Daron Rahlves
Daron Rahlves
Daron Louis Rahlvesis a former American World Cup alpine ski racer and freestyle skier...
event finish inspection season special speeds toughest
The super-G is the toughest event because there's only one inspection and the speeds are high. It's pretty special to be on the podium with Bode and finish the season strong.
athlete hyped instead nice true
He's a nice guy. He sits back and he skis. He doesn't make a lot of controversy or get all hyped up - he's more of a true athlete instead of a showman.
aggression bump gate good hit knocked low soon speed top
I hit this one bump and got high-sided and I kind of went in there with way too much aggression today. Everything was pretty good in the top part, but as soon as I hit this one bump, it knocked me way down low and I just made it into the gate and after that all my speed was gone.
bring felt head lack medals shaking
I really felt like we had a chance, where we could bring medals back down in every event. I'm just shaking my head at it right now. It's not for a lack of trying.
air downhill
If you don't have a big flight, it's not a real downhill in my eyes. You've got to have some air time.
anywhere knows
That's Bode. He doesn't do anything different. He knows himself. You'll see what he's doing here is no different than what he does anywhere else.
anywhere everybody seeing
That's Bode. He doesn't do anything different any other time. He's been doing it for years. Nothing really changes. Everybody is seeing what he's doing here, but it's not any different from anywhere else.
attention pay stand stay
I like to stand in the back. I really don't pay attention to it too much. There's a lot said. I just try to stay out of it. I'm a skier, not a talker.
active face huge smile starts top
I like this hill. It's a really active downhill. I like how it starts off with two challenging jumps. I had a huge smile on my face going down, from the top to the bottom.
head shaking
I'm just shaking my head at the way I was skiing.
chill definitely ready relaxed ski trying
I'm pretty relaxed and chill right now and definitely ready to ski this hill. I'm just trying to get myself prepped and ready to go.
chill definitely ready relaxed ski trying
I'm pretty relaxed and chill right now and definitely ready to ski this hill. ... I'm just trying to get myself prepped and ready to go.
biggest far girls goes trying
I have way more than Bode has as far as a life, I think. He just goes around trying to look for girls all the time. That's his biggest thing.
coming far good gotten issue media people skiing stuff trying
As far as the media stuff is concerned, he's gotten a lot of play, a lot of (magazine) covers. That's good for our sport. To me, it's not really a big issue of me getting all the press. It's more like trying to get our sport some press, to get people to know what's coming up. ... What it comes down to, ultimately, is who's going to be skiing faster.