St Moritz, Switzerland - Part 2 Ski Sunday

Hello, and welcome to the programme, we are in St Moritz, where the

Alpine skiing World Championships reaches its conclusion with the

men's slalom. For the first time in a long time, we have a British skier

with medal contention. Being a British ski racer feels like you are

an out-of-town and you have walked into someone's local! The Swiss, the

Austrians, the French, they look at you funny, you are a novelty to

them. I've heard it before, so many times... " how can you be a ski

racer on Alpine mountain is without any mountains in your country?"

It breeds resilience, fight or flight! If you don't believe in

yourself, no one else will! And there's nothing more satisfying

than proving everyone wrong! COMMENTATOR: The day it all came

right for Great Britain! COMMENTATOR: Alan Baxter wins the

Olympic slalom bronze medal! COMMENTATOR: My goodness me, have we

ever seen anything like that! It's no longer a novelty, Dave

Ryding has earned the right to be taken seriously, and it will be no

surprise to anyone if he places on the podium today. Of course, it's

not just the British interest to look forward to, the two

heavyweights of slalom, are set to do battle again, and it promises to

be a stunning race between Henrik Kristoffersen and Marcel Hirscher.

We will have a full round-up, and Jenny Jones has been meeting a young

man doing his bit to prove that skiing and snowboarding is for

everyone. No matter who you are or where you're from. I didn't know who

I was, I was following the crowd, I wanted to find out who I was, I

didn't know who I was, until I started skiing, I didn't have a

clue. First, the men's slalom from the championship, we have been

talking about Dave Ryding for a while but if we are honest, his

progression has been even quicker than we expected. As he taken the

European establishment by surprise? Graham went to take a closer look.

-- has he taken. When Dave Ryding took his wealth World Cup podium,

just a few weeks ago, the world of Alpine skiing took notice. It was

not really a surprise, during the season he did very well. It was a

surprise in your country rather than outside, he has the abilities.

Austrian second, Dave Ryding, third, Russia, fourth, nobly would have

thought that you could have a British guy and a Russian on the

podium. But for me, it was very important for skiing. A change in

Alpine skiing, not only big teams succeed also small team succeed with

stop one-man team, one woman teams. The champion of the world. Dave

Ryding's technique has caught the eye of Olympic gold medallist

Bernard rootsy, he has been talking him up on Swiss television. Watch

this guy, incredible how he skis, nobly else is so clean from the

beginning until the end, without any mistakes, without any problems. He

knows that by skiing down clean like he did so many times, he will be

third. There is two who can go faster. If something happens, from

Henrik Kristoffersen, from Marcel Hirscher, if they have problems,

then he could be the world champion and he would be the greatest, in my

opinion. I have come to the top of the mountain, to meet a man who

knows a thing or two about slalom. COMMENTATOR: Gold medallist, Ingemar

Stenmark of Sweden. I like his technique, I think that he can go

even faster. He's never on the edge. He grew up racing on a dry slope,

you came to the British artificial Championships. I was in Gloucester,

but I did not race, I was scared of falling on the plastic! LAUGHTER

What can we expect from Dave Ryding in the Olympics next year? I don't

want to put too much pressure on him, but he can win... But, slalom

is... It is difficult. There are many skiers who can win. A small

mistake and then you are out. And this man knows what it is like to

stand on top of the limping podium, Dave Ryding's recent form, along

with his unconventional route to success, has earned the respect of

the Swede. I have never tried a dry slope, that makes it even more

impressive. He is going to be a dangerous contender for Olympic gold

medal, so, staging. -- and the respect of the Norwegian. Consistent

improvement over the last couple of years has shown that he is working

hard, use very talented. All about progression, he won the Europa cup

title four years ago, then the World Cup, scored a top 30, then top 15s,

this season, he has blazed on the podium, if that continues, he is a

definite medal prospect for a year's time. Back to today's racing, not

just about day, a couple of other favourites. Henrik Kristoffersen and

Marcel Hirscher, although anything can happen in slalom, Kristofferson

crashed out in Kitzbuhel, where David had his great result, and

Marcel Hirscher feels a lot of pressure in the World Championships.

