{"id":2442749,"date":"2019-04-09T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/cause-for-celebration-shiffrin-returns-home-to-vail-after-record-season-on-the-ski-slopes\/"},"modified":"2019-04-09T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T21:12:00","slug":"cause-for-celebration-shiffrin-returns-home-to-vail-after-record-season-on-the-ski-slopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/cause-for-celebration-shiffrin-returns-home-to-vail-after-record-season-on-the-ski-slopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause for celebration: Shiffrin returns home to Vail after record season on the ski slopes"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chris Anthony mediates a question and answer with hometown ski super-start Mikaela Shiffrin Sunday at the Westin in Avon. Kids were able to sit up front and ask Shiffrin questions.<\/strong>
Chris Dillmann | cdillmann@vaildaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

AVON \u2014 Mikaela Shiffrin got back into town over the weekend and was already meeting with fans on Sunday.<\/p>\n

In what has become an annual celebration at The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Avon, Shiffrin was welcomed back by the community in Eagle County where she lives, meeting with fans and answering questions from local kids.<\/p>\n

Lars Wible, a fourth-grader from Stone Creek Charter School, asked Shiffrin what is her favorite element of skiing and ski racing.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin\u2019s answer \u2014 that feeling of linking together good turns \u2014 resonated with Wible.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust skiing in general is such a great sport,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin said it\u2019s important for her to meet with fans when she returns back home from a successful season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember the few times that I got to see my idols, even if they just skied by me getting on the chairlift,\u201d Shiffrin said on Sunday. \u201cBode Miller, getting on the chairlift, I freaked out, because he\u2019s my biggest idol, and I never even got to speak to him, so having a chance to meet somebody that you look up to and look them in the eyes and get a picture with them and feel that connection, it was important for me, so I\u2019m hoping that it\u2019s also important for the younger kids the same way that I always felt. And if that\u2019s enough to inspire them to keep shooting for the stars, keep reaching for their dreams, then that\u2019s huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018BEING YOUR BEST\u2019<\/p>\n

Representatives from The Westin said they feel honored to have hosted welcome back celebrations for Shiffrin, who lives in Eagle-Vail, over the last few seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year the event grows,\u201d said Gaye Steinke with The Westin. \u201cWe had to move it to the ballroom this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 250 people were in attendance on Sunday, with adults and children waiting in line to get a picture with Shiffrin.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople look forward to it every year,\u201d Steinke said. \u201cShe just embodies good work ethic, health and wellness and being your best.\u201d<\/p>\n

RECORD SEASON<\/p>\n

Shiffrin\u2019s season was one for the record books. She became the first ski racer to win 17 World Cup events in a single season and also became the first skier to earn more than $1 million in race winnings alone.<\/p>\n

She said her success this season surprised even her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you told me that this season was gonna go that well at the beginning, I would say you\u2019re crazy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Upon returning home, she\u2019s been on a whirlwind media tour, appearing on the Late Show with Jimmy Fallon, Good Morning America and other popular national programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to push the limits of the sport,\u201d she told Rob Marciano with Good Morning America.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin said the media attention has been surprising to see in a non-Olympic year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows that there\u2019s a lot of interest in ski racing and even more interest this year than I felt last year after the Olympics,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

jlaconte@vaildaily.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chris Anthony mediates a question and answer with hometown ski super-start Mikaela Shiffrin Sunday at the Westin in Avon. Kids were able to sit up front and ask Shiffrin questions.Chris Dillmann | cdillmann@vaildaily.com AVON \u2014 Mikaela Shiffrin got back into town over the weekend and was already meeting with fans on Sunday. In what has […]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 11:39:29","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":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}