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48.SASLONG CLASSIC GARDENA - GRÖDEN
FIS SKI WORLD CUP 2005/06 www.saslong.org
THE FIS CELEBRATES THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALPINE
SKI WORLD CUP
IN ALTO ADIGE / SÜDTIROL
Gardena - Gröden and Alta Badia will play host to the event which is due to take
place from December 15th to 18th next.
This winter the International Ski Federation will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Alpine
Ski World Cup. Südtirol will be the centre of attention as it plays host to such important
celebrations. The World Cup winners of all times will be invited to Gröden/Gardena and Alta
Badia for the “Champions Celebration”. The world cup competitions (Super G, Downhill,
Giant Slalom) will take place in the two renowned resorts of Südtirol on the 16th, 17th and
18th of December.
What started out 40 years ago with a few World Cup competitions has become consolidated
over the years, becoming an important circuit within the winter sports sector. The “White
Circuit” has grown over the years, not only thanks to the expertise of the athletes, but also
thanks to the masterful skills of their teams, the national ski federations, the entrepreneurial
organisers of the individual resorts and the ski clubs.
An overall number of 18 women and 22 men from 12 different countries have been crowned
winners of the general World Cup throughout the years. Among these successful athletes
some repeated champions are worth a mention, such as: Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Gustav
Thöni, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Vreni Schneider, Hermann Maier, Marc Girardelli, Katja Seizinger,
Janica Kostelic, Anja Pearson, Petra Kronberger, Maria Walliser, Nancy Green, Stefan
Eberharter, Karl Schranz, just to name a few, along with Alberto Tomba who won the Cup in
1995.
Gröden/Gardena will officially welcome the world champions on Thursday December 15th. A
dinner will be held in an alpine hut for the athletes in the evening. During the official athletes
presentation and bip handout, which will take place on Friday evening in the center of
St.Ulrich/Ortisei, the illustrious guests will be present to meet with current athletes and fans.
Following this, there will be a dinner with the representatives of the press. During the Cup
competitions the guests of honour will be presented to the public and the guests.
Alta Badia on the other hand will play host to these great champions and the organisers of
the World Cup during the bip handout in the centre of La Villa and during the gala evening at
the Corvara tennis stadium. Within the context of the “Champions Celebration” two other
important celebrations will also be marked: the 20 years of World Cup in Alta Badia and Erich
Demetz’s 20th anniversary as president of the Alpine Committee of the Ski World Cup.
The aim of these celebrations is to create and consolidate relations between great ski
champions and the various sector categories; it is also to recall the fundamental stages of
the F.I.S. Alpine Ski World Cup.
Saslong Classic Club Gardena – Gröden – www.saslong.org - media@saslong.org - Tel. 0471/793450 – Cell. 328/76854619
Gernot Mussner
40 years world Cup – a kaleidoscope of skiing
This winter the Alpine Ski World Cup, cooked up by a few skiing pioneers in the
Chilean Andes, celebrates its 40 year anniversary. The four decades have been
characterized by triumphs and tragedies, beaming winners and dazzling stars.
The World Cup, created by some progressive ski freaks, changed the world of
skiing. The journalist Serge Lang, who worked for the French newspaper “L’Equipe”,
Honoré Bonnet and Bob Beattie, team coaches of the French and American teams,
and later Austria’s “Sportwart” Sepp Sulzberger conspired during the long nights of
the summer World Championships at Portillo in 1966.
At that time “L’Equipe” had invited the best skiers to a “challenge”, a competition
analogous to bicycling, but taken notice of by hardly anybody (except Serge Lang),
and the trophy to be won, a ski set with brilliants, was not even appreciated by the
winners Marielle Goitschel and Karl Schranz.
While on Portilllo’s altitude of 3000 m the athletes were killing time by throwing
cakes and ash trays, the Gang of Four (as Serge Lang called his creative team), of
which only Bob Beattie is still alive, were hatching their project day and night.
When the draft was more or less finished, they presented it to FIS president Marc
Hodler. Unexpectedly and undiplomatically the ski boss reacted fast and announced
to the press on August 11, 1966: “Gentlemen, we have a World Cup”. On January
5, 1967 already the first “World Cup” race took place at Berchtesgaden. Most
newspapers wrote “World Cup” in inverted commas, as they were not yet fully
convinced by the idea.
