Hans Pieren - Ein Wille, ein Weg

Hans Pieren is a determined man with a strong sense of what is achievable. He celebrated his greatest successes after being dropped from the national team, switching ski brands, and standing without a service man. He sharpens and waxes his skis himself. Whether he transforms a soft snow base into a hard racing track with salt and water, saving the Winter Olympics in 2014, turns a 50-meter-high steel structure into a parallel slalom course in Moscow while stepping on the toes of an oligarch, or organizes kilometers of water hoses to cover the legendary Chuenisbergli slope with water from the Adelboden swimming pool – "Hänsi" is never short of creative and surprising ideas. His iron will and productivity have become legendary in the ski world. Hans Pieren has repeatedly managed to turn the most difficult circumstances into positive outcomes.