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

[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......

[Brad’s Gramma]

Free Drinks!

[freepatriot32]

I wonder if the will set up sui checkpoints in the middle of the slalom courses at the winter olympics this year to crack down on drunk skiers?

[george76]

"New Hampshire skiing legend Bode Miller causes a stir"

"Skier Bode Miller told CBS News he was partying into the dawn hours after securing the World Cup overall victory in 2005, and then took to the slalom gates drunk to finish off the season."

Since 2003, Miller has held a contract with the resort to promote it as a family ski destination.

“For us, Bode represented the epitome of the local boy who made the big time, and we were certainly there for support,” Ellms said.

“However, the remarks of Bode are, right now, not representative of what we are trying to represent at Bretton Woods. We want to be seen as the finest family resort in the East, a safe, comfortable place for the family without reckless behavior. It is something we all strive for.

“We have to distance ourselves from those comments because, clearly, on the surface, those remarks are not good for kids.”

In addition to being sponsored by Bretton Woods, Miller has contracts with Visa, Charles Schwabb, Sirrius satellite radio and a host of ski hardware companies.

Miller races on the World Cup circuit in Adelboden, Switzerland, today and tomorrow.

Taub, Miller’s agent, said he had spoken to his client about the matter yesterday but that it likely would not affect his races this weekend.