Video: Course Check iXS European Downhill Cup, Schladming

 Claudio set a high standards for those videos, but in my opinion, Andrew did a grat job! I know how hard is to ride and commentate cause I did similar video before national competiotion. Sometimes it was hard to say a word. However I decided o make such a videos.

 seems like no one can do a course check without being compared to claudio...

 Yea great run through of the track - looks like a pretty long track and really steep towards the last segment. Another awesome race to enjoy!

 This track deserves to be back on the world cup,bring back Schladming to the world cup series.

 agreed! this was really good!

 great job, great track, good luck!

 He's way more informative than Claudio, who just screams and yells random stuff all the time.
Yes, it's impressive that he (Claudio) can ride these courses this fast on his first run, but I don't think his commentary is very interesting, it's just way overhyped.

Same for Warner's and his commentary in the live feed, it's not just that I'm missing the drunk Warner screaming into the mic, I'm pretty sure he did a lot more background research back then, because he knew a lot more about every rider, the last few rounds these guys missed so much that was happening, I was watching the screen and thinking "how can they not see this right now" all the time.

 I still give the nod to Claudio. He's always blurting out something interesting. No dead air or awkward silence trying to think of something to say the way everyone else who tries it does.

 its funny, when you talk to world cup downhill ski racers, they will tell you they love to watch mtb wc dh, but they always say or mention how the course check dude(claudio) brings the sport down. makes it look so kooky and wacky......

the ski racers are split on warner, some think hes refreshing and casual, others again, think he brings the sport down, or another way to say it would be that the sport is hard and gnarly that it deserves 'more professionalism'.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

the racing is gnarly.

 Well here's one vote for not giving a krap what people from other sports think. Especially snobbie ones

 say what you want about 'the snobs' that race wc dh alpine..............

they could care less what you think, they are to busy counting the world class paychecks after they win on the world cup.dolla dolla bill yall.

what do you think dh mtb payouts are like on race day?

not even close to what alpine racers make, and ya wanna know why..................?

image and presentation to the masses pays.large.

 no stacky, its cos skiing has a HUUUGE fanbase compared to mtb, who generally have a lot more money to spend on shit. DH skiing is boring as hell to watch and far too corporate, big money slogans everywhere. The longer mtb can stay away from the stale boredom of dh skiing the better

 unless you only care about the money. but if thats the case just go work ina bank or something

 why do they have a massive fanbase? because the presentation of the sport is worldclass. claudio is far from worldclass.

kitzbuhl is boring and corporate?

 "they could care less what you think" ...You say that like you think I care about what they think about what I'm thinking.

 @gabriel-mission9, what you're actually saying is that you wish that our sport wouldn't grow and progress any more?

More outside sponsors means more money in sport, more money means more races. More races more fun. Why is that a bad thing?

 No, @krsh, I'm saying I hope it doesn't become boring and homogonised. If more money means no fun (eg Claudios course checks) then the money can piss off.

 Neethling to mention that nobody would understand a word

 REPLICA*...)

 It's not that it's the pinnacle of gnarliness (that award most likely goes to Val di Sole) but that it's the combination of so many awesome things all on one track- insane steepness, totally gnarly wooded sections, sculpted corners, balls out speed, perfect jumps, and amazing dirt (no kitty litter or gravel bs). You will have to ride here to understand just how steep, technical, and awesome it really is. Extremely talented guys like Needles (combined with a helmet cam flattening out everything) just make it look easy. For example, the very first thing you hit rolling out of the starting gate is 10 ft gap with about a 15 ft drop that feels like you fell down an elevator shaft- he's not kidding in the audio. But it's something that you hardly notice on their helmet cam. It's just one of the many awesome things about the course here that makes every WC racer says it's one of the greatest tracks in the history of downhill.