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Outside Magazine November 2001
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Rising Star
Sarah Schleper
The twisted sister of skiing shares her strategy for Salt Lake gold: Point 'em downhill and scream
By Seth Masia


Devil inside: A free spirit guns for Olympic glory.
Age: 22. Hometown: Vail, Colorado. Age she started racing: 11. Rank in World Cup Slalom: 11. Top finishes: slalom champ at the 2001 U.S. Nationals; second this past December at a World Cup event in Sestrieres, Italy. Why she's feeling cocky about this month's 2002 Winter Olympics qualifier in Loveland, Colorado: "When I see familiar faces, I'm relaxed and want to show 'em what I can do." One measure of her youthful exuberance: posed topless two years ago for the newspaper. Another: suffered a third-degree concussion last winter after attempting a 360 off a tabletop at California's Mammoth ski resort. Out cold for: two minutes. Signs of looming maturity: She's agreed to forgo riding her Harley Sportster until after the Olympics. How race organizer John Dakin explains her wild streak: "She has a devilish quality that comes from being a ski-resort kid." Reason she refused to attend the U.S. Ski Team's required dry-land training last summer, which includes weight lifting and speed drills: She prefers running, biking, swimming, waterskiing, playing squash, and bouncing on a trampoline at her father's summer trailer near Minnesota's Big Watab Lake. Why Chip Woods, Sarah's former coach, thinks she has a shot at Olympic gold: "Sarah's a free spirit. Most of the best American racers have been."
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