WWU ski racer Breezy Johnson has made it to her first Olympics — but she’s just getting started

When your first name is “Breezy” and your occupation is “ski racer” the automatic assumption is that you were thus nicknamed after establishing a reputation for speeding down ski slopes in a blur.

Breezing past the competition is, of course, what Breezy Johnson hopes to get to do at the Pyeongchang Olympics, where the 22-year-old Western Washington University student participated in opening ceremonies with Team USA on Friday.