Bode Miller: Skiing Drunk 'Not Easy'

AP via Yahoo! News ^ | 01/05/2006

[krb]

boot test

?

[nuconvert]

boot > blood?

[nuconvert]

What a talent. It's a shame to read this.

[krb]

I dunno...I thought it sounded a little "Brokeback" though :-)

[Yossarian]

It's funny that Bode comes across as blase (can't do the accent here in Lynx browser) about winning, when he has a lot of sponsorship income based on his success the last year.

As a matter of fact, I was just looking at the Atomic catalog for this year, and there's a little Bode drawn character all over it saying how Atomic equipment meets his strenuous demands.

Keep op the attitude, Miller, and you'll be losing those sponsorships before you can say "Alcoholics Anonymous"....

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I've skied after a couple of beers (hasn't everyone?)...but never truly drunk. I'm not sure it's even possible (well, at least at MY skill level!)

There was a tradition at some ski resorts (like Taos) to have Martini trees...essentially cocktails in bota bags hung in trees along runs on special days in the spring. You found them, they were yours. Not a safe day on the slopes that.

[George Smiley]

Not me.

Sometimes when I ski, I may LOOK drunk, though.

: ^ )

[Hot Tabasco]

"Whether somebody wants me to get five gold medals or whatever it is, I sort of feel like they are all other people's concerns and issues, not really mine

My past contributions to the U.S. Olympic ski team helped make it possible for you you ignorant jerk! Maybe if you didn't have corp. sponsorship and U.S. ski team sponsorship you just might have a different attitude.

With the exception of the Mahre brothers, there is a reason why the Europeans consistently dominate world cup skiing: national pride and hard work!

FWIW, my all time favorite was Marc Girardelli. Born in Austria but said screw the Austrian ski team and raced on his own under the Luxembourg flag and was coached by his dad. Pride, hard work and dedication, something that Bode Miller will never understand......

[Hot Tabasco]

I've skied after a couple of beers (hasn't everyone?)...

I sure have but never any more......alcohol and altitude do not make for a fun day of skiing. There is plenty of time at the bottom of the slopes at the end of the day for drinking.....

[Brad’s Gramma]

Free Drinks!

[MotleyGirl70]

I've seen my share of wasteoids on the slopes.

They're crazy.

[LibFreeOrDie]

A boot test "checks whether the height of the base of the boot is permissible", according to this:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ski/news?slug=ap-millerfined&prov=ap&type=lgns

Don't know what difference it would make, though...

[nuconvert]

Thanks. Sounds like checking his boots should be way down on the priority list.

[alisasny]

He is leading the WC circuit right now.

Not a waste at all.

[nuconvert]

I never said it was a waste.
I know he's doing well. It's still a shame to read about his drinking, which doesn't sound like an occasional cocktail with dinner.

[alisasny]

I would not expect a downhill skier to be a straight arrow. TURINO 06 every winter sport I cant wait : ))

[nuconvert]

February 10 - 26.

I'll be watching, too

[alisasny]

We had a daily thread in 2002

[Yossarian]

Don't know what difference it would make, though...

Well, the higher up you can get, the more leverage you can put on the ski in turns. The skier / binding / ski system is a lever-arm system, and in such systems the longer the lever arm, the greater the force multiplier.

It is the same reason why racing ski bindings are so tall - there are FIS limits on those as well.

-Yossarian
(Who is driving up to Tahoe today to do some GS and Slalom racing....)