Forum menu
In honour of the snowmageddon, let's resurrect an old Friday traditional. With some fine sporting photography on the theme of winter sports.
Thusly,
Bodie Miller. Full speed or no speed.
[img] 
[/img]
Not so much of the actual skier, but this screenshot from Candide Thovex works pretty well today. Not actually much snow and a bunch of people out riding anyway...
[img] 
[/img]
Of course, this one's quite appropriate for Britain too:
[img] 
[/img]
^Awesome^
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
?20160109181447[/img]
obviously it's too dangerous for outside shenanigans...so I give you Trina Gulliver MBE
[img] 
[/img]
Lindsay Vonn. lady skier
[img] 
[/img]
^^^^ huba huba
nice one Ton! 😀
Group B madness in the snow
[img] 
[/img]
She's fast, too. When she isn't injured.
[img] 
?quality=65&strip=all&w=620[/img]
You beat me to it Captain....but inserted anyway!
[img] 
[/img]
MBE? For darts?!
We are definitely in a parallel universe from the one we started 2016 in.
First Brexit, Then Trump and now darts players being honoured. I want my old universe back.
You beat me to it Captain....but inserted anyway!
😯
[img] 
[/img]
I have huge respect for Nordic skiers. I remember some of the case studies of athletes at uni - and these guys were fitter, stronger, faster and more endurance by some measure as all-rounder athletes than any other sport.
[img] 
[/img]
Jenny Jones
Not photography but an artistic element nonetheless
Or the classic photo-finish carnage from Skier-X in Sochi
[img] 
[/img]
The Daddy
[img] 
&server=www.dr.dk&w=620&h=349&scaleAfter=crop&quality=75&ratio=16-9[/img]
Beyond Good and Evil
[img] 
[/img]
Ive been watching a lot of Biathlon lately! 😀
[img] 
[/img]
Not only is Gabriela Koukalová the best, but she's rather enjoyable to watch too.
[img] 
[/img]
Anyway, PSA that its the Mens downhill from Wengen on Eurosport HD tomnorrow at 11.15am.
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
and
[img] 
[/img]
Plus
[img] 
?w=1050[/img]
Was looking pretty strong at the weekend. Apparently she sleeps for 12 hours a day.
I had a pair of Fischer C4s - great ski but didn't turn me into Franz.
Podium Brit!
[img] 
[/img]
It's a bit harder finding a Bartelski P+P pic so sorry Konrad.
I was in Lahti last week and went to look at the "hills" these boys and girls are a bit special. Or to put it another way stark raving bonkers
[img] 
[/img]