Ski Sunday

Does anyone know when Ski Sunday starts? Ive seen the mens super G on Euro sport already for this yr so it cant be too far away... :-)

16th January I believe, bit of a Joke, the season will be half way through.

mjjw69 wrote:16th January I believe, bit of a Joke, the season will be half way through.

Too right - I can (maybe from a cost point of view though still hugely disappointing) see them missing out the far flung stuff but "premier neige" in VDI is always in December so why wait a month of the European season? :x

What annoys me is the BBC spend a fortune on sports like Bowls, Snooker, Rugby League & even 2nd rate World Darts but hardly anything on Winter Sports. Yes they should these sports as well (rather than huge salaries to overpaid presenters) & Ok I agree we are not great at Skiing, but that doesn't mean there is a keen interest. Luckily I am fortunate to watch it on Eurosport

It's a bit catch 22 I think. If they raise the profile of the sport in the UK by showing it on telly, more kids would be interested, they might get more sponsors, we might do a bit better etc. If I remember rightly they did well with coverage of the winter Olympics. It is lame that they pick up a sport half way through the season.

Only criticism of Eurosport it it's a bit random. The programmes advertised are often totally different to what's on the channel. Still haven't figured it out properly yet.

God I should spell check before a rant :) What I meant was Yes they should also show these sports & that doesn't mean there is not a keen interest. Apologies...

Starting to cover the skiing mid Jan is way too late IMO. Mind you, all you get on Ski Sunday is edited highlights of SOME of the weekends skiing.
I tend to record the skiing on Eurosport and watch it back when I can, then I can edit my own programme!
Basically, their programmes change with the weather. If something is scheduled, and they have bad weather, they have a back up event to show, which is why you often tune in to watch skiing and end up with ski jumping for example.
I was hoping to see the skiing from St Moritz last weekend but it was postponed and then I didnt watch the retimed programme. Bummer.
The mens downhill from Val Gardena was very good though, that looks an amazing course, and I want to ski it! I've met Uli Spiess a number of times, thoroughly nice bloke, and a bit of a legend at Val Gardena.

Nice to see British Eurosport are using Chemmy Alcott whilst she is out injured, excellent commentry from VDI over the weekend. Great thing about eurosport is the diversity of there programnes, everything from winter biathalon to summer timbersports.