Burcin's Blog: Suicide Six!

Hey Guys, It’s that time of year where the schedule is packed with races. Since the last time I blogged a little less than two weeks ago, I have had 2 slalom races, 2 GS races, 2 downhill training runs, and 2 downhill races. It has been busy but it is my favorite time of the year because I get to do what I love, to race! Anyway here are some of the highlights from those races.

First, I raced a USSA slalom race at Suicide Six, Vermont as a little fun race before I went to speed week in Sugarloaf, Maine the next week. I had two solid runs and came in second overall, first for J-2’s. Then, I went to speed week in Sugarloaf for 5 days of speed.

The first day was a sort of warm up camp with 4 different speed “stations”. The first two stations were jumps, the third station was a wave track, and the final station was a glide course. It was a great way to get back on downhill skis since we rarely get on downhill skis in the east. The rest of the week, we got 2 training runs and 2 race runs. I was pretty consistent throughout the runs, coming in the mid-20’s almost all of the runs. I was pretty happy with that since I am more of a tech skier, however I love to run speed.

After speed week, I raced the fisk cup, the oldest FIS race in the US. It is slalom at Suicide Six, Vermont, which always has a stacked field. I didn’t have a great day but it was a really fun race and I got to see some really fast skiing. Most recently, I had two FIS GS races at Whiteface, New York. The first day, I had a little trouble my first run but made some of it back on my second run and finished in 14th. The second day, I tried to ski really aggressive and unfortunately couldn’t hang on and DNFed. Next, I am off to Stratton, Vermont for a 3-day series with 1 GS and 2 slalom races. I have had a few good days of training and I am really looking forward to going fast in these races!

Good luck to everyone the rest of the season!

 .)) Kyle Burcin