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The final World Cup slalom of the season was just won by Sweden's Markus Larson... Bode fell down.

Great, but it's hike for turns season. Ty and I skied the snowtubing run a few times the other day. I've always wanted to try that.

Super fast groomed corduroy, with edge to edge coverage down Boomer. Smoke was also perfectly groomed and probably the best it's been all year. I just spent about 90 minutes doing laps with maybe six other people, including one kid skiing around with an Irish flag, blowing an air horn. Not a single rock, pebble, or bare spot. Montage is going to be shutting down and wasting some awesome conditions.

Austrian Benjamin Raich won the final GS of the season at Arae, Sweden, clinching the season-long GS Title. Raich, this year's Overall Cup winner, is also the Combined champion. Rahlves finished 6th and Ligety finished in 7th. Bode was a DNF in the first run.

Ha, I only understand about half your posts. Peace!

Love to hear 'em. BTW: "GERMANY 2006: 32 Teams, 64 Games, One Prize." All 64 matches of FIFA World Cup 2006 will be televised in the US LIVE or via short tape-delay in the US in English, Spanish, and Korean. ABC will air 12 games, ESPN will air 21 games, and ESPN2 will air 31 games, in both standard definition and optional high definition (Cable and satellite TV operators charge extra for ABC HD, ESPN HD, and ESPN2 HD).

Ty and I skied along with six other people from 5 to 7pm...the park looks to be all knocked down, except for a few rollers. Features are laying on their sides off the trail. Coverage is still pretty good, though. It was icy corduroy and the only crappy spots were at the top of the Phoebe Snow. If they blew, conditions would be awesome. But even one of the young lifty kids complained that he wished it was over.

Hey, I think Montage Sean is cool...and Xnick (even though I pretend I don't hear him)...I think you're pretty cool...Toast thinks I'm a sh*thead, but I like him cause he plays futbol...I have a crappy memory, so I don't even remember who's a park rat half the time.

Benjamin Raich is the best on the planet. I've taught skiing for years and have been a volunteer coach in three different sports to help make kids better at sports. I'm not the one on his ass bitching about unfairness to poor little rich guys. Now about those first descents in Alaska by some newbie skier from PA....8*)

Hahahaha!

Why not the SG ski version of your GS skis? They'll have a closer feel to what you already know. You'd probably want to stay with the minimum allowed length and turn radius, since you'll be doing lots of short distance speed training. My oldest loved her Volkl SG's...

Excuses, excuses, excuses. He took a vacation from the Olympics to party. Did you see any of the pics of him on the dance floor? Not too bad to dance, but I guess the alcohol was killing the pain. Look, this was a thread called "The Anti-Bode". I suspect you don't know what that means, so I'll explain: out of RESPECT for the talents of Bode Miller, the Austrian Ski Federation instituted a new program at the end of last season to study his style and come up with ways to retake the Overall Globe. For the first time ever, Austrian racers went into different catagories and crossed trained out of their normal discipline. The program pushed downhillers like Michael Walchhoffer to return to his old roots of slalom...in fact, Hermann Maier entered (but ultimitely pulled out of) several slaloms. But it was always Benny Raich that the Austrians felt to be their "Anti-Bode". A nation steeped in the deepest traditions of ski racing, where their national heros are skiers, made huge changes to figure out what Bode was doing differently. Oh, and it was successful. They figured Bode out and Raich beat him. The Austrians were laughing as Bode was jumping over fences and running away from the press. As Rob pointed out, American racing pioneers like Al Hobart also went to work on the Bode phenominon. Hobart, founder of the Green Mt. Valley School, is someone I consider a dear---although not close---friend. I sat with Hobart for hours, going frame by frame through Bode's winning runs at BC this season. I've watched Bode tapes from the time he skied on his K2 Fours, Assassin. I didn't pick up a book or just see him on the Olympics and make an opinion. You've seen Bode for what? Six runs? You couldn't give a crap about ski racing history, or even what's happened over the past 10 years. You like Bode for his personality. Fine. But if you knew the history of racing, you'd know there were more crazy, outlandish characters than Bode. Bode a badass? Ha, he's not even on the same level as 20 racers that won more races than him. You just bought the TV hype. My opinion of Bode is that he's an amazing talent. I've said that for years. But it's sad that it took hate mail for Bode to realize that everyone doesn't love a wise-ass. Bode doesn't want to be hated, yet he attacks his teammates and he attacks one of the most popular American heros. But I thought I should clear up this thread title for anyone, like you, who didn't know what it meant. A question, Assassin: say you had a kid that had a signing offer to play QB for the Broncos. Say he'd spent every moment since he was in Pop Warner dreaming of going over center at Mile High. But with his agent on the phone, you hear him say he was headed to Florida instead, for a few rounds of golf and some body shots with a new girl he'd just met. Now, tell me you'd slip him a few hundred bucks and tell him to wear sunscreen. Are you tired of this, yet? How about we agree to disagree. You can love Bode, while I can be disappointed in him.

