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Hahnenkamm Downhill - You Finish, You Win [video]

nytimes.com — Doug Lewis, a former World Cup and Olympic downhiller, skied the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria, many times — and escaped in one piece. Here, Lewis plays both tour guide and ski instructor for a course considered perhaps the most treacherous in the world.

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 3, 2008

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  • kgool, on 11/03/2008, -0/+11Gnarly!
  • frostmonkey, on 11/03/2008, -0/+11hell yeah! I never thought I would see my sport on Digg!

    I wish North America would embrace alpine racing more like Europe does. It's such an amazing sport.
  • BradOFarrell, on 11/03/2008, -0/+10First thing I noticed when the page loaded: Triforce on the bottom of the ski.
  • arichard, on 11/03/2008, -0/+8I wonder how many ACLs that run has claimed...
  • snafflepaffle, on 11/03/2008, -0/+8I'd really like to see that as an actual live action video, not a video game. Put a helmet cam on the guy while he runs it and then have him comment on it. "And this is the lace where I totally wiped out."
  • al28p, on 11/03/2008, -0/+8yeah, give ski racers some credit, they've got baaalls.
  • digitalhoodie, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7dude! what's my tattoo say?
  • RSS14, on 11/03/2008, -0/+6Do you say gnarly a lot?
  • leonardutah, on 11/03/2008, -0/+685 mph (137kpm) on that course? I wouldn't even drive that fast down it.
  • inigomntoya, on 11/03/2008, -0/+6Sweet! What's mine say?
  • kungfumaniac, on 11/03/2008, -0/+6Very cool, but I'd rather watch Warren Miller.
  • FreshHaikus, on 11/03/2008, -0/+5Fischer logo.
  • inactive, on 11/03/2008, -4/+8cool story, bro.
  • Eagle193, on 11/03/2008, -0/+4That's pretty gnarly.
  • iBlinkalot, on 11/03/2008, -0/+4A unique, first-hand perspective from a professional.
    I would like to see more of these videos from other professionals, not limited to athletes.
  • 83457, on 11/03/2008, -0/+4http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Hahnen ...
  • Ghoztt, on 11/03/2008, -0/+4Dude! What's mine say?
  • antiver, on 11/03/2008, -1/+4Like, you're sooo going to get buried, dude.
  • FreshHaikus, on 11/03/2008, -1/+4I could do that.
    No problem.
  • snafflepaffle, on 11/03/2008, -0/+3Yeah, me too. Looks easy.
  • biznatch11, on 11/03/2008, -0/+3I have Fischer's and I think "Triforce" every time I look at the tips :)
  • Handout, on 11/03/2008, -0/+3A very ill part of me would love to make a thousand normal people attempt that at gunpoint.
  • kgool, on 11/03/2008, -0/+3I would like to see a simulation of my fat, uncoordinated ass skiing, errrrr rolling down that hill.
  • Ghoztt, on 11/03/2008, -0/+3Why all ya' guys hatin' on us Californians, bro?
  • TheHim, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2Very cool!

    German doesn't have a homosexual sound to it, but Austrian is a whole different story, at least spoken with English/American accent.
    Thought about "Bruno" the whole piece.
  • zakbroman, on 11/03/2008, -1/+3YEAH TOTALLY GNARLY BRO
  • tloftxj, on 11/04/2008, -0/+2people tend to repeat words when they are on marijuana.
  • JakeCast, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2kitzbuhel is for pussies.
    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2729854758_9a5 ...
    baldy main chute, july 2008.

    i kid. the hahnenkamm is gnar.
  • Ghoztt, on 11/03/2008, -1/+2Dude, it was wicked, bro. Paul was B-Line'n this sick black diamond on Nevada side of Heavenly when he hit this kicker all wrong an' did a faceplant a hundred freak'n feet down, bro.
    Dude looked like a complete gaper!
  • inactive, on 11/03/2008, -1/+2Austrians ski down Hahnenkamm every winter, nothing special.
    Every December you can try your skill virtually in the largest online ski racing game organized by Austrian TV station ORF. The 3D downhill ski simulator is free. This December for sure a new improved version will go online like last Winter:
    http://www.i4u.com/article13289.html
  • 49CentTacos, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1I think a part of me died just thinking about skiing down this thing.
  • MrBrother, on 11/03/2008, -4/+1clearly you've forgotten betamax
  • TONYTUBA1982, on 11/03/2008, -4/+1I WILL BURY YOU!!!!
  • inactive, on 11/03/2008, -8/+5worst. video player. ever.

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