Wednesday Waxing Clinic

Everybody, listen up.

There's a great opportunity tomorrow night to learn a lot about waxing. The Middlebury Mountaineer is hosting Andrew Gardner who will be giving out more waxing information than you know what to do with. 6pm, its a great way to keep the skiing excitement going after practice. Be there, and be ready for fast skis.

*** Please remember to bring your uniform contract and check for $75 to practice.

Wish I had some Pictures

So I took my camera with me to the race on Sunday, but as Britta came through the first turn and I clicked the shutter, nothing happened. Bad memory card. So this is a bummer, and hopefully I can get that figured out so that we can have some colors up on the blog here. Until then, let me help you all imagine what things looked like during the race. White moving sideways.

We were pretty much at snow-line as we discovered after leaving the race, a few hundred feet down the road from Bolton Valley Resort, conditions turned to heavy rain. So while spectating was fun, I can only imagine how much fun it was to race. Britta and I skied the course to check it out and it wasn't easy. Two 4k laps, the first 1k straight uphill, some hairpin turns, a nice open straightaway to channel the wind and little visibility.

It was good to get out there and tough it out. Good to get a little feel for racing early in the season. And as a bonus, I brushed up on my civil war history with a fun game pitting Will and Britta's intellects on the car ride up and back.

Haley's Friday Practice

I've been hoping to get some athlete input on the blog this year, and I am happy to share with you the first of these from Haley Olson:

Yesterday was the team's first day on skis.  Though the snow was light enough that we were essentially skiing on grass, the fluff was wonderful.  While Britta helped me with my double pole the rest of the team skied around the school, reacclimating themselves to the feel of skis.  We proceeded to the legion fields and played on the hills for at least 45 minutes.  We were led by one captain (britta) in doing what she calls "chinese downhills" and then we watched her fail at tele skiing (multiple times).  After being pushed down the hill multiple times by the other captain (will), the other will, and mac, I stationed myself safely at the bottom.  Overall, I can file away this practice away under the label: successful team bonding (and of course, good practice). 

Team Equipment Form

Please print, fill out and bring to practice on Monday.

Equipment Form

Hope everybody had fun on the first ski of the season today. We're taking a few people to the race at Bolton Valley on Sunday, look for pictures and news soon.

Saturday's race

Well we'll be changing focus for this weekend, Britta has pointed out that there is a race at Bolton Valley on sunday. This would not be a high school race but if there is a group of interested people we can figure out support.

It is an 8km skate race and the cost would be $25. We'll talk about it at practice tomorrow.

In the meantime begin memorizing our new team cheer:
Silo, silo full of grain, keep us dry when it rains. (please direct any questions to Micah.

Ski Equipment

Hey everybody, if you need equipment for this season, or if you have equipment you are looking to give away/sell/lend, use the comment section to send a message to everyone else on the team.

First Day of Practice

Well, a couple of bounding intervals today to get the seasons intensity started. Forecast this week looks good with snow flurries for the next couple days. Here's one quick picture from my Thanksgiving trip out West, I took it during the first Super Tour races of the season.