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Beat Feuz starts for the first Lauberhorn training session in 2023 – actually, drones should have delivered spectacular pictures of his ride afterwards.
Layla Waldmeier and Lili Oehninger (see text box)
The plan promised spectacle. In the infamous Langentrejen section, drones should send a new kind of images around the world. But the Lauberhorn race in 2023 will not benefit from film drones.
A lack of permits is a spanner in the works for those responsible. “After the laws were tightened, it was simply no longer worth using drones, even though it was planned that way,” confirms Beat Zumstein, SRG production manager, to Blick.
The permits are required to ensure the safety of drivers and spectators. Since January 1, the laws surrounding drones have been tightened – the main reason for not using the drones.
Four teenagers for a look at the Lauberhorn
On the second day of training, four youngsters were out and about in Wengen as part of the YouNews project for Blick und 20 Minuten. Layla Waldmeier (15) and Lili Oehninger (15) from Seon AG, Désirée Benz (14) from Kirchberg ZH and Jeremy Nakyagaba (19) from Basel BS report on the Lauberhorn races – and thus take their first steps in journalism.
The YouNews week of the Swiss media was launched in 2018. The goal for young people between the ages of 13 and 20: understand journalism, experience journalism, help shape journalism. (sme)
Ski star Marco Odermatt poses after the second Lauberhorn training session with Jeremy Nakyagaba, Lili Oehninger, Layla Waldmeier (15) and Désirée Benz (14) (from left)
On the second day of training, four youngsters were out and about in Wengen as part of the YouNews project for Blick und 20 Minuten. Layla Waldmeier (15) and Lili Oehninger (15) from Seon AG, Désirée Benz (14) from Kirchberg ZH and Jeremy Nakyagaba (19) from Basel BS report on the Lauberhorn races – and thus take their first steps in journalism.
The YouNews week of the Swiss media was launched in 2018. The goal for young people between the ages of 13 and 20: understand journalism, experience journalism, help shape journalism. (sme)
Sure, the downhill classic also offers a spectacle. The live image will continue to be transmitted by 28 on-site cameras. Around 60 SRG employees are on site for what is known as “host broadcasting”, and preparations begin a week before the start of the race. Among other things, the production manager plays an important role in this area. “It takes a lot of preparation and experience for a race like this to run smoothly,” explains Zumstein. A live sports production is teamwork.
The work of filming is done by various types of cameras. PoleCams, mobile tripod cameras with a swivel arm, are used as standard. For shots from below, GoPros and similar models are buried in the snow. Interviews and close-ups of ski professionals are made with hand-held cameras. Cameras in helicopters provide shots from above, as do the beautiful landscape images that are shown in between.
Drones are flying in Kitzbühel – and soon on the Lauberhorn too
And the drones? The goal is to use them more in snow sports in the future. They can give a more real picture of speed.
There was a taste of these spectacular images last year in Kitzbühel, where a drone followed the downhillers for the first time.
On the Lauberhorn you have to wait a little longer for that. However, they do not want to bury the plan, but rather try to implement it from 2024.
Attention ski fans! Now quiz and type races
The 2022/2023 ski season is in full swing and so is the “Blick Ski Trophy”: Answer questions every day, type ski races and crown yourself as ski champion. Lots of great prizes await.
To take part in the “Blick Ski Trophy”, you have to register here.
Have fun and good luck!
The 2022/2023 ski season is in full swing and so is the “Blick Ski Trophy”: Answer questions every day, type ski races and crown yourself as ski champion. Lots of great prizes await.
To take part in the “Blick Ski Trophy”, you have to register here.
Have fun and good luck!