Its not slalom....its slalom! - Seems we don't say it properly!

General slalom chatter...rant about the bad, rave about the good
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Spiderman
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Post by Spiderman » Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:32 pm

Just stumbled upon possibly the earliest footage of a slalom anywhere! Some interesting info here....lol...very entertaining...and now we all have to say it using the correct Norwegian pronounciation! :-)

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=528


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Peter Parker - 12 gate courses are plenty long enough!
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Carlr
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Post by Carlr » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:19 pm

Its already been on FB!!!
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Spiderman
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Post by Spiderman » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:24 pm

Ah.....well for all those who are slow off the mark like me then.... :-)
Peter Parker - 12 gate courses are plenty long enough!
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Post by James Prowse » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:28 pm

There are also these other two vid's from Shepperton, all looks a bit strange though.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=47587
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=47122
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Post by mwilk » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:54 am

They certainly knew how to keep their % body fat down in those days, didn't they ?!
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