Passing Lane: First Downhill!

Wow it has been crazy! Where to begin… In January I left for Schweitzer Idaho, for the J2 national speed qualifiers. The trip was lots of fun and we had good weather. I was not thrilled with my results, but had to remind myself, it was my first DH race ever, and I had only been on my skis one time before racing.

After Schweitzer, I met my Chilean ski team friends for a quick week of training in Vail. It was great speaking Spanish again, and finally training for a short block. I was super happy with the way my training was progressing and felt I improved a ton while there. After Vail I headed to the Utah Tech series.

The girls raced GS at Park City the first two days and then went to Snowbird for Slalom. There were so many great racers, and it was fun watching all the college skiers rip up the hill.

Finally I returned home after 3 weeks. It was nice to see my family again, and my teachers were happy I was at school for a few days. Last weekend we had the annual Alyeska Cup races. I was only able to race 2 of the 4 races, a GS and one SL race. In the GS race, first run I got wide and came to almost a complete stop, but was forth on the run with 3 of the UAA college racers ahead of me. Second run I maintained my place, and my time was closer to theirs.

This week we have the college races at my home mountain and I am looking forward to skiing fast!

.)) Jordan Lane

SNOW- Fia Report: Snowbasin Races

Hello everyone! Hope all of you have had some great skiing lately just like I have! Last weekend I had a G.S. race at Snowbasin and I did pretty well in it! On the first day of the race, I won by more than two seconds!

The second day, I was having a great first run until I came onto the pitch and I didn't have my pressure on the downhill foot and my ski rattled off, but on the second run I had the crash of my life! It was pretty insane, my outside ski came off which sent me flying into the gate(which I took out), then my ski flew super high, and I rolled out of it pretty hard!

That's what happens in ski racing and it's life, although I learned a lot out of this race. I'm really looking forward to the next race at Park City and I'm hoping to do really well in it! Arc IT!

.)) Sofia Yubero

LeBlanc's Le Blog: Back on the Podium!

Hello Everyone, I have been through some great races these past few weeks. Overall I came out with some great results. Two weekends ago, I had my first Super-G race ever! I ended up pretty well. As a first year J4, I got 5th, 4th and my last race I was coming out of the start and caught an edge and fell. Then I got back up and finished the race ending up 10th overall. The race that I got 4th I started 103rd, and missed the podium by only four hundredths! Anyway that was a really exciting week!

This weekend I had a pretty intense SL race in Winter Park. We had four runs. My first run I felt fast but just a little conservative. I ended up 5th in that race. My second race I skied kind of the same way, but wasn't very conservative. I ended up 6th in that one.

The next day on the first run I laid one down. I ripped it and let everything out. That run I got my first podium of the year, 3rd! I was so excited. After that run I was so pumped up so I let it all out again! I ran 15th to last on my this run. I rocked it. When I came into the delay, I got a little late, then hit a rut, then started to hip check. Right as I was about to go down, I pressured my ski and shot right back up. I didn't loose much time. I kept charging the rest of the run. I ended up getting 5th.

I was happy about my whole weekend and was proud to be promoting SRD!

.)) Gus LeBlanc