Lindsey Vonn - cover SI Olympic Preview Edition

[Rambo]

Not bad!

 

[drjeff]

IMHO, this cover will trump the hitting the stands next week SI swimsuit issue cover!

 

[andrec10]

HUMNAHUMAHUMNAHUMNNA:blink::blink:

 

[mondeo]

Best American woman skier ever?

Best American alpine racing woman skier ever probably, but it's a little dismissive to other disciplines. What about Donna Weinbrecht? Wendy Fisher?

 

[SkiDork]

as much as I like Donna, I'd still go with Lindsey

 

[mondeo]

as much as I like Donna, I'd still go with Lindsey

I don't think you can compare. Completely different disciplines, and Donna was very successful over a decent amount of time. Maybe in 2014 if Vonn is still as dominant, then maybe above Donna but how do you compare to Big Mountain skiers?

 

[Rambo]

Best American woman skier ever?

Best American alpine racing woman skier ever probably, but it's a little dismissive to other disciplines. What about Donna Weinbrecht? Wendy Fisher?

Ok - I did a quick google look up and found this:
Lindsey Vonn to date: 31 World Cup Victories.
Donna Weinbrecht: 46 World Cup Victories.

 

[mondeo]

ok - i did a quick google look up and found this:
Lindsey vonn to date: 31 world cup victories.
Donna weinbrecht: 46 world cup victories in one discipline.

FlFY

 

[jack97]

Ok - I did a quick google look up and found this:
Lindsey Vonn to date: 31 World Cup Victories.
Donna Weinbrecht: 46 World Cup Victories.

Different disciplines, just like sayin, a baseball player is better b/c he plays more game in a lifetime than a football player.

Think Mondeo's point was Wienbretch was dominate in her sport for a solid decade. If Vonn does the same or trumps that then its a different matter.

 

[mondeo]

For the record, I'm not trying to take away anything from Vonn. Her dominance in the speed disciplines over the last couple years is nothing short of spectacular. I just balk a bit when sweeping claims like that are made.

Plus she's married, which makes me angry.

 

[deadheadskier]

Wonder if we'll ever see a dominant skier excel in Freestyle AND Speed events at the same time. You do see some skiercross competitors that come from either background, which tells me if you rip, you rip.

Actually maybe what skiing needs is to combine Freestyle and Speed tours. Have ten events a season with a big show type atmosphere for each stop. Unfortunately this would mean that only Whiteface and what? Le Massif and maybe Sugarloaf could host in the East. I still think it would be pretty cool and get a lot more TV attention if you had all of skiings top events happening at the same time at the same resort.

 

[ChileMass]

Best American woman skier ever?

Best American alpine racing woman skier ever probably, but it's a little dismissive to other disciplines. What about Donna Weinbrecht? Wendy Fisher?

What about Tamara McKinney and Picabo Street - ?

 

[mondeo]

Wonder if we'll ever see a dominant skier excel in Freestyle AND Speed events at the same time. You do see some skiercross competitors that come from either background, which tells me if you rip, you rip.

Actually maybe what skiing needs is to combine Freestyle and Speed tours. Have ten events a season with a big show type atmosphere for each stop. Unfortunately this would mean that only Whiteface and what? Le Massif and maybe Sugarloaf could host in the East. I still think it would be pretty cool and get a lot more TV attention if you had all of skiings top events happening at the same time at the same resort.

I was thinking about how much of a shame it is that skiers specialize so much, but I think that's just the way it is in that level of sport. Heck, even Shaun White is focusing solely on half pipe at this point. I think I've mentioned it before, but I'd love to see a competition series that combines a bunch of different disciplines. Say slalom, downhill, moguls, half pipe, and slope style. Maybe skier cross. But you'll never see it, because that would mean they wouldn't have the specialization to be the best in any one thing.

 

[deadheadskier]

Sean Palmer crossed disciplines pretty well.

Even if the athletes remain specialized, I think a big opportunity is being missed by not having every major discipline featured over the same four day period at one resort. Kind of like ten smaller versions of the X-games, but bigger than say the Mountain Dew tour.

 

[Rambo]

What about Tamara McKinney and Picabo Street - ?

Tamara McKinney and Phil Mahre Jan.30, 1984

 

[gmcunni]

damn those are long skis

 

[SkiDork]

I think the level of difficulty of what Lindsay had done is much higher than what Donna did, seeing as how there are so many more high level competitors out there she's up against in alpine racing.

 

[drjeff]

I think the level of difficulty of what Lindsay had done is much higher than what Donna did, seeing as how there are so many more high level competitors out there she's up against in alpine racing.

My thoughts exactly SkiDork. Taking absolutely nothing away from Donna and her mega list of accomplishments, but you could easily argue that Donna was really worldwide, the 1st women's mogul superstar, who with much thanks to the awesome K bump heyday's of the 80's put women's moguls on the map and enjoyed an extended run on top until basically other ladies finally caught up to her (and many of those that finally did were young adolescents during Donna's early competitive dominace and went into moguls because of her). Lindsey on the other hand, came into a world cup circuit with established superstars and then elevated her game beyond those ladies and is redefining not just US women's alpine ski racing, but women's alpine ski racing in general,

The thing they both have in common is that when Donna was and Lindsey is on, there isn't a woman in the world who can get close to them :flag:

 

[catskills]

Lindsey forgot to bring her helmet to the photo shoot again. :roll:

 

[SkiDork]

BTW - I think Hannah is on a world domination level that Donna was.