Hermann Maier Nagano 1998 Olympics downhill fall

[Th3PiloT1995]

A legend... like Niki Lauda.... he had a bad crash too and won next year Championship. Both legends.. both from austria =))

[mrrct3videos]

Ooo right thru the b netting ouch I've hit that stuff b4 but never went thru it... Had a ski race yesterday, lost both skips and injured my knee:(

[Schas09]

Großartig !

[1Maulsperre7]

hermann maier is undestroyable

[sunny606]

Legend, best ever

[RapidFan17]

@hosanhosan ich meine österreich -.-

[JPN55]

Gets my vote for best crash ever -- the crowd was "gasp" and then up and cheering "Herman, Herman, . . . " as soon as he stood up. Classic.

[kidam2448]

Ce mec est un dieu!

[youpkmt988]

HattieLovesCattie

He retired in 06' i think

[skak85]

@youpkmt988

no, he retired less then one year ago: he raced in 2008-2009 world cup season.

[coen111]

@youpkmt988 Loser! Off course he's still alive!

[youpkmt988]

@coen111 ?

[HallieBaker123]

heygenug geschaut jetzt soll jemand nettes mit mir chatten hab auch bilder !

[logant44]

Spartan

[zombiehammer1]

top man! what a legend!

[RapidFan17]

herman maier is an austria skier

austria 4 ever

[hosanhosan]

@RapidFan17

"austria 4 ever" von einem rapid fan :D

[RedheadDane]

THAT is just insane! And the fact that he was able to walk away from it even MORE!

[peter27489]

3 days after this crash he won a gold medaille!!, immediately after that crash he rode 6h his bicycle because of his effusion of blood!

we miss him in vancouver......

[MonikaGSkMk]

Yeah... He announced his retirement on 13 October 2009. What a great skier. Go Hermann, go! xD

[heathey2]

Had he landed on his head he would have been dead. Thank god he survived and was able to win two golds a few days after this happened. It is such an incredible sporting feat.

[Kalminar]

@heathey2

YEah, amazig he won gold medals 3 days apart after this accident

[heathey2]

It's hard to understand how he was able to acheive that.

[wippermannl]

lucky the best skier in the world survived this

[ptdnet]

Herman is the man! Dude got up and won the gold medal the next day!

[HattieLovesCattie]

He still skiing>?

[skak85]

He announced his retire a week ago.

[xoxoxo2ski]

sad i love hermann!

[jozf18]

OMG.........head first....

[jwboll]

I laughed soooo hard when I saw this live. The previous skier wiped out on the same corner (not even 1/4 as bad) and this jerk got on the camera and started mouthing off about how everyone else was too inexperienced for this course.

then he goes and shows everyone how it's done!

[adamfrito]

beast

[SkiFast10]

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it live. He's a legend!

[ufs07qx]

he´s a fucking LEGEND !!!!!!!

HERMINATOR

[AbendsternS]

HERMINATOR!!! :DD

[ptdnet]

so manly

[Magothys]

I remember seeing this live years ago. Awesome crash.

[Otiis]

He´s a legend.

After the crash he was back on his feet the same day and got two olympic gold medals a few days later.

[bardosilente]

ice man

[vinesboyseventysix]

clearly that was because the crash wast that bad

[emmanuelSC]

at 6 seconds you can see the photographer jumping from his ladder. he made that famous picture that went around the world.

[fnlost]

i remember it well ..brutal

[mikaelkl]

Lasse Kjus

[SkiFast10]

Perhaps the most incredible thing I have ever seen on live television.

[bonzeyliz]

ooouuuccccchhhhh that mus hert

[49ersnfl]

damn, that was painfull

[thebirdman666]

ouch

[xeyla22]

Note to self - lets not ski downhill...

[matters9319]

skiing downhill iosnt that dangerous you know. I do almost everyday of the winter. It's wicked fun and perfectly safe. But races can be dangerous. I've fallen in a race and i cut my face pretty bad and didn't ski for a week

[xeyla22]

I know. I race for a club, and I meant the downhill discipline. Downhill is the riskiest discipline, with speeds of over 90 MPH and massive turns that can send you flying off the side of a moutain.

[Freddy3666]

Der arme wieviele Verletzte Teile hat der dann gehabt??? So ein Pech für ihn. Zum Glück hat er dann wieder zu seiner besten vorm wieder gefunden! Hermann is the best!

[Fritschke]

gar nix. die Tage drauf gewann er zwei Goldmedalien... lol...

[ManuelKobe]

after this crash somebody asked what he thought when he was in the air

hermann said "shit, it won't be a gold metal!"

[epicDuftbaum]

@ManuelKobe

no, he thought: "if i would win a gold medal during the olympics, I will be a legend"

Source: German wikipedia

[aussieskiff]

Respect to Herman Maier Best skier of our time

[sjefendin]

Kjetil Andre Aamodt

[ekhatch1435]

the Atomics were too much ski for the mountain to handle, thats all. Hail hermannator!

[skaterwithvans]

hermann is the best!!!

[Todel82]

Just some days later he won 2 olympic gold medals! Respect, Hermann!

[Bryan2799]

Yea that was one of the ballsiest things I've ever seen! The dude has even come back from a brutal motorcycle accident to ski at the top level....

[TheAmazingMe2]

dude, that mountain raped him

[VonVoltage]

And Herman is possibly the best skier of all time, imagine what an amateur would do.

[megarouge2001]

Daaaaaaamn. He was just totally out of control off that hill.

[whitkelly]

holy that looked awful

[mudfromspace]

a ouch he was UNLUCKY

[skare91]

ouch!!