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01-19-2011, 12:14 PM #1
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Classic Youtube Ski Racing Videos-gettin it started with The Kaiser at the Hahnenkamm
Post em up!
In honor of the upcoming Hahnenkamm downhill I thought I'd get this thread started with Franz Klammer, "The Kaiser" in what he called his greatest victory, in the twilight of his career, the 1984 Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm downhill. They just don't make courses like this any more...check out how bumpy it is.
Klammer won 8 of 9 downhills in 1975 and 10 straight downhills in 76-77. He went on to race Touring cars at a high level in Europe and had a victory. Bode Miller cites his style and approach to skiing as a major inspiration.
All hail The Kaiser:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9GG02RvV0Y"]YouTube - Franz Klammer Kitzbühel 1984[/nomedia]
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01-19-2011, 12:16 PM #2
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01-19-2011, 12:21 PM #3
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Thanks Slut.
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01-19-2011, 12:35 PM #4
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klammer was rad
someone has to post the hermanator's fall at nagano so it might as well be me:
fur bearing, drunk, prancing eurosnob
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01-19-2011, 01:46 PM #5
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Anyone have an idea where I could get a copy of Dream Never Dies? Awesome ski move.
Space reserved for anything I can find on the Crazy Canucks.
CBC Video- Ken Read First North American to win WC Downhill.
CBC Video- Crazy Canucks more famous in Europe
1976- Ken Read, Jim Hunter, Dave Irwin and Dave Murray
Steve Podborski
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01-19-2011, 01:47 PM #6
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my hero growing up:
to this day i still like turning tight on skis.
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01-19-2011, 02:45 PM #7
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well this deserves to be here too.
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01-19-2011, 02:48 PM #8
Um, yeah, that guy
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While we are on Bode:
www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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01-19-2011, 02:51 PM #9
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and this one...
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01-19-2011, 04:20 PM #10
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Damn! I was going to post that '76 Klammer clip. I was lucky enough to have caught that on teevee back in the day. It still gives me goosebumps.
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01-19-2011, 05:19 PM #11
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what gives me goosebumps is how uneven the terrain was (compared to what we know today to be normal DH terrain). damn he had a shock absorber in his uphill leg, didn't he? flew like a butterfly over them...
is this considered "classic" yet? he changed slalom/gs like nobody else before him:
and then he went on to film skiing powder on skinny skis and flailing a 360 spin for Warren Miller
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09-09-2018, 08:35 AM #12
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Todd Booker vs das Strife........
You win some..... you lose some.
The Hahnenkamm Downhill. Saturday January 26th 2019 @ 11:30 local time.
Can't wait...
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09-09-2018, 11:24 PM #13
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Nice to see a str8line post get bumped. I miss the gordycamps
Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon.
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol.
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