Kitzbuhel Ski Sunday

Hello and welcome to Ski Sunday.

We're in Kitzbuehel for the infamous Hahnenkam.

Over the years, we might have been guilty of overhyping this race.

You know, we say it's the one the racers are desperate to win,

the one they'll risk it all for, the one with the highest tariff

Well, it might sound like cliche, but it's true.

And in the rich history of this incredible event,

last year's race was one of the best.

I have to accept the fact that there will be risk and reward. It is the

darkest day I have ever had on skis. There is nowhere else remotely like

it. An epic battle, man versus mountain.

That was a really decent start from the Italian.

He is absolutely flying on the stripes. Oh, my, oh, my. He spins

out. He is skiing for the lead in Kitzbuehel. The champion of

Kitzbuehel. Later in the show, we'll also be

in Garmisch, Germany, Their race last year

was equally memorable, 1.5 seconds, absolutely sensational

from Lindsay Wagner. And Ed's also been catching

up with Billy Morgan, Britain's ground breaking

snowboarder who is hunting Before all that, it's

the downhill from Kitzbuehel. Raced on the imfamous Streif,

this is a course that is revered Graham will be racing down it

with a camera shortly, but before that he wanted to take

you on his inspection, allowing him time to stop

and reminisce on some of this race's I remember the first time I stood in

the start gate like it was yesterday and I have some quite painful

memories. In 1984I crashed in trading in bust up my hand, and in

1985, the first time I got to race, I crashed on the first gate and

broke my shoulder. Not a good start. If you make it past where I fell,

you straight to the next test, and it's big one. -- you are straight to

the next test. It is so steep for so long, and you can jump up to 80

metres. It is like a ski jump. As soon as you land, you have a

difficult compression on the left hand, then the carousel on the right

hand. It's almost a 180 degrees turn that brings you onto the steep

slope. It gets even steeper, and you have do run out close to the net. A

lot of racers crash on the X it. -- the exit. Miller blew his best

chance of winning the downhill by riding the nets. He is on the net!

When you get to the lower part of the course your legs are spent and

you still have to deal with this, the big jump into the compression,

then a hard left-hand turn onto an icy traverse, and then it is where

all of the problems were caused last year. The secret to nailing the

bumpy traverses to stay high and carry your speed all the way down to

the finish. If you crash up their it can go horribly wrong. The last

feature of the course is the finished jump. That caused some

crashes. Scott McCartney and Daniel al brek suffered bad injuries. Since

then, the jump has been taken down very slightly. But it cannot be

overlooked. Nothing here can. I am not sure anybody ever Masters this

course. Even the greats, what they did is embrace the challenge and

suppress the fear. Trust me, that is not easy. The Austrian press have

christened the course the light -- white monster. Who has the tools to

taint it? Janswood has the ability and also the gliding skills in the

mid-part of the course. But if it is not him, then it could be one of two

Italians, last year's winner, or Dominic Parris, who is big, powerful

and not scared. But the crowd will want an Austrian winner, and they

could get it in Max Franks, who has been is skiing really well. He is

unreliable on the course. He has the ability to be fast but he makes a

lot of mistakes. This is the course that all of the skiers want to win.

If you win on the Hahnenkamm, you are a ski racing legend. There is

nowhere else remotely like it. An epic battle, man versus mountain.

He is flying. The fastest man on the Hahnenkamm. Oh, a horrible crash.

What an attack from the great man. A wonderful run. Going faster and

faster. Frans crammer's record has gone. The clear skies and cold

weather have frozen the track into the ICS I have ever seen it.

Certainly in the last few years -- the raciest. Let's have a look at it

at the start. Really icy around the first gate. You just have to fight

to keep the line. Now we are setting up the carousel

turn. Onto this really slick icy section.

Pulling out to the net. Coming high from behind. Wow, that is by far the

toughest start to any downhill course. It just throws you in at the

deep end. Over the little jump and we're onto the next part. Really

bumpy downhill. Almost in sight of the finish. But you are far from

safe. This is where so many problems were caused last season. Over the

jump, and into the compression. We want to stay up high. We on the

bumpy traverse. Just inside the gate. Absolutely flying down the

finish. Over the finished jump. And we are across the line. Wow! . That

is the toughest and ICS -- and most ICI have seen the course of a long

time. The top section is absolutely brutal. It is not pretty skiing. It

is just survival all the way down. Overdo Matt Chilton for the

commentary. Downhill day in Kitzbuehel is the

toughest course in the world. The biggest winter sport crowd and the

biggest race of all. The Frenchman, number three and

Steve Nyman of the USA is the current leader, as Theux accelerates

towards the mighty mountain. 60 metres of flight. A solid landing

into the carousel. Has to work to keep the skis calm through the blue

eyes. It's like a vertical ice hockey rink. Down on the left ski

living dangerously coming through the outer layer. Into the Hausberger

counter approaching, and the flag has been less than sliding this

year, but that does not lessen the gravity of the big traverse which

Theux is on. Keeping a nice, high line.

