ON THE PISTE (1987) - BBC DOCUMENTARY - 80's SKIING 

Ahh, skiing. The luxury of travelling to foreign country (usually), snow, fresh mountain air, and copious amounts of après ski booze and fun. It wasn't THAT much different in 1987.... #ski #skiing #austria #soll #80s

Kevin is using every fiber of his being, every bit of strength he can muster up to move half a foot. I can’t stop laughing 😂😂😂

I live in Scheffau the neighbortown of Söll. There are many British tourists still today. They are the best tourists because they are always happy and enjoying themselves. That's the reason I always liked British people. :)

Kevin! What an absolute star! Could watch him all day he’s hilarious!

I've taught all levels of skiers over the last 35 years, and believe me, there is ALWAYS a Kevin.

Why wasn't there a Brenda & Maureen reality show?? It would have been hilarious....I always piss myself every time I watch this

OMG this brings back memories........ I remember watching this documentary with my father, who was born and raised in Slovenia, so learned to ski from a young age. I can honestly say, I had never seen him laugh so much..... and never did again... I laughed like a drain too as I'd been on a skiing holiday when I was 13 and was awful, but I loved it and this documentary really made me chuckle.... Long after my father passed away, I gave skiing another chance, this time in his homeland. I'd always wanted to see Slovenia in the snow and Bohinj didn't disappoint. I was 50 and much less scared. I think I cracked it eventually. I urge everyone to give skiing a go. It's fabulous.

It’s like a sketch from French & Saunders! 🤣

Pissed myself laughing at 16 and pissing myself again at 52 ❤❤

Wouldn’t it be lovely to catch up on Maureen, Brenda and Kevin now.

The very best of Brits abroad

Maureen says to her friend at one point: "It's one ordeal after another!".

Watching downhill 2024 from Wengen right now. Wengen was the parallel story that ran through same time as these two fabulous ladies did in the neighbouring resort.

I see myself here and I'm laughing very hard. God bless them all. XXXXX

I'd love to be able to buy this in full. I remember watching it first time around

I have this on tape. Just brilliant 🤣

been looking for this long time people forget ski hols only got going in 70s ,kevin so funny on lifts

classic .kevin on the lifts i bet hes still trying 87 omg i feel old

Timeless and Priceless CLASSIC

This is Brill you cudnt script this.When Kevin is getting on the chairlift its all natural movements. Simply great fun

We was at soll around this time, great fun, I now ski black worldwide, 55 and live skiing

I laughed thru the entire video 😂😅

I smiled all through that. Great clip!

Priceless, better than Fawlty Towers

That brought back some memories of my first time in Aprica. Equally as hilarious. Mark

The voice over is Funny too. We all know a kevin

Oh how the BBC have changed ...........

Can't stop laughing! Just brilliant!

Oh golly I laughed so much

Thats a hilarious video. My farther is called Kevin and back in the 1980's at Kitzsteinhorn, Kaprun, had similar problems with surface lifts. Im sure he would apreciate watching this, just to remind him what a prolock he was back in the day.

This reminds of the song ‘On The Piste’ performed by Fascinating Aida at The Lyric theatre in 2000. It’s here on youtube if you search it, anyone else seen it?

brilliant !!!

My husband and I were ski instructors in Söll when this BBC program was made. Let me tell you that what you see on this video was ot ‘the norm’. Peter was a laugh (but also not ‘the norm’) and picked by the BBC for being (in their opinion) a typical Austrian ski instructor. The whole idea of this program was to make people laugh and looking at the reactions below they succeeded. They didn’t succeed in promoting skiing. We watched the program with embarrassment, because the majority of Sepp Embachers instructors would go about it a whole lot different way. Sepp suggested a different instructor to the BBC but they set their minds on Peter. In our opinion learning how to ski and at the same time having a great holiday had nothing to do with the ‘stupid’ things shown in this program. We have been instructors for 5 years and we never got our ski groups in so much mess. Although this program is years old and all the difficult aspects of learning how to ski (like chairlifts, draglifts etc.) don’t exist anymore in Söll. They are all replaced by skier friendly lifts. I had to react.

Even as a beginner skier, this is still hard to watch

80s❤️

"His grasp of the English language may be somewhat limited...." Hilarious.

Острая нехватка физической подготовки ... После столь долгого сидения у телевизора ...

Kevin a real one fr

I was born in 1968 and been skiing since 2010. Has skiing evolved much in the past 45+ years? If I started skiing in the early 1970's, would I be using wooden skis, leather boots, and no helmet?

This is the funniest ski video ever! Hilarious! Enjoy! - skimckay.com

whats the snuff taking at the end?

I don't want to tread on Simon's toes, but the whole thing is broken down into 4 parts at SuperBoris1961.

Before everyone went mad about health and safety. Good times!

Not a lot of health and safety here!