Alexander Rossi Roth could be one to watch out for. The Swiss have

someone to cheer for, and it is an interesting background. Daniel

Yuill, raced in the British Championships, Scottish parents. Can

we claim in as one of our own? He signed for Switzerland, I don't know

why, maybe something to do with... Hundreds of coaches, videos, the

cars, the sponsors, the cheese...? The cheese alone would have done it

for me! -- physios. The battle for the World Championships is about to

begin, Matt has the best of the action from round one. On a course

set by the Norwegian coach, everything looked set for Henrik

Kristoffersen to lay down an early marker in round one. Skiing from bid

three, he took the lead, but any convincing one, which did not last

for long. Britain's Dave Ryding followed the Norwegian down and lay

down a blistering run. -- but it was an unconvincing one. He took first

position. Dave Ryding was justifiably satisfied with his

morning 's work but the race lead would change hands again before

long, slalom buzz number one this year, Marcel Hirscher, skiing in

immaculate run, taking the lead by over half a second, followed into

second and third by his Austrian team-mate, Marco Schwarz, and

Michael Matt. Slalom Prodigy Manuel Feller was in seventh, Austrians are

in a dominant position ahead of the second run. Matias Hagens skiing

well, to take fifth place, and Russia's Alexander Khoroshilov is in

charge of the top three, but is eight, going into round two. Lower

down the field, the Swiss number one Daniel Yuill went 11, beaten by his

team-mate, who finished ninth. Germany are without a medal from

these championships, that run does not look set to end, with Felix

Neureuther propping up the top ten. French racer Aleksei pans along

would have been considered a prerace contender but failed to make it to

the finish, he made it further than Sebastien Hummer not the ideal way

to lead the World Championships. -- leave. All to play for, the top of

the field is tightly packed, only a second is covering the fastest 14.

-- Alexis Pinturault. Dave Ryding is handily placed in fourth, hoping to

break the Austrian stranglehold on the podium positions, and secure a

historic World Championship medal. Andre Myhrer, this is M has spent

a chunk of the season with injury. Let's see what he can produce,

Olympic bronze medallist in Whistler, in 2010, high arm, boxing

the spring-loaded gates out of the way, effective technique, adding to

his lead, by nearly half a second now. Jumping ever so slightly on the

steep part of the course. Unusual technique. Dropping the inside hand,

touching the slalom, picking it right back up, to hit the gate away,

sometimes that increases the rotation on his hips, difficult to

control the lower part of the body. He has only one hundredth in

reserve, forcing his way across the line. And gets it, asked finish from

Andre Moorer. The Swedes takes the gold medal position. -- Andre

Myhrer. They still have Matias Hagen to come. Good run from the Swede,

you can see the high arm carriage, both hands in front, as he goes

through. Stefano Gross, 14th after the first

run, on his way, a little weight, because of the technical time-out,

comes charging onto the flat, I wonder if he was pushing a fraction

too hard, 58.2 to for Andre Myhrer, Stefano Gross has pushed a little

too furiously out of the start heart. Just a little stumble in the

first couple of dates and that has cost in his speed. Under the first

initial flat. -- a little wait. Lovely skier to watch when he is on

great form, so fluid, great upper body, lower body separation. What,

does not quite have the timing today, to get the skis divide,

having problems, generating the same acceleration that he normally would.

It is going to be tight, Andre Myhrer leads for Sweden, Stefano

Gross will push him every step of the way, and go second, three

tenths, relief, path of the cheeks from Andre Myhrer, he stays in the

leaders area. Stefano Gross into second for the moment. VOICEOVER:

Daniel Yuill, the Swiss number one loves the hill, taking the first run

before finishing 11, he skis for pleasure as well as World Cup

points, and he loves a powder turn. -- Daniel Yule. Can he get his face

up on the podium today? COMMENTATOR: Daniel Yule for Switzerland, 11

after the first run, getting towards the fastest men after the first late

this morning, and Daniel Yule, Scottish heritage, racing for

Switzerland, 11 hundredths, his advantage at the split, he is out.

