Skiing American women are killing it. Are we Seeing it on any regular TV?? NOT HAPPENING!!

[MidnightJester]

Mikaela Shiffrin, 4-for-4 in slalom to start Olympic year, gets 105th World Cup win

Shiffrin has won five straight World Cup slaloms dating back to last season's finale, firmly establishing herself as the Olympic favorite.

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So Mikaela Shiffrin, 4-for-4, 4 straight 1st places in slalom to start her pre-Olympic year, gets 105th World Cup win and Lindsey Vonn is on her 3rd podium in 4 races after taking way more then a little time off.​

Lindsey Vonn Podiums In 3rd Straight Downhill Race

Vonn just struck again at the Val d'Isère downhill where she took her third straight podium finish.

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I think only 2 women's races of all of the races were on regular TV. NBC had one I believe and CNBC had the other which actually has more winter sports then regular NBC. Great way to market the sport and to grow ALL WINTER SPORTS especially with the Winter Olympics coming up in a few months. Sure they had all the races on SkiandSnowboarding.live and peacock and a 3rd OUTSIDETV all streaming and each almost a $100 a year.

Cant even get the AIRTIME on a regular channel or get a replay space late at night on regular TV or CABLE TV. Are late night infomercials paying more then then regular commercials earn to get the space??

 

[Edd]

Yeah dude, pay to play now.

 

[2planks2coasts]

They are indeed killing it. So awesome!

 

[AdironRider]

You can still watch just not on over the air channels.

I’ve never found d ski racing a particularly great watch honestly. It’s hard to grasp the conditions or the terrain (as it should be skied) so it’s just sort of oh that person went faster, cool I guess.

 

[oldfartrider]

I loved watching it 50 years ago. The coverage and announcing was great. They never missed a race.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I thought about it, and alpine skiing is the only sport I can think of where the televised accessibility has actually decreased rather than increased in my lifetime. I can see all my tiny D1 college's baseball, soccer, or even women's volleyball games streamed live, yet have no reasonably affordable access to professional ski racing. It's bizarre.

You'd think FIS could make some sort of beneficial deal with ESPN+ for North American live streaming rights, but apparently not. You would need to have Outside at like $90 per year, but also Peacock Premium for another ~$100.

 

[kbroderick]

You can still watch just not on over the air channels.

I’ve never found d ski racing a particularly great watch honestly. It’s hard to grasp the conditions or the terrain (as it should be skied) so it’s just sort of oh that person went faster, cool I guess.

It's also not on one streaming service.

If US Ski and Snowboard Live had full coverage of every race, with good commentary and easy access across devices, that would be okay (but admittedly I still wouldn't pay for it, as I don't have enough time to hang out in front of the TV in the winter to justify). But no, you need multiple streaming services and even understanding which events will be on which services requires a decent bit of research (and races that air live on peacock may or may not be available for later replay, which is a crap user experience in a world where most content is added to the library after airing).

The idea that broadcast or even cable coverage matters is antiquated, but the inconsistent access is a piss-poor fan experience, nevermind for potential fans who don't know what they're missing.

 

[gittist]

If you have Peacock streaming they show most of the races but at 4:00AM :-( (I'm not getting up that early). Very few of the races are available to watch later as replays.I think Stiffel sponsors them. Maybe I'll waste my time writing to them and suggest that they sponsor more replays.

 

[Julius]

Ya it’s frustrating for sure. Here's a breakdown. Peacock carries only races held in the USA and Austria (and the coming Olympics). Outside carries/carried a few events but not worth subscription in my opinion and not sure if they have rights for any more alpine races.

Skiandsnowboard carries the bulk of all the races in entirety (except for US and Austria) with full replay.. and you can subscribe to all winter sports or choose a single discipline like Alpine. The dude who is commentator on the women's Alpine races is an exciting color announcer too.

Ya it's all pay to play now..for most sports. It's a shame that Mikaela, Paula and Linsey are dominating for the USA and most are missing this.

 

[1dog]

I thought about it, and alpine skiing is the only sport I can think of where the televised accessibility has actually decreased rather than increased in my lifetime. I can see all my tiny D1 college's baseball, soccer, or even women's volleyball games streamed live, yet have no reasonably affordable access to professional ski racing. It's bizarre.

You'd think FIS could make some sort of beneficial deal with ESPN+ for North American live streaming rights, but apparently not. You would need to have Outside at like $90 per year, but also Peacock Premium for another ~$100.

3%- thats how many Americans ski or ride- and its counted if you do it once per year. Fewer race cars but because everyone drives, they can connect more to racing, which supposedly is the most popular 'sport' in the country. I love driving- never understood watching car racing - unless its Grand Prix/Formula One. Cars tho, is still my favorite Disney movie. . . . that tattoo on the Porsche . . .

 

[drjeff]

You'd think that if ever there was good chance to increase the media exposure for alpine ski racing in the US, it would be now. Winter Olympics 7 weeks away, the Wonen's team with Mikaela and Lindsey and Paula Moltzan and even Breezy Johnson are as good as any national team out there now, the Men with solid results from Ryan Cochran-Seagle and River Radamus have podium potential, and I am guessing that the NBC hype machine will be cranking between now and the start of the Games in February and then with the next Winter games in Salt Lake City in 2030. Plus there's a quality crew of younger racers working their way up through the "minor leagues" of alpine ski racing now that certainly may factor into the next generation of US ski racing talent in the coming years

 

[jaytrem]

3%- thats how many Americans ski or ride- and its counted if you do it once per year.

I addition to that, I'm sure I'm not the only avid skier who has zero interest in watching ski racing.

 

[Hawk]

I think that in general if an American is winning people tune in. At least more people tune in. Look at what Lance Armstrong did. YA Ya he's a cheater but before that, the increase from 0 interest for cycling grew enough that they started airing it on non pay TV for a few years. I realize now is a different story with Pay TV but you would think they would at least televise a repeat or something.

 

[Hastur]

They should bring back the wide world of sports.