Alpine Skiing 2019 - 2020 Discussion Thread

[Olympian1010 7,971]

4 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

As is often the case though, there are these sponsors and other crap to consider. It's not like USA has another global alpine skiing star now that Vonn has retired.

She’ll still be a star even if she sits the rest of this season out. There’s no world championships, and she’s already won plenty of races.

[Monzanator 4,498]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

She’ll still be a star even if she sits the rest of this season out. There’s no world championships, and she’s already won plenty of races.

 

Winning the overall World Cup is still pretty important?

[Olympian1010 7,971]

24 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Winning the overall World Cup is still pretty important?

Not to US fans.

[Monzanator 4,498]

9 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Not to US fans.

 

In a season without World Champs or Olympics? Then she could have skipped the entire season alltogether

[Olympian1010 7,971]

9 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

In a season without World Champs or Olympics? Then she could have skipped the entire season alltogether

US fans only care about wins. As long as she’s winning, she’s in the headlines. She’s won enough to be a permanent fixture even if she skips the remainder of the season.

[Monzanator 4,498]

1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

US fans only care about wins. As long as she’s winning, she’s in the headlines. She’s won enough to be a permanent fixture even if she skips the remainder of the season.

 

She doesn't get the coverage Lindsey Vonn had tbh. I bet Chloe Kim is more popular in the USA than Shiffrin right now.

 

Then again, XFL games get more viewers than alpine skiing. Nobody's watching alpine skiing in the USA if Shiffrin is not at start IMO.

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20 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

She doesn't get the coverage Lindsey Vonn had tbh. I bet Chloe Kim is more popular in the USA than Shiffrin right now.

 

Then again, XFL games get more viewers than alpine skiing. Nobody's watching alpine skiing in the USA if Shiffrin is not at start IMO.

There’s a lot of people watching alpine skiing, they’re not just die-hard fans like the ones we see in Europe. 
 

Chloe Kim took the season off to focus on her studies, so her media profile has been pretty as of late (at least outside of the Snowboard community).

[heywoodu 15,135]

Can one rewatch the events anywhere, like is the case with the cross-country junior worlds? If so, I'll avoid looking at the results until I've seen the competitions  

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