 Poster: A snowHead
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Eurosport coverage of the Mens Slalom from Wengen just starting....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Looks like they need to pole that last bit its so flat.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Flat and very sticky. The temperature here in the valley is ridiculous.
Proper storm blowing in now, distinct possibility that the race will not finish!
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| Rogerdodger wrote: |
Flat and very sticky. The temperature here in the valley is ridiculous.
Proper storm blowing in now, distinct possibility that the race will not finish! |
The slalom course which starts below the top of the Allmend chairlift is fairly sheltered with trees to the side of the course so I wouldn't have expected it to be stopped due to stormy (windy) weather?
Edit: although it is now snowing quite heavily for the 2nd leg of the slalom.
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@Alastair Pink, it has calmed down significantly, half an hour ago the weather was truly biblical.
Swiss TV also covering ladies super-g St Anton. At one point they had several advertising banners airborne across the track necessitating a race suspension.
You are absolutely correct however, the Wengen track is sheltered and not suffering the wind gusts that Lauters is currently getting.
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Dave Ryding's coach coming in for some criticism for the first run course setting. No complaints from Kristoffersen.
Have to agree with Nick Fellows that you can't just practice on ice and perfect conditions.
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Aleksander Aamodt Kilde injures hand in Kitzbühel training
The leader of the World Cup downhill standings, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, injured his right hand during today’s official downhill training in Kitzbühel, Austria. “I came into the carousel after Mausefalle and leaned onto my hand, and then I hit a hole,” Aamodt Kilde explained during a media gathering at the Norwegian team’s hotel in Kitzbühel late Thursday afternoon, according to the Norwegian news agency NTB. Kilde said he felt a sting in his hand as it happened and that there was a pounding sensation in the hand when he had completed the training run.
NTB reports that Aamodt Kilde’s hand was quickly bandaged before he hurried through the media zone without stopping for interviews. He headed off to a medical examination, which revealed that he had suffered a minor fracture at the base of his middle finger. “It turns out that there is a small fracture at the very bottom, almost down by the wrist, but it is very small,” Aamodt Kilde said at the press briefing for Norwegian media Thursday. “There is a bit of pain, but we will tape a bit and make sure I have stability, and then we will take it from there,” he explained.
Aamodt Kilde will still start in both downhill races down the Hahnenkamm mountain this Friday and Saturday. “I was lucky. It wasn’t as bad as I first feared,” Aamodt Kilde told NTB, and continued: “It is not so bad that it will interfere with the plan we have laid out. I have to try to keep my hands above the snow and take it all the way to the finish.”
“Die Streif,” the legendary downhill course in Kitzbühel, starts very steep and pushing hard out of the start is not as critical as on a course with a flatter start.
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Coverage of the Women's Super-G from Cortina on Eurosport from 9am, Men's Downhill from Kitzbühel from 10am.....
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@Alastair Pink, just in time. Bumper morning!
I remember the Cortina piste from before, spectacular looking.
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Did anyone notice that the Eurosport English commentary on the first racer at Cortina (Breezy Johnson) suddenly switched to French for a few seconds? 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Nope. Are you watching on the player?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| ster wrote: |
| Nope. Are you watching on the player? |
yep
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@Alastair Pink, can’t say I noticed but doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
Too misty for men’s downhill?
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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That is correct, on the normal channels there is no ladies downhill. Can I ask you about the app, do you have to pay to get it?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes you do have to pay to get it, Eurosport normally have promotional offers particularly around the Black Friday date. However the Discovery+ app has recently started to include Eurosport sports coverage, and if you get your broadband through BT that now includes free access to both BT sport and Discovery+, so since I'm with BT broadband I've cancelled my Eurosport renewal which is due in March and will just watch the skiing on Discovery+ in future. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks Alastair, We are with Virgin and we would need to change contract, need to investigate , I am not happy with the service we are getting, no point in paying for something and then they show tennis instead.
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I’m not sure if they did a Black Friday offer this year and there is no monthly payment option, which is a pity as I only use it half the year.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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This information may be of use. The Eurosport live coverage ( in addition to Eurosport channels 1 and 2) is now available through Discovery+ (which also includes lots of general entertainment programmes). Monthly access is possible for £6.99 per month, or cheaper annual subscription. https://www.capitalmatters.co.uk/posts/eurosport-deals
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The Eurosport/Discovery+ app is now showing the Men's downhill, but I see the Eurosport 2 channel which was due to be showing it is staying with the Andy Murray match (understandable I suppose, but disappointing for skiing fans)....
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Well they have decided not to show the mens one as well. Never mind.
