Marco Sullivan is looking to make up for lost time. Injuries have plagued the 2002 and 2006 Olympian ever since he broke out as a star in the 2000 World Junior Championships, but he won his first World Cup race in 2008 (he ended up fourth overall in the downhill, with 278 points). He followed that up in April by winning Alaska's Arctic Man competition, a downhill race where skiers link up with snowmobiles and reach speeds of up to 90 miles per hour.
Text: All rankings based on the International Ski Federation's (FIS) World Cup Rankings for Alpine/Downhill Skiing Photo: Icon SMI