0:00:00 > 0:00:24Hello and welcome to Ski Sunday.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28We're in Kitzbuehel for the infamous Hahnenkam.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Over the years, we might have been guilty of overhyping this race.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36You know, we say it's the one the racers are desperate to win,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39the one they'll risk it all for, the one with the highest tariff
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Well, it might sound like cliche, but it's true.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45And in the rich history of this incredible event,
0:00:46 > 0:00:55last year's race was one of the best.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01I have to accept the fact that there will be risk and reward. It is the
0:01:02 > 0:01:20darkest day I have ever had on skis. There is nowhere else remotely like
0:01:21 > 0:01:30it. An epic battle, man versus mountain.
0:01:31 > 0:01:46That was a really decent start from the Italian.
0:01:47 > 0:01:59He is absolutely flying on the stripes. Oh, my, oh, my. He spins
0:02:00 > 0:02:04out. He is skiing for the lead in Kitzbuehel. The champion of
0:02:05 > 0:02:12Kitzbuehel. Later in the show, we'll also be
0:02:13 > 0:02:16in Garmisch, Germany, Their race last year
0:02:17 > 0:02:24was equally memorable, 1.5 seconds, absolutely sensational
0:02:25 > 0:02:35from Lindsay Wagner. And Ed's also been catching
0:02:36 > 0:02:37up with Billy Morgan, Britain's ground breaking
0:02:38 > 0:02:40snowboarder who is hunting Before all that, it's
0:02:41 > 0:02:43the downhill from Kitzbuehel. Raced on the imfamous Streif,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46this is a course that is revered Graham will be racing down it
0:02:47 > 0:02:51with a camera shortly, but before that he wanted to take
0:02:52 > 0:02:53you on his inspection, allowing him time to stop
0:02:54 > 0:03:05and reminisce on some of this race's I remember the first time I stood in
0:03:06 > 0:03:10the start gate like it was yesterday and I have some quite painful
0:03:11 > 0:03:15memories. In 1984I crashed in trading in bust up my hand, and in
0:03:16 > 0:03:211985, the first time I got to race, I crashed on the first gate and
0:03:22 > 0:03:26broke my shoulder. Not a good start. If you make it past where I fell,
0:03:27 > 0:03:34you straight to the next test, and it's big one. -- you are straight to
0:03:35 > 0:03:39the next test. It is so steep for so long, and you can jump up to 80
0:03:40 > 0:03:42metres. It is like a ski jump. As soon as you land, you have a
0:03:43 > 0:03:47difficult compression on the left hand, then the carousel on the right
0:03:48 > 0:03:51hand. It's almost a 180 degrees turn that brings you onto the steep
0:03:52 > 0:03:59slope. It gets even steeper, and you have do run out close to the net. A
0:04:00 > 0:04:06lot of racers crash on the X it. -- the exit. Miller blew his best
0:04:07 > 0:04:12chance of winning the downhill by riding the nets. He is on the net!
0:04:13 > 0:04:16When you get to the lower part of the course your legs are spent and
0:04:17 > 0:04:20you still have to deal with this, the big jump into the compression,
0:04:21 > 0:04:25then a hard left-hand turn onto an icy traverse, and then it is where
0:04:26 > 0:04:31all of the problems were caused last year. The secret to nailing the
0:04:32 > 0:04:36bumpy traverses to stay high and carry your speed all the way down to
0:04:37 > 0:04:41the finish. If you crash up their it can go horribly wrong. The last
0:04:42 > 0:04:46feature of the course is the finished jump. That caused some
0:04:47 > 0:04:51crashes. Scott McCartney and Daniel al brek suffered bad injuries. Since
0:04:52 > 0:04:57then, the jump has been taken down very slightly. But it cannot be
0:04:58 > 0:05:05overlooked. Nothing here can. I am not sure anybody ever Masters this
0:05:06 > 0:05:08course. Even the greats, what they did is embrace the challenge and
0:05:09 > 0:05:20suppress the fear. Trust me, that is not easy. The Austrian press have
0:05:21 > 0:05:30christened the course the light -- white monster. Who has the tools to
0:05:31 > 0:05:33taint it? Janswood has the ability and also the gliding skills in the
0:05:34 > 0:05:38mid-part of the course. But if it is not him, then it could be one of two
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Italians, last year's winner, or Dominic Parris, who is big, powerful
0:05:44 > 0:05:47and not scared. But the crowd will want an Austrian winner, and they
0:05:48 > 0:05:53could get it in Max Franks, who has been is skiing really well. He is
0:05:54 > 0:05:57unreliable on the course. He has the ability to be fast but he makes a
0:05:58 > 0:06:03lot of mistakes. This is the course that all of the skiers want to win.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08If you win on the Hahnenkamm, you are a ski racing legend. There is
0:06:09 > 0:06:18nowhere else remotely like it. An epic battle, man versus mountain.
