Daron Rahlves
Daron Rahlves
Daron Louis Rahlvesis a former American World Cup alpine ski racer and freestyle skier...
blowing extra heard inspection knew last night time today took wind
I took a little extra time in inspection today because I knew it was going to be tough. I heard the wind blowing last night in my bus.
wake
It's tough. There's a lot of terrain, it's steep, it's icy. This is what you want. It makes you wake up and charge.
For him to go out and party, that's nothing new. He does that all the time.
definitely gold hard matter medal olympics walk win
This is hard to swallow. It's not the way I wanted it to end. If you win a gold medal at the Olympics it doesn't matter what else you've done. I definitely wanted to walk away from here on top.
came events mean reason remaining tough walking wheels
The wheels came off today, for some reason or another. (The remaining events don't) mean as much to me as the downhill. It's tough walking away from this one right now.
across change conditions fair race
There's nothing you can do about it. The conditions just change so much. I just don't think it was a very fair race across the board, but it's never fair really.
looking phone support talk
Sometimes you try to talk to him, and he's looking down and fiddling with his phone and stuff. I would have to go out of my way to talk to him. It would be me going out of my way to do that, and that's not for me. But we support each other on the hill.
corporate good press says sponsors
Sometimes he says more than what he means, and you just laugh. I think any press is good in this sport, even if corporate sponsors don't like it.
best guys
You see some of the best guys in the world crash. To me, that's what the sport is really about. You want to see guys put down some runs, like Franz Klammer back in the day.
I've got to make the most of it because I don't know if I'm going to be back. There's a lot more things I want to do with my life.
career highs mouth racer ski sour taste tough walk
I've got a pretty sour taste in my mouth right now. It's a tough one to walk away from. My career as a ski racer has been pretty amazing. On these big race days, you go through a lot of highs and lows.
everybody gate
You want to be getting in the gate and everybody to think: We've got to watch.