Shiffrin

[CelebratedSkier]

She has finished in the top 5 in every WC race so far this year...

[k2skier112]

She's just transitioning for the next turn. [emoji41]

She is going to be super fun to watch for the next X amount of years. Records will be broken I think.

Visions of "Skiing The Mahre Way". Phil was teaching transitioning to the uphill ski sooner than anyone else at the time.

Leading the world cup
http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/leader-board/

[neufox47]

She should be blow up after this olympics. I think she will be a household name to non skiers soon. She deserves it.

[jackstraw]

Too bad the combined was canceled. Then her run was pretty much blind in super g from the fog and she grabbed 20th.

[::: :::]

Mikaela Shiffrin passes Bode Miller with giant slalom win

https://apple.news/AC64jW5voQ_W0Nn-DWEd4Ag

[jackstraw]

Mikaela Shiffrin passes Bode Miller with giant slalom win

https://apple.news/AC64jW5voQ_W0Nn-DWEd4Ag

FKNA
".99 of a second"

[From_the_NEK]

FKNA
".99 of a second"

She was up by 1.5 seconds 2/3rds of the way through. She almost washed out on some ruts, recovered and still finished with that .99 lead.

[The Tortoise]

Holy shit:

Shiffrin, 22, now has 34 World Cup wins, second to Lindsey Vonn‘s 78 in U.S. history. Vonn had six wins at the same age.

[nyskirat]

Holy shit:

Only a matter of time before she has the record (bar any injuries).

She's amassed those 34 wins over just 6 season (first season she only raced once I believe) which is crazy.

She had:
0 in 2012
4 in 2013
5 in 2014
6 in 2015
5 in 2016 (she got hurt halfway through if I recall)
11 in 2017
3 in 2018 (so far)

To make it even crazier, she hasn't even really begun to race speed. She's got 2 wins from speed events, 1 in DH and the other in AC. If she can become a competent speed skier (which it looks like she will be able to do), she is going to dominate. Any technical speed course will be a benefit to her style of skiing.

Between her and Hirscher, we're seeing a complete domination of the tour by two individuals and it doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon. Hirscher has won the overall every year since 2011/2012. He's just 28 as well.

[GhostofSeasonsPast]

Only a matter of time before she has the record (bar any injuries).

...

With the speed events, that is a big condition to meet. But, however long it lasts she is amazing.

[narc]

Between her and Hirscher, we're seeing a complete domination of the tour by two individuals and it doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon. Hirscher has won the overall every year since 2011/2012. He's just 28 as well.

The two of them are usually in another league entirely technically

[Dexter Rutecki]

Only a matter of time before she has the record (bar any injuries).

She's amassed those 34 wins over just 6 season (first season she only raced once I believe) which is crazy.

She had:
0 in 2012
4 in 2013
5 in 2014
6 in 2015
5 in 2016 (she got hurt halfway through if I recall)
11 in 2017
3 in 2018 (so far)

To make it even crazier, she hasn't even really begun to race speed. She's got 2 wins from speed events, 1 in DH and the other in AC. If she can become a competent speed skier (which it looks like she will be able to do), she is going to dominate. Any technical speed course will be a benefit to her style of skiing.

Between her and Hirscher, we're seeing a complete domination of the tour by two individuals and it doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon. Hirscher has won the overall every year since 2011/2012. He's just 28 as well.

Yeah, several years ago I posted almost exactly what you posted here (minus the recent stats). When I saw her move into GS, even before she won, I pretty much knew she could become the most dominant in history if she wanted to and didn't have crazy injuries. Every year I have only become more convinced I was right. She could pass Stenmark by the time she's 30. She is a modern, female Stenmark--who races speed events.

[Mofro261]

Only a matter of time before she has the record (bar any injuries).

She's amassed those 34 wins over just 6 season (first season she only raced once I believe) which is crazy.

