This blog started out as sort of a big undertaking. I wanted to explain to you all of the aspects of ski racing and the people who race and then cover the races. I have taken much longer than anticipated to cover what ski racing is all about and the season has already started. For… Read More Apology
So we have learned all about what ski racing is and what the different types of races are, now it is time to talk about who are the athletes racing in them. Ski racing is broken into a mens and ladies format. The men race against other men and ladies against other ladies (unless you’re… Read More Stars of Women’s Ski Racing: Lara Gut
In my last post I explained the basics of ski racing. I now want to dive into the different disciplines or events of ski racing. Those comprise of Slalom (SL), Giant Slalom (GS), Super G (SG), and Downhill (DH). Those are the basic events, but there are also different events such as Parllel slalom and… Read More Ski Racing Discipline’s Explained
So what is this ski racing thing? Ski Racing got it’s start in Norway in 1843, but since then has grown to a global sport. Easily the biggest skiing Austria. In Austria skiing is more religion than sport, they treat their skiers like American’s treat their Football players (The NFL kind that is…) America is… Read More Ski Racing 101
Hello and welcome to my new blog, On Edge. I will be covering the FIS Alpine World Cup. I will start off from the very beginning and by the end of the World Cup season in Spring you will be so educated on the world of skiing you might just have a new favorite sport!… Read More Wilkommen
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