Mikaela Shiffrin just reminded the internet why she’s never been only a ski racer. The three-time Olympic gold medalist resurfaced an old clip shot in Portillo, Chile, with a simple question that immediately lit up her comments:
“Shot this a couple of years ago in Portillo… do you think we should do an update dance vid this year in Portillo??”
That’s Shiffrin in one line. Record-breaking World Cup machine. Olympic champion. And still the athlete who will throw down a snow dance in the Andes if the vibe is right.
Portillo is no random backdrop. The high-altitude Chilean resort has been a summer training home for elite alpine racers for decades. Shiffrin has used it before for serious on-snow work — and, years ago, for one of those now-classic “Chilean snow dance” clips that Red Bull and ski fans still pull up when they want the fun version of the GOAT.
This time the timing is different.
Shiffrin is coming off a 2025-26 season that added another chapter to an already ridiculous résumé: Olympic slalom gold in Milano Cortina, a record-tying sixth overall World Cup Crystal Globe, and her World Cup win count sitting at 110. Off-season camps in the southern hemisphere are already underway. French ski media reported she had begun her Portillo block in late August.
So the question isn’t really if she’ll be back on those slopes. It’s whether she’ll give fans the remake.
Anyone who has followed her knows the answer is usually yes. Shiffrin has a long history of treating dance the same way she treats slalom: commit, look slightly embarrassed, then go all in. There was the “Can’t Feel My Face” video. The shuffle-dance tutorial on Jimmy Fallon. Gym dance clips with Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. End-of-season happy dances after historic winters. The pattern is consistent. When the work is done, she lets the music win.
An updated Portillo dance video would hit different now. Same mountain. Same athlete. Completely different resume. The last time she filmed there, she was already a star. This time she’s the most decorated woman in World Cup history, fresh off another Olympic gold, and still asking fans whether they want the sequel.
They do.
If she films it, expect the usual mix: high-altitude light, ski boots or sneakers on snow, a track that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and Shiffrin grinning like the person who just remembered she doesn’t have to be the most serious athlete in the start gate every second of the year.
Portillo is for training. This year it might also be for the remake. Yes, Mikaela. Do the update.
