Skier Quotations

I am a self-taught water skier and wind surfer.

I guess I'm a semi-retired person. I work out of my house. I'm a skier in the winter - downhill and cross country. I have a place in Montana for the down-hilling.

The only one that really competes against Hannah is Hannah. When Hannah skis well, I think she's the best (female) skier in the world.

She's a great slalom skier and the U.S. needs to have the best team possible. But we'll be racing four women in every event. If she can't, there are other athletes who would go instead.

My goal is to operate on weekends through April, but the number of skier visits will dictate how long we keep going.

For us to grow skier visits, we need to appeal to the big belly of the market. To compete with other resorts in Colorado, we've got to cater to intermediate skiers.

If the ski areas available are hard to get to and people don't have much fun once they get there, skier numbers might decline or stay stagnant.

He's become a lot better skier over the last four years.

Having to brake or be slow to get a better start number does not make sense. Braking is not something a skier should have to do. It isn't part of racing.

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

I think it is a parent thing. I'm not a skier myself. I guess I thought I was just being a worrywart. Hondo got hurt on a jump he had gone off many times.

I think he (Raich) is the perfect skier in this moment on the World Cup. Hermann was perfect before and now Beni is. He skis well all four disciplines.

Wearing a helmet, if you're a skier or snowboarder, reduces your risk of having a head injury by 60 percent.

You have to consider that in January, both financially and in terms of skier visits, we did about the same amount of business as we did all of last season.

Bode goes out there and goes hard, and that's all you want out of a skier and a teammate.

Every skier contributed to the scoring. We were very balanced.

Eric was the only skier that pulled off an inverted maneuver in the course. We decided to go with the flip, knowing it was going to be difficult and there was a risk he might not be in the top scores of the day if he couldn't stick the landing. Not only did he land it but he took a lot of speed through the middle section and stayed just under control. The crowd couldn't believe it, I could barely believe it.

The women had another solid day of racing. There have been a few new recruits from other schools coming into the mix, making it even more competitive. Nicole was our strongest skier today and it was good to have Linda back from illness.

Qualifying for the national event is the highest honor any mogul skier can attain.

You wouldn't want to run a race that wasn't fair for everyone. I'd rather wait for good conditions that are fair for everyone than to hold a race where the climate fluctuates from one skier to another.

They provide us several thousand skier visits, specifically focused on that multi-cultural community and the clear goal is to make them feel like they're part of the fabric of the community. Once you get them going, they'll want to come back and keep coming back.

Although Jackson Hole is renowned for both steep and deep, it also has plenty of terrain for the entire family. No crowds (the mountain records only 300,000 to 400,000 skier visits each season), big mountain, epic snow and no major city within 4 hours are a few of the subtle differences that let you know you've stepped out of Colorado.

It's kind of a funny thing after all these years, having the trip be so much shorter. I think it's been exceptional. The only downside is that the old lift capacity was lower, so the skier density was lower. (But) if you're a local and you know where to ski, it's pretty much the same, you just get there faster.

For him to qualify for Junior Olympics is simply remarkable. He's just an extremely natural skier who knows how to turn a ski.

Dale was very impressive - he's close to the best skier out there on his turns and speed.

Economists have their own tools to judge how far a dollar goes coming in from a tourist, a skier or a rafter. They can find how long it stays in the county. What this study shows is that we are a significant multiplier.

If you're a cross-country skier or an endurance athlete, it's very simple: Here's a gun, go shoot this, too. Everyone would say, 'Yeah, that sounds cool to me. You get to ski around and then you get to shoot stuff every day. That sounds pretty fun.

I really didn't expect to finish where I did. I was doing it more for fun. I know I'm as good a skier as the others that were competing, I just didn't really practice for it.

He's just an all-around skier. To me, he's the best skier in the world. He can do every aspect of it. He's good to be around because I feed off his energy; he pushes me.

The end of the year was awesome. The coolest thing was stepping up on the podium with the No. 1 and No. 2 skier girls in the world. It was such a thrill.

Also, when I met my wife Julie, who had been skiing since she was three. Skiing has always been something we could share together - I know way more about the mountaineering aspects, but Julie is a better skier than I am. She still kicks my ass on a pair of skis.