Episode 1: Jackson is a Part of Me/The Contender

Sit back and enjoy the premiere episode of the 16-week series from Ski Racing and Rival Films that will take you inside the lives of four alpine standouts. Down Time: The Summer Sessions will take you to three continents, four countries and half a dozen domestic locales to chronicle how Julia Mancuso, Resi Stiegler, Kaylin Richardson and T.J. Lanning prepare their minds and bodies for the grind of a World Cup campaign.
     Born and raised in the ski town of Jackson, Wyoming, Stiegler was born to ski race. Sporting the bloodline of an Olympic champion, find out how Stiegler fell in love with the sport, was on skis at age 1 and how she has embraced her hometown. "It's just an amazing place to grow up," she says. Mancuso battled for the World Cup overall crown to the bitter end last season, a campaign that began with uncertainty after off-season hip surgery. Now full of confidence in both her mind and body, Mancuso is gunning for even greater glory this season.

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Sit back and enjoy the premiere episode of the 16-week series from Ski Racing and Rival Films that will take you inside the lives of four alpine standouts. Down Time: The Summer Sessions will take you to three continents, four countries and half a dozen domestic locales to chronicle how Julia Mancuso, Resi Stiegler, Kaylin Richardson and T.J. Lanning prepare their minds and bodies for the grind of a World Cup campaign.
     Born and raised in the ski town of Jackson, Wyoming, Stiegler was born to ski race. Sporting the bloodline of an Olympic champion, find out how Stiegler fell in love with the sport, was on skis at age 1 and how she has embraced her hometown. "It's just an amazing place to grow up," she says. Mancuso battled for the World Cup overall crown to the bitter end last season, a campaign that began with uncertainty after off-season hip surgery. Now full of confidence in both her mind and body, Mancuso is gunning for even greater glory this season.

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