Mammoth Lakes Olympians and Real Estate Market Conditions
The Winter Olympics currently underway in Pyeong Chang showed Shaun White’s hard-earned gold medal victory yesterday in the men’s half pipe competition. The evolution of talent and skills in the half pipe has reached incredible athletic levels over the last few winter Olympic games. Winning the gold medal for Shaun was no easy task coming out of a severe fall and injury in New Zealand last October, while training in the half pipe, along with competing against several other extremely talented snow boarders from all over the world. Shaun White, who invested in Mammoth Mountain a couple of years ago, trains in a variety of places, but most frequently in Mammoth. The same is true of Chloe Kim, a 17-year old phenom who took home the gold medal for the ladies’ half pipe competition. Chloe has been training in Mammoth for many years as has Kelly Clark, a Mammoth local who has won 7 gold medals in the Olympics and Winter X Games combined. Let’s not forget about the summer Olympic athletes that are also Mammoth localsl: Deena Kastor, Olympic medalist and American Record Holder, and Meb Keflezighi, long distance marathon runner and Olympic medalist. Mammoth Lakes is home to some of the finest athletes in the world and provides an ideal ...