Heini Messner was the winner of the first World Cup race. In the second run he
came back from rank 10 to win the slalom. Only two athletes, Pierre Bourgeat in
1998/99 in Park City (14th to 1st) and Benjamin Raich in the same season in
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Schladming (23rd to 1st) repeated this amazing feat. In order to enhance the World
Cup status the races were clocked in thousands of a second for the first time.
Jean-Claude Killy was the first overall winner. He was the best promoter for the
new competition, when he said: “For me the World Cup is more important than
World Championships or Olympic Games.” He won the crystal globe with 225
points, the maximum result possible. A year later he clinched three Olympic gold
medals, still saying the same. That was music to the ears of Serge Lang, the
“father” of the World Cup.
In the meantime also the FIS supported the World Cup. During the 1967 Congress
in Beirut it was officially acknowledged. For the overall competition only the three
best results per discipline were taken into account. Co-founder Honoré Bonnet
prophesied with wise foresight: “We will never find the perfect formula. Even in ten
or twenty years there will be discussions about the best way of counting the
points”. Indeed, the recurrent modifications of the formula proved to be the only
steady factor of the World Cup for a long time.
There were races with “half” points, “inflationary points”, void points, double points
and so on. Many modifications were imposed to the FIS and the World Cup
committee from outside. Some of them turned out to be boomerangs for the
initiators. When, for example, the French succeeded in taking into account five
instead of three races per discipline in order to favor their star skiers Jean-Noël
Augert, Patrick Russel, Alain Penz etc. it was Italy’s Gustav Thöni, a racer winning
points with the regularity of a metronome, who profited the most from the
modification.
When the season was divided up in three periods in order to give downhiller Franz
Klammer a chance against the technicians, the Austrian star fell in the Megève
race, of all races, which was one of the decisive competitions. When the rules finally
tried to put an end to the extreme specialization, there were no all-rounders left
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such as Killy or Schranz. And when one returned to the original formula with only
three races in order to enhance the suspense, the overall standing was decided in
January already etc., etc.
Despite all criticisms the World Cup grew to a global event with excellent sport and
thrilling races. The World Cup made stars and stars made the World Cup – to the
benefit and popularization of ski racing altogether, which, by the way, took another
step forward by introducing race directors and a professional management at the
beginning of the nineties.
As a result of the continual development a new discipline was launched, the SuperG, which pre-premiered 1981 in La Villa (with a kind of mogul section built in) and
was definitively introduced in Val d’Isère a year later (with five Swiss skiers
sweeping the first five ranks). As of the 2004/2005 season a super combination of
Downhill and Slalom as a competition of its own is listed in the calendar. It is
intended to strengthen the trend towards the all-round skier, which had been the
idea of the World Cup in the first place.
1973, six years after its foundation, the “White Circus” paid the first visit to Japan.
In 1985 the World Cup returned to the Andes (Las Lenas in Argentina), the place of
its origins. In 1989 (Australia) and 1990 (New Zealand) the fifth continent, too,
hosted World Cup races for the first time. In the four decades of its existence, 168
sites in 22 countries and four continents organized nearly 2500 races.
The list of overall winners includes 40 names, 22 women and 18 men. The largest
collection of crystal globes is owned by Annemarie Moser-Pröll, namely six. Five
were won by Marc Girardelli, four by Gustav Thöni, Pirmin Zurbriggen and Hermann
Maier. In all the years, the World Cup committee had only three presidents: Marc
Hodler in combination with his FIS presidency up to 1973, then the autocratic Serge
Lang, and from 1986 on until today the Italian Erich Demetz, one of the cofounders of the World Cup races at Gröden.
Richard Hegglin
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Winners of the FIS Word Cup 1967 – 2005 Ladies
1st Rank
Dorfmeister
Figini
Gabl
Götschl
Greene
Hess
Jacot
Kostelic
Kronberger
Mc Kinney
Meissnitzer
Mittermaier
Morerod
Nadig
Paerson
Pröll
Schneider
Seizinger
Wachter
Walliser
Wenzel
Wiberg
2002
1988
1969
2000
1967; 1968
1982; 1984
1970
2001; 2003
1990 - 1992
1983; 1985
1999
1976
1977
1981
2004; 2005
1971 – 1975; 1979
1989; 1994; 1995
1996; 1998
1993
1986; 1987
1978; 1980
1997
22
Wins per
Nation
AUT
SUI
GER
CAN
LIE
SWE
CRO
USA
FRA
14
11
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
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Winners FIS World Cup 1967 – 2005 Men
1st Rank
Aamodt
Accola
Alphand
Eberharter
Girardelli
Gros
Killy
Kjus
Lütscher
Mahre P.