0:06:19 > 0:06:31He is flying. The fastest man on the Hahnenkamm. Oh, a horrible crash.
0:06:32 > 0:06:40What an attack from the great man. A wonderful run. Going faster and
0:06:41 > 0:06:46faster. Frans crammer's record has gone. The clear skies and cold
0:06:47 > 0:06:52weather have frozen the track into the ICS I have ever seen it.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Certainly in the last few years -- the raciest. Let's have a look at it
0:06:57 > 0:07:01at the start. Really icy around the first gate. You just have to fight
0:07:02 > 0:07:08to keep the line. Now we are setting up the carousel
0:07:09 > 0:07:23turn. Onto this really slick icy section.
0:07:24 > 0:07:37Pulling out to the net. Coming high from behind. Wow, that is by far the
0:07:38 > 0:07:42toughest start to any downhill course. It just throws you in at the
0:07:43 > 0:07:51deep end. Over the little jump and we're onto the next part. Really
0:07:52 > 0:08:02bumpy downhill. Almost in sight of the finish. But you are far from
0:08:03 > 0:08:09safe. This is where so many problems were caused last season. Over the
0:08:10 > 0:08:18jump, and into the compression. We want to stay up high. We on the
0:08:19 > 0:08:26bumpy traverse. Just inside the gate. Absolutely flying down the
0:08:27 > 0:08:39finish. Over the finished jump. And we are across the line. Wow! . That
0:08:40 > 0:08:43is the toughest and ICS -- and most ICI have seen the course of a long
0:08:44 > 0:08:48time. The top section is absolutely brutal. It is not pretty skiing. It
0:08:49 > 0:08:49is just survival all the way down. Overdo Matt Chilton for the
0:08:50 > 0:08:59commentary. Downhill day in Kitzbuehel is the
0:09:00 > 0:09:01toughest course in the world. The biggest winter sport crowd and the
0:09:02 > 0:09:13biggest race of all. The Frenchman, number three and
0:09:14 > 0:09:19Steve Nyman of the USA is the current leader, as Theux accelerates
0:09:20 > 0:09:25towards the mighty mountain. 60 metres of flight. A solid landing
0:09:26 > 0:09:28into the carousel. Has to work to keep the skis calm through the blue
0:09:29 > 0:09:47eyes. It's like a vertical ice hockey rink. Down on the left ski
0:09:48 > 0:10:01living dangerously coming through the outer layer. Into the Hausberger
0:10:02 > 0:10:05counter approaching, and the flag has been less than sliding this
0:10:06 > 0:10:10year, but that does not lessen the gravity of the big traverse which
0:10:11 > 0:10:26Theux is on. Keeping a nice, high line.
0:10:27 > 0:10:34Theaux leads the France. He shocked the crowd by taking the lead. We had
0:10:35 > 0:10:45a really good traverse. But he was not great on the exit. Very close to
0:10:46 > 0:10:53the nets on the X it. Ready to race is the veteran, Peter Bill. But he
0:10:54 > 0:11:03triumphed last year and he put his victory down to getting married. Can
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Fill trouble and strife again today. Peter Fill, the defending champion,
0:11:08 > 0:11:14but it wasn't the full course a year ago. He would love to conquer
0:11:15 > 0:11:27Kitzbuehel from top to bottom. Nice flight, solid landing and into Fill.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31He tries to prop himself up. He has only ever won two of the World Cup
0:11:32 > 0:11:39downhill races, and one of those was in Kitzbuehel 12 months ago. Nice,
0:11:40 > 0:11:45high line to cruise through the trees. 112 kilometres. He lands
0:11:46 > 0:11:52softly and he is still in the Green zone. Peter Fill is in control as he
0:11:53 > 0:11:59hunts down victories for two years in success in in Kitzbuehel. There
0:12:00 > 0:12:05is a new double gate put in here just to slow the racers down. That
0:12:06 > 0:12:14is just slightly as they come to the Hausberger counter. Here is the big
0:12:15 > 0:12:19red and yellow arch. Fill is flying. He makes contact early with the snow
0:12:20 > 0:12:25and he has a good line coming into the traverse and he has the
0:12:26 > 0:12:29advantage. Peter Fill has 0.24 of a second. He dives down the final
0:12:30 > 0:12:34stretch towards the bottom of the Hahnenkamm. They are going crazy.
