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This is a list of ski descents of eight-thousanders (which are the 14 highest peaks in the world that are over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) in elevation). [1] Such feats are part of the sport of ski mountaineering , and also related to the sport of extreme skiing .
It's been a passionate goal of mine to ski off an 8,000 meter peak. I guess there's a lot of people sort of looking to do this and try to ski off Everest. But for me, it's got to be an aesthetic and quality run. And Shishapangma has the best ski line of any of the 8,000 meter peaks. It's just an absolutely straight shot right down the Southwest ...
In giant slalom the highest bib number 45 to win belonged to the youngest winner ever Piero Gros on 8 December 1972 in Val-d'Isère. The record holder for the highest bib number in slalom is Ivica Kostelić, who won in Aspen, Colorado with 64. Niels Hintermann won the Alpine combined in Wengen on 17 January 2017 with bib number 51.
Sylvain Saudan (23 September 1936 – 14 July 2024) was a Swiss extreme skier, dubbed "skier of the impossible."He was noted for skiing down large and steep mountains, including those in the Himalayas, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Norwegian athlete Aksel Lund Svindal just became the oldest Olympic alpine skiing champion ever at 35 years old.
Bjørn Dæhlie (46) is the most successful male distance skier in World Cup history, with 45 distance victories. Petter Northug (38) is the youngest man ever to win a World Cup race. Gunde Svan (30) had won at least one race in every season he competed. Vladimir Smirnov (30) had won at least one World Cup race in 11 different seasons.
Gnarliest Runs: The Little Couloir (rarely ever open and you must get permission from ski patrol to access it); Class 6 on the Headwaters features a 45-degree gradient, exposure, and a mandatory ...
Half-pipe skiing is the sport of riding snow skis on a half-pipe.Competitors perform a series of tricks while going down the pipe. The current world record for highest jump in a half-pipe is held by Joffrey Pollet-Villard, with 26 feet 3 inches (8.00 metres). [1]