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Bode Miller on Drunk Skiing
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Bode Miller: Skiing Drunk 'Not Easy'
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NEW YORK - Bode Miller knows he puts his life at risk when he skis drunk, but the outspoken Olympic favorite admits he may try the dangerous activity again.
"Talk about a hard challenge right there. ... If you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy," Miller told "60 Minutes" for a segment that will air Sunday. "Try and ski a slalom when ... you hit a gate less than every one second, so it's risky. You're putting your life at risk. ... It's like driving drunk, only there are no rules about it in ski racing."
Asked if the risk meant he would never ski drunk again, Miller replied "No, I'm not saying that."
In the interview, the 28-year-old Miller acknowledged that his partying has affected his performance in the past.
"There have been times when I've been in really tough shape at the top of the course," he said.
Miller, the defending World Cup overall champion and a two-time silver medalist at the Salt Lake City Olympics, was also blase about the possibility of winning gold in Turin.
"Whether somebody wants me to get five gold medals or whatever it is, I sort of feel like they are all other people's concerns and issues, not really mine. ... I don't really care what everybody else says," he said.
Miller has drawn attention — and criticism — for his outspokenness before. He has called drug rules in skiing that he deems too strict "a joke" and was fined last month for refusing to take a boot test after a World Cup slalom race.
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yah that was on tsn this morning and there will be a documentary on it i think on 60 minutes
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it would just suck to see ski racers become as big of spoiled egotistical pricks as NBA players
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first off covering his ass by saying there are no laws against drinking and skiing has nothing to do with the fact, that according to his statement it's no worse then drinking and driving. Therefore he doesn;t have a problem with driving drunk.
second point in case what i did say about it coming back to get him, he said he likes to drink and ski. Do you think he ONLY races on the course by himself? That is the only time he is skiing? I bet he actually takes a couple runs, with his buddies and he is hanging out, he could be drinking then too. Putting other people at risk.
If someone like Bode was ripping around at Mach 10 Drunk, and hit someone.....
Being a professional skier, takes place on and off the ski hill. Sorry buddy. Whatever you do in your own time fan, drink, smoke, sniff coke, i couldn;t give a flying fuck. But when your setting down in a interveiw, with a newspaper, your a professional, wither you have your skis on or not. And if you like to drink and race, why promote it? That's the stupidest thing i have ever heard. If i smoke and ski, and im going to go telling people i like to get blazed off my rocker and rip around. (and just to note drinking and skiing and smoking and skiing are not in the same boat) Espically if im a icon and telling people on a International level. You should be able to handle yourself a little better then that. But i guess some people can't
He can do whatever he wants, has lost all and any respect from me as a skier, no matter how good he is.
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yeah that is sick.. he is all too right about racing, its not really for you, thats why i quit.
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and im NOT going to go telling........
should say.
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hes smart, but the fact that he doesnt care abotu what people say and how he and tanner had that battle a while back just doesnt line up.
bode is a lot better man than i thought tho
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Its not like I have not been buzzed up on the hill more than a few times..but skiing drunk in a downhill event sounds pretty insane to me. It would be interesting to see if it would help or hinder the time.
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Hahaha, Are you drunk right now? You usually spell better and make more sense.
He never said he condoned drunk driving. Saying "Therefore" implies a logical connection. There is none. If you'll read specifically what the article says, he said drinking and skiing is like drunk driving IN SO FAR as it's putting your own life at risk. Which is probably true... but then, dropping a 50 foot cliff is like drunk driving in that way. Nowhere did he say or imply that it's okay to drive drunk and you're really stretching hard to make a rather unconvincing point.
The fact is, I trust Bode skiing drunk not to run into other people more than 95% of the hill sober, just like I trust people I know riding switch not to hit people more than 95% of the hill regular. Sure, maybe it would be a bit safer to ski regular all the time. But that doesn't mean you're "putting peoples' lives at risk". Besides, you really think the terrain Bode would ski when he's not on a race course is going to be littered with weekend warriors and gomers on rentals? Think again...
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his team mate keeps beeting him
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i think a boot test might also have to do with the space between the bottom of your boot and the ski....it has to be somethin like 2 inches or less
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He is a fog no doubt about it
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ummm ya it's been a long day.
When i read "drinking and skiing is like drunk driving" and then states he has no problem with drunk skiing... i can only jump to conclusions which to me seem clear. Wither or not he is talking about putting your life at risk.
There is a difference dropping a 50 foot cliff, and dropping a 50 feet cliff drunk, when your talking about risk.
But yes i am stretching a point, and twisting some words, cause that's the first thing that came to my mind after i read the article. Did no one else?
I agree with your second point. Buti guess saying "putting people lives at risk" really isn't what i meant. But when skiing drunk, and something happens it's YOUR fault.
If you caught an edge and slammed into someone seriuosly injuring them, sure you caught an edge it was a unfortante accident.
But if your drunk and catch an edge and slam into someone seriuosly injuring them, you can no longer blame human error. You made a choice before you hit the slopes, it is YOUR fault.
And that could get you into trouble, hence drunk drivers that cause accidents compared to non impaired drivers getting into an accident.
And im not really trying to critize him for drinking and skiing, i ski and have skied in a "unsober" state, but by no means drunk. I have better judgement then that.
So really i guess, im dissapointed by his judgement, and the way he portays himself as a professional skier in a interveiw.
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Personally, I respect Bode for sure. I don't care whether or not the dude skis drunk when hes racing, blazes all the time, doesnt do this or that. Either way, t he dude is sick. He kills all the races, and he doesn't take anything toos eriously. He's not out to please anyone except himself and does what he wants to do-something that most definitely do not do. He's not wrapped up in the hype, he's wrapped up in what he wants. Skiing, at least to me, is not all that serious... whether or not you want to win, it should all be a good time. The dude has a good time... whyy is that bad to enjoy life?
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I think its funny how Bode and Tanner, arguably the best skiers in their respective disciplines, are saying they might not compete at the Olympics and the X Games, arguably the biggest competitions in their respective disciplines.
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"life at risk in slalom"? in bigmountain yes, in downhill yes ... but slalom? is he really sure you RISK your LIFE?
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ive heard that bode is actually cocky and sort of a dick, he wrote a book or something and people were saying that hes pretty arrogant
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exactly, tanner needs to learn this lesson too
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Yah actually I hate MSP and I hated the GS course...That isn't cool...
Him skiing normal bigmountain and throwin some 3's off cliffs is what I ment...
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Skiing and drinking go hand in hand! You gotta get warm somehow!!
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I like smoking chronic and taking vic/norcos when I ski.
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I dont care whether the man drinks or not, he rips bottom line... All you that condone smoking and skiing, I think the two are equally as bad, I neither condone nor condemn either but sober Im usually a better rider, not like Im good anyway
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URGENT: Bode Update!!!!!!
well, not really but hes gonna be on 60 minutes sunday. hopefully he'll say something funny
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this is a true story- a couple yrs ago bode and a friend were driving home completely smashed. his friend drove into a tree and flipped the car. bode fled the scene cause if he got caught hed be suspended by the FIS. his friend was left pinned under the steering wheel and is now paralyzed. thats so low to bail on a friend like that.
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