Slalom Quotes

This is a team that has worked really hard to get to this point. Giant slalom is not our best event, so hopefully we can do much better in the slalom race. - Scott Walker

Things have actually been going really, really well. Yesterday I actually skied some slalom gates. - Kristina Koznick

They skied a little tentative in the morning slalom - partly by design - but they really opened it up in the GS in the afternoon. - John Peppler

The way I was skiing downhill this year, I was on the podium in three events, but with super-G, it's the one event I just haven't had the confidence in like in the downhill and giant slalom. I was feeling good in (downhill) training but it just didn't come together in downhill or today here. I just shake my head at the way I was skiing. I needed to be clean and smooth and I just wasn't doing that. - Daron Rahlves

The men's Nordic team had a strong showing today with a pair of top-10s. We are still a good bit behind Denver but the slalom is our strongest event and that is tomorrow. We need to control what we can control, and that is to ski well tomorrow. However, we're going to need some help from the other teams at the top to get back in contention. - George Brooks

The girls did wonderful in the slalom and in the GS they're holding their own. I couldn't ask for more out of the girls today. - Christy Salonen

The combined really needs to change format. We've had some super combined (consisting of one downhill and one slalom run) on the World Cup. That's a pretty good format. Or make the downhill longer and more difficult. - Julia Mancuso

The Banked Slalom has a different feel than other races. It's more low-key. It's a special event. I come up here in the winter and see people I haven't seen all summer, and it's like seeing old friends. - Randy Haugen

Ted is too fast in the giant slalom to count out. I wouldn't do that. - Phil McNichol

Talk about a hard challenge right there. ... If you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy. Try and ski a slalom when ... you hit a gate less than every one second, so it's risky. You're putting your life at risk. ...It's like driving drunk, only there are no rules about it in ski racing. - Bode Miller