0:12:35 > 0:12:41Fill, the winner a year ago, and he leads in 27 year -- 2017. A new
0:12:42 > 0:12:47leader in Kitzbuehel. Last year's winner proving there is life in the
0:12:48 > 0:12:51old legs. So smooth on the top part of the course and on the lower
0:12:52 > 0:12:57section, he was so high going along the bumpy traverse. He carried so
0:12:58 > 0:13:09much speed down towards the finish. Great time again from the Italian.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Next on the Hahnenkamm is Dominic Parris. Can the 2013 winner triumph
0:13:15 > 0:13:29again and prove he's not passed his best? Paris -- Paris. Dominik Paris
0:13:30 > 0:13:35was the winner two years ago, and what a flight here. Tucking the ski
0:13:36 > 0:13:39poles around his body. Barely moved from the low aerodynamic shape, and
0:13:40 > 0:13:44he has the reward, and the early intermediate shows that Paris is in
0:13:45 > 0:13:55front of Peter Phil. Nice line from Paris as he heads
0:13:56 > 0:14:04off. Now off the side, and he has drifted off into the red zone, but
0:14:05 > 0:14:10he trails Peter Fill by a tenth of a second. He will come in with
0:14:11 > 0:14:18potentially the toughest part of the course to come. Green again for
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Dominik Paris. Amazing strength and lightness on his skis. There is a
0:14:22 > 0:14:31little mistake. It might just cost him a fraction of a second. 0.1
0:14:32 > 0:14:36eight. Still in front. He has to be high. Bounced around here. The skis
0:14:37 > 0:14:42are almost aquaplaning on this section, and then he tucks in for
0:14:43 > 0:14:47the run to the line, and the lead potentially, again. Dominik Paris,
0:14:48 > 0:14:53the winner in 2013, and he leads again in 2017 by 0.4 of a second.
0:14:54 > 0:15:01Dominik Paris is so strong and powerful. When he landed there, it
0:15:02 > 0:15:05was almost tucking into the compression. Went in there with bent
0:15:06 > 0:15:11legs, and the G forces will double your weight, and he held all of that
0:15:12 > 0:15:13through the turns. Superb skiing. He stands so relaxed on his skis.
0:15:14 > 0:15:29Brilliant. Had his first World Cup win in
0:15:30 > 0:15:36mid-December after so many near misses. Flapping like a bird there,
0:15:37 > 0:15:44but he is carrying extraordinary speed. He has lost his right ski.
0:15:45 > 0:15:51That should not have happened. That was a pre-release. The ski came off,
0:15:52 > 0:16:04and France's race is over. There is a fine line as to how tight you do
0:16:05 > 0:16:10up your skis. Franz there. Kind of like losing the wheel of your F1
0:16:11 > 0:16:17car. In the start up is last year 's runner up. He is an instinctive
0:16:18 > 0:16:27skier and loves the challenge of this course, soap reading --
0:16:28 > 0:16:33succeeding the podium on Friday. How will he do today? This man is a big
0:16:34 > 0:16:39unit to say the least. Feuz of Switzerland. The 29-year-old has
0:16:40 > 0:16:46four downhill wins in his career, including the longest of them all in
0:16:47 > 0:16:542012. He has never won here in Kitzbuehel. Incredible straight from
0:16:55 > 0:17:03Feuz to keep the skis calming through the ice here. So far, Feuz
0:17:04 > 0:17:11is getting it right on the strife. As he flies through, he has
0:17:12 > 0:17:17increased that advantage to 0.3 nine. If he can get the bottom
0:17:18 > 0:17:32section right, Feuz will give the Italians a run for their money.