Theaux leads the France. He shocked the crowd by taking the lead. We had

a really good traverse. But he was not great on the exit. Very close to

the nets on the X it. Ready to race is the veteran, Peter Bill. But he

triumphed last year and he put his victory down to getting married. Can

Fill trouble and strife again today. Peter Fill, the defending champion,

but it wasn't the full course a year ago. He would love to conquer

Kitzbuehel from top to bottom. Nice flight, solid landing and into Fill.

He tries to prop himself up. He has only ever won two of the World Cup

downhill races, and one of those was in Kitzbuehel 12 months ago. Nice,

high line to cruise through the trees. 112 kilometres. He lands

softly and he is still in the Green zone. Peter Fill is in control as he

hunts down victories for two years in success in in Kitzbuehel. There

is a new double gate put in here just to slow the racers down. That

is just slightly as they come to the Hausberger counter. Here is the big

red and yellow arch. Fill is flying. He makes contact early with the snow

and he has a good line coming into the traverse and he has the

advantage. Peter Fill has 0.24 of a second. He dives down the final

stretch towards the bottom of the Hahnenkamm. They are going crazy.

Fill, the winner a year ago, and he leads in 27 year -- 2017. A new

leader in Kitzbuehel. Last year's winner proving there is life in the

old legs. So smooth on the top part of the course and on the lower

section, he was so high going along the bumpy traverse. He carried so

much speed down towards the finish. Great time again from the Italian.

Next on the Hahnenkamm is Dominic Parris. Can the 2013 winner triumph

again and prove he's not passed his best? Paris -- Paris. Dominik Paris

was the winner two years ago, and what a flight here. Tucking the ski

poles around his body. Barely moved from the low aerodynamic shape, and

he has the reward, and the early intermediate shows that Paris is in

front of Peter Phil. Nice line from Paris as he heads

off. Now off the side, and he has drifted off into the red zone, but

he trails Peter Fill by a tenth of a second. He will come in with

potentially the toughest part of the course to come. Green again for

Dominik Paris. Amazing strength and lightness on his skis. There is a

little mistake. It might just cost him a fraction of a second. 0.1

eight. Still in front. He has to be high. Bounced around here. The skis

are almost aquaplaning on this section, and then he tucks in for

the run to the line, and the lead potentially, again. Dominik Paris,

the winner in 2013, and he leads again in 2017 by 0.4 of a second.

Dominik Paris is so strong and powerful. When he landed there, it

was almost tucking into the compression. Went in there with bent

legs, and the G forces will double your weight, and he held all of that

through the turns. Superb skiing. He stands so relaxed on his skis.

Brilliant. Had his first World Cup win in

mid-December after so many near misses. Flapping like a bird there,

but he is carrying extraordinary speed. He has lost his right ski.

That should not have happened. That was a pre-release. The ski came off,

and France's race is over. There is a fine line as to how tight you do

up your skis. Franz there. Kind of like losing the wheel of your F1

car. In the start up is last year 's runner up. He is an instinctive

skier and loves the challenge of this course, soap reading --

succeeding the podium on Friday. How will he do today? This man is a big

unit to say the least. Feuz of Switzerland. The 29-year-old has

four downhill wins in his career, including the longest of them all in

2012. He has never won here in Kitzbuehel. Incredible straight from

Feuz to keep the skis calming through the ice here. So far, Feuz

is getting it right on the strife. As he flies through, he has

increased that advantage to 0.3 nine. If he can get the bottom

section right, Feuz will give the Italians a run for their money.

1:17.64 for Feuz. The big man will hope to carry this speed onto the

bumpy Traverse which follows. He has a massive advantage. All he has to

do is stay on his feet. He's in trouble! He is going to hit the net

is! Oh, my word! Green lights all the way down for Feuz. Flying, but

then the mistake, just to not get on that right ski as he went into the

compression, didn't have the height and just ran out of piste. Luckily

it was a glancing blow into the nets. Let's hope he's OK. Feuz is

walking away. He's fine. Ready to face the strife the... Strief is

Carlo Janka. He has shared a meal with Wayne Rooney. Will today prove

to be sweet or sour for Carlo Janka? Number 15 at the top of the Strief.

