Things have been quiet on the Italian front after Harley-Davidson acquired premium sportbike manufacturer MV Agusta last year, with the American company apparently leaving the brand alone for a while after its purchase. The company we love to hate from Milwaukee has finally started to make some changes in the old Italian brand, drawing a clear line between what product lines will focus on a premium road bike experience for the rider, and what products will be developed for track day weaponry for the weekend warrior.Bode Miller plans to ski next season but won’t commit to the Vancouver Olympics.
The two-time overall World Cup winner disclosed his plans to his ski manufacturer Thursday during a long meeting on the Kaprun glacier. Miller skipped the final four stops of the last season to spend time with his 1-year-old daughter and said he was considering retirement.
“He’s planning to continue,†Head’s racing director Rainer Salzgeber told The Associated Press. “I wouldn’t have been surprised if he had told us he was taking the year off. But he said, ‘No, I don’t want to do that.â€â€™
Miller declined comment when contacted by the AP.
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The Eagle name and the sport of waterskiing have had an 11 year association on both the Australian and International stage and Lauryn Eagle is about to write herself into the history books as she attempts to be the first female to water-ski continuously from Sydney to Newcastle and return and set a new time record for this distance.