 In January 1905, Zdarsky demonstrated a steep downhill descent, and was among the first to publicize this development in Central Europe.To show the superiority of his ski technology, he skied the "Breite Ries" at Schneeberg, Austria.On 19 March 1905 he organized the first alpine ski race (on the Muckenkogel via Lilienfeld, Austria)(though Crans-Montana in Switzerland had already run the first Kandahar descent race, in January, 1901).