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Just announced on the BBC News that David Vine has died of a heart attack.
For the younger people on this forum David Vine was the original presenter on Ski Sunday.
Despite not being a skier he was a very good ski racing commentator. One of his classic commentaries was that of Franz Klammer winning the Mens Downhill in Kitzbuhel in 1976 Olympics. I'm sure the beeb will show that in tribute to him.
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RIP... he had one of those voices that belong with a sport. like Murray Walker is associated to F1, Vine is to Ski racing.
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This is very sad news. I met him a number of times, once in Val d'Isere when he was in his last year of Ski Sunday. A very engaging and fascinating bloke and still unsurpassed in terms of ski commentary... despite openly admitting he couldn't ski. It was rumoured that ESPN Classic (channel 442) was going to re-run old Ski Sundays... I really hope they do now so we can revisit Vine's classic broadcasts.
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Ski Sunday hasn't been the same since he left. As shoogly says - he has a voice for sport.
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| welshflyer wrote: |
| One of his classic commentaries was that of Franz Klammer winning the Mens Downhill in Kitzbuhel in 1976 Olympics. I'm sure the beeb will show that in tribute to him. |
I'm not sure it was him - got a feeling it was Coleman or Reg Someoneorother. Anyone know? The first Ski Sunday was in 1978.
For me his best moment was the Konrad Bartelski 2nd in Val Gardena.
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David Vine was the voice of TV skiing and of course the CandA Fashion show at the Ski show for a couple of years 
Although I didn't realise that he was 73!
RIP
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
For me his best moment was the Konrad Bartelski 2nd in Val Gardena. |
"And the union jack came down the hill like a rocket"
Brilliant. RIP.
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Bode Swiller,
I stand corrected on the 1976 Oympics commentary. I agree with you that he was a best ski racing commentator.
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His voice had the ability to make you stop what you were doing and go and watch whatever program he was hosting or commentating on. As a young child in the 70's, I would say David Vine probably is the reasons I love everything connected to sport. RIP 
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Loads of great memories from my yoof .. his emotion when Bartelski ( himself emotionally 'high' ) surpassed all expectations was absolutely classic.
RIP
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| telford_mike wrote: |
| Bode Swiller wrote: |
For me his best moment was the Konrad Bartelski 2nd in Val Gardena. |
"And the union jack came down the hill like a rocket"
Brilliant. RIP. |
My memory may be playing tricks, but I recall from the Val Gardena downhill the David Vine got very excited as he was doing his commentary on the second half of Bartelski's run. In those days, only the start and the second half were televised, so DV starts of by reporting that Bartelski was fastest at the first check point. He added a word of caution that it was a long course, and a lot could happen.
The TV then showed Bartelski go through the second check point still in first place, and uttered the immortal words "We've had some surprises this season, but this one would out-do everything."
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I am sad to hear of his death, however he was never one of my favourite commentators. For me he belonged to an era when a number of BBC commentators tried to hype up what was happening, even if the performances of the participants were well below par and I am not just thinking about skiing. I feel that commentary has become a lot more honest more recently.
However we do have David Vine to thank for the following classic taken from Private Eye's Colmanballs, when in a race following Bartelski's second place when expectation remained high, he intoned slowly with all the gravitas he could muster as Bartelski crouched in the starting gate:
"And it's Konrad Bartelski - the man with the union jack on his helmet."
Now that's what I call patriotic.
R.I.P.
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You know it makes sense.
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Very sad. Like Bill McLaren for the rugby, his excellence came from his enthusiasm and character first and foremost. IMO many of the vast array of "expert" former players in sports commentary today could learn a lot from his generation. I worked wth his son for a couple of years in the early 90s - a chip off the old block without a doubt, especially down to the Oxfordshire burr and enormous sense of fun. And the stories...
RIP
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| welshflyer wrote: |
| One of his classic commentaries was that of Franz Klammer winning the Mens Downhill in Kitzbuhel in 1976 Olympics. I'm sure the beeb will show that in tribute to him. |
I'm not sure it was him - got a feeling it was Coleman or Reg Someoneorother. Anyone know? The first Ski Sunday was in 1978.