Any BC parents going to tonight's meeting? If so, let us know what's said...

You called ski racers and recreational skiers silly old lady douchebags. I guess your opinions change a lot.

Rahlves clinched 3rd place in the SG overall standings, to go along with his 3rd place in the DH overall title. Very disappointing for him, but still a great achievement in what he's saying will be his last season. Bode has a chance to pass Svindal and jump to 2nd in Overall standings. This could esily have been his 4th straight Overall Title, which would have put him in the history books as one of the greatest skiers of all time. I hope that golf game brought him equal satisfaction.

Want a link to the Barry Bonds interview where he says he never took a performance enhancing drug? Want a link to the Nixon speech where he says "I'm not a crook!"? Want a link to the Clinton speech where he says, "I never had sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"? Listen, we all bust on Jeff about his obsession with Atomic skis, but Atomic may actually be saving Bode's career by forcing him to get his sh*t together via his contract. People may be rooting for Ligety or Raich, but not many are rooting for Bode to fall apart. And, btw, if you have ZERO respect for ski racing, what's with the Bode fan club stuff? Your early posts peg you more of a Maier/Nagano fan, or maybe a Tomba guy.

No, he said his goal was to win all five globes. ?It?s a challenging goal,? Miller told Ski Racing on Tuesday. ?No one has ever won all five globes before ? all the event globes and the overall. I think I have the ability to do it, and I have the years left in my career to do it.? Hope that clears things up.

Firstly, thanks for the link, Sib... Whether it's a stated goal, or the way Bode has put it, "a goal I would write down", when was it not the idea to win every time you push through the start wand? Has the idea been to finish 8th? Bode's in some serious damage control. Funny that it's newsworthy to mention Bode's going to try and start winning.

Maybe it is from Jdate.

Speaking of ski injuries, did *N* get out much this season? How's his shoulder? Remember that picnic we had at the park before you left and I'd just dislocated mine? It's still a pain in the butt....and that was how long ago?

Oh, I was just checking to see if I'd raced you before. NM...

You sure got my weenie number. I'm a real corduroy sort of sissy boy. I like a ski area with lots of gentle greens and blues...One question, though: have you ever done the BMMC? I think I recall you mentioned Outer Limits, so I'm curious if you've ever RACED down it and, if so, how you placed?

Ha, I don't try to prove anything to anyone. Go spend ONE run chasing behind 'Dude and you'll quietly settle into your place with your tail tucked between your Roman Greco legs. That's one of the coolest things about racing...everything is settled. No judges. No need for smack talk. Maybe if you raced a GS down a black diamond up north you'd have some respect for racing. Maybe not. Doesn't really matter. But if you ever wanted to race with us, I'd suggest leaving the WWF attitude in your car. Then you'd be warmly welcomed.

Ha, and get your ass handed to you by a bunch of us sissy old lady douchebags? That would suck...