Caught on the inside ski, could not get out of the turn. As he went into

the right footed turn. Set him up on the inside ski. Daniel Yule is out.

Ready to race, Felix Neureuther, popular German has half a million

followers on Facebook, and fans across all ages. VOICEOVER: When not

impressing with his slalom skills, new wells them with his dance moves.

-- he wows them with his dance moves. Can Felix walks to victory

and be dancing on the podium today? COMMENTATOR: The turn of Felix

Neureuther, huge amount of pressure on his shoulders, Germany without a

medal from the Championships. Felix Neureuther, tense after the first

run. Sykes himself up. And off he goes. Felix Neureuther, rattling

through the first U-turns, 0.36 the advantage with which he starts this

second run, that remains intact will stop expect fireworks, new knows

that he is in touch, a good run could move him up into medal

contention. CO-COMMENTATOR: Great skiing, uncharacteristic mistakes on

this part of the cause in the first run but that's good, the German

absolutely flying in the second run. Silver medallist in 2013, took the

bronze in Beaver Creek, two years ago, is it still... It is! Up a

second, that is the advantage that Felix Neureuther brings with him,

into these final U-turns on the flat, skiing for gold medal position

for Germany, and gets there, by 17 hundredths of a second. Felix

Neureuther, lost a fraction of his lead in the very last section of the

course, almost ran out of steam ever so slightly, but that could be good

enough to put him on the podium. So tight from here until second place

and then, the four tenths of a second lead for Marcel Hirscher.

Last of the Swiss now, Ramon Sennheiser and, ninth after the

first run. With bid number 23, remarkable first run for the Swiss,

tall and lanky, deceptively quick... -- Ramon Zenhausern. Standing little

backwards on his skis, extraordinary start, but he has more than doubled

his lead coming into the state. Not the skier that you necessarily want

to watch if you are a young racer! His technique is kind of his own,

shall we say. Late there, that has got to have cost and time. He has

played eight of his nine lives, he will not be challenging for a medal

now. Gives it up, how frustrating. Holds his hands very low, there is

the straddle, he has to stop. VOICEOVER: In the start, Alexander

Khoroshilov, the Russian enjoying another consistent season on the

World Cup, training with Dave Ryding of Britain. He celebrated his 33rd

birthday this week, his team-mate vulnerable dented him with a special

week as a present... Will he have the skills to pay the bills today,

or will he be left tearing his hair out in St Moritz? -- special wig.

Next to go, Alexander Khoroshilov of Russia. Training partner of Dave

Ryding. He is storming through these first few turns on the flat. That's

a furious start from Khoroshilov. His lead is maintained as he hits

the steep now. He is high on the racing line. Letting the skis run

and carrying the speed out onto this little flat section. Just lost a few

tenths of a second. The 33-year-old Russian. Good results this season.

Finish third in the race in which Dave Ryding finished second. He's

got a little bit of work to do here. Heat charges the last few turns and

goes second. The Russian coach is happy with that and Khoroshilov is

into silver now. There is Dave Ryding, keeping his boots cold.

Seven men left to race. Manuel Feller is next. Feller, on his way.

This could be interesting. A really wild technique with the upper body,

lots of hip movement as well. Really interesting to see. He's using that

to generate the power now. The question with Feller is, how many

mistakes will he make? When he's fast Kameni is very fast, but he

tends to make some mistakes on his run. That remains green, 0.20. He

hasn't really made any noticeable mistakes yet. One little stumble

sideways, and he is a bit more sketchy as he crosses the next

intermediate and puts himself 100th of a second behind Felix Neureuther.

