The season has started! I have been training in either Loveland, Copper or Vail for the past three weeks. I did the FASST program with the SSWSC for two weeks; I got to ski Wednesday thru Saturday. The other week I did the Podium Project camp at Vail. This camp was only for people who got top three at the Junior Olympics in the past two years. It was extremely good training because I was training with most of the guys who I was going to race with at the next race, which was only two weeks away.
It was cool to see how they were skiing and how I compared to them. Next was the race! One my first run I started 69th, another SRD racer Alex Barounos started 66th and while I was getting ready there was a course hold because he had gone into the B-net. This got me a little nervous because I didn’t think that it was a tricky course. After a few minutes they said it was clear and he was ok. Soon enough I was on the course. I had a few troubles on afterthought (main pitch) but it wasn’t bad until I hit a gate and my goggles broke off! I couldn’t see but I continued, the course swung a lot at the bottom and I got thrown way off but still finished.
The second run I started 67th and almost had a perfect run. I was only three seconds off the leader compared to nine on the first run. Overall it was a really good start to the year!
Last week was finals and so I did a bunch of studying and not as much skiing. I came out strong and now I get to drop two classes for the winter. Next stop is the Aspen NorAms next Monday and Tuesday!
.)) Nick Veth
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