Mikaela Shiffrin

[Tricia]

Hopefully this thread will be chocked full of Mikaela by the end of the season.

17 pages later.
Make that 18!

 

[BTaylor]

Just saw this in the Summit Daily News:

Today's your chance to meet a real-live Olympic gold medalist in person.

At 5:30 p.m. today (June 2), The Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa in Avon (the base of Beaver Creek Resort) is hosting a community Q&A with Mikaela Shiffrin, an EagleVail native who just so happens to be the best female slalom skier in the world. And she's only 22 years old.

 

[Tricia]

That would be fun to attend.

 

[Frankly]

I'm really glad she took my advice and got herself a hot boyfriend. I just out performed all the rest of the coaches and her Mom, book my flight to Korea.

 

[4ster]

This just popped up on my Facebook feed. I think most of us have seen some of the video but maybe not. Wasn't sure if I wanted to put this here or in the instruction forum. Feel free to move it..

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[hbear]

His follow cams are great.
I believe they had a good clip of Tessa Worley doing some GS as well.

So fun to watch!

 

[karlo]

How do you make up that much time in the last 15 gates?

Exactly! How?!

Read the face at 14:26. Read the lips, then hands at 14:43.

 

[markojp]

The free skiing bit at 1:40 in this one is worth watching:


The funny thing is there probably isn't a more gifted technical skier in the world, yet I'm sure in the tech ski comp world, she'd be 'all wrong'.

 

[hbear]

Tessa Worley GS in 2015

 

[markojp]

Tessa Worley GS in 2015

Wait a minute. Tessa isn't Mikaela! ( but she's certainly hauling the mail! )

 

[BGreen]

The person who shot and posted most of those videos is in Auckland getting his masters. I’ll see what the plan is for this season.

 

[Tricia]

This is an interesting piece in NYT
Elisabeth Vincentelli has taken an active interest in ski related topics, including some of the topics that we like to chat about here.
Why Mikaela Shiffrin Loves Croatia - and Colorado

 

[hbear]

Don't remember if these articles were posted or not...

https://deadspin.com/mikaela-shiffrin-is-the-best-in-the-world-and-she-needs-1793422444

https://www.redbull.com/us-en/theredbulletin/meet-the-mikaela-shiffrin-nobody-sees-2017-11-09

 

[Frankly]

Cute video interview.

See @Muleski she took my advice and got a fun boyfriend. Obviously she reads this forum and values my wisdom.

 

[Muleski]

See @Muleski she took my advice and got a fun boyfriend. Obviously she reads this forum and values my wisdom.

No doubt! I'm sure that she'll credit you for all good things in due time!

Now tell her to lose the goggles when being interviewed on camera. The more media savvy LV would not make that mistake. Surprised there wasn't an Oakley tech there with dozens of pairs of sunglasses to choose from!

I agree, cute interview.

I also loved the new US Skiing logo patch following off the jacket sleeve. Should have stuck {no pun intended} with the old logo. Haha!

 

[Frankly]

Should have stuck {no pun intended} with the old logo. Haha!

The only reason organizations/companies change their logos is to appease the ego of the new CEO who needs tangible proof of their impact. (I've never seen a marketing impact from them, unless it was really horrible most people prefer not to change and there is a lot of logic in keeping the logo and identity consistent and make improvements to the product or service.)(NASA is the best example, their early logo was wonderful but didn't reproduce well in some crude reproduction methods like embroidery and copy machines.... but now we don't have those issues and even my wife's embroidery machine rivals some inkjet printers!)

Ha yeah the goggles but she was probably blinded from the silver reflector they're shining into her face. It's kind of interesting to see the crew in the reflections.

Didn't the USST have some crazy social media PR marketing person running around with the team making sure they presented well? She was a colorful character herself but they could probably find an intern or volunteer to do much of the same duties.

 

[Pete in Idaho]

It is fun to watch her ski and fun to see her grow up and mature with her sport. A real classy lady both on the snow and in front of the cameras.

 

[SkiSpeed]

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/09/mikaela-shiffrin-world-best-skier/

...and as we progress into this season, an interesting piece from the Denver Post about MS. Some insights here that are news to me. Very interesting comments from her mother as well.

 

[Muleski]

Thanks for posting.

She refers to her "mental coach", who is somebody that has known her for a long, long time. Evidently helping her a lot.
I think that most who follow this closely knew that she was really worked up last season.

I'm encouraged to hear her mother's words. It sounds like with MS now being 22, the relationship may be such that Eileen is a bigger part of the solution, and a more help than she has been in the past.Not an aggravation or part of a problem. Interesting to read her described as one of her coaches. That has been a real tension convention for years, and I give Mike and Jeff, her coaches, huge kudos for pulling this whole team together.

Note that LV said on Fallon the other night that she might race five events. Five. Granted, it was on NBC, and no doubt she was told to hype that. One this subject, I guess we'll see. No reason why MS could not race all four. She might be coming on in SG, and the challenge will always be keeping her healthy. No so much injuries, but wearing down. Viruses, colds, etc.

I guess you balance going for two legitimate gold chances in SL and GS with the additional work and time to ski SG, and in the combined. Of course if she enters the combined, they might as well all just race for second!

Interesting article. Good stuff. Pretty unvarnished.

Surprised it didn't mention her boyfriend. Many think that relationship has been great for MS. Math Faivre, the French tech skier.

 

[Frankly]

I don’t care how much she wins. What I admire is that her and her family seem to be doing things right, managing her career smartly, and being a positive role model for an entire generation of skiers. We need some authentic heroes, kids especially, who aren't corrupt media creations.