"Having two globes is awesome. It's cool to have those and to be the best in giant slalom over the last couple of years is nice."
Ted’s specialty title is his second in three years, having won it already in 2008. The 2006 combined Olympic champion had a solid first run and, after falling slightly behind at the third interval, he picked up the pace in the second run to tie for third in the race with Austrian Philipp Schoerghofer.

"It's always better to tie someone than be one hundredth behind, so I was happy to be on the podium," Ligety joked. He knows what he is talking about! Two years ago he lost a giant slalom at Beaver Creek by only one hundredth to Austria’s ski legend Benjamin Raich after having clearly dominated the first run.

With a somewhat narrow 43 point-lead on the giant slalom standings going into Friday's race, Ligety said things fell into place on game day for him to beat his toughest challengers for the title. "I knew I had to have a good first run and I was pretty lucky in the sense that Massimiliano Blardone had a big screw up and then Marcel Hirscher got disqualified. That opened it up for me and I skied decently in the second run."
At the end of the race, Ted clinched the title with a nice lead of 71 points!

While those advantages locked Ligety in the title run before his second run, the 2006 Olympic champ had no idea he had already won the globe when the time came for him to race. "I didn't actually know that I had won the title no matter what at that point," he explained. "I would have gone harder had I known that, but I had a safe second run and was still pretty excited to get again on the podium."

With that new Crystal globe, Ligety added the 2010 discipline title to the first he won in 2008. He also capped the year with three consecutive World Cup podiums in giant slalom to bookend a season that began with second in Soelden, in Austria, last October. Despite his success in GS, Ligety was looking for more with his slalom, but has one more chance in slalom tomoorrow to end on a high note.

"I don't feel like the year has been great otherwise, so it's definitely nice to walk away with the speciality globe. It's cool to be able to ski at this level for multiple years." Wrapping up the race Ligety noted the future he hopes to have on the hill when 2011 World Championships are held here.

"The hill is actually pretty good. It's difficult on the top and then the bottom has a super long flat. It's a confidence booster to do well on the hill that you know you're going to have World Championships here."

We are all waiting for the next Follow US episode coming very soon (maybe tonight)!
Let's have a look at Kevin's winning run. 

photos: Louis Garnier

Before the Superpipe finals on Wednesday night, it's training day. The first session has been cancelled, so Xav and Kev wind down in the swimming pool and the Fitness center.

The pipe is perfect, with the same lenght as Aspen. The first runs move on in a good way for the two riders of Rossignol team.

Enjoy this new episode and see you soon for the results of this big show...