Why Mom’s Not Invited to Your Ski Race
By Rocky Thompson on February 15th, 2013
Yuri Danilochkin of Belarus catches an edge on the first turn and flies off-course at the FIS World Cup championships in Schladming, Austria. Sure, he’s going fast, it could have been ugly. But the good news is that he walked away and continued to compete that day. No one was more relieved than his mom. Skip to about :57 to see her real-time reaction. Perhaps ski racing is trying to be the next reality show soap opera.