Crashes during Kitzbuhel downing trainings, Jan 21-22, 2025

[@CaribSurfKing1]

Its one of the cruelest of sports. The more you push to be better more exponetial rise of career threatening injuries! The winners don't get the rewards they deserve for such high risk and dedication/training!

[@aro8000]

There are two routes in the world: "Green Hell" - Nürburgring - for fans of car racing "White Hell" - Kitzbühel - for fans of alpine skiing

[@EUMAN1]

The evac was insane! God speed to recovery for skiers! Bravo to Med team!!

[@Landwy1]

These knee injuries where the skiers mass is clearly on the heels is creating a scenario where the toepiece is loaded but won't release. Petra Vlhova had this happen to her last year in a technical race, and she is still rehabilitating, and not skiing. Binding manufacturers please design a binding toepiece that has SEPERATE ADJUSTMENTS for lateral adjustments on the toe and a separate adjustment for upward release on the toe. My ski boots are racing plug boots that fit like a glove. However. I leave just enough room for subtle ankle movement. This also makes the knee have some give. Back in the old days where downhillers used leather boots, there was quite a lot of give and ankle injuries were common and knee injuries were rare. I love the control of my plug boots, but we have to use a brand new engineering mindset and design new safety features to both ski boots and bindings, with the human knee in mind.

[@SamSoMite421]

Tyrolia protector series.

[@tynao2029]

This always occurred to me while trying to ski and snowboard. It doesn't seem like the health of the knees are regarded very much (if at all)

[@Benzknees]

Racers use insanely high DINs on their bindings to stop pre-release, so an upward release on the toe piece would have a limited to zero ability to prevent knee injuries, especially when the bend of the ski is forcing the boot into the toe piece & causing a large amount of friction.

[@simenbo797]

This is an insane sport, its really the definition of extreme sports!! Hats off to those who dare compete at this level!

[@dacat8171]

Two reasons that cause these incidents and injuries: 1.) rough course preparation - which is entertaining to watch, because it looks spectacular, but leads to injuries in particular knee ligaments ruptures 2.) Compare the courses with those of motorcycle races and you see that corner speeds are similar, but that there is no room for errors on a downhill course. If you lose control, you hit the fence at high speed and almost perpendicular. Chances are high that injuries are a consequence. This is 'road racing on the Isle of Man' style. ☝🏾🧐

[@genripper-b8q]

not sure if i understand what you are getting at

[@dacat8171]

@genripper-b8q My point is that downhill skiing is dangerous for two reasons: • One reason is that organisers set up challenging - bumpy - downhill courses, to make it entertaining for the spectators to watch. • Safety measures are not up to date i.e. safety fences are installed too close to the course. If ski racers lose control, they hit the safety fences at high speeds and usually suffer injuries. In this season too many racers got heavily injured.

[@zakirov9339]

whatta bull shit you output

[@TheRockerxx69]

Can you name the first that fell znd the conditions of the others?

[@bjornneumann8089]

Mimimi, they do what they love. Nobody has to do that for living. Wasting livetime in the office, doing stupid things, while diing slowly on obesity, depression and diabetes seems much more cruel to me.

[@alexaleksandrov1115]

This is all the greed of the organizers; they need to be brought to justice. the track needs to be polished SNOW GROOMERS. you can see how the skis are jumping on the humps and it’s hard to hold on so as not to fall. they want a show. so that athletes crash.

[@EmotionalWeather]

No

[@Upunda]

I had the opportunity to ski the downhill course in Whistler, in the 80’s, it was pure ice and scary, I am not a racer. It was really fun to ski and to realize just how amazing the ski racers are.😅

[@poppyrowland1385]

I skied the Olympic downhill course at Lake Louise….but at a much slower pace. Survived and had a ball!

[@fredcharm6064]

Alpine ski is my favorite sport to watch, it is the only abonnement I take

[@davidmayers1645]

Strief is a different beast!!

[@SaccoBelmonte]

Seems like Kitzbuhel has gone too far, beyond the physical capabilities of the skiers and equipment.

[@davidmayers1645]

@@SaccoBelmonte the speed and precision of the modern equipment has allowed skiers to go even faster on a course that has been the most challenging for 40+ years. Now they are trying to navigate so many dangers at 20% more velocity and 50% more G’s in spots

[@SaccoBelmonte]

@@davidmayers1645 Sure, but is at the very limit now. Seem to me.

[@mikejessmax]

It's not how far you go, it's how go you far

[@yvesquatrehomme221]

Pour moi ça devient trop risqué c'est des vrais Formule 1 les mecs

[@patricemurguet5247]

These athletes are just like gladiators… they risk their lives for glory and spectator entertainment

[@perunswrath6023]

They do it for the money..nothing glorius in it..