For me his best moment was the Konrad Bartelski 2nd in Val Gardena. |
1976 Downhill commentator (Innsbruck) was Ron Pickering.
David Vine was great on Ski Sunday, this is a sad day for wintersports. I hope the BBC give us the chance to see and hear him again one last time.
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| chrisdavis wrote: |
| 1976 Downhill commentator (Innsbruck) was Ron Pickering |
So it was. Thanks for tidying that one up (Reg was close-ish). Back then you used to also get skiing on World of Sport ITV (Dickie Davies' badger-look and all that). Their commentator was called Reg I think.
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| chrisdavis wrote: |
| 1976 Downhill commentator (Innsbruck) was Ron Pickering |
So it was. Thanks for tidying that one up (Reg was close-ish). Back then you used to also get skiing on World of Sport ITV (Dickie Davies' badger-look and all that). Their commentator was called Reg I think. |
There was a Reg Gutteridge who did ITV boxing, perhaps he did some skiing too??
I miss the 1970's, with the exception of Ronnie Radford's goal  .
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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RIP David Vine, an essential part of my UK generation's skiing experience and inspiration.
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David Vine - He was SKi Sunday. A sorry loss.
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It sad to see that hear that he has gone - I would never have suspected he was 73 tough. Is it my imagination or did he do some of the childrens sports programmes in the 70's and possibly early 80's too?
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Yup, was sorry to hear. Sad news.
And sorry if it's flippant in this case but I suppose shows his fame to a certain generation, I have got a grape vine in a pot at the front of the house, which when it was bought for me I said "I'll call it David" (Honest)
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I often wonder whether the BBC still have the footage of the old Ski Sundays. It was either Klammer & co in the downhill or the amazing Ingmar Stenmark in the slalom. I would give a lot for a DVD box set of David Vine Ski Sunday episodes.
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telford_mike, they exist and ESPN Classic (channel 442) are rumoured to be in negotiation to run them. Fingers crossed.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Megamum wrote: |
| Is it my imagination or did he do some of the childrens sports programmes in the 70's and possibly early 80's too? |
We are the champions. I can remember pretty much everything from the 70's......but where the hell did I put my car keys tonight??
....or was that Ron Pickering aswell??
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You know it makes sense.
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| telford_mike, they exist and ESPN Classic (channel 442) are rumoured to be in negotiation to run them. Fingers crossed. |
Everything crossed!
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Just put the phone down to a mate of mine in Australia. He hasn't called for about 6 months but chose tonight because he'd just heard about David Vine (he didn't know him personally). Just another skier who got their big fix of skiing every sunday listening to him and who now feels strangely shocked that he's gone. Funny that, a guy we haven't seen on TV for nearly a decade and he's missed.
He reminded me about something Vine used to say... when a downhiller landed from a jump, he used to say: "slaps the skis in hard"... well, ok, skis make a slapping noise when they touch down but the phrase is pretty meaningless. To most of his audience though (most weren't skiers) it sounded like he knew what he was talking about.
telford_mike, steady on fella.
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
To most of his audience though (most weren't skiers) it sounded like he knew what he was talking about.
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And that's the point exactly. I know nothing about football, but I enjoy watching a good game on the telly. It would be dull however without a good commentator. Vine was the Motty of skiing!
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LEGEND.
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Sad loss. Before internet Ski Sunday was the only access I had to see the snowy alpine slopes and was a must see every week
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David Vine livened up what could often be a dull sport to watch on the tv. In that sense he used his passion for sport to transcend those less than stimulating moments. When I watched a lot of Ski Sunday, I used to love his references to Michael Mair as the 'big Italian', Alberto Tomba as the 'disco dancing, pasta loving' world champion and the like. His commentaries from the 1987 Alpine World Championshops at Crans Montana are legendary, especially with the duels between Zubriggen and Mueller, Walliser and Figini. Quite how he would've reacted had he commentated on Baxter's bronze is anyone's guess but I suspect going into orbit might be applicable!
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a sad sad loss, the man was a legend
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