brace yourselves for the influx of ski content:
first of all seconding the two things mentioned in the notes of this post already ->
FIS alpine world cup races this weekend: friday, saturday and sunday speed races in soldeu andorra for the women, saturday and sunday speed races for the men in garmisch-partenkirchen germany. the vibes are gonna be wildly different because from what i‘ve been hearing the snow is perfection in andorra rn and garmisch is gonna be a warm-ass shit show probably (as is not uncommon because it‘s low altitude) with temps as high as 12C in the finish… 😅
on the edge: ski racing doc on disney+ at the moment, very current! i haven‘t gotten around to it yet but i hear it‘s good :)
streif - one hell of a ride: documentary about the legendary kitzbühel downhill race on redbulltv (and i think maybe netflix? or prime? it used to be somewhere anyways…)
bending gates: never getting tired of recommending this docu series on redbulltv because it‘s a glimpse into my favourite ski team everrrrr: 2021/22 era swiss men‘s GS/SG team (god i miss the days)
alpine pulse: FIS podcast, every episode interviews a different ski racer. i‘m personally not very fond of the interview style but it‘s still a nice resource!
what‘s the point: mikaela shiffrin‘s podcast, often but not always features guests from the ski racing world too.
pinheiro: youtube series on the atomic channel about lucas pinheiro braathen - truly fascinating stuff
moving right along: youtube series from mikaela shiffrin about mikaela shiffrin (absolute perfection, if you‘re into f1 think like… landolog/charles‘ vlogs etc. but much more cohesive narrative arc)
FIS alpine youtube channel: lots of behind the scenes/interview stuff :) especially fond of this atlas video from five years ago
i also have a BUNCH of recs in german or swiss german if anyone wants those too 😅
as for fanfic slash fictional content i will say the amazing @koenig-armon has you covered AND there‘s a rather horrifically dramatic soap opera running on swiss/german/austrian tv called school of champions about life at a ski academy (available on playsrf and the ard mediathek).
oh and! edit to add one book rec:
seduction on the slopes by tamsen parker is sort of like a heated rivalry for skiing i guess? lol. AND it also has age gap 😏 anyways, i was defo entertained, even if the sport wasn‘t 100% accurately represented always.
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