Sorry for not giving everyone an update after the second slalom. We got off the hill late and went home right after dinner and went to bed. The Slalom went better than the first day. The boys had a better feel for what they needed to do today. Mike Ferri had another career best result with a 99, Cam finished right behind him in 12th with a 102 point result. Unfortunately both Kip and Dylan failed to finish.
The light today for the first GS was barely better than the night slaloms. It was snowing all day leaving the boys to deal with flat light and challenging snow conditions. Again Mike and Cam were able to capitalize on the small field and low penalty. They both moved up after first run and continued their charge forward on the second run. Cam finished 15th with a 91 point result and was followed in 17th by mike with a 93 point result.
Unfortunately Dylan and Kip had difficulty first run and were forced to start toward the back of the pack second run. Kip managed to move back up and finish where he started in 20th. Dylan's troubles continued and all I saw of his second run was him stopping on one ski.
Tomorrow were finish up the very far north leg of this three week trip with the final GS. Dylan has moved into the first seed and is looking finish the trip on a high note. The rest of the guys are psyched to have another start on this hill now that they've had a couple runs to figure out the challenging top pitch.
We are travel waxing SL skis and packing the house tonight in preparation for tomorrows trip back to Anchorage. We board the plane at 12:55 am Monday morning and land in Boston at 3:30 pm. It's going to be a long day of travel starting tomorrow at 5 when we pull out of Girdwood, but I for one am excited to get home. I will try to check in again after tomorrows race.
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