Comments on: Where’s Bode Miller? http://www.spideysenses.com/2007/01/14/wheres-bode-miller/ Ted Rheingold's web journal Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:21:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Pete Kazanjy http://www.spideysenses.com/2007/01/14/wheres-bode-miller/#comment-19969 Pete Kazanjy Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:04:10 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/2007/01/14/wheres-bode-miller/#comment-19969 Oh, and one last thing on my last comment: Miller's approach to skiing looks more like a serial entrepreneur or VC model, for anyone who's interested in that sort of thing. He hits a homerun less often than he hits base hits, and strikes out completely some of the time. He's the Sequoia of ski racing. Oh, and one last thing on my last comment:

Miller’s approach to skiing looks more like a serial entrepreneur or VC model, for anyone who’s interested in that sort of thing.

He hits a homerun less often than he hits base hits, and strikes out completely some of the time. He’s the Sequoia of ski racing.

]]> By: Pete Kazanjy http://www.spideysenses.com/2007/01/14/wheres-bode-miller/#comment-19968 Pete Kazanjy Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:00:44 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/2007/01/14/wheres-bode-miller/#comment-19968 Bode Miller's skiing style is pretty much as disruptive as it comes compared to the conventional wisdom of race theory. He's absolutely amazing in that respect. People fault him for skiing out / blowing up on so many runs, but the fact that he skis just "this" side of exploding most of the time allows him to nail amazing runs 1/3 of the time. And that's fine. What would you prefer in a sample of ten runs: 5th place every time OR 1st place three times, 5th four times, and DidNotFinish three times? Bode tends to do the latter, and that's fine, I think. Wish I could shred like that. Bode Miller’s skiing style is pretty much as disruptive as it comes compared to the conventional wisdom of race theory. He’s absolutely amazing in that respect.

People fault him for skiing out / blowing up on so many runs, but the fact that he skis just “this” side of exploding most of the time allows him to nail amazing runs 1/3 of the time. And that’s fine.

What would you prefer in a sample of ten runs: 5th place every time OR 1st place three times, 5th four times, and DidNotFinish three times? Bode tends to do the latter, and that’s fine, I think. Wish I could shred like that.

]]> By: Jackson West http://www.spideysenses.com/2007/01/14/wheres-bode-miller/#comment-19881 Jackson West Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:49:31 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/2007/01/14/wheres-bode-miller/#comment-19881 It's interesting how these niche sponsorships work. Check out Hunter S. Thompson's articles about Jean-Claude Killy for a story I find similar. It’s interesting how these niche sponsorships work. Check out Hunter S. Thompson’s articles about Jean-Claude Killy for a story I find similar.

]]> By: Tom Kelly http://www.spideysenses.com/2007/01/14/wheres-bode-miller/#comment-19826 Tom Kelly Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:35:35 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/2007/01/14/wheres-bode-miller/#comment-19826 Bode's win on the terrifying Lauberhorn course -- nearly 3 miles long -- was incredible. Take a look: http://mfile.akamai.com/1089/wmv/mlb.download.akamai.com/22145/2007/open/skiing/alpine/011307_fis_m_miller_wengen.wmv Bode’s win on the terrifying Lauberhorn course — nearly 3 miles long — was incredible. Take a look:
http://mfile.akamai.com/1089/wmv/mlb.download.akamai.com/22145/2007/open/skiing/alpine/011307_fis_m_miller_wengen.wmv

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