0:17:33 > 0:17:391:17.64 for Feuz. The big man will hope to carry this speed onto the
0:17:40 > 0:17:44bumpy Traverse which follows. He has a massive advantage. All he has to
0:17:45 > 0:17:52do is stay on his feet. He's in trouble! He is going to hit the net
0:17:53 > 0:17:58is! Oh, my word! Green lights all the way down for Feuz. Flying, but
0:17:59 > 0:18:03then the mistake, just to not get on that right ski as he went into the
0:18:04 > 0:18:08compression, didn't have the height and just ran out of piste. Luckily
0:18:09 > 0:18:17it was a glancing blow into the nets. Let's hope he's OK. Feuz is
0:18:18 > 0:18:30walking away. He's fine. Ready to face the strife the... Strief is
0:18:31 > 0:18:37Carlo Janka. He has shared a meal with Wayne Rooney. Will today prove
0:18:38 > 0:18:42to be sweet or sour for Carlo Janka? Number 15 at the top of the Strief.
0:18:43 > 0:18:57Now he plunges down the side of this my team hanging mighty Hahnenkamm
0:18:58 > 0:19:02mountain. He's got the upper hand. A cracking top section for Carlo
0:19:03 > 0:19:09Janka. Through the carousel, he's a bit twisted. This turn can make or
0:19:10 > 0:19:19break this race. Close to the edge, but he's OK. He was more than half a
0:19:20 > 0:19:24second in front on intermediate number 2. Clatters through some of
0:19:25 > 0:19:31these red control gates, and now settles himself down for the
0:19:32 > 0:19:38approach to the house burqa canter. 11 hundredths of a second. The
0:19:39 > 0:19:45Italians are celebrating at the foot of the course, though they might be
0:19:46 > 0:19:54a bit premature. Janka is faster than Paris. Stands hard on that
0:19:55 > 0:20:02right skis. High line from Janka. The left turn to come. Skiing for a
0:20:03 > 0:20:08top three position, or possibly better. 135 kilometres per hour
0:20:09 > 0:20:15through the gun. Carlo Janka is third for Switzerland. The Italians
0:20:16 > 0:20:19hold on. The top section was absolutely brilliant, and he took a
0:20:20 > 0:20:24very different line on the exit there. Quite low, but able to carry
0:20:25 > 0:20:30speed and direction out of that hanging right hand turn. Then the
0:20:31 > 0:20:39mistake came. Just flew to hide, and landed heavily on the edges on the
0:20:40 > 0:20:44flat part of the course. Cost him all of the lead he'd built up on the
0:20:45 > 0:20:50top. 36-year-old Frenchman, who has never won a World Cup podium.
0:20:51 > 0:20:58Getting towards the end of his career now. He would love to come
0:20:59 > 0:21:10away with something in his visit to Kitzbuehel this weekend. The start
0:21:11 > 0:21:20is promising for Clarey. A good, high line. Absolutely perfect as he
0:21:21 > 0:21:28heads off there. Clarey has the green light. The Italians can sense
0:21:29 > 0:21:33the threat from the Frenchman. Clarey travelling beautifully.
0:21:34 > 0:21:46Lovely turns there. He's still in front. Look the last -- the last
0:21:47 > 0:21:55Frenchman to win here was back in the 90s. It is going to be close.
0:21:56 > 0:22:05Clarey Thaksin for the line. He is second. 0.33 behind. Terrific from
0:22:06 > 0:22:12him. Brilliant from Johann Clarey. Absolutely great on the top part of
0:22:13 > 0:22:19the course. Just on that final finish section didn't quite have the
0:22:20 > 0:22:30height to carry the same speed. Great skiing from the Frenchman,
0:22:31 > 0:22:36though. Number 24, Valentin Giraud Moine from France. Celebrates his
0:22:37 > 0:22:4725th birthday on Monday. At the end of last season he was the runner up
0:22:48 > 0:22:50in a downhill in Norway in March. Received a bit of information from
0:22:51 > 0:22:56team-mates at the bottom of the mountain on where to watch and where
0:22:57 > 0:23:08to attack. This is nice so far from Giraud Moine. He was green at first,
0:23:09 > 0:23:14and in intermediate 4 he was quicker. He could cause the biggest
0:23:15 > 0:23:20upset of the weekend. He is high on the big Traverse. He takes the final
0:23:21 > 0:23:26turn, and he is to hundredths behind. This could be close.
