This interview was done for the public who do not know what goes in to being a ski racer, as for the comment by DavidSkis, before you make a stupid comment about this interviewer, check out 1st who it is. In this case she would be in the top 4 female skiers of U.S.A. history!!!
Picabo (The interviewer) was at the '98 Olympics and won the Gold medal in the Super G by beating Austria's Michaela Dorfmeister, I suspect she might know a thing or two about skiing lads...
you know, ligety is the best giant slalom driver of the world but this video is complete bullshit. the reason why ligety is so fast is his technique and not because he is smarter than anyone else.
His technique is unique, and he developed it. And it was smart. If you look at the history of ski racing, you will see that many of the dominant skiers of their era were so because they moved the sport ahead in some way. They figured something out that no one else was doing.
Sebastian Gieger Many of the great ski racers over the years have brought some new idea, approach, or technique to the sport. Often it's triggered by advances in equipment. You are right to say he's faster because of his technique, but he was the first to approach GS the way he does. Going back, Bode took lines people thought impossible. Others like Maier, Tomba, Mahre, Stenmark, Klammer, Kiley, Eriksen, and Sailer all moved the sport forward with new technique, tactics, or leveraging of new equipment. The sport of ski racing advances in explosions. At least, that's the way I see it.
Sebastian Gieger Are you the 'waist steering' guy? I saw a video on your page that looked like a Nastar run on Blanche at Park City Mountain Resort. Was it?
Sean Landis no i am not the waist steering guy but i had a discussion with him about teds technique too ;D ps: yes you are right, ted moved skiing forward but that doesnt mean he is very clever
Ted Ligety is one of the greatest when you're talking about alpine racers; however this reporter displays zero knowledge of the sport, and doesn't create a good image of the sport for naive viewers of Fox News. She barely gives Ligety a chance to answer her questions, he spends the whole interview trying to repair her questions. If you want to know anything about ski racing, do not watch this video.
He's not smarter than anybody. He just executes better. It's the same in any sport. Pitchers don't always throw strikes, hitters strike out, bowlers miss the spare, receivers drop the ball, etc. It's all about execution. It's what separates the best from the rest.
You clearly have never ski raced. Ski racers analyze every aspect of their technique and think about the physics and biomechanics as a matter of course. I started late, as a senior in high school, and developed very quickly because I used my brain. In only two years, I got good enough to get on my college ski team as a walk on; which included a former Canadian Ski Team downhiller and a pair of Europa Cup skiers from Germany. I have skied with a Olympic gold medal winner, knew multiple people who went on to ski for the US Team, and coached for a kids’ team that had a former US Ski Team coach as our head coach. Ski racing is an extremely cerebral sport. There’s a reason so many ski racers are well educated compared to a lot of sports where education is secondary.
Do you even know who she is...? Picabo ring a bell She is a world champion and an olympian.. Don't know about you but ...not ever been there or have a gold medal..
This is what every pro alpine skier does. He's not smarter, he has just better execution this person writing the script knows absolutely nothing. The person writing the script should study more about the sport. (it should be the script writer asking her the say those lines Picabo is an Olympic skier)
You clearly have never ski raced. Ski racers analyze every aspect of their technique and think about the physics and biomechanics as a matter of course. I started late, as a senior in high school, and developed very quickly because I used my brain. In only two years, I got good enough to get on my college ski team as a walk on; which included a former Canadian Ski Team downhiller and a pair of Europa Cup skiers from Germany. I have skied with a Olympic gold medal winner, knew multiple people who went on to ski for the US Team, and coached for a kids’ team that had a former US Ski Team coach as our head coach. Ski racing is an extremely cerebral sport. There’s a reason so many ski racers are well educated compared to a lot of sports where education is secondary.
This interview was done for the public who do not know what goes in to being a ski racer, as for the comment by DavidSkis, before you make a stupid comment about this interviewer, check out 1st who it is. In this case she would be in the top 4 female skiers of U.S.A. history!!!
Picabo (The interviewer) was at the '98 Olympics and won the Gold medal in the Super G by beating Austria's Michaela Dorfmeister, I suspect she might know a thing or two about skiing lads...
Well it seems like her text was written by someone else, because she talks as much nonsense as a 3 year old child would do
Yeah she sounds dumb af
Vincent CoppolaTed Ligety is one of the greatest ever
I don't remember Picabo being that beautiful.