Maier
Miller
Schranz
Stenmark
Thöni
Tomba
Wenzel
Zurbriggen
1994
1992
1997
2002; 2003
1985; 1986; 1989; 1991;
1993
1974
1968
1996; 1999
1979
1982; 1983
1998; 2000; 2001;2004
2005
1969; 1970
1976 – 1978
1971 – 1973; 1975
1995
1980
1984; 1987; 1988; 1990
18
Wins per
Nation
AUT
ITA
USA
LUX
SUI
NOR
FRA
SWE
LIE
8
6
3
5
6
3
3
3
1
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Overall World Cup Winners – Women
1966 - 2005
Michaela Dorfmeister (AUT, 25-Mar-1973), Overall World Cup Winner 2002;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (2002), Giant Slalom (2000) and Super-G
(2005); World Champion: Downhill (2001) and Super-G (2003); 21 World Cup Wins
(6 Downhill, 8 Giant Slalom, 7 Super-G); active.
Michela Figini (SUI, 07-Apr-1966), Overall World Cup Winner 1985 and 1988;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989), Giant Slalom
(1985) and Super-G (1988); Olympic Champion Downhill (1984); World Champion
Downhill (1985); 26 World Cup Wins (17 Downhill, 2 Giant Slalom, 3 Super-G, 4
Combination).
Gertrud Gabl (AUT, 26-Aug-1948), Overall World Cup Winner.
Renate Götschl (AUT, 06-Aug-1975), Overall World Cup Winner 2000; World Cup
Discipline Winner: Downhill (1997, 1999, 2004, 2005) and Super-G (2000, 2004);
World Champion Downhill (1999) and Combination (1997); 37 World Cup Wins (19
Downhill, 1 Slalom, 13 Super-G, 4 Combination); active.
Nancy Greene (CAN, 11-May-1943), Overall World Cup Winner 1967 and 1968;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1967, 1968); Olympic Champion Giant
Slalom (1968); World Champion Combination (1968); 14 World Cup Wins (3
Downhill, 8 Giant Slalom, 3 Slalom).
Erika Hess (SUI, 06-Mar-1962), Overall World Cup Winner 1982 and 1984; World
Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1985) and Slalom (1981, 1982, 1983, 1985,
1986); World Champion Giant Slalom (1982), Slalom (1982, 1987) and
Combination (1982, 1985, 1987); 31 World Cup Wins (6 Giant Slalom, 21 Slalom, 4
Combination).
Michele Jacot (FRA, 05-Jan-1952), Overall World Cup Winner 1970; World
Champion Combination (1970); 10 World Cup Wins (1 Downhill, 6 Giant Slalom, 3
Slalom).
Janica Kostelic (CRO, 05-Jan-1982), Overall World Cup Winner 2001 and 2003;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Slalom (2001, 2003), Olympic Champion Giant Slalom
(2002), Slalom (2002) and Combination (2002); World Champion Downhill (2005),
Slalom (2003, 2005) and Combination (2003, 2005); 21 World Cup Wins (17
Slalom, 4 Combination); active.
Petra Kronberger (AUT, 21-Feb-1969), Overall World Cup Winner 1990, 1991 and
1992; World Cup Discipline Winner: Slalom (1991); Olympic Champion Slalom and
Combination (1992); World Champion Downhill (1991); 16 World Cup Wins (6
Downhill, 3 Giant Slalom, 3 Slalom, 2 Super-G, 2 Combination).
Tamara McKinney (USA, 16-Oct-1962), Overall World Cup Winner 1983; World
Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1981, 1983) und Slalom (1984); World
Champion Combination (1989); 18 World Cup Wins (9 Giant Slalom, 9 Slalom).