Now he plunges down the side of this my team hanging mighty Hahnenkamm

mountain. He's got the upper hand. A cracking top section for Carlo

Janka. Through the carousel, he's a bit twisted. This turn can make or

break this race. Close to the edge, but he's OK. He was more than half a

second in front on intermediate number 2. Clatters through some of

these red control gates, and now settles himself down for the

approach to the house burqa canter. 11 hundredths of a second. The

Italians are celebrating at the foot of the course, though they might be

a bit premature. Janka is faster than Paris. Stands hard on that

right skis. High line from Janka. The left turn to come. Skiing for a

top three position, or possibly better. 135 kilometres per hour

through the gun. Carlo Janka is third for Switzerland. The Italians

hold on. The top section was absolutely brilliant, and he took a

very different line on the exit there. Quite low, but able to carry

speed and direction out of that hanging right hand turn. Then the

mistake came. Just flew to hide, and landed heavily on the edges on the

flat part of the course. Cost him all of the lead he'd built up on the

top. 36-year-old Frenchman, who has never won a World Cup podium.

Getting towards the end of his career now. He would love to come

away with something in his visit to Kitzbuehel this weekend. The start

is promising for Clarey. A good, high line. Absolutely perfect as he

heads off there. Clarey has the green light. The Italians can sense

the threat from the Frenchman. Clarey travelling beautifully.

Lovely turns there. He's still in front. Look the last -- the last

Frenchman to win here was back in the 90s. It is going to be close.

Clarey Thaksin for the line. He is second. 0.33 behind. Terrific from

him. Brilliant from Johann Clarey. Absolutely great on the top part of

the course. Just on that final finish section didn't quite have the

height to carry the same speed. Great skiing from the Frenchman,

though. Number 24, Valentin Giraud Moine from France. Celebrates his

25th birthday on Monday. At the end of last season he was the runner up

in a downhill in Norway in March. Received a bit of information from

team-mates at the bottom of the mountain on where to watch and where

to attack. This is nice so far from Giraud Moine. He was green at first,

and in intermediate 4 he was quicker. He could cause the biggest

upset of the weekend. He is high on the big Traverse. He takes the final

turn, and he is to hundredths behind. This could be close.

Valentin Giraud Moine of France tucks in. He's a second. He has

missed it by 21 hundredths. Proving that this race is not over, and

Dominik Paris very, very nervously watching on. A great result from the

French. A day to remember for the French team and an Italian called

Paris. For the Austrians, the best of the home team was material Meyer,

who finished in eighth. Former world champion Erik Guay was

the best of the Canadians, finishing in sixth. Paris wins here for the

second time, ahead of the French Valentin Giraud Moine and Johann

Clarey in third. What is it about this course that brings out the best

in Dominik Paris? I pushed it so hard. From the bottom I was pushing

so hard. I'm so happy. The fastest men in the world have been racing

here in Kitzbuehel, and the women's World Cup tour has been in Garmisch

in Germany. We were there. Despite having spent the past two

months regaining use of her right arm. She's made of steel. She comes

back and she doesn't say, I'm back and let's see what happens. That

isn't Lindsey. She says comeback -- she says, I'm here to win. There is

no doubting that on her day, Vonn is a cut above the rest.

COMMENTATOR: Absolutely sensational from Lindsey Vonn. What became clear

in Austria was that, for her time being, she's lost some of the aura

of invincibility. This weekend's downhill here in Garmisch

Partenkirchen is one of the most prestigious events in the women's

downhill calendar. Farm is back to improve on her last 13th place

finish. It is a cause she is fond of. Can she make it three wins in

Garmisch? Or can Lara Gut confirm herself as

her next big rival? Some trees on this downhill course.

Now to the area whose name translates as hell. No mistakes so

far for the Germans. She drifts outside the blue lines. That is the

racing ideal line. Now, get set for the run towards the line. It takes

them into the finish. 116.2 kilometres per hour, as the noise

levels begin to build for the best hope for Germany today. Rebensburg

tucks in for the line in Garmisch. So a tough marker laid down by

Rebensburg proved hard to beat. A gate towards the end of the course

caused problems in training, and again in the race itself. Tina

Weirather struggle to find the line. Lara Gut of Switzerland propels her

stealth out of the start gates, still stabbing with those sharp

ended ski poles, looking for propulsion at the top. 54.82 for

Rebensburg, and Gut is quicker. That is a beautiful turn from 24-year-old

Lara Gut. Nice and sensitive on her edges. Lara Gut has a narrow lead.

