Olympic skiers rocket down mountains at speeds that can top 90 mph with little more than a helmet, a skin-tight racing suit and stretches of safety netting for protection. The margin between a personal-best and disaster is narrow.
Tommy Ford competes in an FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom race moments before crashing in Adelboden, Switzerland, on Jan. 9, 2021.
But the same tenacity that kept Wiles from bailing out of the ill-fated turn pushed her through month after tedious month of rehabilitation. She worked her quadriceps to keep as much muscle as possible.She moved to regaining motion in the left leg, exercises to strengthen glutes and protect knees and strengthen hamstrings. To break up the mundane brutality, she took flying lessons and earned her student license in November 2021.
“The injuries are significant and life-altering even though there’s a very high rate of return to skiing and ski racing,” said Kevin Stone, an orthopedic surgeon in San Francisco who previously worked with the U.S. Ski team. “There is a long-term effect on their bodies.”The native of Portland, Ore., had been skiing since age 2, but worked back through a program of basic drills nicknamed “ski school” to reacclimate to life on skis.
“There’s still fear every time I get on a pair of skis because I know the possibility,” Wiles said. “It’s an older, more mature mindset. I’m not willing to risk as much in certain spots. I try to ski a little bit smarter. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have that fear.” She joked that she got a 2-for-1 deal as doctors removed the rod from her collarbone while addressing the latest injury. Somehow she was smiling in a picture taken after the procedures.
Were there really, really tough, dark days in between? “Absolutely,” Harjo said. But, she added, “the beautiful story she has is that she was able to overcome those.”How Mammoth Mountain has revolutionized the development of world-class snowboarders
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