On 10/17/05, TOS <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I know I say it every year. I keep rooting for him, but he just
> seems to always be on the edge. Always finishes the year with a good
> NorAm or US championships.
I do too. It's too bad he hasn't done better, as I think he was
really "searching" a year or two ago. Didn't he keep switching
equipment, a la Bode?
>
> From his web site:
>
> as for the spring racing, i enjoyed a great month of march and rejuvenated
> myself with some minimum-point slalom results and my first downhill races in
> 14 years! the slalom results will leave me ranked 32nd in the world come
> next november, and as a result of my downhill skiing i am aiming to start in
> the combined races next winter.
>
> Which of the Crowley brothers is/was faster?
Ha! None.
I would presume my youngest siblings would have beaten Chip in a race
when he was a JII and they were a few years older (JI or college-age).
After that - I don't think they were faster for long.
BTW - It would have been interesting if Chip were to have been racing
some speed events or training some DH/SG before now. Over the last
few seasons, I think it would have helped his technical skiing.
>
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:20:18 -0700, John Crowley, Jr. <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >On 10/17/05, TOS <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> the young guys. If he doesn't do something this year, I bet they
> >> cut him.
> >
> >That's exactly the sentence I've heard others say about Chip since the
> >2002 Olympics. I think most others would have moved on with their
> >life by now - he's been doing this for more than a decade and that's a
> >long time for a guy who's not won much at all. Looking at his bio
> >(below) reminded me that he did once show great promise - he won the
> >SL at the World Juniors in 1993.
> >
> >Maybe Chip beats the young guys just enough in training in the summer
> >and fall every year for them to keep him around.
> >
> >Perhaps, at this point, the Ski Team is hoping he can duplicate what
> >Thomas Grandi (Canada) did last season after years of high-level
> >performance in Nationals or NorAms, but middle of the pack in World
> >Cups. Grandi "broke out" and was awesome last year at times - he won
> >a couple WC races, including some of the tougher GS's.
> >
> >Here is Chip's Ski Team bio:
> >
> >http://www.usskiteam.com/PublishingFolder/2283.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> from
> >> http://usskiteam.com/PublishingFolder/3001.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> The format for each was better-of-two runs; men skied first with the entire
> >> tech team competing for two places and then the women ran with four athletes
> >> chasing three open spots; 10 U.S. women and seven men will ski in the first
> >> races. Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) and Tom Rothrock (Cashmere, WA) edged
> >> two-time Olympian Chip Knight (Stowe, VT) for the men's final starts while
> >> Lauren Ross (also Stowe), Stacey Cook (Truckee, CA) and Kaylin Richardson
> >> (Edina, MN) earned the women's places for the opening weekend with Libby
> >> Ludlow (Bellevue, WA), coming back from knee surgery in the spring, just off
> >> the pace.
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