Can Manuel Feller charge in front of Felix Neureuther here? Yes he can,

by a quarter of a second. It's a gold for Austria and they have still

got three men to come. Great skiing from Manuel Feller. Just one ever so

slight mistake where he rotated just before the third intermediate, but

what a technique. Skis quite close together and produces this rotation

with his upper body, but his lower body has to cancel that rotation

out, so there is a lot of twisting movement trying to separate what his

legs are doing from what his arms are doing, which is springing around

and flailing at the gates. In the start-up is Henrik Kristoffersen.

The Norwegian is breaking ski racing records left right and centre and is

a start back home, being nominated for awards and appearing on TV

shows. He's even design his own logo, imaginatively going with his

initials. Will he be crowned WC, or world champion, today?

Next to go, Henrik Kristoffersen, the incredibly talented 22-year-old

Norwegian. He is off and charging. Two hundredths of a second, that's

all he's got over Manuel Feller after the first run. He's not

holding back anything here, Henrik Kristoffersen, as he rapidly arrives

at the first intermediate, he is behind Feller by 2 cents -- two

tenths of a second and he is behind Felix Neureuther -- Manuel Feller.

There is more offset between the gates on the second run so it should

suit him, but this course is not what the Norwegian wanted, going

into the World Championships. He wants it steep and more difficult.

Now he's trying to generate some speed. Fourth in the giant slalom,

just missed a medal there. He has won five slalom races this season.

Can he denied Manuel Feller? I don't think so. He has gone third, pushing

Alexander Khoroshilov out of the medal positions. Those late turns

that we saw from Kristoffersen on the speed, uncharacteristically

making mistakes. Dave Ryding stepping into his skis. The biggest

moment of his career coming up. Matthias Haagen steps forward, the

Swede. His advantage over Manuel Feller is a tenth of a second and he

is charging out of the starting heart here, a tragic year for him,

he lost his wife, and extreme skier, in South America last summer in an

avalanche. Just a little late as he went on to

the steep and it could cost him at this next intermediate time, it

hasn't! Hagen Is still good. Great run he skis with his skis very close

together which allows him to take a tight line. He's giving this

absolutely everything he's got, and he's out! Just on that final little

roller, Matthias Haagen was risking absolutely everything. No risk, no

reward, in slalom. Feller leads, not a

-- Felix Neureuther in seconds. It's time for the rocket man, Dave

Ryding, fourth after the first run, the 30-year-old, who learned to

sleep acrobatic space ski on the plastic slope of Pendle in

Lancashire. He had a fantastic first run. 1400s of sacking, that is the

advantage he brings with him the second run over Manuel Feller.

Didn't quite have the timing that he had on the first run in that flat

section of the course. Timing is absolutely everything for generating

the speed, and Ryding is clean but not quite as fast as the current

leader, Manuel Feller, 0.26 at the moment between first and second

position and Ryding is struggling here. 0.27 behind. He needs to find

some acceleration, this next transition from the steep here onto

the flat is Kiefer Dave Ryding. The British number one, can he get in

amongst the medals? -- is key for Dave Ryding. Just didn't have the

same timing and clean skiing that he had on the first run. Lost a lot of

time on that first section. Normally Dave Ryding would be very good at

carrying speed from the steep onto the flat. 26 to go and they are all

Austrian. They are up -- six to go. We're going to have an Austrian

gold. The resemblance to his brother Mario is obvious. Michael has

stepped it up this year with some spec -- some sensational slalom

skiing in the first run this year. Michael Matt is in contention. Mario

Matt was one of the inventors of the new slalom technique with the skis

shortened and the radius of the Skeete tight end. Stooping low, used

to ski with the skis very wide apart to control the acceleration. Michael

Matt now with a narrow stance but the same hunched over technique.

