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...JOSH TYRANGIEL pulls triple duty for this week's issue: he reviews Garth Brooks' new album, writes an Olympic ski preview and profiles three men detained in the Justice Department's antiterrorism investigation. "That's what happens," he says, "when they assign stories using a dartboard." Chat with Josh live about all these subjects on Tuesday...
...wasn't improving," he says. "I don't know if it was due to being unhappy with the team environment or a lack of maturity. It was probably a number of things." Whatever the cause, Schlopy took extreme action. He quit the team and joined the World Pro Ski Tour...
...skiing has a pro tour, although it's more like a minor-league, ski-bum tour. To go from the luxury of the national team--where coaches, technicians and handlers cater to an athlete's every need--to the penury of the pro tour--which features X Games-inspired short-course, head-to-head races--was a shock, one Schlopy thought he needed. "The sums of money are so little that you have to do well if you want to keep going. It was a total leap of faith." Schlopy earned less than $100,000 in three seasons, which went...
With renewed confidence, Schlopy set his sights on Salt Lake City. U.S. ski team coaches were skeptical, but if Schlopy could get his world ranking into the top 60 in one event or the top 100 in two, he would make the team. With no money or sponsors, Schlopy borrowed $25,000 from a friend, bought a minivan and started chasing races across North America to get his ranking up. He stayed with friends, friends of friends and, when absolutely necessary, splurged on $19 hotel rooms. The races were in dismal little towns, and Schlopy got off to a terrible...
Long is an economics concentrator in Adams House and a member of the Varsity ski team, Christian Impact and Athletes in Action...