Don't worry Mitch kills it in Downhill too, I started coaching him in December. Last year was his first year racing DH and he really didn't know how to corner and he never finished a race. This year he won the Jr. Cat 1 National downhill championship and wanted to race downhill at the Canada World Cups but didn't have a pro dh license.Echoing this post.
I pretty much do not watch, listen, care about 4x...but stoked for this kid. Kinda bummed there is not a 17yr old american kid killing it on the DH, but I will take Gwin for that.
Amazed to see Gwin doing so well! Yes, he trains with James Wilson who is a very knowledgeable strength coach. James was/is kind enough to give away a lot of great free info on strength training but all the posters here chased him away.