Michael Matt trails by 11 hundredths of a second, he's managed to find a

tenth between intermediate number two and split number three. He's

down in sixth place and that means that Feller is guaranteed a medal,

with just two to come. Feller leads the way, two Austrians to come, will

the clean sweep happen for the big alpine ski racing nation now? Number

ten, Marco Schwarz. Second after the first run. He brings with him a lead

of a quarter of a second over team-mate Manuel Feller into this

second run. Marco Schwarz at the first intermediate. His advantage

has been sliced in half and just cut the turn off going on to the steep,

so he didn't come on with much direction. Feet close together,

controlling that upper body. Good core strength from Marco Schwarz. He

might be able to claw some of the time back... It hasn't changed much

but it is still red Fort Marco Schwarz and I think Manuel Feller

might be dreaming of a silver medal now at least, as Marco Schwarz

pushes hard for the line and goes sixth! Felix Neureuther has got a

medal and Germany are off the mark, finally they get some reward and

Feller can finish no worse than silver. The Austrian clean sweep

will not happen. So, Feller leads and Felix Neureuther is second,

Henrik Kristoffersen is on the cusp, in bronze medal decision. One man to

come and it is of course the World War I, Marcel Hirscher. I fully

expect Hirscher to ski 100% on this second run. He knows there is only

one way to ski slalom and that is all-out attack. Which Austrian will

win gold? Will it be this one or the one at the top? Of course, Hirscher

doesn't drain with the rest of the Austrian team committee trains on

his own. He's all they said he wants this young Austrian team to come

through and start pushing him on the World Cup. They've done it today.

He's moved from the leaders in close to take his position in the winner

's area. Marcel Hirscher has the lead after the first run and his

advantage is 0.6 seven. Classic textbook, as predicted. Hirscher on

the charge and he is already adding time to that lead. Brilliant skiing

from Marcel Hirscher, so lean, so far from behind on the turns, he can

generate speed and acceleration at will down the slope. Getting even

better for Marcel Hirscher! You looks so calm and relaxed over his

skis, it's almost like a training run for Marcel Hirscher. He's

ripping it up, here. 0.70. He can still afford a mistake and go on and

claim the gold. Not since 1996 when Alberto Tomba won both has anyone

done the double but he has done it now, the golden double for Marcel

Hirscher! He won the GS last week and now he's taken the slalom title.

Absolutely brief from Marcel Hirscher. When he's on form and on

fire, he is unstoppable. That second run, remember the course is cutting

up with every skier down and Hirscher able to generate such power

and clean turns. His great mate, Felix Neureuther, is there to

congratulate him, and his team-mate Manuel Feller. He has destroyed the

rest of the field today to reclaim the title he won in 2013 and to

snatch his second gold, here in St Moritz. It is perfect the sun is

shining, great conditions today. The skiing was as well pretty good.

Austria is pretty stoked with another two on the podium. Thank you

to an amazing crowd, have a nice Sunday and they safe trip home.

Confirmation of victory for Marcel Hirscher, he takes the gold ahead of

Manuel Feller and Felix Neureuther takes the bronze for Germany. Great

Britain's Dave Ryding ultimately finished in 11th. St Moritz has seen

some great racing here at the World Championships and we've covered it

live on the red button, but if you've missed anything, here's our

Graham with a quick reminder of the best of the action.

With a World Championships in town, all signs led to St Moritz, a place

rich in alpine history, ready for a new chapter to be written with two

weeks of racing. The festival began with the Super G and high hopes for

the poster girl. She goes second! Mikel gets it by a third of a

-- Nicole. Beads to gold by her Austria -- Austrian rival, ouch.

The 21st-century reincarnation of the crazy pair upset the form books.

The victory was not a complete surprise but these shock bronze left

St Moritz reverberating, much like the crash barriers in the finishing

area! COMMENTATOR: Brilliant. The

championships were up and running and all signs pointed towards more

great racing to come. Up next, the Alpine combined, downhill and

slalom, to crown the world's best all-rounder. Fears that the Swiss

challenge was ending intensified with this season-ending injury. The

home nation weren't feeling sorry for themselves for long. Wendy is

the combined champion of the world! Switzerland have their first gold.

Further home success followed in the men's race. Switzerland have two

more medals. Luca is the world combined champion. The Swiss were on

a roll. Could they maintain the momentum in the blue-ribbon events?