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Alexandra Meissnitzer (AUT, 19-Jun-1973), Overall World Cup Winner 1999;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1999) and Super-G (1999); World
Champion Giant Slalom (1999) and Super-G (1999); 13 World Cup Wins (2
Downhill, 5 Giant Slalom, 6 Super-G); active.
Rosi Mittermair (GER, 05-Aug-1950), Overall World Cup Winner 1976; World Cup
Discipline Winner: Slalom (1976); Olympic Champion Downhill (1976) and Slalom
(1976); World Champion Combination (1976), 10 World Cup Wins (1 Giant Slalom,
8 Slalom, 1 Combination).
Lise Marie Morerod (SUI, 16-Apr-1956), Overall World Cup Winner 1977; World
Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1976, 1977, 1978) and Slalom (1975, 1977);
24 World Cup Wins (14 Giant Slalom, 10 Slalom).
Marie Therese Nadig (SUI, 08-Mar-1954), Overall World Cup Winner 1981; World
Cup Disciplines: Downhill (1980, 1981); Olympic Champion Downhill (1972) and
Giant Slalom (1972); 24 World Cup Wins (13 Downhill, 6 Giant Slalom, 5
Combination).
Anja Paerson (SWE, 25-Apr-1981), Overall World Cup Winner 2004 and 2005;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (2003, 2004) and Slalom (2004); World
Champion Giant Slalom (2003, 2005), Slalom (2001) and Super-G (2005); 26
World Cup Wins (1 Downhill, 9 Giant Slalom, 15 Slalom, 1 Super-G); active.
Annemarie Moser-Pröll (AUT, 27-Mar-1953), Overall World Cup Winner 1971,
1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979); World Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (1971,
1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979) and Giant Slalom (1971, 1972, 1975);
Olympic Champion (1980); World Cup Winner Downhill (1974, 1978) and
Combination (1972, 1978); 62 World Cup Wins (54 Downhills, 31 Giant Slalom, 17
Slalom, 12 Combination).
Vreni Schneider (SUI, 16-Nov-1964), Overall World Cup Winner 1989, 1994,
1995; World Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995)
and Slalom (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995); Olympic Champion Giant
Slalom (1988) and Slalom (1988, 1994); World Champion Giant Slalom (1987,
1989) and Slalom (1991); 55 World Cup Wins (20 Giant Slalom, 34 Slalom, 1
Combination).
Katja Seizinger (GER, 10-May-1972), Overall World Cup Winner 1996 and 1998;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (1992, 1993, 1994, 1998) and Super-G
(1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998); Olympic Champion Downhill (1994, 1998) and
Combination (1998); World Champion Super-G (1993); 36 World Cup Wins (16
Downhill, 4 Giant Slalom, 16 Super-G).
Anita Wachter (AUT, 12-Feb-1967), Overall World Cup Winner 1993; World Cup
Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1990, 1994); Olympic Champion Combination
(1988); 19 World Cup Wins (12 Giant Slalom, 1 Slalom, 2 Super-G, 2
Combination);
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Maria Walliser (SUI, 27-Feb-1963), Overall World Cup Winner 1986, 1987; World
Cup Discpline Winner: Downhill (1984, 1986), Giant Slalom (1987) and Super-G
(1987); World Champion Downhill (1987, 1989) and Super-G.
Hanni Wenzel (LIE, 14-Dec-1956), Overall World Cup Winner 1978 and 1980;
World Cup Discpline Winner: Giant Slalom (1974, 1980) and Slalom (1978);
Olympic Champion Giant Slalom (1980) and Slalom (1980); World Champion
Slalom (1974) and Combination (1980); 33 World Cup Wins (2 Downhill, 12 Giant
Slalom, 11 Slalom, 8 Combination).
Pernilla Wiberg (SWE, 15-Dec-1970), Overall World Cup Winner 1997; World Cup
Discipline Winner: Slalom (1997); Olympic Champion Giant Slalom (1992) and
Combination (1994); World Champion Giant Slalom (1991), Slalom (1996) and
Combination (1996, 1999); 24 World Cup Wins (2 Downhill, 2 Giant Slalom, 14
Slalom, 3 Super-G, 3 Combination).
