Racing Kids

[Tricia]

She's Back!
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Wow! Good to see her back at it and ripping!!!

 

[Erik Timmerman]

3rd place in SL today! Too foggy for pics or vid.

 

[Muleski]

3rd place in SL today! Too foggy for pics or vid.

Nice! Awesome!

 

[Erik Timmerman]

The kid bagged her first win as a U14 at Jay Peak today. Wrecked in run two, but walked away from it with just a bloody mouth.

 

[razie]

This is too funny not to post - oldest just came out of the bindings in the second run of GS and I was certain he didn't clean the boots although He claimed that his coach cleaned them - Alpine Ontario just twitted a random photo of "racers lining up for the second run" and guess who's in the middle, getting his boots cleaned by his coach???

https://www.instagram.com/p/BP20R8AD7A0/

 

[Swede]

Sad but sober decision. Today my U16 daughter came to the conclusion that she will quit ski racing. She doesn't think it's fun anymore and isn't prepared to put in the time and energy.
I think it's for the best and thst she will keep on free skiing. We've had many wonderful times and made lots of friends. It was worth it. Totally!

 

[razie]

Yeah, U16 is a tough age, most drop out of ski racing, as it gets more demanding and they find more interesting things to do (weird, right?). But they will all continue skiing and that's the goal anyways.

 

[Swede]

Has been a big part of life the last five years so it's going to feel empty for a while.

 

[Swede]

And I won't be able to comfort myself by going to the WC race Tursday as I nerd to be out of town for work

 

[ScotsSkier]

Sorry to hear she is giving up Swede but a mature decision by her if it is no longer her passion. Much better to decide now than to reluctantly keep racing I see that too often where they continue simply from parental pressure but not really enjoying or applying the necessary focus and effort. Will have given her a great foundation for the rest of her skiing life regardless

Time for you to go Masters racing instead!

 

[Jed Peters]

Maryn had fun this last weekend....this weekend was a first for both of us her racing and me parenting through a race. Wowzers.

 

[textrovert]

My daughter races on the Sierra team. She turned 14 in December, so first time at U16 level! She's having a great time so far

This is from Heavenly last Saturday-

 

[UGASkiDawg]

Has been a big part of life the last five years so it's going to feel empty for a while.

I alternately dread and look forward to the day when my girls make the same decision. 7 years of ski racing basically taking over our lives from October through March reaches a crescendo of exhaustion come March every year. The emotional highs and lows take their toll. I wouldn't trade the experience so far though for anything else I've experienced in my 5 decades on this wonderful ball. What great people, places, events, highs. lows, etc we've seen so far. Mostly it's about the people we've met along the way!

A few pics from the last month or so

Trying to get off a downhill in this...Aspen Highlands Speed Week

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• UGASkiDawg
• Mar 7, 2017

Tuning skis in the pre-dawn parking lot in Steamboat

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• UGASkiDawg
• Mar 7, 2017

My youngest racing the Super G at Prater Cup (Crested Butte)

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• UGASkiDawg
• Mar 7, 2017

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• UGASkiDawg
• Mar 7, 2017

Youngest again off the jump in Super G at Council Cup (Ski Cooper)

My oldest atop the podium for two GS wins to close out Council Cup at Ski Cooper

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• UGASkiDawg
• Mar 7, 2017

Here she is again taking the overall at Council Cup...finished on the podium for 5 of 6 events! Hopefully she can carry that momentum on to Championships and make the flip for the first time against the larger, better field!

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• UGASkiDawg
• Mar 7, 2017
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[coskigirl]

I was hoping you'd pop in with some updates @UGASkiDawg! That pic of Alex off the jump needs to be framed! So determined, so focused. That focus will help her get through and push harder for the next one. And I'm so happy for Miss O!

 

[ella_g]

My oldest made it onto her first all ages podium this wknd, 4th fastest girl .... she benefited from some of the faster girls being at champs / states..... But she was very happy!

 

[spackler]

The kid bagged her first win as a U14 at Jay Peak today. Wrecked in run two, but walked away from it with just a bloody mouth.

Just noticed this. Our u10s and u12s were at Jay that weekend for a camp, that course looked really fun. A lot more offset than we get here on our little hills with narrow runs. The day before that race, I was skiing in powder above my knees on that run. Amazing that they got in shape for the race. Hope the rest of her season has been going well. @epic

 

[Swede]

I alternately dread and look forward to the day when my girls make the same decision. 7 years of ski racing basically taking over our lives from October through March reaches a crescendo of exhaustion come March every year. The emotional highs and lows take their toll. I wouldn't trade the experience so far though for anything else I've experienced in my 5 decades on this wonderful ball. What great people, places, events, highs. lows, etc we've seen so far. Mostly it's about the people we've met along the way!

I now can use each yearly budget on a week of lavish luxury in Vail and then Gstaad, go heliskiing in Canada or skiing som Jappowder and still have some change.
Still won't beat a U14 SuperG weekend in Funäs, Sweden (-20C) ... She's doing the local SL and GS training this season out. No more races.

 

[Sibhusky]

Am I allowed to post that my almost 30 year old daughter can still rip? She won the season's woman's trophy in her beer league. In spite of being really sick for four of the meets, and missing two of the eight races.

(She got that horrid flu that leaves you coughing for weeks and cracked a rib from the coughing. I wish I could say she was better now.)

As to dropping out of racing, she stopped after freshman year of college because she wanted to concentrate on college and felt she couldn't do both and succeed in both. But, it turned out she never really left the sport because her old team asked her to coach when they heard she'd moved back after college. So she did that for five seasons (with an interruption for grad school). She's done with that now, but doing this beer league thing, so in a way she didn't leave.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

GS at Burke for State Championships this past weekend. Not moving on to Easterns, so just looking forward to Sugar Slalom and a few other races before mountain bike race season starts. Trying to figure out U16 equipment rules and re-boot (literally) for next season.

 

[Swede]

My advice for U16 GS, get your girl on the longer radius skis from the start. I had to buy new skis for the second time in November already.