Kildow update

[Ski]

Lindsey Kildow regrouped from a tough Olympics, which included a helicopter evac after a DH training run fall, to finish 2nd at today's World Cup Finals races in Are, Sweden. Her finish helped her clinch 2nd place in the season-long DH standings, behind Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister. Kildow is currently 4th in the Overall standings.

[Papasteeze]

There was great article on her in Ski Racing that Ridge I read to use as an example of what an olympic ski racers life was like. Props to her. I really like her, now I would like her even more if she would join me for shots at the bar.. KIDDING!!!!!

[Ski]

Excerpt from a December 2002 article in Ski Racing Mag:

 

Though Kildow grew up in the Twin Cities area, she began skiing at Vail after several years under the tutelage of legendary Erich Sailer at Buck Hill, Minn. In Colorado, coaches began nurturing what Chip Woods calls Kildow's "natural feel for the snow." And while the Buck Hill program is a well-known slalom-star factory, Woods insists the 324-foot slope gives racers a solid foundation in four events.

 

"She had unbelievably good skills when she arrived," says Woods, quick to credit Sailer with schooling Kildow in the fundamentals. "One thing that happens on a small hill is discipline, and even as a J IV, Lindsey had that, which is rare. She picked up speed events right away, but then we'd switch back over to slalom, and between run one and run five you could see it all coming back."

[Papasteeze]

Vail as a JIV - what a dream

[Ski]

Vail has J6's.

[4 more wars]

 

Now if that isn't the face of a drunken skier, I don't know what is...