Latest posts for the topic "Ski Sunday"

Ski Sunday

Wed, 9 Jan 2013 15:46:01 GMT

Ski Sunday is coming back for its 35th season and will be on our screens from 13 January at 17:00 GMT on BBC Two and BBC HD. :D

Re:Ski Sunday

Wed, 9 Jan 2013 19:20:24 GMT

WHOOOOPPPPPP

*does embarrassing dance* :D

Re:Ski Sunday

Wed, 9 Jan 2013 19:24:50 GMT

I'll miss first one, but will try and catch up on the i player :)

Re:Ski Sunday

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:10:09 GMT

See

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-sports/20935081

Re:Ski Sunday

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:11:03 GMT

Saw it this evening - would NOT like to try the old wooden skis with leather boots... Mr Pitstop does remember something similar when he was a mere whippersnapper, on his first ski trip on top of a mountain in America, wearing leather boots and 3 pairs of school socks: his big step-sister (an accomplished skier) by way of instruction, pointed and said: 'It's down there' and skiied off.

This would have been in the 1960's and he says ski bindings were a tad more sophisticated than those on tonight's programme, but not much :wink:

Re:Ski Sunday

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:59:02 GMT

Also watched the Super G on the red button this morning.

Chemmy was heading for a really good time on the downhill until her mistake towards the bottom of the course. Bet she was very frustrated. Promising signs though!!

Re:Ski Sunday

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:45:37 GMT

bedrock barney wrote:Also watched the Super G on the red button this morning.

Chemmy was heading for a really good time on the downhill until her mistake towards the bottom of the course. Bet she was very frustrated. Promising signs though!!

Yeah, i seriously thought she had wiped out for a sec.

Re:Ski Sunday

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:19:28 GMT

Great to have the show back. Graham B does a good job ~ he has improved a lot.

The thought came to me, as I watched Chemmy, ~ this feels the same as when I watched Martin, Graham and Konrad, all those years ago, two to three seconds seems a long way at those speeds. Not too far away from the top 15 though.

Errm,my first skis were wooden Elan Jets, screw in edges. Boots were double lace up, about an inch higher than those that GB wore!

There are those who might say, I haven't moved on much!

Re:Ski Sunday

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:28:27 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:Great to have the show back. Graham B does a good job ~ he has improved a lot.

The thought came to me, as I watched Chemmy, ~ this feels the same as when I watched Martin, Graham and Konrad, all those years ago, two to three seconds seems a long way at those speeds. Not too far away from the top 15 though.

Errm,my first skis were wooden Elan Jets, screw in edges. Boots were double lace up, about an inch higher than those that GB wore!

There are those who might say, I haven't moved on much!

I must confess to think of you Dave when i saw that gear. :D

Re:Ski Sunday

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:34:50 GMT

Snapzz, why do I find myself top posting you? :D

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:22:18 GMT

I can tell I hit forty last year - GB's wooly jumper looked really lovely to me.....

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:14:19 GMT

Just watched it on iplayer. Ed beating graham on skis, now that's funny!

Amazing how the kit has developed, which we all take for granted.

I have to say I found the footage of the freestyles absolutely amazing.

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:53:39 GMT

Can't believe I MISSED it. Will dig out the iPlayer version later.

I was distracted by wine.

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:41:13 GMT

I watched a good bit of the Womens Super G on Eurosport. They were in St Anton and the piste was very scary even where I was sitting :shock:. It seemed to me to much more evil that usual. Those girls are amazing - making fairly smooth turns on an icy course with the slope falling away from them while travelling at speeds of 115kph :shock: :shock: :shock:

There were 15 DNF's which I am guessing is way more than usual. Chemmy skied reasonably well and seems to be recovering form. While she was back in 27th, at least she earned World Cup points for that finish which is very important in terms of rankings, start numbers, etc. :D

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:57:07 GMT

Is it me? Am I the only one who thinks that Ed Leigh looks like a, well, middle-aged trendie? That beanie would be a challenge to carry off on a 20-year-old. I thought my beanie was mildly embarrassing but his takes the biscuit. Or am I being ageist?

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:49:12 GMT

msej449 wrote:Is it me? Am I the only one who thinks that Ed Leigh looks like a, well, middle-aged trendie? That beanie would be a challenge to carry off on a 20-year-old. I thought my beanie was mildly embarrassing but his takes the biscuit. Or am I being ageist?

When shopping in Two Seasons just before Christmas, I picked up a very nice grey beanie and tried it on. Unfortunately my daughters fell about the shop in absolute horror. Apparently, I am far too old to wear such a thing. :(

Therefore I'm still stuck with my flappy eared trapper style hat, of the type that you might see in the film Deliverance.

