From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

A letter to the Old Men keeping Women out of ski jumping:

pDear Old European White Guys,/p
pYou’re wrong.  Not kind of wrong- straight up wrong.  T-grip wrong. bWomen should be allowed to ski jump in the Olympics/b.  We’re bending over backwards trying to make skiing driven with more mass appeal and you’re keeping out women that are jumping further than the men, a sight that would draw NEW and EXCITED fans to skiing.   (See