World Cup Ski Preparation - Behind the Scenes - Mens & Womens

Every profesional athlete knows it - you have to be able to rely on your equipment. In the crazy world of skiracing, ski technicians are one of the most important and less known figures which follow athletes from race to race making sure that their skis and equipment is tuned to perfection. In this video Fisalpine ventured into a skiroom on the Tour and chatted about what ski technicians do and what it takes to prepare skis for some of the World Cup skistarts. FIS ALPINE DESCRIPTION: 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.fisalpine.com/ Like us on Facebook:   / fisalpine   Follow us on Twitter:   / fisalpine   FIS: As the governing body of international skiing and snowboarding, FIS manages the Olympic disciplines of Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding, including setting the international competition rules. Through its 116 member nations, more than 6'500 FIS ski and snowboard competitions are staged annually.