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Ted Ligety

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
83 total appearances

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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

People who risk it too much have very short careers or short seasons.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

So you're always trying to find that right line there.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

In a downhill or a Super G course, like five degrees of difference over a roll can be the difference between being on the perfect line and winning and, you know, burritoing yourself up in the fence and ending your season.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

So it's a fine line.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

Yeah, you'll see.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

The fence is just like rapids way around him and there'll be the meat in the middle.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

The biggest difference was that our boots would get really cold.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

So when our boots get cold, it makes the plastic really stiff.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

So we brought a propane heater to the start, and I would stand just close enough that it would get the plastic warm, but not so close that it would melt the plastic.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

So it was always a fine line there.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

We read about battery-powered pants.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

Yeah, we actually tried that a little bit before Korea.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

I didn't end up using them because I don't like having too many battery packs and things to bust around with.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

I think, yeah, of course, super heating your muscles before you go is probably an athletic advantage.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

But just walking around in copper-wired pants is not super comfortable.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

That's news to me.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

I never felt like that worked out so well for me.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

Okay, I don't know that theory.

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HTDE: Torches and Ski Jumps

I've skied a lot of races, jet lagged.