Ski Sunday - where is it?

Still not liking the fact I can't watch it... at least its snowing which should make for a great powder day tomorrow!! :lol:

Tony_H wrote:I'm always put off by the reviews about how long it takes to get to the slopes around Grindlewald. Otherwise it looks fantastic.

It can be a bit of a trek it just depends on how much of the area you want to cover.

Grindelwald to Mannlichen area is 30 mins on the gondola. Kleine Scheidegg is about the same by train and First is a gondola ride of about 25mins. This last week there's not been a queue in sight and once you've done the initial trip up the mountain the rest is the same as any resort and covered by chair lifts etc.
Personally, I don't see it as a problem and make the journey up part of the whole enjoyment of just being in the mountains.

For the record, ski sunday was rubbish, just an edited highlights of what I watched on eurosport earlier. What happened to last seasons adventurous programme with resort reviews and all sorts of other things that didnt involve watching reruns on some racing?

I am A) annoyed Bode talked to the Beeb and B) annoyed he didn't win.

The British dude is pretty unimpressive but nice try.

I thought Ski Sunday much better than last year, showing more of the racing. Good to see that they interviewed Ed Drake before his run and did show a little of it too.
The coverage is still way behind that of Eurosport though. All races live.

The resort reviews etc are now supposedly in another part of the programme at another time which is fine by me.
Remember that it is put on air during the Sunday sport programme so showing the racing rather than GB and his mate on the snowboard playing around would seem logical to me.
The reason they changed back more towards the old style is because so many people complained of the lack of racing!

Oh well. I liked last years format much better.

Back to Sleepless in Seattle anyway......

RossF - It was Ed's first ever World Cup race. It was the longest of all DH's by about 30 secs. He spent almost 18 months out with injury only coming back 1/2 way through last season.
You try skiing that course at around 80mph! Respect to him. He will get better. He is only 22 which is still young for a WC downhiller, especially British. That course is only run once per year as are most WC Downhills. They all have to be learned and it takes many years to do so. Look at the average age of the top WC Downhillers. About 30+
Give him a chance please.

AB wrote:RossF - It was Ed's first ever World Cup race. It was the longest of all DH's by about 30 secs. He spent almost 18 months out with injury only coming back 1/2 way through last season.
You try skiing that course at around 80mph! Respect to him. He will get better. He is only 22 which is still young for a WC downhiller, especially British. That course is only run once per year as are most WC Downhills. They all have to be learned and it takes many years to do so. Look at the average age of the top WC Downhillers. About 30+
Give him a chance please.

Of course I will give him a chance and I understand that you are involved with racing in some way so will probably be more defensive than the norm but I was just saying how he looked. I just didn't think he looked particularly solid (for a British skier.... or an Austrian skier..... or an American).

I did not profess I could ski the course at 80mph, that would be a bit daft considering I haven't devoted my life to racing. Good on him for having the balls to do it.

I hope he gets better and does very well! Whether that comes with experience or not who knows.