She had:
0 in 2012
4 in 2013
5 in 2014
6 in 2015
5 in 2016 (she got hurt halfway through if I recall)
11 in 2017
3 in 2018 (so far)

To make it even crazier, she hasn't even really begun to race speed. She's got 2 wins from speed events, 1 in DH and the other in AC. If she can become a competent speed skier (which it looks like she will be able to do), she is going to dominate. Any technical speed course will be a benefit to her style of skiing.

Between her and Hirscher, we're seeing a complete domination of the tour by two individuals and it doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon. Hirscher has won the overall every year since 2011/2012. He's just 28 as well.

what Hirscher has done is really amazing in lght of some damn impressive competion in the likes of Ligety, Kristofferson, and Pintarault. On Sunday at Alta Badia he led the first run by 0.17 seconds, but hammered run 2 to beat the field by 1.7 seconds. And coming back from a broken ankle in August.

[plugboots]

I was talking about Shiffrin to a friend and said that all ski racers get injured, because they have to give it everything they have, and be just on the edge all the time. This was why it's so difficult to win consistently for any length of time. I then said that for Shiffrin to beat Stenmark she really has to train to be so good that she can then go at her own 90% and still beat her competitors. I then read one of her interviews where she said just that.

This last GS she had that turn near the end where she almost booted out in the rut but saved it. Can she get good enough that she will be able to sense or feel that happening, and then back off just enough?

[TahoeJ]

Yeah, I think she said she tries to race at 80-85% actually... and beyond that is pushing it too much for the long-term.

[nyskirat]

I was talking about Shiffrin to a friend and said that all ski racers get injured, because they have to give it everything they have, and be just on the edge all the time. This was why it's so difficult to win consistently for any length of time. I then said that for Shiffrin to beat Stenmark she really has to train to be so good that she can then go at her own 90% and still beat her competitors. I then read one of her interviews where she said just that.

This last GS she had that turn near the end where she almost booted out in the rut but saved it. Can she get good enough that she will be able to sense or feel that happening, and then back off just enough?

Exactly this. She is so good she doesn't have to go 100% every run. Look at Ted Ligety, one of the few reasons he isn't winning anymore (because there are a few), is due to his style of going 100% every run. It caught up with him and well he hasn't been able to rebound.

About 10 years ago or so (maybe more), the US training scheme was all about volume while the Europeans were about quality. Now, the Americans have adopted the European model which is ultimately easier on the body.

With the speed events, that is a big condition to meet. But, however long it lasts she is amazing.

I don't think we'll see her doing the pure speed courses but focus more on the techier ones. Hopefully it works to her advantage.

[uglymoney]

Great insights guys!

Goggia is 110 percent all the time feeling for more speed and riding the high to the line. I worry but it sure is fun to watch.

Shiffrin is fun to watch in a center of the universe in perfect equilibrium kind of way.

Even so it is like an exploding knee war zone out there. Lots of variables. Nobody is safe from snow snakes.

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[Dee Hubbs]

Courchevel parallel slalom win to make it 35 wins.

[nyskirat]

Courchevel parallel slalom win to make it 35 wins.

Imagine if Shiffrin wasn't around, people would be raging about Vlhova because she's quite good and young too.

Should make for an extremely exciting Olympic SL race.

[From_the_NEK]

Agreed. She is an excellent young SL skier. It is good to have her around to keep Shiffrin on her A game.

[Danno]

Shiffrin is already 15th all time in career wins. She's likely to finish this season in the top 10 (5 more wins ties her for 10th).

[Vt-Freeheel]

Great save, says she just goes too direct. I hope she can avoid injury and keep on winning.

https://www.facebook.com/usskiandsno...4240888974724/

[GhostofSeasonsPast]

Great save, says she just goes too direct. I hope she can avoid injury and keep on winning.

https://www.facebook.com/usskiandsno...4240888974724/

The lifted inside skis have got to be giving the instructor thought police fits.

[jackstraw]

That link available anywhere beyond fb?

[neufox47]

The lifted inside skis have got to be giving the instructor thought police fits.

Which is why ski instructors are not race coaches.