that left ski, he has plenty of strength

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left in reserve, Svindal will lead, 1.5 seconds faster than Klaus

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Kroell. That is unbelievable. Everyone else has been coming down

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hundreds of a second apart. Svindal destroys them, 1.5 seconds. That is

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what happens when you get the best gear in the world on the fastest

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skis. He carried speed through, and his skis just took off on the

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gliding section. All the speedy had on the top just multiplied all the

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way down the course. Completely unbeatable. Next ago is the Austrian

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number one Hannes Reichelt. He loves this classic course. Can the

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Austrian make history here today? Hannes Reichelt, winner 12 months

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ago. Look at him go there. Hannes Reichelt is after this one. Flats

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start, he is wanting the speed, he is wanting to fly. The cliff jump,

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soft, solid landing. Hannes Reichelt clocks 19.03 as he clatters that

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control gate. Narrowest part of the course. Coming towards where the

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race can be won and lost. Not too fast on the way in for Hannes

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Reichelt. On the exit, it is pretty quick actually, 79.7. Diving under

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the tunnel, picking up speed all the quick actually, 79.7. Diving under

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time. He is just over a quarter of a second behind Svindal as he skis off

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into the fog. This is getting to be a tricky situation for the

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organisers because the weather is in and out all the time. How will

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Hannes Reichelt emerge through the mist? Next split at the bottom and

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he is still in touch, Hannes Reichelt has dealt with the

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difficult visibility quite brilliantly. 16 hundredths mind

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Svindal, potentially on his way to second place. Can he get the right

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side of Hannes Reichelt -- temp was -- Svindal's time? Hannes Reichelt

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towards the finish. The Austrian would love to put one down and win a

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race in Switzerland. It is close, he is second, he has just missed it. I

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said Svindal is almost unbeatable but Hannes Reichelt came close. He

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will be happy with that ahead of next week's race in Austria. In the

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start up as last year's start up, kettle jams road. -- kettle jams

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the weather drifting in and out, waiting for clear air. Kjetil

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Jansrud is released from the start at the top of the race but look at

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the weather he has to deal with. This was clear for most of his

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competitors. Advantage for the early starters as Kjetil Jansrud hits the

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fog. He lands it sweetly enough, good turn. He stands and flies. The

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current leader is Svindal. They have enjoyed a very healthy rivalry in

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the Norwegian camp and on the World Cup circuit for the last five or so

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years. They push each other to new heights week after week. As Kjetil

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Jansrud comes flying down. His chance has gone, he is more than a

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second and a half behind his team-mate, Svindal. He will be

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breathing easy at the foot of the course as he watches that time

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flashed up on the big screen. No danger to his lead from his

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compatriot, Kjetil Jansrud. He is dealt a cruel card with a sudden

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shift in the weather. He will finish dealt a cruel card with a sudden

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safely enough. More than two seconds slower. I am sure that if Kjetil

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Jansrud had started early in the race today, he would not have skied

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so closely. That run was purely down to the conditions. When it gets flat

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like that, you are getting hit by all of the bonds you cannot quite

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see. When it is sunny, you can see the bonds and works to rain and

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generate speed. That is just bad luck for Kjetil Jansrud. There was

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another delay for fog on the course. With 30 required to skied before a

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result was declared. An anxious wait for those at the top and bottom of

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the course. The mist then cleared sufficiently for the race to

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continue. Everyone was much slower than the leader. This skier was keen

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to show off his safety airbag. We have a race now? As Banks left the

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start heart, his question was answered in the affirmative. Another

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Norwegian waited patiently for his turn. He had a superb finish of 15,

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further proof of Norway's attacking Viking strength and more. Victory in

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the Lauberhorn classic downhill. Svindal, the man of the season so

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far. You were not quite able to defend the title from last year? It

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was a good run nonetheless? I think my run was really good. Svindal had

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a better one. It was really close. It was 19 hundredths. I am really

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happy to be again on the podium. What is it like to ski into a bag

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happy to be again on the podium. fog like that? It is really scary,

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it is the same when you go with the car at 120 or something else. It was

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on the limit of the safety because I did not see really the next gates,

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and so I was thinking, OK, Svindal did it so I can do it also. It is

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definitely that day-to-day when conditions are coming in and out so

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it is tough skiing. I was lucky enough to have decent conditions.

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Myself and Hannes Reichelt were able to pull away from the rest of the

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pack by quite a margin. It is not a perfect day to win, you want to win

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-10 degrees, blue skies, no wind, so there is no debate. But nice to

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finally have one. As proceedings draw to a close here in Wengen, the

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women have been racing. Alex Tilley, 26 in role, the first female British

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racer to take on a World Cup tour since Chemmy Alcott. The two of them

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met up before Friday night's slalom. 13 years ago, I was a rookie racing

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my first all-time season on the World Cup tour. I was young,

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determined and hungry for success and in Alex Tilley, I see those same

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traits. I have known Alex since she was a junior and it is really

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exciting seeing him mature as a racer. Since last year, she has

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teamed up with new coach Noel Baxter and her natural talent was always

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there but the confidence she now has through having someone like Noel

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believing in her, is making all the difference. It is his strength, she

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can attack courses like not many other girls can. When it is a medium

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pitch and good swing to the course, she has that strength to call on.

