Mikaela Shiffrin

[JCF]

 

[neonorchid]

 

[Tony Storaro]

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Completely unrelated to her achievements between the gates and although I do know discussing female athletes‘ appearance is frowned upon in this Old Men’s Land here but man, Mikaela is getting more and more attractive as she ages. Like fine wine.


Now, some touchy feely admin my feel free to delete this, hehe…

 

[fatbob]

Sponsors got value from her primetime appearance.

 

[Gina D]

Thanks for the link. That was fun.

 

[PinnacleJim]

My two takeaways from that Tonight Show interview - (1) the Overall was her goal for this season, and (2) Bode Miller was her idol as a girl growing up.

 

[fatbob]

(2) Bode Miller was her idol as a girl growing up.

Just fishing for a retirement job with Peak

 

[Jwrags]

Just fishing for a retirement job with Peak

But what company will Bode be with by then

 

[Uncle-A]

Just fishing for a retirement job with Peak

I don't think so, do you really think Atomic will let her go anywhere, I think she will stay with them and they will be happy to pay her as long as she holds the record.

 

[fatbob]

I don't think so, do you really think Atomic will let her go anywhere, I think she will stay with them and they will be happy to pay her as long as she holds the record.

Exactly. And if she does something more niche I'd expect it to be a female centric sports thing. More like x Mikaela collections for Adidas or Atomic.

 

[Primoz]

I don't think so, do you really think Atomic will let her go anywhere, I think she will stay with them and they will be happy to pay her as long as she holds the record.

First, I think it was joke Second, Hirscher was much more for Atomic and their sale then Shiffrin will ever be, yet they did part their ways. Bode was big for Head (and Fischer, Atomic and Rossignol before that), yet they did go their own ways.

 

[James]

Yeah Hirscher leaving Atomic is big.
Bode leaving Head is not that big a surprise.

 

[Uncle-A]

First, I think it was joke Second, Hirscher was much more for Atomic and their sale then Shiffrin will ever be, yet they did part their ways. Bode was big for Head (and Fischer, Atomic and Rossignol before that), yet they did go their own ways.

How many wins does Hirscher have? Not 88 and still counting because she is still young.

 

[ski otter 2]

Well she did nothing at the last Olympics so the jury is still out there on her so called achievements.

Not only that, but under the tricked out tights, she's human.

 

[ski otter 2]

Just fishing for a retirement job with Peak

good choice. Preferably a side gig.

 

[neonorchid]

Exactly. And if she does something more niche I'd expect it to be a female centric sports thing. More like x Mikaela collections for Adidas or Atomic.

...if based on the outfit and shoes, although they look like Adidas they're GUCCI

 

[fatbob]

Nah that's an Adidas x Gucci collab. No way she's doing the dirty on her major lifestyle sponsor.

 

[maple19]

So I guess she’s going to eat a dozen donuts and wash it down with a few redbulls.
How long before Dunkin Donuts comes calling?

Well, she hasn’t been sponsored by Red Bull for years, and I don’t think she advertises anything for free…

 

[Uncle-A]

Well, she hasn’t been sponsored by Red Bull for years, and I don’t think she advertises anything for free…

I have seen her in some recent adds that I have not seen previously. I sure can't fault her for making money on her new goat status. It also doesn't hurt that March is the month of the woman and some of the TV shows might be more agreeable to have a ski celebrity booked for appearance.

 

[JCF]

The Jimmy Fallon thing….I’m not a big fan of late night talk show entertainment tv, (but then late night is a lot earlier for me than it used to be). It just struck me as being so contrived - really, he’s a huge fan, but knew nothing about the reindeer ? If he did know then that bit was manufactured for “the show” - the whole thing seemed so superficial. The interviews after the races were way more interesting and to me she seemed different here.
This is the thing I worry about - the double edge sword of recognition by the soul sucking media.