The signs were looking good for the man who won here last year and had

the luxury of behind closed doors practice runs before the

championships. The big man is attacking the mountain in St Moritz

's! With the stands packed to cheer him home, he didn't let them down.

Tucks in and takes gold medal position! First full Switzerland.

The women's downhill was a thrilling battle from start to finish. Sophia

took the lead but her expression in the finish area said it all. The

Italian knew she wouldn't be on top for long. Gold was living. The best

downhill rider of the season leads the World Championship downhill.

Lindsey von may be the greatest of all time but the Americans seemed

unusually unsure of herself in St Moritz. Bronze for her and a smile,

but not the middle she likes to deal in. smile, but for most, however, a

medal of any colour is not to be overlooked, redemption, in giant

slalom bronze, after downhill disappointment. Gold went to Tessa

Worley. Austria took a 1-2, with Marcel Hirscher taking the first

gold medal of this Championships and his first ever in GS. The

Championships concluded as always with the slaloms, in the women's

face, the signs were pointing overwhelmingly to retains

title for Mikaela Shiffrin. A glut of Swiss gold, the host nations are

breaking. -- the host nation celebrating. This may be the last

Ski Sunday of the series but the winter sport continues on BBC Sport

with Scott fridge of the skeleton bobsleigh championships, watch the

men's skeleton on Friday morning on the red button, and unconnected TV.

-- with skeleton bobsleigh. And the ski and snowboard world freestyle

championships from Sierra, Nevada, next month, Team GB sending a strong

squad and it promises to be a strong competition.

We all know that skiing and snowboarding have a reputation for

exclusivity, but we wanted to show you that this does not have to be

the case. Jenny Jones has been out to prove it. You may not think that

this is the place to come to show that snow sport is not just for the

privileged and wealthy, but bear with me. I am here in Verbier, to

meet a ski instructor in one of the poshest results in Europe but it

could not be more different from where he was just a couple of years

ago. Let's do this. It's crazy, absolute crazy, to think that three

and a half years ago, I had never put skis on, had never thought about

skiing before, it was not available for me. This is where I grew up.

School was not great. My dad, he left us. Everything was a bit

downhill. I did not know who I was so I was following the crowd, I was

just trying to fit in to something, I did not know what I was fitting

into, it was a bit of a strange one. # "Fix Up, Look Sharp" - Dizzee

Rascal. I was wanted to show that I was the

big man, I wanted to show that I was a call big person, I was just trying

to find out who I was, I did not know who I was, until I started

skiing I did not have a clue who I was. -- cool, big person. -- I

always wanted to show that I was the big man. I got myself into a lot of

trouble. When he was about 15, 16, I was worried, because I felt he

didn't know where he was going. At that age, he didn't want to listen

to what I had to say, because it is the age where they know best. All

this is going on, then he got introduced to snow camp. Yes, he

did, the way it first happened, I was watching something on TV, they

were in central London, they had been doing a bit of a promotion. And

I thought, wow, he would love that. The away seem to be skating. It is

something I've never been able to introduce him to. We did some

research, it was a weekend, I took him to the station, you were

apprehensive, wasn't you. What did you think? I was going to say... We

pulled up and he said, why have you put me on this, why did you even

arrange this! I said, go for today, just go for today and if you don't

like it, don't have to go back again but give it a go. He loved it... He

said, amazing. I said, are you going back tomorrow. He said, yes, I will

go back tomorrow. I never dreamt this would happen, never dreamt this

would come out of this moment. So, here we are, exactly where you

first started. I walked in, and the first thing I thought, it's freezing

cold, actually freezing cold! To step on the snow and how slippery it

was, completely out of my comfort zone! A bit daunting at first. What

they do here, they are a youth charity helping underprivileged

young people get into snow sport, perfect candidate, I had never seen

snow, had never thought to put skis on. And then snow camp offered you

an apprenticeship. That's right, the way that the scheme works, you get

the work placement within the snow industry, you get to see how it

works, insight into what the world is that you're going into, that for

me was amazing. What doors has it opened in terms of getting out of

the mountains? Through the apprenticeship I am now

internationally qualified as a ski coach, working my way up. Just

through that one day of saying, you know what, ma'am, maybe I'm going to

go... It has completely changed my life. -- you know what, mum. Who

would know that I would ever be able to come to a place like this, get on

a plane, into the mountains, get straight to it. That is the point

when I knew, this is the life for me. Really nice, seriously, really

nice! Really smooth, really control, keep it up.

