Here’s what skier Andri Ragettli had to say about his incredible parkour training course
The freestyle skier uses the course to work on his balance.
Teenage freestyle skier Andri Ragettli was probably most famous for becoming the first person to land a quad cork 1800 on skis, but now it’s a practice routine that’s making him the topic of conversation.
The Swiss 19-year-old hopes to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics early next year, but with balance like this, his talents clearly don’t just lie on the snow.
Ragettli continued: “We do that in training because balance is important in our sport, so we train like this sometimes, but not too often.
“The first obstacle was hard, the drop on the ball, as well as the last one (the wallspin).
“The back flip was because I was happy that I had finished the course perfectly. That’s why I did that celebration!”
“I don’t have a background in parkour,” he said. “We do a lot of trampoline and balance training, and for the rails that’s important.
“It’s just normal training we do sometimes, it’s not like a special thing!”
“It took me like, 20 tries to get the course perfect,” said Ragettli.
Crumbs of comfort for those in awe of the man’s super-human balance.