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Effing Eurosport.... Schedule says 'live alpine skiing' 10.20 to 1200...
@Harrow lady, Glad you enjoyed your recent holiday - I am going to Les Arcs this year, but will be back in the Dolomites 2024 !!
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@albob, I never been to les Arcs, hope you have a fantastic time. My work colleague raves about it, I need to investigate.
And yes I was disappointed with Eurosport, always look forward to this weekend. Kitz and Cortina are special runs. At least they showed Biathlon
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I have given up with the live channels and now pay for the subscription. No Black Friday deals since it's been purchased by Discovery unfortunately.
It's a short season so I don't mind paying the £6.99 for a few months. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the Winter Sports end up being sold as it's obvious that it ranks down the pecking order.
Be warned that the online coverage can be cut short too and they didn't show the end of the slalom a couple of weeks back. Impossible to complain as from what I understand Discovery aired an advert in the States that wasn't well received and its customer service department is somewhat overwhelmed.
Back to the racing, fantastic turn-around for the winner today. Was great to see a brit in a downhill race too.
Good luck to Laurie, Billy and Dave tomorrow.
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| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| This information may be of use. The Eurosport live coverage ( in addition to Eurosport channels 1 and 2) is now available through Discovery+ (which also includes lots of general entertainment programmes). Monthly access is possible for £6.99 per month, or cheaper annual subscription. https://www.capitalmatters.co.uk/posts/eurosport-deals |
Thats good, hadn’t noticed the monthly option since it switched from Eurosport standalone as thats where I subscribed last. One of the few good things about it being part of Discovery now, as they put the annual price up (I suppose as you now get the Discovery programming, most of which is reality rubbish). And the Eurosport player disappeared from Playstation thats hooked to the tv, so now I watch it via their website on my laptop.
So ski season months needed only.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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If you have a vpn point it at Austria and watch on ORF.at, German commentary obviously.
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@Chris_n, Thanks for that - filed away for next time... 
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You know it makes sense.
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| If you have a vpn point it at Austria and watch on ORF.at, German commentary obviously. |
What? Miss the lads on Eurosport? How would I be reminded that Michael Matt has a more successful brother or why Canadian corner is so called? Heresy!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I love Nick‘s passion. And he has learned to pronounce Badia correctly. For years he said Badea. Competitions wouldn’t be the same without him.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Harrow lady, how is it pronounced?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| ster wrote: |
| Chris_n wrote: |
| If you have a vpn point it at Austria and watch on ORF.at, German commentary obviously. |
What? Miss the lads on Eurosport? How would I be reminded that Michael Matt has a more successful brother or why Canadian corner is so called? Heresy! |
Ah, the obsession with retired siblings. Matt and Curtoni now, Schild before.
And the dedication to making sure we don't forget that Tanguy Nef has a degree in Business Studies!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sofia isn't starting the super g today. Hope she's OK after her crash yesterday
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Johan Clarey put in a great performance in yesterday's Kitzbuhel downhill for his last ever race on the Streif, 2nd place aged 42! 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| Johan Clarey put in a great performance in yesterday's Kitzbuhel downhill for his last ever race on the Streif, 2nd place aged 42! |
Huge respect. From memory (could be wrong), Clarey often seemed to do well on the Streif…and didn’t he, at one point, hold the record for fastest ever skier through one of the controls? I haven’t checked TBH…
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| ster wrote: |
| Chris_n wrote: |
| If you have a vpn point it at Austria and watch on ORF.at, German commentary obviously. |
What? Miss the lads on Eurosport? How would I be reminded that Michael Matt has a more successful brother or why Canadian corner is so called? Heresy! |
No commentary today (Technical probs..) -- I have switched to the French version - only understand a little bit, but they seem to be enjoying themselves.. !
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@albob, which race has that impacted? I'm just watching the first slalom run.
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Ladies in Cortina -- Dolomites look beautiful....
Just switched back to British Eurosport 2 and seems technical difficulties are no longer a problem..
I'm not on the app : 1 is showing tennis and 2 has the skiing from Cortina
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I’ve just switched to that to stream from the start, there didn’t appear to be any sound broadcast when the race started then it kicked in a bit later.
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| Cacciatore wrote: |
| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| Johan Clarey put in a great performance in yesterday's Kitzbuhel downhill for his last ever race on the Streif, 2nd place aged 42! |
Huge respect. From memory (could be wrong), Clarey often seemed to do well on the Streif…and didn’t he, at one point, hold the record for fastest ever skier through one of the controls? I haven’t checked TBH… |
Wengen. .100 6 mph
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