--- title: Chloe Kim's Dad Has Olympics Texting Down to an Art description: Olympic gold medal snowboarder Chloe Kim's dad has his pre-competition text messages down to an art, hitting just the right notes. canonical: https://time.com/5155914/chloe-kim-dad-texts/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-13T19:05:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:36.947Z og:title: Chloe Kim's Dad Has Olympics Texting Down to an Art og:description: He's got just the right text messages for his champion daughter og:url: https://time.com/5155914/chloe-kim-dad-texts/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98af718dbb822551/6989275acf40a8d998c4b4fc/chloe-kim-dad.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2017 U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at Copper - Halfpipe Snowboarding Qualification og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chloe Kim's Dad Has Olympics Texting Down to an Art twitter:description: He's got just the right text messages for his champion daughter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98af718dbb822551/6989275acf40a8d998c4b4fc/chloe-kim-dad.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chloe Kim's Dad Has Elevated Supportive Texting to a Minimalist Art  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 13, 2018 7:05 PM UTC  Chloe Kim of the United States looks on during a qualifying round of the FIS Snowboard World Cup 2018 Ladies' Snowboard Halfpipe during the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix on December 7, 2017 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Chloe Kim of the United States looks on during a qualifying round of the FIS Snowboard World Cup 2018 Ladies' Snowboard Halfpipe during the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix on December 7, 2017 in Copper Mountain, Colorado.Sean M. Haffey—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 13, 2018 7:05 PM UTC When it comes to Chloe Kim — the [gold-medal-winning](http://time.com/5155183/chloe-kim-2018-winter-olympics-gold-churros/) 17-year-old snowboarder with a [passion for ice cream](http://time.com/5146569/olympics-2018-chloe-kim-ice-cream-tweet/) — it seems she’s capable of doing anything without much help. (Have you seen her [effortless-looking](http://time.com/5151999/chloe-kim-gold-olympics-2018/) 1080s?) But it turns out she has a strong support system with her in PyeongChang: her dad. And while he’s already [known for bringing](http://time.com/5154760/chloe-kim-dad-sign-olympics-2018/) sweet handmade signs to her events, there’s another new tidbit about his cheerleading for his daughter that has captured more hearts. In a segment with NBC’s Olympics team, Chloe revealed that her dad has some very powerful texting moves. While he may not be a tech pro — he certainly doesn’t use emojis, or even know what they are — he does have just the right messages for his daughter when it’s important. “He’s like, ‘Good luck. You can do it,'” Chloe elaborated about the subtle inspiration he provides. And then there was this text: “Let’s be a dragon today.” Chloe’s response to that kind of aspirational messaging? “I was like, OK. No pressure or anything, but I’ll try my best. Just emerge from the earth. If I’m a dragon I’m down.” Looks like these minimalist communications are doing the trick, as Kim won handily in her event on Monday. > [](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/963435096270241792) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5155914/chloe-kim-dad-texts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5155914/chloe-kim-dad-texts/"},"headline":"Chloe Kim's Dad Has Elevated Supportive Texting to a Minimalist Art","datePublished":"2018-02-13T19:05:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:36.947Z","description":"\"Let's be a dragon today.\"","url":"https://time.com/5155914/chloe-kim-dad-texts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98af718dbb822551/6989275acf40a8d998c4b4fc/chloe-kim-dad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98af718dbb822551/6989275acf40a8d998c4b4fc/chloe-kim-dad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at Copper - Halfpipe Snowboarding Qualification","caption":"2017 U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at Copper - Halfpipe Snowboarding Qualification","creditText":"Sean M. 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