Click on the video player above&nbsp;to watch&nbsp;action from the men's alpine skiing World Cup downhill event in Kitzbühel, Austria.

Kitzbühel - the race skiers love and fear 

Every trip to the Hahnenkamm reminds Manuel Osborne-Paradis about why he got into skiing in the first place. The Austrian mountain is a terror, but racers can't keep away.

Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis competes during the men's World Cup Downhill, on January 26, 2013 in Kitzbuehel, Austrian Alps. Italy's Dominik Paris won the race ahead Canda's Erik Guay and Austria's Hannes Reichelt . AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN        (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images)

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How Brian Stemmle's frightening Kitzbühel crash affected 3 generations of a Canadian family

On the 80th running of the alpine World Cup at the Kitzbühel ski resort in Austria, Canadian Brian Stemmle recalls the 1989 crash that nearly took his life.

Canada's Brian Stemmle, seen above during the 1998 Olympics, overcame one of the nastiest ski crashes ever in 1989 at the Kitzbühel resort in Austria before competing in three more Winter Games.

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What's changed in alpine skiing? Not the beer drinking

Alpine skiers Brian Stemmle and Dustin Cook talk about skiing in their respective eras. What are the differences between when Stemmle skied versus now when Cook skies?

Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup men's alpine skiing

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch action from the alpine World Cup stop in Kitzbühel, Austria.

Watch World Cup men's alpine skiing from Kitzbühel

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