The Technician / Skier Relationship - Summer Trainings - Behind the Scenes

Skiing might be an individual sport, but behind every athlete there is a support team which takes care of all the details which allow him or her to perform at their best. Among the team, there is one person with whom athletes often develop a special bond - the guy responsible for making their skis fast, their ski technician. That bond is the theme of our newest Behind the Scenes, enjoy! The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of Alpine Skiing competitions staged annually. It is considered the premier competition in alpine ski racing together with the quadrennial Olympic Winter Games and the biennial FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Some experts event consider winning the World Cup to be athletically a more valuable title than winning gold at the Olympic Winter Games or the World Championships, since it requires a competitor to ski at an extremely high level in several events throughout the season, and not just in one race. Today, the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races are held primarily at famous ski resorts in the European Alps, along with regular stops in Scandinavia, North America, and Far East Asia. Competitors attempt to score a maximum of points during the season in five events: slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill and super combined. The fifth event, super-combined, was introduced in 2005 and generally consists of a shorter downhill race and a one-run slalom. Sometimes the downhill is replaced by a super-G. Alpine was added to the Olympic winter schedule in 1936. For further information about FIS Alpine visit: http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fisalpine Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fisalpine