This is going to be tight. Rebensburg and the German fans

holding their breath. Lara Gut is skiing beautifully. Gut is getting

quicker now. 120 kilometres per hour through the gun, and she leads by

three tenths of a second. Surely there is nothing that can stop Lara

Gut now? She has the lead in Garmisch. 0.33 in front. Rebensburg

goes second. Lindsey Vonn has her race face on, and pushes out at the

start. An astonishing 76 World Cup victories for Lindsey Vonn. She's

eating up the ground here. The advantage extends to four tenths of

a second, almost. Beautiful turns from Lindsey Vonn. Slightly off the

racing line there, but she was careful not to bring the edges in

too hard. And still leaves. If Lindsey Vonn that stays mistake

free, she will lead the way and possibly even win in Garmisch. On

her second weekend back since the return from injury, that would be

extraordinary. She tucks into the run to home. Can

Vonn win? Oh, yes, she can. Vonn leads the way. 1:43.4 one. Vonn said

before the race she wanted to go full speed and she certainly did

that, to claim her third win in Garmisch. I saw some of the girls go

ahead and I knew it would take a good run to win. I realised that I

had no downhill training and I would take my expectations down a bit. I

was happy with my race but I made a mistake at the end of the flat, and

I knew it could cost us something, and in the end it did. I missed the

1500 over there. I knew it was possible if I believed in my ability

and Canute to look forward, and I did that. I trusted it and I trusted

myself and my team and my equipment, and I wonder. -- Taiwan.

The Italian Stefano Gross was first ski and set impressive time of 53.71

seconds. Felix Nori Reuter skied solidly into second. Henrik

Kristofferson has been in superb form all season, but failed to

finish his first run on this famously unforgiving track. Then it

was the turn of Dave Riding, who is having his best season to date,

wearing number eight -- Ryding. He put in an incredible time, and his

time of 53.42 seconds was unbeatable. Into the second leg,

Marcel Hirscher, raising the bar with a classic second run charge

which led the way, setting the scene for the last man on the Hill. What a

moment for Dave Ryding. Deep breaths. Concentration. Marcel

Hirscher's work is done. He has skied a storming second run. The

last man to ski, and more than a second clear of Hirscher after the

first run. Dave Ryding Great Britain, at the start and away, the

man from the Pendle ski club in Lancashire where he learned to ski

on a dry slope. His lead is still intact. Half a second layer of

Marcel Hirscher. Ryding settling into the pattern of the gates. He

has all of the ruts from the previous racers to deal with, and he

is holding his nerve. The red light is on, and Ryding is behind. Not far

away. 0.24 down. Dave Ryding, approaching the bottom part of the

course, the final intermediate. Still in the hunt for a podium

position. Kitzbuehel is rocking, as Dave Ryding tries to rewrite the

record books. He is second. That is sensational. Ryding has made skiing

history. The first British racer on a World Cup podium since 1981.

Amazing scenes in Kitzbuehel. Marcel Hirscher takes the win, Ryding

second. What a ski from Dave Ryding. You can see more of Dave on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Ski Sunday Extra has live coverage of the famous night

It's loud, it's brash, and it's a race that

Watch it live on the red button, online and on your connected TV.

Billie Morgan is a snowboarder who divides opinion, and he was one of

the greatest in the sport but it does not get him what he deserves.

His journey from Acrobat to Olympic medal contender has not been easy.

But his determination and thick skin combined with incredible natural

talent means he continues to silence his critics.

Oh, goodness. The more times you do a trick, the more you slow down. So

gifted in the air. The ground will pass by, and you get a thrill in

your head. 99.9% of people watching this will say that Billy Morgan is

one of the coolest people in Britain. The first guy who landed a

quad on the snowboard. He goes about rotation, sewing going flat around

the way you go of the axes and upside down, corkscrew rotation.

That means you go up and down four times, that is what the quad bit

means. The combined rotation would be 1800 degrees of spinning. It is

not something you can sniff around and try. You either do it or you

don't. Yes, you can't really have a bit of a go at it. Because you're

going to land on your head. What kind of mental stadium have to be in

to do that? -- mental state. I have already accepted that it goes wrong,

I will break myself, but I try not to think about that because you get

a bit depressed. If you did it, you knew you would the Internet. It is

always crazy to me that there is so much interest in anything I've done.

