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.

MOD Squad

“Poppa said ‘Son you’re going to drive me to drinking if you don’t stop driving that hotrod Lincoln.”‘

I rolled into Sun Valley for a little mix in the training scene. I had to visit my friend Max, who has just begun to call the Wood River Valley home. Heading into the drive I ran into Max and this sweet ’63 Lincoln. The old school Continentals have always had a certain appeal. I couldn’t resist getting behind the wheel of this 4,500 pound beauty of Detroit chrome, steel, suicide-door style and big block muscle.