{"id":794558,"date":"2019-04-05T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/vonn-is-just-getting-started\/"},"modified":"2019-04-05T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T21:52:00","slug":"vonn-is-just-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/vonn-is-just-getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Vonn is just getting started"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.7254901960784\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-364095-300\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/LV-VDN-040319-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/LV-VDN-040319.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Jesse Star \/ Special to the Daily | Lindsey Vonn looks pretty in pink at her annual fundraiser in Vail for her Lindsey Vonn Foundation.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/LV-VDN-040319.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn looks pretty in pink at her annual fundraiser in Vail for her Lindsey Vonn Foundation.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Lindsey Vonn looks pretty in pink at her annual fundraiser in Vail for her Lindsey Vonn Foundation.<\/strong><br \/>Jesse Star \/ Special to the Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/LV-VDN-040319-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/LV-VDN-040319-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Jesse Star \/ Special to the Daily | At the Lindsey Vonn Foundation Big Hair Prom Affair fundraiser at the Four Seasons Vail, Jonny Moseley helped Lindsey Vonn raise money for her foundation that helps girls across the country pursue their dreams.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/LV-VDN-040319-1.jpg\" alt=\"At the Lindsey Vonn Foundation Big Hair Prom Affair fundraiser at the Four Seasons Vail, Jonny Moseley helped Lindsey Vonn raise money for her foundation that helps girls across the country pursue their dreams.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>At the Lindsey Vonn Foundation Big Hair Prom Affair fundraiser at the Four Seasons Vail, Jonny Moseley helped Lindsey Vonn raise money for her foundation that helps girls across the country pursue their dreams.<\/strong><br \/>Jesse Star \/ Special to the Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/LV-VDN-040319-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/LV-VDN-040319-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Jean-Christophe Bott \/ AP | Keystone | Lindsey Vonn celebrates with members of the U.S. Ski Team after winning the bronze medal during the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships downhill in Are, Sweden in February. It was Vonn's final race before retirement.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/LV-VDN-040319-2.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn celebrates with members of the U.S. Ski Team after winning the bronze medal during the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships downhill in Are, Sweden in February. It was Vonn's final race before retirement.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Lindsey Vonn celebrates with members of the U.S. Ski Team after winning the bronze medal during the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships downhill in Are, Sweden in February. It was Vonn&#8217;s final race before retirement.<\/strong><br \/>Jean-Christophe Bott \/ AP | Keystone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/vonn-is-just-getting-started\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/vonn-is-just-getting-started\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">VAIL \u2014 Lindsey Vonn\u2019s historic ski-racing career was defined not by how many times she fell, but how many times she got back up. The end result of that tenacity? Three Olympic medals, eight World Championships medals and 82 World Cup victories \u2014 the most of any female skier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Nearly two months into her retirement from World Cup competition, Vonn\u2019s work ethic hasn\u2019t wavered but her focus has.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI just think that ski racing is a small part of my life and my career,\u201d Vonn said before her foundation\u2019s fundraiser in Vail on March 29. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful that I\u2019ve been able to do so much despite all of my injuries and whatnot, but now all the doors are open and I can really hunker down, work hard and hopefully accomplish something much greater than I did in ski racing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">\u2018Ready to move on\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Similar to her dedicated preparation before entering starting gates across the world for so many years, Vonn and her close circle of family and friends have been preparing for this moment for years, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With more time and availability away from ski racing, Vonn is certainly staying busy while focusing on a balance of work and play \u2014 including doing ski ballet with Jonny Moseley on Vail Mountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Vonn has partnered with Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson and Under Armour on the Bend Boundaries Project Rock collection. When she signed on, the current line was already mostly designed, but she\u2019s looking forward to being more hands-on moving forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe next line I\u2019m working closely with him and the design team to make sure the products are perfect,\u201d Vonn said. \u201cObviously he\u2019s not a girl, so he can\u2019t wear test it, so that\u2019s kind of my job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Currently, the duo have Under Armour\u2019s top-10 selling items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At the Lindsey Vonn Foundation annual fundraiser \u2014 an \u201980s prom-themed affair \u2014 Johnson recorded a special message to the crowd and offered up a live auction item featuring a visit to set of \u201cJungle Cruise,\u201d his new Disney film based off the amusement park ride of the same name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In 2018, the Lindsey Vonn Foundation helped more than 30 girls pursue their dreams through more than $83,000 in scholarships for education, sports and enrichment programs. The foundation\u2019s executive director is Laura Kildow, Vonn\u2019s sister. At the foundation\u2019s fundraiser in Vail, scholarship winner and up-and-coming ice skater Caroline Pellerito of Skating Club of Vail took the stage with Vonn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Her mission with the foundation is to build out its curriculum in the next three years and work toward a long-term plan, helping more girls build confidence and reach their goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Vonn is also working on a memoir coming out soon and a beauty line with partner Chase Ink.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe have a lot of things in the works. Some of it you\u2019ll hear about soon; some of it will come out in a while,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I\u2019m definitely staying busy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Acting classes are also on the to-do list for Vonn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI really want to kick some ass in whatever it is I do \u2014 some sort of action movie,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With projects and connections across the country, Vonn will continue to spend some time in Vail and had her surgery done here on April 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI think it\u2019s important for me to find a good balance because I tend to be a workaholic and I could fill up every single day if I wanted to,\u201d she said. \u201cI also want to spend time with P.K. and my family, and the dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cP.K.,\u201d is P.K. Subban, Vonn\u2019s boyfriend and a star defenseman for the Nashville Predators. When asked if she\u2019ll ever take up singing while in Nashville, Vonn said \u201cdefinitely not.\u201d Her time now revolves around someone else\u2019s competitive schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt just depends on P.K.\u2019s schedule because I want to be there for him and hopefully he makes it to the Stanley Cup Finals and wins the cup,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">And though Vonn finished her ski racing career four wins shy of the 86 World Cup victories claimed by the great Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden, the sport is officially in her rear-view.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s weird, it\u2019s already so far in the back of my mind, and that\u2019s how it should be,\u201d she said. \u201cIf I was still thinking about it then that wouldn\u2019t be healthy. I\u2019ve accepted what I did in my career and I\u2019m ready to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/vonn-is-just-getting-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsey Vonn looks pretty in pink at her annual fundraiser in Vail for her Lindsey Vonn Foundation.Jesse Star \/ Special to the Daily At the Lindsey Vonn Foundation Big Hair Prom Affair fundraiser at the Four Seasons Vail, Jonny Moseley helped Lindsey Vonn raise money for her foundation that helps girls across the country pursue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-794558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 09:02:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}