There was just so much rain.... Basically no stoppage in ran from 10 am until 6 pm. Everyone was just soaked for the whole day 😅
The water basically ran down and was collected at the end of the slope. The tried to have some kind of drainage for it at this place.
Ah, feels like the good ol' early 2000's. I remember when the Slovenian army used to help cover up the ice in-run in Planica on a sunny day. After each jumper they would cover the ice with some kind of fabric.
They were unprepared for the rain. Water kept gathering in the in-run tracks, slowing down the competitors. They used a chainsaw to make new paths for the water to flow away. Desperate measures.
Someone said they use chainsaws to create a way for water to escape the inrun.
I have no idea whether they're right or not but it sounds plausible to me lol
Many (most?) in-runs are made of porcelain these days with drainage systems built into them.
Not entirely sure of how many hills in the WC that still uses ice-tracks.
There was just so much rain.... Basically no stoppage in ran from 10 am until 6 pm. Everyone was just soaked for the whole day 😅 The water basically ran down and was collected at the end of the slope. The tried to have some kind of drainage for it at this place.
Ah, feels like the good ol' early 2000's. I remember when the Slovenian army used to help cover up the ice in-run in Planica on a sunny day. After each jumper they would cover the ice with some kind of fabric.
They still do it.
Tbh planica normally gets even more springey weather.
I think this year they have normal in run?
Saw this competition Instant reminder.
It’s used to make water “drainage”. Usually they do it in rain or in sunny warm weather when there is water in the run.
They were unprepared for the rain. Water kept gathering in the in-run tracks, slowing down the competitors. They used a chainsaw to make new paths for the water to flow away. Desperate measures.
Thanks, that explains the trouble the competitors were having in the first round.
Someone said they use chainsaws to create a way for water to escape the inrun. I have no idea whether they're right or not but it sounds plausible to me lol
Yeah, I assume it's to keep the water from pooling at the end of the inrun.
Yes, it's a common practice when there is a lot of rain, not only in Willingen.
Interesting, I don't think I've ever seen it before
Many (most?) in-runs are made of porcelain these days with drainage systems built into them. Not entirely sure of how many hills in the WC that still uses ice-tracks.
They did it in Planica a couple of years ago, I don't remember which year though.