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She can snap the terms of which is why she can be a solid top ten

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skier. I whizz found when it was one-on-one with a coach, it was

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quite an intense environment but you also become very good mates as well

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and you can see that. You have to switch off from skiing as well. You

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cannot be at Dejagah's throats all the time. There has to be a mutual

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respect there and a good relationship as well, not just

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coach-athletes, super intense all the time. What do you do when you

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are not skiing? I benefit a lot from just relaxing. I like a bit of alone

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time. Embarrassing as it is, I have this colouring book and I get

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totally involved in it! It is not that cool! But it really helps me

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relax. You talk about that alone time but the other Brit on fire now,

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Dave Ryding, he is very much like that as well. How does that benefit

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you? We spent a lot of time together this summer which was really cool

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because I have always seen him and thought, I don't know anyone that

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has worked harder than him. For thought, I don't know anyone that

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to see that first-hand and try to keep up with that was definitely a

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learning experience and really cool to do. We have had two giant slalom

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this season, in Austria, you smashed them both. You qualified and in the

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end, you got that top 20. It was a tricky one, such a-me for the first

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time getting into the top 30 and then, crashing out second run... To

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do it in the end and up my game and get a top 20, it was huge. After

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that qualification, a few frustrating months, how did you

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handle that? In all honesty, not very well! It was really hard for me

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and for my coach as well, very frustrating. We got honest with each

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other and ourselves and said, we need to just relax and let it happen

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almost. Going into this season, your goal was a top 30, how does it feel

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to take it off the list already? It is awesome, ultimate goal is top 15.

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I want to drive on and achieve that but a big relief. Encouraging for

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the future. Training is done, inspection is done, you feel good,

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attack from the back, OK? Come on. Welcome to Austria. Inevitably, in

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ski racing, the field is divided between those who are elated and

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those disappointed. Today would not be the day of Alex Tilley.

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It is a ruthless sport, you have to risk to qualify, what happened? I

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wanted to go out and focus on my technical skiing, which I succeeded

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in. Maybe a bit too much respect of the top, silly mistake at the

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bottom, but that is Lal. Alex fared slightly better, but failed to make

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it through to the second run, finishing a disappointing 45th. Dave

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Riding skied into a bridge in 16th place in the slalom. Henrik

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Kristoffersen's domination continued, taking his fourth World

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Cup victory of the season. If you want to see more of the night

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slalom from Flachau, this week's Ski Sunday

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Extra is on iPlayer. On Friday and Saturday,

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we have live coverage of the half-pipe and slopestyle

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finals from the Laax Open. Also on Saturday, we've got live

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coverage of the women's In alpine, progression pretty much

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boils down to getting In freestyle, it's

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about going bigger. So big, jaws are left agape

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and minds are blown. Ladies and gentlemen,

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I give you Legs of Steel. We are in the Tyrol region of

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Austria, heading to meet up with 25 of the world's best freestyle

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skiers, to meet up for what will be a very special event. Did not take

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much persuasion. I knew right away I would go. The pressure on this one

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is big. The risk factor, you are creating something really special

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and unique. In 2011, 13 members of an elite freestyle skiing crew went

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all out to impress. The spectacular multi-skier jump went viral, and the

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rest is history. Now they are back with reinforcements and a plan to

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take things to the next level. Gents, how are you. This is it, the

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design. This technical drawing is a lot different from the one you sent

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us. I am no physicist, that does not look like it would work. That is

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just sketches, how we see it from a rider's point of view. When we do

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that stuff, we go way more with a gut feeling. It is then the

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company's job to build it, and transform it into engineering

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sketches, that obviously works to build. I am not going to lie, I'm

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quite looking forward to seeing this. Me, too! The footage from the

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first project was rectangular. With three times the number of jumps,

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twice the number of skiers, the level of ambition for this one is

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truly breathtaking. Malaysia, here we are. That is not your average

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snow park, what are we looking at? Faces make a jumps, we have built.

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Magath. The main point of the shoot is to have 20, 30 skiers jumping

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over each other. is to have 20, 30 skiers jumping

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the park you will see is to have 20, 30 skiers jumping

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jumps, crossing over each other. What happens if the calculations are

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wrong? Someone might get their head chopped off. A loss of Jeopardy? Are

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you nervous? My biggest concern for this shot, if someone falls over in

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the middle of that. If you are deferred guide to land on the jump,

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you have another ten guys behind you running the risk of hitting you.