0:23:27 > 0:23:35Valentin Giraud Moine of France tucks in. He's a second. He has
0:23:36 > 0:23:40missed it by 21 hundredths. Proving that this race is not over, and
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Dominik Paris very, very nervously watching on. A great result from the
0:23:46 > 0:23:50French. A day to remember for the French team and an Italian called
0:23:51 > 0:23:56Paris. For the Austrians, the best of the home team was material Meyer,
0:23:57 > 0:24:15who finished in eighth. Former world champion Erik Guay was
0:24:16 > 0:24:23the best of the Canadians, finishing in sixth. Paris wins here for the
0:24:24 > 0:24:28second time, ahead of the French Valentin Giraud Moine and Johann
0:24:29 > 0:24:34Clarey in third. What is it about this course that brings out the best
0:24:35 > 0:24:43in Dominik Paris? I pushed it so hard. From the bottom I was pushing
0:24:44 > 0:24:48so hard. I'm so happy. The fastest men in the world have been racing
0:24:49 > 0:24:49here in Kitzbuehel, and the women's World Cup tour has been in Garmisch
0:24:50 > 0:25:08in Germany. We were there. Despite having spent the past two
0:25:09 > 0:25:14months regaining use of her right arm. She's made of steel. She comes
0:25:15 > 0:25:20back and she doesn't say, I'm back and let's see what happens. That
0:25:21 > 0:25:26isn't Lindsey. She says comeback -- she says, I'm here to win. There is
0:25:27 > 0:25:32no doubting that on her day, Vonn is a cut above the rest.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37COMMENTATOR: Absolutely sensational from Lindsey Vonn. What became clear
0:25:38 > 0:25:42in Austria was that, for her time being, she's lost some of the aura
0:25:43 > 0:25:48of invincibility. This weekend's downhill here in Garmisch
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Partenkirchen is one of the most prestigious events in the women's
0:25:52 > 0:26:01downhill calendar. Farm is back to improve on her last 13th place
0:26:02 > 0:26:04finish. It is a cause she is fond of. Can she make it three wins in
0:26:05 > 0:26:17Garmisch? Or can Lara Gut confirm herself as
0:26:18 > 0:26:44her next big rival? Some trees on this downhill course.
0:26:45 > 0:26:53Now to the area whose name translates as hell. No mistakes so
0:26:54 > 0:27:02far for the Germans. She drifts outside the blue lines. That is the
0:27:03 > 0:27:12racing ideal line. Now, get set for the run towards the line. It takes
0:27:13 > 0:27:17them into the finish. 116.2 kilometres per hour, as the noise
0:27:18 > 0:27:27levels begin to build for the best hope for Germany today. Rebensburg
0:27:28 > 0:27:33tucks in for the line in Garmisch. So a tough marker laid down by
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Rebensburg proved hard to beat. A gate towards the end of the course
0:27:40 > 0:27:52caused problems in training, and again in the race itself. Tina
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Weirather struggle to find the line. Lara Gut of Switzerland propels her
0:27:58 > 0:28:00stealth out of the start gates, still stabbing with those sharp
0:28:01 > 0:28:14ended ski poles, looking for propulsion at the top. 54.82 for
0:28:15 > 0:28:20Rebensburg, and Gut is quicker. That is a beautiful turn from 24-year-old
0:28:21 > 0:28:37Lara Gut. Nice and sensitive on her edges. Lara Gut has a narrow lead.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42This is going to be tight. Rebensburg and the German fans
0:28:43 > 0:28:48holding their breath. Lara Gut is skiing beautifully. Gut is getting
0:28:49 > 0:28:53quicker now. 120 kilometres per hour through the gun, and she leads by
0:28:54 > 0:28:59three tenths of a second. Surely there is nothing that can stop Lara
0:29:00 > 0:29:10Gut now? She has the lead in Garmisch. 0.33 in front. Rebensburg
0:29:11 > 0:29:16goes second. Lindsey Vonn has her race face on, and pushes out at the
0:29:17 > 0:29:27start. An astonishing 76 World Cup victories for Lindsey Vonn. She's