Great now the only thing Im going to be thinking going at 40 miles an hour through gs gates is "sicccc..... saaccc.... siiccccc... saaaaacc...."
you know, ligety is the best giant slalom driver of the world but this video is complete bullshit. the reason why ligety is so fast is his technique and not because he is smarter than anyone else.
His technique is unique, and he developed it. And it was smart. If you look at the history of ski racing, you will see that many of the dominant skiers of their era were so because they moved the sport ahead in some way. They figured something out that no one else was doing.
Sean Landis you dont invent a technique like you invent a technical machine. you dont have to be extremely clever for that
Sebastian Gieger Many of the great ski racers over the years have brought some new idea, approach, or technique to the sport. Often it's triggered by advances in equipment. You are right to say he's faster because of his technique, but he was the first to approach GS the way he does. Going back, Bode took lines people thought impossible. Others like Maier, Tomba, Mahre, Stenmark, Klammer, Kiley, Eriksen, and Sailer all moved the sport forward with new technique, tactics, or leveraging of new equipment. The sport of ski racing advances in explosions. At least, that's the way I see it.
Sebastian Gieger Are you the 'waist steering' guy? I saw a video on your page that looked like a Nastar run on Blanche at Park City Mountain Resort. Was it?
Sean Landis no i am not the waist steering guy but i had a discussion with him about teds technique too ;D
ps: yes you are right, ted moved skiing forward but that doesnt mean he is very clever
goddammit you guys in the comment section are annoying
Ted Ligety is one of the greatest when you're talking about alpine racers; however this reporter displays zero knowledge of the sport, and doesn't create a good image of the sport for naive viewers of Fox News. She barely gives Ligety a chance to answer her questions, he spends the whole interview trying to repair her questions. If you want to know anything about ski racing, do not watch this video.
+Chuck Anderson I agree
Seriously!!! She is an Olympic Super G champion. Clearly she knows nothing about the sport. Do your homework Chuckie
Picabo Street is the interviewer. Any further questions about her knowledge of ski racing?
Wait. You think Picabo Street doesn’t know anything about ski racing?! 😂
He's not smarter than anybody. He just executes better. It's the same in any sport. Pitchers don't always throw strikes, hitters strike out, bowlers miss the spare, receivers drop the ball, etc. It's all about execution. It's what separates the best from the rest.
You clearly have never ski raced. Ski racers analyze every aspect of their technique and think about the physics and biomechanics as a matter of course. I started late, as a senior in high school, and developed very quickly because I used my brain. In only two years, I got good enough to get on my college ski team as a walk on; which included a former Canadian Ski Team downhiller and a pair of Europa Cup skiers from Germany. I have skied with a Olympic gold medal winner, knew multiple people who went on to ski for the US Team, and coached for a kids’ team that had a former US Ski Team coach as our head coach. Ski racing is an extremely cerebral sport. There’s a reason so many ski racers are well educated compared to a lot of sports where education is secondary.
Skiier?
U sucks bro
THEEEEEEEE BEST!!!!!!STFUEOE!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you even know who she is...?
Picabo ring a bell
She is a world champion and an olympian..
Don't know about you but ...not ever been there or have a gold medal..
"Smartest (pro) skier" is like saying the tallest dwarf.
benzknees you are the tallest dwarf.
sure, an American is the smartest
Ligety comes not even close to every single overall worldcup winner
Fox suckt"!
Schnitzel ,
Ligety may be smart, Street is certainly not!
U are sore about that ? I m Streets brother man !
Sore or sure?
Gunnar Gunn why ask ?
This is what every pro alpine skier does. He's not smarter, he has just better execution this person writing the script knows absolutely nothing. The person writing the script should study more about the sport. (it should be the script writer asking her the say those lines Picabo is an Olympic skier)
You clearly have never ski raced. Ski racers analyze every aspect of their technique and think about the physics and biomechanics as a matter of course. I started late, as a senior in high school, and developed very quickly because I used my brain. In only two years, I got good enough to get on my college ski team as a walk on; which included a former Canadian Ski Team downhiller and a pair of Europa Cup skiers from Germany. I have skied with a Olympic gold medal winner, knew multiple people who went on to ski for the US Team, and coached for a kids’ team that had a former US Ski Team coach as our head coach. Ski racing is an extremely cerebral sport. There’s a reason so many ski racers are well educated compared to a lot of sports where education is secondary.
Ted Ligety was probably lucky a few runs, but why has he fallen from the podium last few years?
35m radius GS skis is my bet
But hes also getting older
This guy is so full of himself.