[@diegozuccarelli5079]

A Bormio tutti a protestare, a Kitzbuhel "eh, e' una discesa da eroi" smh

[@Ca_milo_G]

thanks mate!!

[@AA-le9ls]

Achtung, Lebensgefahr!

[@j.thomas7128]

Camera drones are awful for this sport. With drone footage, the sensation of speed is lost. The heights of the jumps are lost. Drones are great for some sports, but definitely not all sports. And the constant whining noise reminds me of the same nonsense you hear when woke kids at Stop Oil rallies start talking.

[@olafhermans]

Harakiri is less painful

[@cristibuzoiu3933]

Mai dami ?plyz

[@cristibuzoiu3933]

E viața mea coboriri .

[@Gsp_in_NYC]

I guess you kind of know what you are getting into when you do this....

[@cristibuzoiu3933]

Ok am învins pe Facebook astăzi

[@cristibuzoiu3933]

Beutyful super ok i love You

[@zakirov9339]

but why do they fall???!??!??!?!?!!!!!

[@stevenphilpott1493]

You try going down the side of a mountain at 70+ mph with 2 boards strapped to your feet around sharp corners, over bumps and jumps on icey hard packed and then you will know why,idiot!

[@cristibuzoiu3933]

Mor pentru coboriri slalom .

[@cristibuzoiu3933]

E ceva krank

[@cristibuzoiu3933]

I am soury

[@cristibuzoiu3933]

E ok ?

[@lukepalander7491]

The snow seems to have melted then refrozen on top, which makes grip extremely difficult on this very demanding and dangerous track where the snow must be impeccable to avoid having to witness crashes unfortunately.The organizers should cancel the descent because it 's really too dangerous on this type of snow where the ski has no grip.⚠

[@peterritchie2990]

Perhaps you are unaware that in some areas this track is sprayed with water to make an ice. The harder the snow the better.

[@MrMrMckinley]

Lol, the icier the better, you don’t want ruts forming/want to keep the track as equal for all competitors as possible. They were adding salt throughout the race to keep it frozen (seems counter intuitive but the salt melts it so it can refreeze more solid.) Racing skis are tuned at a sharper edge angle than your typical ski. The fact is this is the most dangerous race at the very top of competitive skiing. No one forcing them, they want to.

[@petrsson]

Skiing is one of worst sports for humans knees...💩👎 Most of these guys are happy to walk in their 30s...😂

[@stevenphilpott1493]

Ask Lyndsy Vonn about knees!She ended up with a partial knee replacement from her injuries!

[@TheFrog_-_]

Was für ein Scheiß wird da veranstalter? Koste es was es wolle?

[@ziggymatuszewski2803]

sometimes I wonder if designers of the course do that on purpose ( they should go to jail if someone gets killed )

[@davidmayers1645]

They have had the exact same course in Kitzbuehl for 40+ years. The gates do not move.

[@mitchthepower]

It's the material that gets more and more aggressive. Like the new "carbon socks". The human knee is just not made for such a big strain.

[@aliasAF-j9r]

It‘s KitzbÜhel. With an „Ü“.

[@Ginoso-c2c]

Austrian here. Not in English. It is Kitzbuhel then.

[@aliasAF-j9r]

@ It's a disgusting stalking of potential customers when you've completely lost all backbone.

[@cocomatef]

To have this course on FIS calendar is plain stupid!Endangering the life of the skiers, for what?Recklessly iced steep piste , made just to satisfy couple of hundred peoples sick joy of watching skiers being air lifted!

[@morninboy]

I guess we shoud cancel F1, NASCAR, Soccer, American football, hockey, skiing all together, swimming, boating and rock climbing. People get injured and sometimes die in all these sports not to mention the childish unsportman like conduct of many team sports. While were at it lets ban automobiles. About 3,700 people die every day in road accidents.

[@hansmuller3604]

Its not the track, its the modern skies that are dangerous. The drivers want the icy conditions to have a fair track for all drivers

[@cocomatef]

@@morninboy You guessed wrong! If you are not competent on a subject, don't express public opinion as you look ridiculous. It's not the sport , smartass, it's the course !It's on a level of it's own, both steep -and icing-wise. Swimming?! Are you on drugs?It will explain a lot...

[@linesided]

@@hansmuller3604 There is nothing to support your statement. The tech enables skiers to go faster today than before, but also to control their movement better than in the 80s lets say.

[@hansmuller3604]

@lineslid so everything is fine?

[@Артик-ч9ъ]

Первая это Мишель Гизин? Сама виновата, хотела красиво пролететь на видео, а нужно эффективно

[@aidkgjehebejje]

Icy track, pretty dangerous

[@ОлексійВойцехівський]

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