Olympian Bella Wright is carving her personal path relating to aggressive alpine snowboarding. Celebrated for her fearless fashion and precision on the slopes, the 27-year-old hopes the subsequent two years will probably be a defining chapter in her profession, beginning with the World Cup in December.
“Beaver Creek, Colorado, is our first race of the season and my first World Cup within the U.S.,” the Utah native tells Properly+Good. “It’s an enormous spotlight for me, and I might like to carry dwelling a podium and win, particularly in entrance of a house crowd.”
In the meantime, Wright can also be coaching laborious for subsequent yr’s World Championship Downhill in super-G (a self-discipline of alpine snowboarding), and naturally, the 2026 Winter Olympics set to happen in Italy. “I might like to carry dwelling that Olympic gold and make all my greatest desires come true in these subsequent two years,” she says. “I believe I’m at an age and expertise degree the place I’m prepared for it.”
However it hasn’t at all times been easy crusing for the velocity skier, dealing with varied accidents all through her profession, together with a torn ACL. And whereas the eight-month restoration is not any joke, she’s truly grateful for that damage.
“After my ACL, I undoubtedly took issues slightly sluggish. It took me some time to achieve confidence coming again, nevertheless it helped me really feel much less scared with accidents,” she says. “Accidents are a part of the game and include the territory, so for me, they’ve helped me degree up and stored pushing me to see how far I can go.”
Wright’s resilience and willpower are fueled not solely by her personal experiences however by the recommendation of her mentors together with former fellow alpine skier Lindsey Vonn and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. “He’s so good at being a motivator and is somebody who’s very real,” she says of Johnson. “His greatest piece of recommendation was to at all times be the toughest employee within the room, to maintain pushing, and to maintain being a badass. It’s one thing I carry with me.”
Whereas Wright’s mornings rely on her intense coaching schedule, we just lately caught up together with her to find out how she begins her day, what retains her grounded, and the way she balances her love for plant-based cooking with life on the slopes.
She begins her day with gratitude
I’m usually up round 7 a.m. I’ve a small notepad by my mattress, and I’ve just lately began writing three issues I’m grateful for proper after I get up. It’s been one thing that I actually recognize, and since my mind’s slightly foggy at the moment, I really like that it will get me going and pondering. Typically I take into consideration the larger image, like gratitude for my profession or household, and different instances I’m grateful for easy issues like my gown or lip masks. It’s simply enjoyable and doesn’t at all times must be critical.
Her gown performs an vital position in her mornings
I like to prepare in a gown: I put on fuzzy robes within the winter and silk ones for the summer season. For some motive, I grew this obsession with robes, and I believe I personal about 10. I really like a Skims gown, however the one I put on probably the most is from Chinatown in San Francisco. It’s a wonderful blue silk gown that has these wonderful Chinese language conventional components to it, and I believe it’s simply stunning. Beginning my day with a gown makes me really feel fancy after I’m not feeling fancy.
After some time, I’ll develop into my activewear. You may often discover me within the Mission Rock model—I just about reside in it. I’m an enormous fan of their sports activities bras as a result of they’re actually supportive, snug, and flattering. Even their exercise shorts and tank tops, all of them transfer very well with an athlete’s physique and you may inform it’s constructed for athletes. I believe generally with activewear, it’s perhaps constructed extra for fashion however lacks performance, so I actually recognize Mission Rock. I additionally love their coaching footwear—my favorites are the Mission Rock 7 Coaching Footwear.
She has delicate pores and skin so she retains her skincare routine easy
Within the mornings, I’m on the point of both go to the gymnasium or do one thing energetic with my day. I’ve a really minimal skincare routine and I’ve delicate pores and skin. I take advantage of Garnier’s Micellar Water, and I really like my Shiseido skincare merchandise. I take advantage of their serum, their moisturizer, and generally their eye cream too. I end off with a lip masks. I’m hooked on the Sugar Restoration lip masks from Recent and likewise love those from Laneige. Lip care has change into such a giant a part of my skincare routine and is at all times one thing I’m carrying in my bag.
She’s at all times ingesting lemon water—particularly within the morning
You may just about by no means catch me wherever with out having lemon in my water. Within the morning, I really like a tall glass of glowing water with lemon—it’s one thing I’ve each morning earlier than heading to the gymnasium round 7:45 a.m.
I was a barista a few years in the past and I might drink means an excessive amount of espresso, which might make me shake in my sleep from the caffeine. So I made a decision to wean myself off of it. Now, I really like lemon with water and tea. I will nonetheless have espresso or apple cider, however solely as a deal with.
Breakfast varies, nevertheless it at all times contains protein
If I’ve time to make breakfast, my excellent meal is a quinoa bowl with tofu, candy potatoes, tahini, and no matter greens I can throw in there. Within the kitchen, my favourite gadget is my Breville wok. It’s an incredible vessel as a result of you may simply throw a bunch of components in and it evenly cooks whereas placing a little bit of char on it.
If I head straight to the gymnasium, I’ll get a strawberry mango banana smoothie with vanilla protein powder and oat milk. I’m a born- and-raised vegan, and whereas I understand how sturdy I’m, and my trainers know the way sturdy I’m, I believe everybody can at all times enhance their diet. I work with a nutritionist in Park Metropolis, Utah, on the Heart of Excellence, and the U.S. Ski Staff has offered that to so many athletes. Protein is vital to me and I really like that I will proceed studying about all of the other ways to get protein and be sturdy.
Music units the tone for her day
I’m at all times listening to music within the morning, and my genres fluctuate. I’d in all probability say I take heed to rock probably the most, however generally it’s Billie Eilish or one thing smooth. It actually relies on my temper, however music is at all times concerned to get me prepared.
Then she begins her first exercise session
My first session begins at 8:30 a.m. and varies between cardio or power and runs between an hour and a half to 2 hours. After that, I’ll have some bodily remedy for 30 to 60 minutes. Bodily remedy is especially targeted on upkeep and all of the aches and bruises I’ve had over the previous couple of years. Most just lately, it’s on my proper hip and my proper shoulder—it’s a double whammy on the best aspect. We’ll undergo some strengthening and mobilization.
From there, I’ll go into lunch on the middle (we now have an incredible chef who caters to all our wants and diets), after which we’ll go into our second exercise for the day.
This interview has been edited for size and readability.
