Daron Rahlves
Daron Rahlves
Daron Louis Rahlvesis a former American World Cup alpine ski racer and freestyle skier...
course felt looking rest weather
I felt really comfortable on the course and the weather is looking to be the same, so I'm just going to rest and come back for Saturday.
bummed keeping people
I'm a little bummed out that they are keeping people off the hill.
putting simple smooth trying
I was just trying to concentrate on the simple things: Putting down some smooth skiing, which I didn't do yesterday, and having fun.
chill definitely ready relaxed ski trying
I'm pretty relaxed and chill right now and definitely ready to ski this hill. ... I'm just trying to get myself prepped and ready to go.
except kids
It was pretty cool. About 100 kids up there, just chanting. It's something we don't have in the U.S. ever, except for World Cups.
coming far good gotten issue media people skiing stuff trying
As far as the media stuff is concerned, he's gotten a lot of play, a lot of (magazine) covers. That's good for our sport. To me, it's not really a big issue of me getting all the press. It's more like trying to get our sport some press, to get people to know what's coming up. ... What it comes down to, ultimately, is who's going to be skiing faster.
aggression bump gate good hit knocked low soon speed top
I hit this one bump and got high-sided and I kind of went in there with way too much aggression today. Everything was pretty good in the top part, but as soon as I hit this one bump, it knocked me way down low and I just made it into the gate and after that all my speed was gone.
chill definitely ready relaxed ski trying
I'm pretty relaxed and chill right now and definitely ready to ski this hill. I'm just trying to get myself prepped and ready to go.
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.
medal saved ted
I think we should've been able to medal in every event. What Ted did was awesome. He pretty much saved our butts.
everybody gate
You want to be getting in the gate and everybody to think: We've got to watch.
nice turn
It would be nice to turn the tables.
athlete hyped instead nice true
He's a nice guy. He sits back and he skis. He doesn't make a lot of controversy or get all hyped up - he's more of a true athlete instead of a showman.
bring came chance definitely felt lack medals short skiers
This sucks. We definitely came up very short of what we were potentially able to do. ... It really felt like we had a chance to bring down medals in every event. We had the skiers to do that. It's not for lack of trying.