But white hair or no, Rahlves said, "I think the best way to grab attention is to ski fast."

I love to ski fast, too.

"The idea is that skiers need to know there is more to life than just learning to ski fast," said Tom Kelly, the ski team press spokesman.

(AP) BIATHLON Gross Wins Title Ricco Gross of Germany shot faultlessly and skied fast yesterday to become the world champion in the men's 20-kilometer individual biathlon in Osrblie, Slovakia.

It will be a real struggle to ski fast, unless they change the course.

In moguls, competitors ski fast while negotiating a field of snow bumps and performing tricks off two jumps.

Because of the ski's weight and metal edges, I could also do regular skiing maneuvers and ski fast, even though the skis have no sidecut or flex.

"I ski really fast," he said, wearing his goggles and bright orange ski boots.

Travis Mayer, the Olympic silver medalist in moguls a year ago, skied fast but sloppy and did not make the finals.

In 2002, I had a breakthrough: I began to ski really fast.