Laurenne is a tough one, but is pretty frequently beat up and has persevered through a LOT of injury, surgery and PT.
I think she is on her way home right now from Italy.
I'm pretty tuned into her age, as she's between our kids. She's 32 {33 this summer}. I think she's been in the USST system for 14 years now? Thats a LONG time. I think she may have had three podiums, and the last one may have been 5 or so years ago. I don't think she's qualified for WCF's this year; I think she's way off the mark, even with the injuries to others.
Her long time boyfriend is Tommy Ford. Both skied at Mt. Bachelor as kids. He's a year younger, as I recall. Tommy has always been loaded with talent and as we know has has an injury filled career. I guess you could say he's a late bloomer as his only WC win was last season at Beaver Creek. And of course now he's injured, after that ugly crash. When he's healthy, "he has jets." Always has.
I don't know if Tommy has wrapped up his BA at Dartmouth. I think he may have, if not he's close to it. Pretty sure Laurenne has her degree from Oregon. I hear that they are both very bright, creative and talented. I would not be the least bit surprised if they BOTH called it a career soon. Depending on their physical health, maybe it's one more year, through the 2022 OWG's. I don't know. Presume that Tommy has a pretty nice contract with Head, through 2022.
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