by h.harb » Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:20 pm
Thanks, I have been watching Tina, I like her skiing. Is she related to Harti?
Max said in my copied comments what I beleive about Mase's skiing, and I still have the same thoughts. She will not beat the top slalom skiers. Her GS is a speed skier's technique, not a true GS skier. Feet too wide, butt too low. Shiff is going to kill her in technical events.
I think that Ligety entering Dh events is stupid. Watch his GS weaken and his SL totally dissolve, which it already has.
You don't see Hirscher even working on Super G. They know it kills your timing in GS and slalom. It makes you stiff on the outside leg, because you have to brace and hold a turn and edge for such a long time in those events. When the racer has lost confidence in his ability to improve in technical events and the coaches has lost faith in them to improve, and the coaches don't know what to do to make it better, you turn to speed. History has proven this time and time again.
The photo of Shiff that I started this post with: This is a thing of beauty, it's a toss up (for me at least) between her and Fenninger as to who is the more beautiful skier in GS.