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Last week it was his mouth that went off course - blew out of its bindings - after Miller admitted on 60 Minutes to skiing a race hung over. He was "wasted," as he put it, after securing the overall World Cup title the day before. In its promos for the show, CBS said he skied drunk, which Miller denies. But he has never been the least bit shy about his après-ski technique. "There's been times I've been in really tough shape at the top of the course," he told 60 Minutes. The statement was typical of Miller...
...house hand-built by his parents in a forest near Franconia, N.H. As a kid, Miller spent as many winter hours skiing at nearby Cannon Mountain as he did in the classroom. In his teens, he was all but dismissed as being uncoachable. But, last year his World Cup triumph was the first by an American in 22 years. His prowess is such that he could win a medal in any of five Alpine skiing events at the Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, which begin Feb. 10. Most racers compete in two, at most...
...scientist. There couldn't possibly be anyone who has thought more about what it takes to win a ski race. He has contemplated every aspect of the sport, whether it's boot design, the way your nerves should fire during a turn or even how the World Cup tour should operate. "I simply think things through, and I look at problems," he told TIME. "One thing I pride myself on is the ability to connect unconnected thoughts and come up with new, unique thoughts...
...World Cup circuit Miller is rock-star popular and travels like one. Rather than stay in hotels, he does the Alpine tour in a recreational vehicle driven by his boyhood friend Jake Sereno. His uncle, Mike Kenney, a former ski racer, acts as his personal adviser. From Camp Bode, he patrols the Internet (where he met his girlfriend Karen Sherri), writes an online journal for the Denver Post, conducts a radio show for Sirius and hangs out, often with the press and his fans camped outside. "For me, he's all the best things about America...
...direction I was to take in life would be a clear one as soon as I met the right people who would tell me just exactly what it was that I was supposed to do. The truth of the matter is I’ve barely had a cup of tea with most of those great intellectual minds, let alone a tantalizing intellectual conversation. And, the other truth of the matter is, I blame no one but myself...