Bode Miller has announced that he will be taking a break from competing on the World Cup circuit. Miller plans on spending more time with his family, test out a new line of skis he is working on called Bomber Ski and oversee a barn of 15 promising thoroughbred horses he owns.
Miller, 38, says that this is not a retirement although he finds it unlikely that he will be skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.
“It would be a cool thing to share with your kids, competing at a high level,” Miller said Thursday. “And fitness-wise, my body feels excellent. You never know, but I would say it’s really unlikely I’d go in ’18.
U.S. ski coach Sasha Rearick doesn’t think this is the end of Miller’s ski racing career.
“He’s Bode Miller. He loves it. He loves expressing himself on snow,” Rearick recently said. “He loves pushing the limits. If he’s got a new challenge, find something fun for him, he’s going to go full at it.”