{"id":2450663,"date":"2019-11-02T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=315452"},"modified":"2019-11-02T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T06:00:00","slug":"statue-salutes-part-time-aspen-resident-skier-christin-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/statue-salutes-part-time-aspen-resident-skier-christin-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue salutes part-time Aspen resident, skier Christin Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Part-time Aspen resident recently was honored with a bronze statute in her hometown of Sun Valley, Idaho, for her accomplishments as a skier.<\/strong>
David Butterfield\/Special to The Aspen Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

A bronze statue in honor of ski racing star, long-time television commentator and part-time Aspen resident Christin Cooper recently was unveiled in her hometown of Sun Valley, Idaho. Friends, family, former coaches and racers turned out to get a first look and share some emotional memories.<\/p>\n

On a breezy summer day in September, the canopy hiding the sculpture was roiled, then swept away right on cue, revealing the feisty ski racer in a moment of speed and determination as she passes a gate.<\/p>\n

The action figure is the second of a planned six larger-than-life pieces for \u201cOur Olympic Ladies,\u201d a tribute conceived by Brian Barsotti. A statue of 1948 gold medalist Gretchen Fraser was previously completed, and in the works are pieces honoring alpine Olympic medalists Picabo Street and Susan Corrock, snowboard half-pipe Olympic gold medalist Kaitlyn Farrington, and Paralympic star Muffy Davis. Sculptor Ben Victor created the first two statues and is expected to continue with the project.<\/p>\n

In a heartfelt speech, Cooper shared memories of growing up as a member of the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation local team, then moving on to the world stage with lessons learned. She was appreciative of former coaches, Pat Bauman, Jim Savaria, Michel Rudigoz and others who contributed to her journey. She vows to carry the mission of junior ski racing forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored, obviously, above all, though I am delighted that this monument may inspire kids to sign up and show up, to try a mountain sport that requires teamwork but also individualism and self-reliance in the outdoors. Supporting access and affordability to more kids is my rallying cry these days. Skiing will never be inexpensive, but a year or two in a junior program can be life-changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cooper is married to Mark Tach\u00e9, a former U.S Team and professional ski racer. The couple split their time between Aspen, where they give back to their sport and community with historical and fundraising work, and Bozeman, Montana, where they have for the past 20 years owned and operated Montana Ale Works, an award-winning restaurant and bar.<\/p>\n

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Part-time Aspen resident recently was honored with a bronze statute in her hometown of Sun Valley, Idaho, for her accomplishments as a skier.David Butterfield\/Special to The Aspen Times A bronze statue in honor of ski racing star, long-time television commentator and part-time Aspen resident Christin Cooper recently was unveiled in her hometown of Sun Valley, […]<\/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":["post-2450663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 09:45:10","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\/2450663","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=2450663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}