Comments on: From Whistler to Oslo http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/ World Championship Sports Network Blog Site Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:42:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: troywatts http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11419 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:20:04 +0000 http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11419 Great analysis Johno... shared it with my coaching staff. Hope you and Bode continue to kick some well deserved ass!! See you sometime this fall in Colorado I'm sure. Great analysis Johno… shared it with my coaching staff. Hope you and Bode continue to kick some well deserved ass!! See you sometime this fall in Colorado I’m sure.

]]> by: lea_cro http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11413 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:14:29 +0000 http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11413 What happend to Lanzinger is a tragedy!27 yrs and your career and this way of life is over!somebody should take responsability for that!!! What happend to Lanzinger is a tragedy!27 yrs and your career and this way of life is over!somebody should take responsability for that!!!

]]> by: bb http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11411 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:48:11 +0000 http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11411 Bode has been a supporter of the Bretton Woods Adaptive Program in New Hampshire. There are a lot of programs around the country, not sure about Europe. Does Austria have a "disabled" ski team (hate the name) like the U.S.? Bode has been a supporter of the Bretton Woods Adaptive Program in New Hampshire. There are a lot of programs around the country, not sure about Europe. Does Austria have a “disabled” ski team (hate the name) like the U.S.?

]]> by: skiah http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11401 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:34:14 +0000 http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11401 You do it all Johno, not only making it possible for Bode to be at his best, but also keeping the true fans informed with your insightful commentary. Thank-you. It's great to see your Team in such a good place right now, with all your planning, hard work, and risks paying off (so far!) It seems like there are more serious injuries than ever this season, even with ever better safety rules and practices, equipment rules, etc. Is it just that we see more due to better coverage via the web? Snow conditions? Pushing the envelope more for some reason? What a sad result to young Lanzinger's accident, and yet his prospects for remaining alive and recovering his health seem good. By no means would I diminish the seriousness or impact of this on the rest of his life, yet we all take these risks in this sport and we need to try to find something hopeful when something awful happens. These days we see amputees skiing and racing at amazing skill levels, arcing powerful turns around gates and over terrain, and you stand around a race and talk with these adaptive guys, and they're still just ski racers like anyone else. I hope that's where I'd be if anything happened to me. I don't know whether adaptive skiers have outreach for guys like Lanzinger, and of course Bode has to focus on his own program now, but maybe at some point you or he could help somebody make a connection, with his links to the adaptive ski world, and give Lanzinger hope when he must really need it. You do it all Johno, not only making it possible for Bode to be at his best, but also keeping the true fans informed with your insightful commentary. Thank-you. It’s great to see your Team in such a good place right now, with all your planning, hard work, and risks paying off (so far!)

It seems like there are more serious injuries than ever this season, even with ever better safety rules and practices, equipment rules, etc. Is it just that we see more due to better coverage via the web? Snow conditions? Pushing the envelope more for some reason?

What a sad result to young Lanzinger’s accident, and yet his prospects for remaining alive and recovering his health seem good. By no means would I diminish the seriousness or impact of this on the rest of his life, yet we all take these risks in this sport and we need to try to find something hopeful when something awful happens. These days we see amputees skiing and racing at amazing skill levels, arcing powerful turns around gates and over terrain, and you stand around a race and talk with these adaptive guys, and they’re still just ski racers like anyone else. I hope that’s where I’d be if anything happened to me.

I don’t know whether adaptive skiers have outreach for guys like Lanzinger, and of course Bode has to focus on his own program now, but maybe at some point you or he could help somebody make a connection, with his links to the adaptive ski world, and give Lanzinger hope when he must really need it.

]]> by: Ptye http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11399 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:18:54 +0000 http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11399 Thank you Johno for giving us all a record setting year with Bode! Yes Bode is that man of the day but your efforts in his success this year do not go un-noticed. You are all doing an amazing job and I want to encourage you all to push Bode to do the 2010 Olympics. At only 32 years old he is the perfect age where brains finally catch up with ability :) Plus I would love to see Bode stick it to all the piss ass comentators (Costos) that have no clue about what it takes to win in this sport. Mahre needs to remember that he only won when Senmark fell... Thank you Johno for giving us all a record setting year with Bode!

Yes Bode is that man of the day but your efforts in his success this year do not go un-noticed. You are all doing an amazing job and I want to encourage you all to push Bode to do the 2010 Olympics. At only 32 years old he is the perfect age where brains finally catch up with ability :)

Plus I would love to see Bode stick it to all the piss ass comentators (Costos) that have no clue about what it takes to win in this sport.

Mahre needs to remember that he only won when Senmark fell…

]]> by: bb http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11396 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:56:21 +0000 http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/johnomcbride/johnomcbride/2008/03/04/from-whistler-to-oslo/#comment-11396 God keep you all safe and healthy! God keep you all safe and healthy!

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