I've never had that much attention on me. I try to be shy and hide away

from it. The first time you did this with the triple backflip, no one had

heard of you. There was a big outcry on the Internet, almost, how dare

this man do this when we have not heard of him? I think it was just

the video we put out. It was just some English kid jumping off a jump,

and I think people thought it was just ridiculous. Or you want the

cool part of the industry, so it was less legitimate? -- you weren't. I

was never one of the cool kids and I have to deal with it all the time.

It feels like snowboarding and its legion of online trolls have got the

idea of Billy Morgan, and got used to it. I want to be more of a

legitimate snowboarder through the contests I have been doing with the

world's best. They have just got used to me. I have accepted the fact

I am the snowboarder that I am. Talk me through the transition from being

an Acrobat to snowboarding. How did it happen? I just stopped doing

acrobatics when I was 13 and snowboarding filled the space that

it left. I got addicted, I couldn't stop. The idea of saying that

slopestyle is not acrobatic or gymnastic is ridiculous. A lot of

the best guys are training their tricks on trampolines and airbags,

and I didn't have the choice to go skiing when I was younger, I was an

Acrobat. Then I love snowboarding, so that is what I am going to do. I

suppose being British and being an Acrobat, those are two points that

put you on the fringe. The cool snowboarders are the guys who have

grown up and had so much time to perfect the things they are doing,

because they have been snowboarding from such a young age but we come

from a completely different place where we snowboard on plastic. It's

a different sport when you go back and look at it like that. We won't

look like them. Jamie does. He is a beautiful snowboarder to look at,

but the most but it's difficult to get the style because that comes

with having time to freely snowboard.

You are at the vanguard of aerial progression in snowboarding now. How

far can it go? I hate to say it because when I did a triple, summary

said are you going to do a quad, and then we have gone and done it --

somebody said. But I don't really want to go upside down again, I

don't think. Looking forward, the big air is part of the Olympics. You

have got the quad, so surely the plan is to use it? I guess so. Big

air is you turn up and do the biggest and hardest trick you can

do, so hopefully I get to go and do it and I want to. It is scary. You

are in an incredibly elite club. Hamidi people have done quad

corkscrews? -- how many people? Max did one. Marcus did one. So there is

three of you? Somewhere in there is gold, silver and bronze? It depends

what they want to do. I still don't understand the politics and I stay

out of it as much as I can. If they go heavily on the creativity might

not work in my favour. I don't know. Is that the secret to your

happiness? Blocking out all of the online trolls, blocking at the

politics of the sport and getting on with doing what you love doing? Yes,

it's helped me a lot and it's taken me a long time to realise. If I just

go out and do what I've come here to do and enjoy doing it, I will have a

lot more fun. MUSIC - "Windmills Of Your Mind".

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

And with the dump of fresh snow across Europe, we've been

asked for tips on skiing and snowboarding in powder.

It's time for a practical demonstration.

I don't think I got back quite right. I'll have to go back and do

it again. Just like on a snowboard, on skis, you also don't want to lean

back. Stand with your weight in the centre, even wait between both skis.

I will do that again. The first tip for snowboarders is that the deeper

the snow gets, the further you need to move your bindings back down the

board. This will help keep the nose of the board up and stop you getting

back leg burn. The wider the skis, the greater the flotation. The best

place to learn to ride powder is just off the edge of the piste. You

can get used to riding Surf snow with a bit of safety, because you

can always pop back on. Now, you could do it

like that, or you could do He sent this video

in of him in Japan. To be fair, they've had a silly

amount of snow over the last week. Nicole and Elliot have been

asking for practical info. to know how to keep his feet warm

on the slopes? Firstly go to a professional boot

fitted, don't wear socks that are to fix, and if that doesn't work, gets

boot heaters fitted. You could just take up snowboarding with

comfortable boots. You've also been sending

in your pictures and videos - Among the great vids

of you shredding, we've had Charlotte's dad has been

doing his own course run. Keep sending them in please - just

use the hashtag #SkiSunday. Next week, we have a feast

of racing for you. We're in Cortina for biggest

downhill on the women's world cup. And we'll have highlights

of the night slalom from Schladming. Welcome to Cortina. One of the most

famous places in alpine sport. Really good skiing. The crowd

enjoying themselves. The noise levels are rising. A huge error. The

biggest slalom arena there is. Lindsey Vonn takes yet another win.

Tom Jones, obviously. Winston Churchill.