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3/31/05 at 6:24am
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Looking for the best modern ski racing DVDs for off-season visualization. I don't want to waste time with parks and cliff-jumping, and I'm sick of the OLN TV replays that only show 3 minutes of skiing over a 60 minute show.

What's out there?

Books and tuning stuff too. So far I have the classics (The Athletic Skier, Ski Faster, Al Hobart's stuff) but getting anything modern (post 2000) is pretty thin.

Thanks
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3/31/05 at 9:33am
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The CSCF makes a video of the best skiers in the world every other year. I think it's mainly Canadian guys, but I remember watching a video from them last year that had some of Bode's best Slalom runs on it.http://www.snowpro.com/cscf/cscftv/index.htm

PS: Careful if you're at work, it has embedded audio.
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3/31/05 at 9:45am
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not exactly what you're after but...

definitely a departure from what you're looking for but In Search of Speed, featuring Miller and Daron Rahlves, is a fun watch. Includes segments featuring their winning WC runs.

Some "dryland" stuff, too; Rahlves motoring the Harley around Truckee; Miller in his U.S. Open (tennis) exhibition with Steffi Graf.

the DVD is definitely geared more toward entertainment than gate technique, though the race footage includes some great stuff.

fwiw, you might get more feedback with this in the technique, rather than gear section.
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3/31/05 at 10:11am
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Originally Posted by jeff1111
The CSCF makes a video of the best skiers in the world every other year. I think it's mainly Canadian guys, but I remember watching a video from them last year that had some of Bode's best Slalom runs on it.http://www.snowpro.com/cscf/cscftv/index.htm

PS: Careful if you're at work, it has embedded audio.
Those videos are great...very helpful. It actually breaks down the technique for you.
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3/31/05 at 1:33pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeff1111
The CSCF makes a video of the best skiers in the world every other year. I think it's mainly Canadian guys, but I remember watching a video from them last year that had some of Bode's best Slalom runs on it.http://www.snowpro.com/cscf/cscftv/index.htm

PS: Careful if you're at work, it has embedded audio.
I received a copy of World 2005 yesterday. It's fantastic. It's composed of three sections: Slalom, GS and Speed events. For each discipline, there are three sections: Drills, free skiing and gates. There is no dialog at all during these sections. All visual. To see guys like Grandi, Raich, Vidal, Schoenfelder free skiing is incredible. There is a snippet of Raich carving short slalom turns at slow speed that is mind blowing.

At the end there's a small section on technique. Nothing extensive though.

If you order, be patient. My copy took around three weeks to arrive.
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3/31/05 at 4:12pm
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Just ordered it, thanks - it looks good. Gotta be better than watching stoners fall off cliffs...
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3/31/05 at 7:30pm
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I Tivo'd the World Championships. I used to watch it every morning with breakfast for about a week or two.

-T
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3/31/05 at 9:08pm
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Just ordered it, thanks - it looks good. Gotta be better than watching stoners fall off cliffs...
But it doesn't beat BEING a stoner falling off a cliff.
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4/1/05 at 5:09am
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Ha - when I was a kid the ski coach would toke up with the kids before race start. My how times have changed. Now he'd be looking at 20 to life...
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11/6/09 at 8:06am
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Sorry for my English (I'm French)!:

On the CSCF DVD'S, since may be three years, there's a really interesting section named: "tech talk". It's about what the national ski coach are working On with their athletes. I think It's an excellent up date before a new season.

you can buy those DVD'S on it: www.snowpro.com/cscf/cscftv/index.htm

Frank From Québec

F.R Coach from Québec

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11/6/09 at 9:09am
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Sorry for my English (I'm French)!:
 


How ironic!  Most of the time here people say "Pardon my French, I'm English".

Frank welcome to EpicSki.  Pardon the interruption.   We have several prominent CSCF coaches that post here.
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11/6/09 at 9:20am
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The CSCF DVD of all the winning runs from the WC season is good.  I just watched the Men's 2009 season last night, & will get to the Women's runs tonight.
www.snowpro.com
JF

"Apparently, a person who dives headfirst down an icy cliff wearing a spandex jumpsuit is supposed to celebrate with a nice glass of tea."

David Fehrety on Bode Millers 60 minutes interview

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