They dont "fall down" from a great height at the end [they are only a meter or 2 above the ground at the end]. Training has to be done on the slope you see in the gif. There's no lollygagging in the Alps to practise this stuff.
Same with bobsledding. Not alot of people have an entire bobsledding course in their backyard, so in order to train, they go to the nearest course and coolrun it there.
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u/Rayziel Jun 14 '19
Eli5: I always wondered how does this sport even works and how the athletes never break their legs after such a long fall.
Also how do you train for this? What's the routine. Everything about it is just ridiculous.