Longines Time Keepers - Audi FIS Ski World Cup - Behind the Scenes - Mens & Womens

The newest Fisalpine behind the scenes focuses on FIS's partnership with Longines and how that partnership is implemented at the longest World Cup Downhill in the world, Wengen. From an interview with world famous Longines ambassador Aksel Lund Svindal, to the technical aspects of setting up the timing and ensuring its precision, this video gives you an idea of what time means in the world of skiracing. The well known Swiss watch brand, Longines ensures precision in timing for world-class skiing. As the official timekeeper for the entire FIS Alpine Ski World Cup and the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Longines is a partner of great value especially in a sport which requires high precision and reliability. FIS ALPINE DESCRIPTION: The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of Alpine Skiing competitions staged annually. It is considered the premier competition in alpine ski racing together with the quadrennial Olympic Winter Games and the biennial FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Some experts event consider winning the World Cup to be athletically a more valuable title than winning gold at the Olympic Winter Games or the World Championships, since it requires a competitor to ski at an extremely high level in several events throughout the season, and not just in one race. Today, the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races are held primarily at famous ski resorts in the European Alps, along with regular stops in Scandinavia, North America, and Far East Asia. Competitors attempt to score a maximum of points during the season in five events: slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill and super combined. The fifth event, super-combined, was introduced in 2005 and generally consists of a shorter downhill race and a one-run slalom. Sometimes the downhill is replaced by a super-G. Alpine was added to the Olympic winter schedule in 1936. For further information about FIS Alpine visit: https://www.fisalpine.com/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fisalpine Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fisalpine FIS: As the governing body of international skiing and snowboarding, FIS manages the Olympic disciplines of Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding, including setting the international competition rules. Through its 116 member nations, more than 6'500 FIS ski and snowboard competitions are staged annually.