Marcel Hirscher digging the pow

[schindlerpiste]

Glad to see where life has taken him since racing. He is The Man. I can see him following in the footsteps of Shane

[beer30]

Rad, good to see!

[fomofo]

Pow's great, but...

"Two versions of myself are clashing inside me: one loves this heart project of being able to be the ski racer I always wanted, to compete with my own clothing and ski equipment. Racing for pure joy; collecting moments instead of results. But the racer and fighter that I used to be still exists. I only have to think about the countdown in the start house and my pulse climbs and I feel the adrenaline. So it's both: I'm extremely happy and I'm also really excited.

https://www.redbull.com/int-en/marce...-ski-world-cup


Alpine ski great Marcel Hirscher will compete in the slalom World Cup race in Levi, Finland on Sunday.

https://sports.yahoo.com/alpine-ski-...094229496.html

[fomofo]

Hirscher finished the opening run 2.59 off the lead in 46th position in his first slalom race in 2,072 days.

“The first gates I thought that’s going nicely but then it relatively quickly turned into one of the worst slalom runs of my life,” Hirscher said.

https://apnews.com/article/skiing-no...291bf965e6dc5d

[Percy Rideout]

Guy also races erzberg every year on his dirtbike. What a badass.

[garyfromterrace]

Hirscher finished the opening run 2.59 off the lead in 46th position in his first slalom race in 2,072 days.

“The first gates I thought that’s going nicely but then it relatively quickly turned into one of the worst slalom runs of my life,” Hirscher said.

https://apnews.com/article/skiing-no...291bf965e6dc5d

Foreshadowing Lindsey's return? Sorry, that's mean.

[twat]

Hirscher out with an acl injury.

[m2711c]

That was quick…

[schindlerpiste]

What a bummer. Whoa those stressed tendons get brittle with age. Actually glad that it happened in low impact training, rather than full on speed down the steeps

[grskier]

The video of it is a bit wild. You just see his knee buckle slightly, but no crash or angle that would indicate a tearing event that I watched.... but I also tore my ACL without crashing in a weird tip in front of binding in pow scenario.

[Mofro261]

The video of it is a bit wild. You just see his knee buckle slightly, but no crash or angle that would indicate a tearing event that I watched.... but I also tore my ACL without crashing in a weird tip in front of binding in pow scenario.

Man that was barely a backseat loading, didn't look like anything at all. I've had more than 1 ACL ski apart without a fall or any significant trauma, yes it sucks.

[TOLOCOMan]

Shit. I'd been really excited to potentially see him racing at Schladming when I go to the night race this year. Oh well...

Really figured Vonn was the big injury risk coming back, not him.

[neufox47]

Man that was barely a backseat loading, didn't look like anything at all. I've had more than 1 ACL ski apart without a fall or any significant trauma, yes it sucks.

Curious if you feel like you were warmed up when it happened?