by ErikCO » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:29 pm
I totally agree with that sentiment. So many athletes don't think about what their sport is going to do to their body in the long run. She is still young and has many years of life ahead of her. It would be tragic if she pushed herself for another 4-6 wins, end up with yet another severe injury, and then lives with major chronic pain and disability for the rest of her life. Or, worse yet, actually ends up crashing and dying. I know it's a low likelihood, but people do die in super G and downhill, and skiing a flat base ski at 70+mph seems like a crash waiting to happen. The difference between 1, 0.7, and 0.5 degrees of base bevel is incredibly noticeable even to me, a recreational skier, at speeds of 30mph or less. I can only imagine what a flat base would be like!