Resi Stiegler the free-spirit, express-yourself-at-any-cost wild child from Jackson Hole Wyoming lives life with all-out reckless abandon.

Whether battling the International Olympic Committee to allow her to wear her trademark Tiger ears on her slalom helmet or breaking her arm, foot and knee (twice!), this girl needs protective gear more than anyone.

But while this unbridled wild nature could be seen as a liability, it is also one of her greatest strengths. Just taking a look at Resi Stiegler's personal blog reveals just how passionate she is about what she does. Whether the calm before the storm at the start gate, or her windsurfing adventures on Maui, she lives life to its fullest and charges. Her blog features interesting perspectives and amazing photography. Check it out.

She may not have stepped up the podium yet, but it's exactly that zest for life and adventure that might just put her over the top one of these days.

Stiegler was winding up to strike her first podium victory, when shortly after her 3 top-10 finishes in slalom (including a 4th place finish), she crashed on December 28th, 2007 in Lienz, Austria. Having caught and edge, she uncontrollably slid off course and under the safety netting, only to come to a crashing halt against a tree. The season-ending damage was done: fractured left arm, ligament damage to her right knee and bruises all over, including her face. Rehabbing and working out on Maui had her well on her way to recovery, but as Resi's luck (or unbridled craziness) would have it, she reinjured her knee when she collided with another player during a recreational soccer game back in Jackson Hole.

More than a year after her initial injury, she debuted at World Championships in Val d'Isere and promptly came in with an impressive 19th place finish in slalom.

Beautiful, determined, wild, Resi chooses Slytech Nervous Shin and Arm Guards to bang those slalom gates out of the way.

Highlights:

• Olympics 2006; Worlds: 2003, '05, '07
• 2008: scored points in six races before Dec. 28 injury
• 4th in 2007 Super Combined (in 1-2-4 U.S. finish)
• 4th in 2006 World Cup Finals slalom ('07 Worlds course)
• Five other SL top-15s in '06
• 6th in 2005 World Championships slalom
• Combined silver at 2005 Junior Worlds, SL/CO in '03
• 10th in CO at '03 Worlds at 17

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