Crazy in 1974 the world record was set by Walter Steiner of 169 meters and in 2023 the record is 253 meters. Almost 100 meters further than Woodcarver Steiner. If Steiner jumped 253 meters he'd have landed in the crowd at this event. As Steiner said they had the ramp too fast and no enough safe hill to land on for him to actually jump his best. If Steiner could have went all out without worry of landing I bet he could have cleared 200M. It's a shame the sport didn't have it's act together enough to let Steiner do what he did best.
Sehr berührende Doku über einen Ausnahmeathleten. Dank an Werner Herzog! Und danke für das Bereitstellen auf YT! Unmögliche Zustände waren das damals (nicht nur) in Planica. Eine unverantwortliche Wettkampfleitung, die aus Sensationsgier die Sicherheit der Sportler auf's Spiel setzte. Das wäre heute, wo Weiten über 250 Meter geflogen werden, schlicht unvorstellbar. Damals sprang man noch im relativ unstabilen Parallelstil. Die Ski hatten keinen Bindungsstab. Und statt Schutzhelm trugen die Springer lächerliche Strickmützchen. Auch das ist heute unvorstellbar. Leider ist die ebenfalls unstabile Telemark-Landung immer noch quasi Pflicht, um eine gute Bewertung zu erreichen. Man kann nur hoffen, dass auch sie bald Geschichte ist. So ändern sich die Zeiten. Skispringen und Skifliegen sind heute statistisch gesehen die risikoärmsten Wintersportarten überhaupt. Und daran wurde hart gearbeitet. Die Schanzenprofile sind nicht mehr so halsbrecherisch, es gibt keine derartig extremen Flughöhen mehr, und die Windmessung ist bei jedem Wettbewerb ein wichtiges Thema.
Vielen Dank für diese äußerst interessante Doku. Walter Steiner war nicht nur ein Ausnahmeathlet , sondern auch ein sehr nüchtern denkender und ein am Boden gebliebener reifer und sympathischer Mensch. Dieser war wie hier in Planica völlig sich selbst überlassen - und hat trotzdem gewonnen😄
@@chrislondo2683 Yup, I knew I'd heard it in other Herzog films thank you for putting your finger on which one. It's beautiful timeless music that makes Aguirre and Woodcarver Steiner timeless as well.
An atmospheric doc about a citizen-athlete, one who woodcarves and occasionally ski-jumps. We see Walter Steiner's literal ups and dows, with breathtaking flight through the air in the middle. It's poetry -- and pain -- in motion. Herzog serves as kind of a Greek chorus, reporting on the action. Think the Chorus in Shakespeare's HENRY V ("O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend/The brightest heaven of invention .."). Steiner aims to the heavens on skis.
I have all through life had the curious dream of heading at a jump off point running & then flying . . just taking flight , perhaps saw this caper at early age on TV who knows , but dreams of flying are persistent amongst us planet of apes . . have suspicions
I've heard the soundtrack to this documentary in other Herzog films. I imagine it's quite important to him. It is beautiful timeless music. Imagine if Herzog had used contemporary music in this film? It would make it feel so dated but now it's a timeless classic.
@@Wallyworld30Founding member of Popol Vuh Florian Fricke is a longtime personal friend of Herzog. He even makes an appearance as a pianist in Herzog's first feature film Signs of Life (1968).
I cherished my baseball trophies and Bowling plaques as they were reminders of my achievements in both sports. Now I'm 46 years old and I got rid of all that stuff over 10 years ago. Nobody will care that I was an All-Star baseball player in High School in early and mid 90's. Who cares that I bowled a 600 series in the mid 2000's. Nobody, but they were fun as hell when I won them. I helped coach my son up to be a top 5 basketball player in the city of Huntsville, AL in 2013 and I'm much more proud of that than any of my own achievements.
