downhiller

That is, after all, our traditional image of the downhiller.

I think he's the best downhiller in the world right now."

"It's been a long time since we've had a good downhiller," he said.

So how come the No. 1 downhiller in the world today is a lollipop?

Mike Brown, another promising downhiller, broke his hand a few weeks ago and is not expected to race.

He could also be fearless and light on his feet, an unusual combination in a downhiller.

That makes him the best male downhiller the United States has ever produced.

He won the world junior championship at 19 and was pegged as the next great American downhiller.

"You can tell with a kid even before high school if he can be a downhiller," Lewis said.

But it will take closer to 20 minutes for a skier to prove to his peers that he is the best downhiller in the world.

She won a silver in the combined, then went on to become the world's dominant downhiller in 1995-96.

One downhiller commented: "But they have to catch you.

Chausson has also been regarded to be the worlds greatest downhiller of all time.

Today, the image of the downhiller as a sort of kamikaze is out of date.

Picabo Street, silver medalist in the women's downhill and the world's top downhiller ever since?

That's left himself a tricky downhiller.

The downhiller, once king of the hill to generations of Alpine skiers, doesn't seem quite so royal anymore.

Doug Lewis, a former Olympic downhiller, plays tour guide for a course considered perhaps the most treacherous in the world.

The promising downhiller Peter Wirnsberger was killed while skiing recreationally in 1992.

"I'm a downhiller, so it's today that I had to build up an advantage for tomorrow," Piccard said.

I'm a dedicated downhiller - can the UK's champion cross-country mountain biker make me into a marathon woman?

Lindsey Kildow, a downhiller, crashed in practice.

Klammer won the World Cup downhill title five times: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1983; twice more than the next best downhiller.

"I don't know if I'm the one to beat," said Kildow, 21, the top-ranked downhiller in the world.