0:29:28 > 0:29:31eating up the ground here. The advantage extends to four tenths of
0:29:32 > 0:29:38a second, almost. Beautiful turns from Lindsey Vonn. Slightly off the
0:29:39 > 0:29:44racing line there, but she was careful not to bring the edges in
0:29:45 > 0:29:50too hard. And still leaves. If Lindsey Vonn that stays mistake
0:29:51 > 0:29:56free, she will lead the way and possibly even win in Garmisch. On
0:29:57 > 0:29:58her second weekend back since the return from injury, that would be
0:29:59 > 0:30:15extraordinary. She tucks into the run to home. Can
0:30:16 > 0:30:25Vonn win? Oh, yes, she can. Vonn leads the way. 1:43.4 one. Vonn said
0:30:26 > 0:30:28before the race she wanted to go full speed and she certainly did
0:30:29 > 0:30:33that, to claim her third win in Garmisch. I saw some of the girls go
0:30:34 > 0:30:42ahead and I knew it would take a good run to win. I realised that I
0:30:43 > 0:30:46had no downhill training and I would take my expectations down a bit. I
0:30:47 > 0:30:49was happy with my race but I made a mistake at the end of the flat, and
0:30:50 > 0:30:58I knew it could cost us something, and in the end it did. I missed the
0:30:59 > 0:31:021500 over there. I knew it was possible if I believed in my ability
0:31:03 > 0:31:07and Canute to look forward, and I did that. I trusted it and I trusted
0:31:08 > 0:31:13myself and my team and my equipment, and I wonder. -- Taiwan.
0:31:14 > 0:31:28The Italian Stefano Gross was first ski and set impressive time of 53.71
0:31:29 > 0:31:35seconds. Felix Nori Reuter skied solidly into second. Henrik
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Kristofferson has been in superb form all season, but failed to
0:31:39 > 0:31:44finish his first run on this famously unforgiving track. Then it
0:31:45 > 0:31:50was the turn of Dave Riding, who is having his best season to date,
0:31:51 > 0:31:56wearing number eight -- Ryding. He put in an incredible time, and his
0:31:57 > 0:32:04time of 53.42 seconds was unbeatable. Into the second leg,
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Marcel Hirscher, raising the bar with a classic second run charge
0:32:08 > 0:32:13which led the way, setting the scene for the last man on the Hill. What a
0:32:14 > 0:32:21moment for Dave Ryding. Deep breaths. Concentration. Marcel
0:32:22 > 0:32:29Hirscher's work is done. He has skied a storming second run. The
0:32:30 > 0:32:32last man to ski, and more than a second clear of Hirscher after the
0:32:33 > 0:32:40first run. Dave Ryding Great Britain, at the start and away, the
0:32:41 > 0:32:45man from the Pendle ski club in Lancashire where he learned to ski
0:32:46 > 0:32:51on a dry slope. His lead is still intact. Half a second layer of
0:32:52 > 0:32:57Marcel Hirscher. Ryding settling into the pattern of the gates. He
0:32:58 > 0:33:03has all of the ruts from the previous racers to deal with, and he
0:33:04 > 0:33:11is holding his nerve. The red light is on, and Ryding is behind. Not far
0:33:12 > 0:33:15away. 0.24 down. Dave Ryding, approaching the bottom part of the
0:33:16 > 0:33:21course, the final intermediate. Still in the hunt for a podium
0:33:22 > 0:33:26position. Kitzbuehel is rocking, as Dave Ryding tries to rewrite the
0:33:27 > 0:33:34record books. He is second. That is sensational. Ryding has made skiing
0:33:35 > 0:33:42history. The first British racer on a World Cup podium since 1981.
0:33:43 > 0:33:49Amazing scenes in Kitzbuehel. Marcel Hirscher takes the win, Ryding
0:33:50 > 0:33:54second. What a ski from Dave Ryding. You can see more of Dave on Tuesday.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57On Tuesday, Ski Sunday Extra has live coverage of the famous night
0:33:58 > 0:34:01It's loud, it's brash, and it's a race that
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Watch it live on the red button, online and on your connected TV.