That had a lot more flow. Do you think he is out of his comfort zone?

People buying a lot for this ski instruction and to have a good

holiday but actorly you look so relaxed, very confident, enjoying

himself, you might think he was out of his comfort zone, but not. The

coaching sessions? It's crazy, it's not just a different area and a

different place, it's completely different people, different

upbringing, background to what I have had. I have had to learn a lot

about myself to interact with it. If I was the same person I was three

years ago, I would not fit here, I have had to change and grow. To be

here is enough, I want to swallow everything, and become the best I

can be. I would love to be able to go back to my borough and give back

and change summary is's life, and do what snow camp have done for me,

literally given me the opportunity to be here, you know. -- Snow Camp.

And build a career for myself. Look at this amazing place, and just

standing here, with half the people that do come skiing every year, is

amazing. On paper, I shouldn't be here, you know? What Snow Camp do is

so in spiralling, both Graham and I work with them and time and again we

see how the sport we love can change lives are the better. -- is

inspiring. Get out there and give it a go, hundreds of slopes all over

the country, it does not need to be expensive, I promise it will be fun.

Time to the last ski social of the season, you have been sending in

questions in abundance and Bosco is up first, wanting to know how can I

reduce muscle fatigue after a day on the slopes? The classic ways are hot

tub, in North America, or sauna, in the Alps, but the professionals

would rather sit on an exercise bike up for up to an hour, flushing the

lactic acid out. You can go classic apres ski, replacing all of the

minerals that you have used during the day (!) why are there no

downhill snowball braces? It is too dangerous, skis, two edges, is one

of them goes, you have a safety net, on a snowboard, at close to 100 mph,

if the edge gives out, you will, on the ice, and it is not pretty. There

is a reason why snowboards were banned on most speed skiing tracks,

too dangerous. Alice wants to know can you snowboard? Yes, I can

snowboard, and I really good at it, much better at snowboarding then Ed

is at skiing! That is not true, I am a brilliant skier! The reason is

that snowboarding is so much easier, so much less going on, technically.

It's because you want to let your hair down after you have been in the

uptight alpine environment! I think there is a challenge coming on which

we will settle next season. We look forward to it. You have been sending

in photos all winter, and videos, there has been a mix of the good...

It is fair to say, the bad... And the ugly! But I think this clip of

little Mika sums up most of your sentiments. Skiing! Skiing! Can't

wait until he has snowboarding in his vocabulary! As much as we agree

with Mika, it is always good to leave your audience wanting more, we

will be reaching fever pitch before the unpicked. We will close the show

with a view of the best bits from the winter, and last week we asked

your suggestions for a track to accompany this, we got a blend of

old and new. One of your favourites was human by Rag'n'Bone Man, but we

have heard a lot about recently, so we have gone for something a little

bit different. Enjoy your spring, we will see you next year.

COMMENTATOR: It is immense, it is immense!

# "Way Down We Go" - Kaleo Throws you in at the deep end, absolutely

incredible feeling! COMMENTATOR: He made that look ridiculously easy!

Oh, yeah, she has still got it! Feels good, has definitely boosted

my confidence. COMMENTATOR: No, she's down! She's in trouble! The

thing with powder to remember, it's much harder to get hurt! Release

your fear! Are you all right? LAUGHTER

Kristofferson is king of the hill! Can Lindsey Vonn win? Yes, she can!

Lindsey Vonn leads the way! Ridiculously good. Amazing strength

and likeness on his skis. -- lightness.

Sensational! Dave Ryding has made skiing history!

For me, it was not possible to live without this passion, this sport.