Well, he's been on the Team for almost a decade and I think there are  
other things that he wants to do. He's got Mickey's  love of  
tinkering--he can build just about anything. As Ted Ligety once said,  
most ski racers buy fast cars with their money, Jimmy buys an  
excavator.  He's done a lot of work for the area, which I assume he  
may do more of, and there's also Slopeside Syrup, the sugaring  
business he started in 2010 with his cousins Roger, Douglas, & Timmy.

Jimmy's definitely not one of those athletes who only knows competing.

--Matt

On Mar 30, 2012, at 6:50 AM, roger Klinger <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:

> So he's retiring relatively young and still near the top of his  
> game.  Any word on why?
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Brad McCusker <[log in to unmask] 
> > wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Matthew Kulas wrote:
>
> he could ski as fast as anyone on the planet.
>
> That's the funny thing about this sport of ski racing - being the  
> fastest just isn't good enough.
>
> It's a great story.  Having finally made it to Cochrans to witness  
> some of the family in action, I can appreciate Matt's comments -  
> there are a lot of decent people around that place and I am sure  
> Jimmy is too. Congratulations to Jimmy Cochran on a great career.
>
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