0:34:06 > 0:34:20Billie Morgan is a snowboarder who divides opinion, and he was one of
0:34:21 > 0:34:26the greatest in the sport but it does not get him what he deserves.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31His journey from Acrobat to Olympic medal contender has not been easy.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34But his determination and thick skin combined with incredible natural
0:34:35 > 0:34:52talent means he continues to silence his critics.
0:34:53 > 0:35:21Oh, goodness. The more times you do a trick, the more you slow down. So
0:35:22 > 0:35:26gifted in the air. The ground will pass by, and you get a thrill in
0:35:27 > 0:35:29your head. 99.9% of people watching this will say that Billy Morgan is
0:35:30 > 0:35:38one of the coolest people in Britain. The first guy who landed a
0:35:39 > 0:35:41quad on the snowboard. He goes about rotation, sewing going flat around
0:35:42 > 0:35:46the way you go of the axes and upside down, corkscrew rotation.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51That means you go up and down four times, that is what the quad bit
0:35:52 > 0:35:58means. The combined rotation would be 1800 degrees of spinning. It is
0:35:59 > 0:36:03not something you can sniff around and try. You either do it or you
0:36:04 > 0:36:10don't. Yes, you can't really have a bit of a go at it. Because you're
0:36:11 > 0:36:17going to land on your head. What kind of mental stadium have to be in
0:36:18 > 0:36:21to do that? -- mental state. I have already accepted that it goes wrong,
0:36:22 > 0:36:25I will break myself, but I try not to think about that because you get
0:36:26 > 0:36:30a bit depressed. If you did it, you knew you would the Internet. It is
0:36:31 > 0:36:33always crazy to me that there is so much interest in anything I've done.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40I've never had that much attention on me. I try to be shy and hide away
0:36:41 > 0:36:44from it. The first time you did this with the triple backflip, no one had
0:36:45 > 0:36:49heard of you. There was a big outcry on the Internet, almost, how dare
0:36:50 > 0:36:57this man do this when we have not heard of him? I think it was just
0:36:58 > 0:37:04the video we put out. It was just some English kid jumping off a jump,
0:37:05 > 0:37:13and I think people thought it was just ridiculous. Or you want the
0:37:14 > 0:37:17cool part of the industry, so it was less legitimate? -- you weren't. I
0:37:18 > 0:37:21was never one of the cool kids and I have to deal with it all the time.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26It feels like snowboarding and its legion of online trolls have got the
0:37:27 > 0:37:31idea of Billy Morgan, and got used to it. I want to be more of a
0:37:32 > 0:37:36legitimate snowboarder through the contests I have been doing with the
0:37:37 > 0:37:44world's best. They have just got used to me. I have accepted the fact
0:37:45 > 0:37:50I am the snowboarder that I am. Talk me through the transition from being
0:37:51 > 0:37:56an Acrobat to snowboarding. How did it happen? I just stopped doing
0:37:57 > 0:37:59acrobatics when I was 13 and snowboarding filled the space that
0:38:00 > 0:38:04it left. I got addicted, I couldn't stop. The idea of saying that
0:38:05 > 0:38:10slopestyle is not acrobatic or gymnastic is ridiculous. A lot of
0:38:11 > 0:38:13the best guys are training their tricks on trampolines and airbags,
0:38:14 > 0:38:18and I didn't have the choice to go skiing when I was younger, I was an
0:38:19 > 0:38:25Acrobat. Then I love snowboarding, so that is what I am going to do. I
0:38:26 > 0:38:29suppose being British and being an Acrobat, those are two points that
0:38:30 > 0:38:32put you on the fringe. The cool snowboarders are the guys who have
0:38:33 > 0:38:35grown up and had so much time to perfect the things they are doing,
0:38:36 > 0:38:41because they have been snowboarding from such a young age but we come
0:38:42 > 0:38:44from a completely different place where we snowboard on plastic. It's
0:38:45 > 0:38:48a different sport when you go back and look at it like that. We won't
0:38:49 > 0:38:52look like them. Jamie does. He is a beautiful snowboarder to look at,
0:38:53 > 0:38:56but the most but it's difficult to get the style because that comes
0:38:57 > 0:39:04with having time to freely snowboard.
