Watch: Alpine Racer Loses Ski While Going 120 KPH

Racers get a lot of flak. There are comments about the speed suits, accusations that they're taking skiing "too seriously," and general disregard for the amount of skill racing requires compared to a more flashy discipline, like slopestyle. I'll be the first to admit that I was an uneducated detractor of racing in my younger years.However, I've since changed tact upon further reflection and viewings of clips like @hahnenkammrenn's recent TikTok upload. Racing is really really gnarly. These fearl