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Bode Miller stunned spectators and TV viewers of today's combined downhill at Bormio with an audacious display of unconventional skiing that [only read on if you want to know the result and see some great photos!] ...
... involved skiing most of the course on one ski. This has happened in top competitive skiing before, but maybe not over this distance, especially at the World Ski Championships! This report from
Slam! Sports.
Further reports on today's upsets and outcomes from Ski Racing ... Reuters.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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unbelieveable - i hope we get to see the entire episode on ski sunday / channel 4 (still can't quite figure out how they have decided to split out the skiing coverage on TV at the mo')
bode miller - what a legend!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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87kph on one ski! And he said he decided to stop because he was getting a bit tired! 
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Just saw it. The man is a God! He is doing alpine skiing a power of good with his talent and his attitude. Just hope he didn't tire himself too much for later events.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Just saw it as well - the commentator siad he went through the speed gun at 50MPH !!
I think that Ski Sunday / BBC must have the rights to the World Ski Championships.
I think the next C4 Sunday coverage is on the 20th of Feb.
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One of the Japanese commentators was quite alarmed about him doing some ligament damage......his co-commentator, a former racer, said 'No problem, we often had to ski the course on one leg as part of our training!' 
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Still, perhaps not that sort of distance, at speed! It's true that a regular exercise at race clubs involves leaving first one, then the other ski at the top of a slope, and carving clean GS turns down.
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I've done this quite a bit - I hasten to add no more than about 200 yds at a time and I would guess about 15-20 mph, and very wobbly. I think the most instructive thing to bring to two-legged skiing is that it's impossible to do anything on one ski without the fore/aft balance being spot on.
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I saw it late last night - unbelievable that he could pretty much stick to the racing line on one ski and go through the speed gun at over 50mph - and he looked so cool and relaxed. Great, entertaining stuff.
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i HAVE to meet this man! hE IS GOD
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Ooh I Sky+'d it while i was away and am looking forward to watching it tonight. Bode Miller is definitely GOD!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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snowbabe and Inga, Yup , Bode Miller is God ... although I do still have a soft spot for the original God, Tomba !! And there they were, Miller and Tomba chatting away at the bottom of the downhill on Ski Sunday yesterday ... what more could you ask for (well ok, it would have been better to be in the middle of those two instead of watching from home  )
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You know it makes sense.
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That's bumfluff 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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we love finlay!
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Poster: A snowHead
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He can't even put a ski on properly. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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skanky, maybe I could get a job as Bode's Ski-Putter-On ??
Now that would be something to look forward to each morning !!!
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Sonya, sounds like a bit of a bind, to me.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Inge
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i HAVE to meet this man! hE IS GOD
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He is quite a regular in St Anton & you can often see him in the Funky Chicken.
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Any one seen a single 210 cm Atomic ski for sale on eBay?
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Amazing to think that losing a ski, then completing much of the course, could bring in an extra million dollars or two in new sponsorship! Still vastly underpaid in the American sports star income tables though, despite being probably the best remunerated alpine ski racer on the circuit. Most others, even in the top 100 and regularly competing in the World Cup, struggle financially. I know some who've raced in World Cup downhill and GS events this year who apart from the ski equipment, have no sponsors at all.
Article from Bloomberg today on the Miller phenomenon, reported on snowRacers...
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