The "Loaf" day 4

Well, not quite as much snow as the weatherman said there'd be!
Still pretty good, Dani & Beers got some fat skis and had at it, Tyler slept in as he's not feeling 100% & I tried, but could NOT find any real boots to use.
Too bad as all reports were that it was fun today on the mtn.
Coaches went up @ 1pm and re set ALL of the fence from Kangaroo down (1/2) way.
We're headed up @ 7am to set the rest of it back up, SWEET!!!

Hoping for an 11:30 womens start tomorrow and guys right after that (12:30ish)
It's not 100% given the snow conditions, but we & the mtn have done a ton of work & I'm pretty sure we'll pull it off

all for now, we will be back @ KMS LATE tomorrow!
-Mike

The "Loaf" day 3

Well, we got the women & about 30 of the men off today.
Have not seen results yet, but I know Beers was around 26th or so after starting 3rd (snow seed).

We pulled all of the fence off the hill after the race was called & we'll try and re-set it tomorrow afternoon and get a Super-G off on Friday.

This afternoon we'll be finding FAT skis for Dani, Tyler & Matt, tomorrow morning we'll hopefully be skiing 20 or so inches of POW!!!

-Mike

Wed 1-28 training

Morning sport tomorrow at 7:30am. Be ready to train SG on needles at 8:45. Depending on the weather we'll see if we can run it and make the call in the morning. Be ready for SG and bring some free skiing skis if we have a bunch of snow. See ya in the morning

Speed Week

Well, we raced today!
The forecast changed dramatically since last night, so the organizers ran a race today instead of training run #2.

Results:
Beers - 60th
Flinn - 86th
Montick - 42nd

Some good skiing on the bottom in the faster sections, but we've got a little work to do in the more important technical sections up top!
Tomorrow the athletes should be a little more comfy on the big skis & hopefully gain a little time compared to today!

We're going to try and get a race off early tomorrow & then have hill prep Thurs for Fri's super-G.
I'll post asap if there are changes due to weather.

All for now
-Mike

VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!

To all the athletes a race date has been changed in March. Cochrans ski area has moved the race from the 27th to the 16th. We are all going! It should be an awesome race! All the guys from Nor-AM finals will be there... Some of the best in the country. Here is the update I received in an e-mail, it includes the mailing address for entry fee. We do this the old-school way send in a voucher and a check via the postal service. You need to get on this ASAP to secure a spot in the race! You can find vouchers in the back of your USSA competition guide. I'm making photo copies now in case some of you do not have access to the comp guide. So come find me if you need one!

Save the date...March 16, 2009

Cochran's Men's USSA Slalom. Minimum USSA penalty.

Race the USST World Cup slalom team's....Jim Cochran, Cody Marshall, Tim Kelley, Paul MacDonald and Tim Jitloff...... and many more members of the USST!


The race will be limited to the 1st 200 paid entries. $45 entry fee. Register online at alpinereg.com or send vouchers to: Steve Kelley, 619 Varney Hill Road, Starksboro, VT. 05487 Only PAID entries will be accepted.... no EXCEPTIONS.

1st run starts at 10:00 AM. All racers will receive a T-Shirt. There will be a BQ in the finish area, music, race announcer and more. We are celebrating the 1st USSA race at Cochran's in over 20 years thanks to our new snowmaking system!

Get your entries in.... the race will fill up quickly and the field size is limited.

Training on Needles Eye

The skiing was awesome today! Cold yet sunny. Most of the boys stripped down to their speed suits to really get a feel of the speed today. On Sunday we trained turn-shape on Bunny then we moved to some more challenging terrain today on Needles Eye. The turn-shape drill is fairly simple but extremely important. After the course is set one of the coaches sets a brush gate marker directly above the turning pole of the gate... approximately 4,6, or 8 meters above the gate, depending on terrain and judged speed entering the turn. The marker serves as a visual cue for the athletes to start the turn. The object of the drill is to stay above the brush. If you go under it then the athlete is going too straight at the gates and consequently starts having issues tactically/technically in the course. Today on steeper terrain some guys had issues holding the line above the brushes. I think they all learned a lot today and these VALUABLE training days should pay off when it comes to race day. We shall see who retains the skills. -Coaches

Jim R. head to head with Chad N. Jim WINS