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That is not only going to hurt you, it'll hurt everybody else. Wow! I am

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not joking, standing looking across here, absolutely petrifying. The

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company told me it is the biggest one they have made. Some of the

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biggest jumps in competition where the Olympics late style jumps at 26

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metres, this is four metres bigger. I wanted to show you something. When

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we build the jump, what we do, we go up onto the take-off, where you are

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about to start. We throw snowball as far as we can. That determines how

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fast we have to go at the jump. Honestly? That is how we do it.

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Putting people's lives on the line with the strength of your arm. Does

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not sound like science, but let's have a go. Oh, yes. The snowball

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made it, the skier can make it. Apparently. With the build finally

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complete, testing could begin. After some tentative runs, confidence

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grew. As do the ambition in finding the limitations of this pretty mess

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of the park. -- of this but he When you are pushing boundaries, you

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risk crossing the line. There we go, unfortunately he took a

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pretty big it, came up short, landed sideways, throwing him into the

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landing, knocking himself out. He has come back around, the helicopter

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taking him last little, should be OK. -- taking him to the hospital.

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The reminder of how dangerous it would be. His concussion meant he

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was out of the running for the main event, but with the weather closing

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in, morale took another blow as conditions deteriorated and

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everything was put on hold. The weather is not ideal, patches of

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blue, kind of, not really. Oh, dear. Ready to go. Not really ready to go.

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Here is your high country forecast, checking in, 101.3. Little bit of

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cloud, little bit of sun. We will head up there, keep our fingers

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firmly crossed for a bit of action. Is it part and parcel having weather

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like this smack you have travelled all the way from Australia? It is

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part of this, but it is fun hanging out. There you go, ever the

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optimist. The weather is not ideal, really. We will see, maybe we will

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punch through the cloud, more or less blue skies at the top. Fingers

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well and truly crossed. What do you know? Our prayers were answered.

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Here, boys. You have to have a trusted everybody

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involved in the shoot, trust people filming to get the shot, the shapers

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have done their job, and the angles matchup, not going to fly into each

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other. We will figure it out, it'll have to be calculated, otherwise

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skis may be getting heads. They will not win anything at the end of it,

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but being part of something a lot bigger than one run in the

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competition. I want people to stand up and clapped Emma wow, this is

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sick, this is free skiing, I want to do it. Right, this is it, two years

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in the planning. Time for the big one.

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Dropping in three, two, ones ago. -- one, go.

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# Have A Little Help From My Friends - Van Morrison.

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Now, before we leave you, it's time for Ski Social.

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If this week's selection is anything to go by,

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the future of British freestyle in particular looks very bright.

:40:45.:40:46.

14-year-old Thea Fenwick has been ripping it in parks and on plastic.

:40:47.:40:49.

Likewise George Waite - nice grabs George.

:40:50.:40:54.

Fox, aged six, is loving the Chill Factor-e.

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While six-year-old Ralph is clearly not listening to his dad.

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Our favourite clip this week was five-year-old Travis Henderson.

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He will be knocking out Mike Ross rocket method. I have not seen you

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do that yet. Next week. My challenge has been met by Scott Fraser. You

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have to be set another one. How about a backscratching? You have to

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mix it up with new school. Backscratching to truck driver. Grab

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both of those skis in front of you. Keep sending us your pictures

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and videos, using the hashtag Ski Sunday - we love

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seeing you guys in action. And send us your questions too -

:41:56.:41:58.

we've got time for a couple Norwegian Saint wants

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to know the secret behind the Attacking Vikings' success

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despite their relatively small Well, who better to answer that

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than Attacking Viking Kjetil Thank you for your question, I will

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try to once of it. If I knew, we would be 100 skiers, not three. It

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is a cultural thing, training hard, we go out even though it is raining,

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doing that not just when you are on the World Cup team, but when you are

:42:31.:42:34.

eight, nine. In addition to being halfway intelligent, taking care of

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the people around you, good team spirit. That is how we have it.

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Working out nicely for us. We have an interview with him in next week's

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show. Finally, Archie wants to know how

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to progress from parallel Two tips. Of a shallow another

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gradient, so you don't get freaked out by the additional speed.

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Secondly, let the skis do the work. Let the radius cast them out. Roll

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the skis on to the edge, think pressure, big toe on the outside

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key, little toe on the inside. We're out of time, but join us next

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week for the biggest race The downhill from Kitzbuehel,

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raced on the infamous Hahnenkham. Amongst the biggest races you can

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win in skiing. It is a race that has made a lot of legends. Wow. Big

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attack from the great man. He takes it down here. Always one mistake you

:43:52.:43:56.

are in the hospital. The crashes big. It is as much racing against

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the hill is against another racer.

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