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Seems that little in the news is gaining attention these days if it isn’t about health care reform, the ins and outs of Washington politics or the world crisis’s. Switching gears to skiing the highlights are things like the X-Games, avalanches and the big mountain skiers. But in case you’ve forgotten amidst the news and chatter of online forums, just a few days off there’s this little event that happens every four years called the Winter Olympics and it’s about to be center stage for the whole world, especially if sliding on snow is your thing.
A new documentary film by Brett Morgan called “Truth in Motion” highlights the road of the U.S. skiers have taken to get to the Winter Olympics. I had the chance of a sneak peak of the film and it’s given me some additional insights about ski racers. I was already going to watch the Olympics but I’m even more amped to see how the skiers in the film do, feeling now that I “know” them much better.
Ski Racers – a rare breed
Ski racers are a rare breed. Not because the limelight these days seems to be on how much air you get out of the pipe or how steep and gnar the peak is that you ski down. No, ski racers are a rare breed because of how meticulous they are and how intensely focused they become when it comes to sliding on snow…albeit at 60-70 mph. Bottom line is that ski racing, like anything worth the reward, takes a tremendous amount of work and desire, t...
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