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:41:30 GMT

Wanderer wrote:I watched a good bit of the Womens Super G on Eurosport. They were in St Anton and the piste was very scary even where I was sitting :shock:. It seemed to me to much more evil that usual. Those girls are amazing - making fairly smooth turns on an icy course with the slope falling away from them while travelling at speeds of 115kph :shock: :shock: :shock:

There were 15 DNF's which I am guessing is way more than usual. Chemmy skied reasonably well and seems to be recovering form. While she was back in 27th, at least she earned World Cup points for that finish which is very important in terms of rankings, start numbers, etc. :D

That's our route home at the end of each day when we stay in St Anton, a couple of gluhweins down the black and peel off to left on blue 24 to the chalet.

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:45:14 GMT

msej449 wrote:Is it me? Am I the only one who thinks that Ed Leigh looks like a, well, middle-aged trendie? That beanie would be a challenge to carry off on a 20-year-old. I thought my beanie was mildly embarrassing but his takes the biscuit. Or am I being ageist?

Youre absolutely right. He comes across as trying too hard. His green baggy jacket was horrendous this week and whilst I prefer the more freestyle look to the traditional straight up and down skiing look, and I know hes a boarder, he reallty needs to stop pulling his trousers down to his hips and wearing silly loose hats.
And that beanie would look stupid on anyone, youre right.

I still wet myself when I listen to his boarder cross commentary from the olympics though.

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:22:14 GMT

andyhull wrote:

Wanderer wrote:I watched a good bit of the Womens Super G on Eurosport. They were in St Anton and the piste was very scary even where I was sitting :shock:. It seemed to me to much more evil that usual. Those girls are amazing - making fairly smooth turns on an icy course with the slope falling away from them while travelling at speeds of 115kph :shock: :shock: :shock:

There were 15 DNF's which I am guessing is way more than usual. Chemmy skied reasonably well and seems to be recovering form. While she was back in 27th, at least she earned World Cup points for that finish which is very important in terms of rankings, start numbers, etc. :D

That's our route home at the end of each day when we stay in St Anton, a couple of gluhweins down the black and peel off to left on blue 24 to the chalet.

I am guessing that you would be going quite a bit slower than Chemmy and the other racers :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Re:Ski Sunday

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:28:05 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

msej449 wrote:Is it me? Am I the only one who thinks that Ed Leigh looks like a, well, middle-aged trendie? That beanie would be a challenge to carry off on a 20-year-old. I thought my beanie was mildly embarrassing but his takes the biscuit. Or am I being ageist?

Youre absolutely right. He comes across as trying too hard. His green baggy jacket was horrendous this week and whilst I prefer the more freestyle look to the traditional straight up and down skiing look, and I know hes a boarder, he reallty needs to stop pulling his trousers down to his hips and wearing silly loose hats.
And that beanie would look stupid on anyone, youre right.

I still wet myself when I listen to his boarder cross commentary from the olympics though.

Do you think he dresses himself? Or do you think a BBC stylist dresses him like that to appeal to the 'young snowboarder' demographic?

Re:Ski Sunday

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:04:46 GMT

No he likes himself too much to allow that to happen

Do you think Graham dresses himself, or is he obliged to wear whatever claptrap is sponsoring him this season? Last season it was Nevica, which is now available in that horrendous jumble sale of a sports store at GBP5 a jacket, or something

Re:Ski Sunday

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:23:36 GMT

Tony_H wrote:No he likes himself too much to allow that to happen

Do you think Graham dresses himself, or is he obliged to wear whatever claptrap is sponsoring him this season? Last season it was Nevica, which is now available in that horrendous jumble sale of a sports store at GBP5 a jacket, or something

Agreed, i think he dresses himself. I doubt anyone at the BBC has any idea of snowsport fashion and just trust ed to look after himself. Fair play to him though, many may think he looks an idiot but i'm sure many a few middle aged men would love to hang on to their youth.

GB simply has his sponsors, im sure his jackets were Nevica again this episode. Unless he was being paid i can't see why he would wear them.

Re:Ski Sunday

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:55:55 GMT

Tony_H wrote: His green baggy jacket was horrendous this week /quote]

i quite liked the jacket . got to agree on the hat though. :shock:

Re:Ski Sunday

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:16:40 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

I still wet myself when I listen to his boarder cross commentary from the olympics though.

Roll on Sochi!

Finally watched it, now very much in the mood for a ski.

Does anyone else get as excited as me when the Ski Sunday music comes on? I just can't help myself.

Re:Ski Sunday

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:19:08 GMT

NellyPS wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

I still wet myself when I listen to his boarder cross commentary from the olympics though.

Roll on Sochi!

Finally watched it, now very much in the mood for a ski.

Does anyone else get as excited as me when the Ski Sunday music comes on? I just can't help myself.

It's one of those pieces of music that immediately transports you to a better place and time