Alpine skiing World Cup in Bad Kleinkirchheim

Hi everyone.

My winter finally started for real... even if there's still almost no snow around here. I'm back from 2 days of moderate cold and wind, cloudy weather, and so icy track that even athletes were complaining about it, so you can imagine how it was for me to ski down there with all equipment in hands and in backpack. But on the other side, it was great after almost half of year of heat and sun, to meet all friends from skiing World Cup again.

And here's few results from 2 days of skiing.

SWEEET!!!!

Primoz,
As always, your shots are simply amazing. I could go on and on about the color, composition and exposure, but we can all see how spectacular these are. Great work. I look forward to seeing many more of your images here. Thanks for posting.

Those are some awesome shots you have there

Superb skiing shots! well done

I love the extreme angle of the horizon on the first picture, it really emphasizes the speed in which he takes the corner.

great shots I must say.

Never been to one of those races, but how steep are those passes they are going down?

Primoz-

AWESOME Shots! Keep 'em coming!!

I was wondering when we would be graced by your magic! Great stuff as usual, looking forward to more of it this winter!

I have trouble going down the bunny slopes

Awesome pictures for sure.

Not a huge fan of the gondola in the middle of a couple of them but I love the rest.

AthleticsPhotog wrote in post #4478120
Never been to one of those races, but how steep are those passes they are going down?

With men races it's normally pretty bad. On top of extreme steepness, courses are normally really icy. Most of times crampons are obligatory for photographers, and those few times when they are not obligatory, they are highly recommended, so you can imagine how bad it is. For this particular track in Bad Kleinkirchheim I found data, that in 2600m of lenght it goes down for about 700 height meters, so average grade is around 26%.
Women races on the other hand are easier. They are normally not so steep, and normally (that doesn't mean always) course is not so icy either. But it's still not really Sunday skiing

Thanks for your opinion Adam. I was hoping gondola shoots with end up better, but I'm not really happy with them either. Oh well... maybe more luck next time

Primoz, I was anxious to see when you'd start posting shots for this season and you started it out with a bang. Great images. The composition in 2,3, and the last two is just outstanding. Looking forward to seeing more of your winter work in the months to come!

Those are just excellent work!

awesome

Great pics, please keep them coming.
I am so jealous, I only get to go 1 week a year