Pulled the plug…
Vail, Colorado – As most of you have already figured out, my season is over. It’s painful to think that the next time I’ll race will be on 35 meter skis. However after talking to Ted (Ligety) and a few others, the Head and Fischer 35 meter prototypes are faster than the old 27 meter radius skis that are being used in World Cup GS right now. I have no idea how that works, but I have to say that’s the quintessential characteristic of ski racing: it often defies logic. And that’s why I love this sport. There is no function that decides what equipment will work or who will be the next rockstar. Watch us all be bitching about FIS changing the regulation back to 27 meters in two years for another random reason. However, I have to say this rule cannot be good for younger, less muscularly developed skiers and it cannot be good in softer snow because it will be harder for the skis to come around. Maybe that will all change too haha.
I was hoping to be ready to race here in Vail at the MacDermid Nor-Am event the last few days, but my body just isn’t ready. I have been seeing a chiropractor/Applied Kinesiologist in Edwards three times a week, hammering therapy a few hours a day, and doing some skiing here and there, but backs take longer to get better than I was hoping. My left leg is still far weaker than my right due to the nerve damage so the only reasonable conclusion is to pull the plug on this season.
I am freezing my points, which will increase my GS points by 10 percent. Next year they’ll be 6.66 so I’ll start around 40 rather than 35 in World Cup. It will also freeze my World Cup points before Beaver Creek so I’ll have a World Cup start for at least most of next season. It’s actually pretty hilarious and fortuitous that I can freeze my points. I would have started over 5 GS races – the limit to be able to freeze point under the new FIS rules – this summer/fall if I hadn’t hurt my back in New Zealand. And I have to thank Mike Day for forgetting to have Pete Korfiatis represent me in a race in New Zealand this past summer. haha it’s funny how things work out.
I haven’t done any training yet since my left leg is too weak and vulnerable when I get into awkard situations, but my new plan for returning to racing will be at the Director’s Cup in Whistler, British Columbia. It’s a race for a bunch of washed up skiing legends. I’m feeling like the first half of the description. I know that Paul McDonald and Scott Macartney are coming so that should be pretty damn fun. It’s all prep for the Jon Olsson Invitational in April. And from there I hope that my body will be ready for New Zealand.
“Sometimes it’s just your turn, suck it up.” – Robert Pastrana With that in mind, I’ve been making the best of my season in Vail. Thanks to Foster, Ian, Mike, Tom Palic, Sarah, Eugenia, Bob, and a few others for making my stay so worthwhile. I’m coming home on Friday so see ya soon NH!!
Probably the best Service Man in the game!!
That’s right, me. Without anywhere near full power in my left leg, I had to make someone’s skis fast. The last couple days, I have been prepping and preparing Ian Lochhead’s GS skis for probably the biggest event ever held in Vail, Colorado: the first Town Series Race of the 2012 season. It’s huge! There were at least 52 competitors and as many as 12 non-racer spectators! Even Fuxi was at the venue!! This is, believe it or not, the 44th year of Town Series in Vail and my athlete/housemate needed a victory to start the season off right!
I prepped his skis with care putting on a couple different layers of Swix and Podium wax and then put on some epic Podium additive (super fast wax that is pretty much gone after a few gates). It was game time for the J4 Head Coach at Ski Club Vail. Unfortunately, he took out his rockets for two free runs and the additive was gone. Next time I’ll be sure to bring my goodie bag to the start!! But he murdered Bruce (a J3 Men’s coach from Ski Club, Holderness and the greatest state in the Union, New Hampshire) and me on the top flat when we did a glide test.
I made sure to do the classic – college style – slip just before he went both runs. There were only three of us that actually slipped the course during the race so it was worth a couple hundies! But it didn’t matter because Ian’s skis were rockets. I’ll let the results sheet speak for themselves!! Yeah and he skied ok. haha
Ian walked away with two bottles of Korbel champagne – probably the best champagne on the market… other than all the ones better. Awesome!!
As Ian put it on his facebook page, “Big thanks to the best service man in the game Warner Nickerson” You can check out the full results here in the Vail Daily!! Great job to everyone that competed; better luck next week.
Healthcare in America Sucks
Vail, Colorado – Either the first doctor that read my MRI had no idea what he was doing or he read the wrong one. I went back to the Steadman Clinic today to see a spine specialist because my back isn’t getting any better. He put my MRI up on the screen showing a very clear black (rather than white) disc on my L5 and a small bulge one on my L4. The radiologist report impression read, “L4-5 broad posterior disk protrusion, asymmetric left foramen which is narrowed. Possible left L4 nerve root contact at this site. Small broad disk bulge and central disc protrusion at L5-S1 with possible contact but no posterior displacement of the S1 nerve root and the ventral lateral canal.” The report was completed an hour after I had the MRI on Nov 25th and would have been great information to have two weeks ago.
So after learning this this morning, I made an appointment for epidural injections. However, when I showed up to the appointment Vail Medical wanted me to put $5,105 on my credit card. They said I’d get an 8 percent discount if it was Visa or Mastercard. The reason was because the Steadman doctor is out of network (he cost $2,105) and doesn’t count toward my deductible and Vail Medical – which is in Network for my Anthem HMO – cost $4,700 to do the procedure in their facility. By the way, I was told this procedure takes 15minutes. Since the deductible on my insurance is $3,000, they wanted me to put both of the expenses on my credit card. At this point, I was furious and ready to fight pretty much everyone in the room. Luckily, I kept my cool. When I know I’m getting ripped off whether it’s from a hospital or guy selling paintings on the streets of Santiago, I get really fired up. I talked to the doctor about my inhibitions and he wondered why I wasn’t on the USOC insurance so I explained how I’m not on the national team, but am the 4th best GS in the nation. After a short discussion, I opted for the $6.75 oral pills (2 pills for 5 days). The pills apparently don’t work as well, but they cost $4,993.25. Need I say more. I really hope they work because not having power in my left leg totally sucks. If they don’t work, I’m not sure what I’ll be doing. Today’s conclusion is America healthcare really sucks.
