World Cup Opener Oct. 27th & 28th 2018. Let's get this party started!

[Tony S]

So, was there no commentary at all on the NBC Sports Gold Snow Pass?

If there was, I failed to find the magic button. You don't like it, you can mute it, but if you do like it and it's not there ...

 

[Tony S]

The Swedish woman who was 8th after the first run was impressive, I thought. Supported herself well on the second, so no fluke. Can't remember her name.

 

[QueueCT]

The Swedish woman who was 8th after the first run was impressive, I thought. Supported herself well on the second, so no fluke. Can't remember her name.

Are you thinking of one of the Norwegians? What a showing by that team today! The Swedes had some troubles.

 

[Tony S]

Are you thinking of one of the Norwegians?

Nope.

They were amazing. Did you notice that course for the second run was set by a Norwegian coach?

 

[dbostedo]

^^^
Well the only Swede in the top half I think was Hansdotter... and she's a SL specialist.

 

[K2 Rat]

It's not really about ice, but about stones. Glaciers around here are in so bad conditions that it's really painful to see that. Just last few days when I was visiting my friends in ski rooms around here in Soelden, most of guys are pretty much without good skis to even get through the races this weekend. With racing thing is, you run over stone, and edge gets scratched (on base side), and on WC level, most of time it means skis goes back to factory for grinding. Just yesterday afternoon, I helped friend to prepare some 12 pairs of gs skis to get them ready to be send back to factory for grinding, leaving him with 7 pairs for 2 racers.... Hell even my brand new Rossi GS skis are gone after getting back from track of today's women first run.

I agree that the stones will do more damage, but the glaciers stil looked pretty icy, like Stubai a week ago ....

 

[Tony S]

^^^
Well the only Swede in the top half I think was Hansdotter... and she's a SL specialist.

Oh for Pete's sake, you guys are right. Sorry. Lysdahl.

 

[Rudi Riet]

If there was, I failed to find the magic button. You don't like it, you can mute it, but if you do like it and it's not there ...

I'm completely psyched that there isn't any inane commentary on the NBC Sports Gold Snow Pass feeds. I really like the raw feed, just racing, no fluff. Yes, for those who aren't as well versed with the racers, the circuit, and what to look for, it can be tough to watch a completely raw feed, but for me? I love it - it's as close as you can get to being at the race without actually, y'know, being there.

That said: I hope NBC finds a way to post the NBCSN/Olympic Channel feed with commentary. They did this with the Tour de France, where the full international English feed was there, as well as the NBCSN "Phil & Paul" feed.

(You can safely guess that I preferred the int'l feed, with commentary by Matthew Keenan and Robbie McEwan, as it assumed at least a basic knowledge of the sport, the competitors, etc. I also have grown tired of Liggett and Sherwen's schtick, and the fact that they are many years retired from the sport and don't have the "pulse" of things like McEwan, who is only a few years retired.)

Just my $0.02 - YMMV.

 

[Blue Streak]

No commentary, but some interviews.
Overall the coverage was very good. It was relatively unedited, and it gave more behind the scenes activities.
It really gave the viewers a better sense of the atmosphere,
I’ll get my $70 worth.

 

[Viking9]

Tessa Worley is now my favorite gal.

 

[Cheizz]

Today's Men's Giant Slalom has been cancelled due to weather conditoins (lots of fresh snow on the track and continuing to fall + very strong winds). No fair competition possible.

 

[4ster]

Today's Men's Giant Slalom has been cancelled due to weather conditoins (lots of fresh snow on the track and continuing to fall + very strong winds). No fair competition possible.
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Thanks, that probably saves me some time searching.

Too bad though, yesterday’s race was fun!

 

[Eleeski]

Results please? Who cares about watching a race if we can't talk about it? I know I could search and find out but the take from some characters here is entertaining. This stupid dance to not reveal anything and talk in innuendo is irritating.

Don't open a thread about a race you are waiting to see. Talk freely about what you've seen.

Eric

 

[4ster]

@Eleeski, you crack me up
No innuendo, Tessa Worley let it rip in the 2nd run & won. Shiffrin had 2 solid runs & proved that she can ski well but needs to go all out to win in GS she took 3rd. Brignone had a clean first run & stayed with it in the second to take 2nd. Rebensberg lost a lttile in the second run but managed 4th. Brunner back from injury skied into a solid 5th tying with Mowinckel. Holdener looked solid in 7th. Some strong performances from higher bib numbers rounded out the top 15.
Here you go...
http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiin...iscipline=&gender=all&race_id=95456&sector=AL

 

[dbostedo]

Mowinckel's second run was fun to watch... brutal conditions and it threw her around (threw everyone around really), but she fought hard for 5th. And as stated above, the Norwegians were generally good as a team - 4 in the top 10!

 

[Blue Streak]

@Eleeski, you crack me up
No innuendo, Tessa Worley let it rip in the 2nd run & won. Shiffrin had 2 solid runs & proved that she can ski well but needs to go all out to win in GS she took 3rd. Brignone had a clean first run & stayed with it in the second to take 2nd. Rebensberg lost a lttile in the second run but managed 4th. Brunner back from injury skied into a solid 5th tying with Mowinckel. Holdener looked solid in 7th. Some strong performances from higher bib numbers rounded out the top 15.
Here you go...
http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiin...iscipline=&gender=all&race_id=95456&sector=AL

I think MS was smart not to “go all out” under the circumstances.
With such a rough track, bad snow, and horrible visibility, my guess is that she didn’t want to risk her season, before it got cranked up.
It was a good move. Her 90% was good enough to land on the podium.

 

[4ster]

I think MS was smart not to “go all out” under the circumstances.
With such a rough track, bad snow, and horrible visibility, my guess is that she didn’t want to risk her season, before it got cranked up.
It was a good move. Her 90% was good enough to land on the podium.

I agree it was probably the right move. She looked nervous in the start area so she may be still dealing with that. I’m sure that third place got rid of some of the cobwebs and hopefully gave her some confidence for the future. At almost 1 second behind and from comparing past performances, I would say she was skiing at less than 90%. I think Worley was loose and relaxed and was able to ski to her full potential.
I think we will see a stronger performance from Shiffrin at the upcoming slalom in Levi, Finland & then full effort at Killington.

 

[Eleeski]

This is exactly the fun insight I enjoy. Way better than looking at a list of times or some videos where I can't understand the language. I might now be motivated to watch some videos of the race.

Thanks.

Were there any ski issues? Earlier talk speculated on the glacier ice damaging skis. Was there enough snowfall to fix that?

Eric

 

[dbostedo]

Were there any ski issues? Earlier talk speculated on the glacier ice damaging skis. Was there enough snowfall to fix that?

Likely there were, but I didn't listen to it, only watched, so didn't hear anything. It was a rough course, so no there wasn't enough snowfall to fix that.

 

[Viking9]

I posted my Worley comment, your not supposed to use the word cute about an athlete but after watching the video she is INCREDIBLY CUTE and very likable,not knowing she had one won and thought maybe someone would think it was a spoiler, her skis looked great I think but not sure , they were,,,,,,,Rossignol.