I've had some communication with Johnny Spillane in recent weeks because he's being inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame at the end of this month.
He's generously donating some items to the silent auction, which is something I've been working on and all I can say is, wow, what a nice guy.
It always pleases me when I have the good fortune to meeting these incredible athletes only to find that they're not just incredible athletes but incredible human beings.
So, today I get this in my inbox from the Steamboat Pilot.
10 years later: Remembering historic podium finishes by Steamboat’s Spillane, Lodwick at Vancouver Olympics
Quote from Lodwick from the article:
“We were a team going into that, and we had so much confidence from the year prior and the world cup season itself. It really transpired into the results we had. The biggest and best memory from those games was winning a team event medal and just having the confidence we couldn’t be beat.”
He's generously donating some items to the silent auction, which is something I've been working on and all I can say is, wow, what a nice guy.
It always pleases me when I have the good fortune to meeting these incredible athletes only to find that they're not just incredible athletes but incredible human beings.
So, today I get this in my inbox from the Steamboat Pilot.
10 years later: Remembering historic podium finishes by Steamboat’s Spillane, Lodwick at Vancouver Olympics
Quote from Lodwick from the article:
“We were a team going into that, and we had so much confidence from the year prior and the world cup season itself. It really transpired into the results we had. The biggest and best memory from those games was winning a team event medal and just having the confidence we couldn’t be beat.”