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Overall World Cup Winners – Men
1966 – 2005
Kjetil-Andre Aamodt (NOR, 02-Sep-1971), Overall World Cup Winner 1994;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1993), Slalom (2000) and Super-G
(1993); Olympic Champion Super-G (1992, 2002) and Combination (2002); World
Champion Giant Slalom (1993), Slalom (1993) and Combination (1997, 1999,
2001); 21 World Cup Wins (1 Downhill, 6 Giant Slalom, 1 Slalom, 5 Super-G, 8
Combination); active.
Pauli Accola (SUI, 20-Feb-1967), Overall World Cup Winner 1992; World Cup
Discipline Winner: Super-G (1992); 7 World Cup Wins (1 Giant Slalom, 1 Slalom, 2
Super-G, 2 Combination).
Luc Alphand (FRA, 06-Aug-1965), Overall World Cup Winner 1997; World Cup
Discipline Winner: Downhill (1995, 1996, 1997) and Super-G (1997); 12 World Cup
Wins (10 Downhill, 2 Super-G).
Stephan Eberharter (AUT, 24-Mar-1969), Overall World Cup Winner 2002 and
2003; World Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (2002, 2003, 2004) and Super-G
(2002, 2003); Olympic Champion Giant Slalom (2002); World Champion Super-G
(1991, 2003) and Combination (1991); 29 World Cup Wins (18 Downhill, 5 Giant
Slalom, 6 Super-G).
Marc Girardelli (19-Jul-1963), Overall World Cup Winner 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991
and 1993; World Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (1989, 1994), Giant Slalom
(1985) and Slalom (1984, 1985, 1991); World Champion Slalom (1991) and
Combination (1987, 1989, 1996); 46 World Cup Wins (3 Downhill, 7 Giant Slalom,
16 Slalom, 9 Super-G, 11 Combination).
Piero Gros (ITA, 30-Oct-1954); Overall World Cup Winner 1974; World Cup
Discipline Winner (1974); Olympic Champion Slalom (1976); 12 World Cup Wins (7
Giant Slalom, 5 Slalom).
Jean Claude Killy (FRA, 30-Aug-1943), Overall World Cup Winner 1967 and 1968;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (1967), Giant Slalom (1967, 1968) and
Slalom (1967); Olympic Champion Downhill (1968), Giant Slalom (1968) and
Slalom (1968); World Champion Downhill (1966) and Combination (1966, 1968);
18 World Cup Wins (6 Downhill, 7 Giant Slalom, 5 Slalom).
Lass Kjus (NOR, 14-Jan-1971), Overall World Cup Winner 1996 and 1999; World
Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (1999); Olympic Champion Combination (1994);
World Champion Giant Slalom (1999), Super-G (1999) and Combination (1993); 18
World Cup Wins (10 Downhill, 2 Giant Slalom, 2 Super-G, 4 Combination).
Peter Lüscher (SUI, 14-Oct-1956), Overall World Cup Winner 1979; 6 World Cup
Wins (1 Downhill, 1 Slalom, 1 Super-G, 1 Combination).
Phil Mare (USA, 10-May-1957), Overall World Cup Winner 1981, 1982 and 1983;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1982, 1983) and Slalom (1982);
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Olympic Champion (1984); World Champion Combination (1980); 27 World Cup
Wins (7 Giant Slalom, 9 Slalom, 11 Combination).
Hermann Maier (AUT, 07-Dec-1972), Overall World Cup Winner 1998, 2000, 2001
and 2004; World Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (2000, 2001), Giant Slalom
(1998, 2000, 2001) and Super-G (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004); Olympic
Champion Giant Slalom (2002) and Super-G (2002); World Champion Downhill
(1999), Giant Slalom (2005) and Super-G (1999); 51 World Cup wins (14 Downhill,
14 Giant Slalom, 22 Super-G, 1 Combination); active.
Bode Miller (USA, 12-Oct-1977), Overall World Cup Winner 2005; World Cup
Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (2004) and Super-G (2005); World Champion
Downhill (2005), Giant Slalom (2003), Super-G (2005) and Combination (2003); 19
World Cup Wins (2 Downhill, 8 Giant Slalom, 5 Slalom, 2 Super-G, 2 Combination);
active.
Karl Schranz (AUT, 18-Nov-1938), Overall World Cup Winner 1969 and 1970;
World Cup Discipline Winner: Downhill (1969, 1970) and Giant Slalom (1969);
World Champion Downhill (1962), Giant Slalom (1970) and Combination (1962); 12
World Cup Wins (8 Downhill, 4 Giant Slalom).
