I'm out of Slovenia and back on US soil! The pizza was fantastic in Kranjska Gora, but the racing wasn't so kind to me. The first-run course was set very directly and I think I overskied it. The Podkoren is a unique hill because it's very technical, with subtle terrain and a long steep pitch at the bottom, but more than anything it requires a tremendous amount of punch. Sadly, I wasn't up to the task yesterday.

The good news, however, was that Ted Ligety scored his second podium with another 3rd place and Jimmy Cochran scored the first slalom points of his career with a 15th place result!

Now I'm looking forward to a week-long Holiday break. It'll be great to relax at home and recharge my batteries before things start to heat up again in January.