Snapshot, 1953: The fastest ski-lift in the Alps

Back in the 1950s, some hardy swashbuckling types grew fed up with the low-speed ski-lifts of the day, and instead launched the first motorcycle ski championships in the small Tyrolean village of Ehrwald.

A rope, a pair of skis and a motorcycle with spikes - that's all it took 60 years ago to let rip through the snow.