0:39:05 > 0:39:13You are at the vanguard of aerial progression in snowboarding now. How
0:39:14 > 0:39:17far can it go? I hate to say it because when I did a triple, summary
0:39:18 > 0:39:21said are you going to do a quad, and then we have gone and done it --
0:39:22 > 0:39:27somebody said. But I don't really want to go upside down again, I
0:39:28 > 0:39:32don't think. Looking forward, the big air is part of the Olympics. You
0:39:33 > 0:39:39have got the quad, so surely the plan is to use it? I guess so. Big
0:39:40 > 0:39:43air is you turn up and do the biggest and hardest trick you can
0:39:44 > 0:39:49do, so hopefully I get to go and do it and I want to. It is scary. You
0:39:50 > 0:39:54are in an incredibly elite club. Hamidi people have done quad
0:39:55 > 0:40:02corkscrews? -- how many people? Max did one. Marcus did one. So there is
0:40:03 > 0:40:09three of you? Somewhere in there is gold, silver and bronze? It depends
0:40:10 > 0:40:12what they want to do. I still don't understand the politics and I stay
0:40:13 > 0:40:17out of it as much as I can. If they go heavily on the creativity might
0:40:18 > 0:40:20not work in my favour. I don't know. Is that the secret to your
0:40:21 > 0:40:24happiness? Blocking out all of the online trolls, blocking at the
0:40:25 > 0:40:29politics of the sport and getting on with doing what you love doing? Yes,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33it's helped me a lot and it's taken me a long time to realise. If I just
0:40:34 > 0:40:41go out and do what I've come here to do and enjoy doing it, I will have a
0:40:42 > 0:40:44lot more fun. MUSIC - "Windmills Of Your Mind".
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Before we leave you, it's time for Ski Social.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49And with the dump of fresh snow across Europe, we've been
0:40:50 > 0:40:51asked for tips on skiing and snowboarding in powder.
0:40:52 > 0:41:06It's time for a practical demonstration.
0:41:07 > 0:41:13I don't think I got back quite right. I'll have to go back and do
0:41:14 > 0:41:18it again. Just like on a snowboard, on skis, you also don't want to lean
0:41:19 > 0:41:26back. Stand with your weight in the centre, even wait between both skis.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30I will do that again. The first tip for snowboarders is that the deeper
0:41:31 > 0:41:33the snow gets, the further you need to move your bindings back down the
0:41:34 > 0:41:40board. This will help keep the nose of the board up and stop you getting
0:41:41 > 0:41:43back leg burn. The wider the skis, the greater the flotation. The best
0:41:44 > 0:41:49place to learn to ride powder is just off the edge of the piste. You
0:41:50 > 0:41:51can get used to riding Surf snow with a bit of safety, because you
0:41:52 > 0:41:56can always pop back on. Now, you could do it
0:41:57 > 0:41:58like that, or you could do He sent this video
0:41:59 > 0:42:08in of him in Japan. To be fair, they've had a silly
0:42:09 > 0:42:14amount of snow over the last week. Nicole and Elliot have been
0:42:15 > 0:42:16asking for practical info. to know how to keep his feet warm
0:42:17 > 0:42:22on the slopes? Firstly go to a professional boot
0:42:23 > 0:42:28fitted, don't wear socks that are to fix, and if that doesn't work, gets
0:42:29 > 0:42:29boot heaters fitted. You could just take up snowboarding with
0:42:30 > 0:42:30comfortable boots. You've also been sending
0:42:31 > 0:42:33in your pictures and videos - Among the great vids
0:42:34 > 0:42:37of you shredding, we've had Charlotte's dad has been
0:42:38 > 0:42:44doing his own course run. Keep sending them in please - just
0:42:45 > 0:43:01use the hashtag #SkiSunday. Next week, we have a feast
0:43:02 > 0:43:05of racing for you. We're in Cortina for biggest
0:43:06 > 0:43:08downhill on the women's world cup. And we'll have highlights
0:43:09 > 0:43:27of the night slalom from Schladming. Welcome to Cortina. One of the most
0:43:28 > 0:43:32famous places in alpine sport. Really good skiing. The crowd
0:43:33 > 0:43:42enjoying themselves. The noise levels are rising. A huge error. The
0:43:43 > 0:43:58biggest slalom arena there is. Lindsey Vonn takes yet another win.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Tom Jones, obviously. Winston Churchill.