Whakamahia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whiwhi a Mahre i tētahi wāhi i roto i te U.S. Ski Team i te tīmatanga o te tau 1973 i te 15 o ona tau. I whiriwhiria ia ki te kapa "A" i muri i te wa o te tau 1975 a ka tiimata tana kapa Ipu o te Ao i te marama o Tihema 1975 i Val d'Isère, France. E rua marama i muri mai ka whakataetae ia i te 1976 Winter Olympics i Innsbruck, Austria, i te rima o nga tau i roto i te
te whutupaoro nui i te tau kotahi tekau mā waru. I eke ia ki tana tuunga tuatahi i te Poutu-te-rangi me te tuarua i roto i te slalom nui i Copper Mountain, Colorado, a ka mutu te wa o te Ipu o te Ao 1976 i te 14 o nga waahi i roto i te katoa. I wikitoria ia i tana whakataetae Ipu o te Ao i te tau e whai ake nei, he slalom nui i Val d'Isère i te Tihema 1976, ana ka whai ake me te wikitoria slalom i te Poutu-te-rangi i Sun Valley, i te patu i te tangata i riro hei hoa whawhai nui, te Swede Ingemar Stenmark, me te teina mahanga a Steve i tuatoru. I mutu a Mahre i te tuaiwa i te tuunga katoa mo te 1977.