Maui's Julia Mancuso Makes Skiing History

Maybe the weather's turned cold on Maui this week in honor of the 2010 Winter Olympics taking place in Vancouver. While the press has been focusing mainly on Lindsey Vonn and her injury-plagued quest for gold, Hawaiian news outlets are just beginning to wake up to the fact that downhill skier Julia Mancuso lives and cross trains on Maui during the off season.

So far, Mancuso has won two silver medals in Vancouver and she also won a gold in giant slalom in Turin four years ago. This means that she and Bode Miller have become the first two American skiers to ever win three Olympic medals. Way for Maui to represent!

You can read more about Mancuso's achievement in the San Francisco Chronicle. And to see Mancuso on Maui, visit Outside magazine's website.

* * *

For more Maui events and history, follow us on Twitter.