Ingemar Stenmark (SWE, 18-Mar-1956), Overall World Cup Winner 1976, 1977
and 1978; World Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1975, 1976, 1978, 1979,
1980, 1981, 1984) and Slalom (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981,
1983); Olympic Champion Giant Slalom (1980) and Slalom (1980); World
Champion Giant Slalom (1978) and Slalom (1978, 1982); 86 World Cup Wins (46
Gustav Thöni (ITA, 28-Feb-1951), Overall World Cup Winner 1971, 1972, 1973
and 1975; World Cup Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1970, 1972) and Slalom
(1973, 1974); Olympic Champion Giant Slalom (1972); World Champion Giant
Slalom (1974), Slalom (1974) and Combination (1972, 1976); 24 World Cup Wins
(11 Giant Slalom, 9 Slalom, 4 Combination).
Alberto Tomba (ITA, 19-Dec-1966), Overall World Cup Winner 1995; World Cup
Discipline Winner: Giant Slalom (1988, 1991, 1992, 1995) and Slalom (1988, 1992,
1994, 1995); Olympic Champion Giant Slalom (1988, 1992) and Slalom (1988);
World Champion Giant Slalom (1996) and Slalom (1996); 50 World Cup Wins (15
Andreas Wenzel (LIE, 18-Mar-1958), Overall World cup Winner 1980; World
Champion Combination (1978); 14 World Cup Wins (3 Giant Slalom, 4 Slalom, 1
Super-G, 6 Combination).
Pirmin Zurbriggen (SUI, 04-Feb-1963), Overall World Cup Winner 1984, 1987,
1988 and 1990; World Cub Discipline Winner: Downhill (1987, 1988), Giant Slalom
(1987, 1989) and Super-G (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990), Olympic Champion Downhill
(1988); World Champion Downhill (1985), Giant Slalom (1987), Super-G (1987)
and Combination (1985); 40 World Cup Wins (10 Downhill, 7 Giant Slalom, 2
Slalom, 10 Super-G, 11 Combination).
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Snow-sculpture competition
Theme: 40 Years FIS Ski World Cup Anniversary
6 snow blocks
Height: 3 m
Large: 3 m
Long: 3 m
Ten years ago, considering the long-year wood carving tradition in Gardena Valley,
the Tourism Board together with the Artistic Handcraft Association of Gardena
Valley decided to combine the two most important economic sectors of the valley:
tourism and wood carving. Hence, an effort has been made to give more visibility to
this type of art to a wider audience also in the winter.
Thus, in the year 1994 more or less experienced artists started to create these
huge snow-sculptures. Because of the great success of this initiative, organizing the
competition has become a tradition for the valley.
The preparation of the snow blocks is a complicated one and requires great
patience and ability. First, you need to shoot the snow, which needs to be scraped
by the snow cat in order to stay smooth, and in the end, you need to fill a case
made out of wood panels with it. As soon as the snow blocks are ready, the artists,
elected by the jury, can begin to create their masterpieces.
The participation to the competition is open to all craftsmen-artists and to the
vocational colleges for wood carving of Gardena Valley (and only to them!). On 2nd
December, nine drafts for the sculptures featuring the theme “40 years world cup
anniversary” have been handed in. Among those, a commission made out of two
representatives of the Tourism Board of Selva Gardena and three representatives of
the Artistic Craftsmen Association have chosen six drafts, which will be realized
during the week from 13th to 16th December in front of the municipal house square
on the Nives field that will be properly illuminated for the occasion. The
presentation of prizes for the most beautiful sculpture (decided by the same
commission) will take place on 16th December at 4 p.m. The artists will be awarded
by the Champion athletes of the ski history. There will be mulled wine for
everybody and the evening will be embellished by the traditional band St. Andrä.
The sculptures will be illuminated on evenings during the winter season in order to
create a magical and fascinating atmosphere. They will also provide an ideal
scenery for many events during this time.
Prizes for the artists:
In front of S. Mary’s church in Nives another snow block will be placed and the
students of the vocational school will realize a life-sized Christmas nativity scene
completely made out of snow.
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