My future plans:
1. Stay in Colorado for the immediate future.
2. Get some headway and power back into my left leg.
3. Try not to spend the rest of my season budget on this injury.
4. Hope to make it back for Alta Badia in two weeks. Adelboden in early January is more plausible.
Two positives:
1. At least tomorrow I won’t have to watch myself be a DNS on live-timing.
2. A friend of mine sent me this video
All I can say is that was awesome. I hope these guys kick some ass tomorrow: Ted 8, Bode 17, Leif 25, Tommy 36, Jitloff 37, Gregorak 39, Nilson 42, Biesy 54, Charles 56. Game on! I’ll be watching!
In the End Zone Waiting for a Hail Mary
Beaver Creek, Colorado – Tomorrow is the first of two World Cup GS races on my favorite slope Bird’s of Prey in Beaver Creek. I’ve been looking forward to this race for months. The last few days I’ve been searching for an answer for my back issues everywhere and I’m not sure if I’ve found one yet. My MRI didn’t show anything wrong with my discs, but the 3 chiropractors I’ve seen say that I have a bulging lateral disc on the left side of my L5. My left leg shuts down when it’s at 90 degrees of flexion, which as you can imagine is not so good for a ski racer. When it reaches 90 degrees my disc pushes into my nerve and shuts off a number of muscles in my leg. It doesn’t hurt; they just shut down.
I’ve gone to countless doctors, physios, therapists, and a cool witch doctor that talked to my body for an hour. I did traction and nerve injury clearing yesterday in Denver while today I did muscle activation and trigger point dry needling. I think I’ve made some headway with the trigger point dry needling – which really painful – but we’ll really see tomorrow morning. My whole body aches right now from all the work. I haven’t gone down the road of injections, but that’s the next thing on the list of possible solutions. Any thoughts there???
My skis are prepped and ready to go, my suit and pads are perfectly lined up, and my Dodge boots are sitting by my bed ready for action. All I need is my body to be able to perform. If I can enter the fray tomorrow I certainly will be pushing with everything I’ve got. My whole family and a ton of friends are here so I’m icing right now hoping all the panic and treatment is paying off. I feel like I ran all the way to the end zone thru countless obstacles the last few days and now I’m waiting see the ball spiraling in my direction. However, I just can’t see it yet. 
This is the McMannis Table to do traction. He tried to charge me 45 dollars for 5 minutes on it, but ended up charging me 45 cents. Looks like he’s not very good with his credit card machine. Advantage me!
Aspen Nor-Am Photos from Today!
I’m not racing here in Aspen, which sucks so I went up on the hill to take shots of mustaches and what not. I think it’s the right call to give my back a longer break and focus on the World Cup next weekend in Beaver Creek. Since I’m here and I think moving around is a good call for the back it was fun to be super fan/photographer! Here are some shots from the day!
World Cup Season Opener
Me on the upper pitch on race day (photo credit Ben Drummond).
Solden, Austria – Having Ted and Lindsey walk away with the first two victories of the season at our new home base here in Solden was glorious. The Austrian Ski Federation is furious that Solden is the Official European Home Base of USST. It’s been pretty funny to watch. Peter Schrocksnadel, the Austrian Ski Federation President, said in a press conference, “It’s like St. Moritz, Swtizerland sponsoring the Austrian Ski Team.” Austrian nationalism is certainly the culprit for the disdain. However, Oliver Schwarz, the Cheif Executive of the Otztal Valley Tourist Office, explains, “The US TEam with Lindsey Vong, Ted Ligety, Julia Mancuso, and Bode Miller have the highest profile on the racing scene and we want to attract international visitors to our resorts. They are the rock and roll stars of ski racing.”
Schrocksnadel is threatening to change Solden as the venue for the World Cup Season Opener next season because of their involvement with teh USST. It’s exceptionally funny to see the Austrians Ski Federation up in arms about it, when they cannot be sponsored by one ski area themselves. Solden sponsors a number of local Austrians on the national team, while other regions and ski resorts sponsor other members of the team. If the Austrian Federation took on a resort as a sole sponsors the country would be even more upset. The moral to this story is that there are way too many huge egos in ski racing. This is just another example of how they are clogging up the ski racing world. “
As for me, life is good here in Solden. The ski team flew home just after the race, while I’m here for another couple weeks of training. I staying in one of the free apartments and have an Audi Allroad at my disposal, which is totally money.
Photo credit: Oskar Bakke
Race day:
I didn’t sleep too well the night before, which is pretty normal. I was fired up for the first race of the year and was pretty happy with the way I was skiing coming into it. I did a nice warm up taking 4 runs without poles on the upper relatively flat section of the mountain. I was ready.
I hammered out of the gate pushing hard and got right into my tuck. I cut the line off a bit on the top flat and did the same onto the first pitch. I lost a little grip on a left footer rolling onto the pitch, but kept it rolling. At the first split I was in decent shape 7 tenths off the pace (in the top 30), then had a little trouble half way down the steep pitch, and got really late. The snow was in good shape, but with everyone sliding the top of the turn it was a bit choppy and bumpy on the pitch. I got really late and have to fight pretty hard to stay in it. At that point, I started to give myself a bit too much room on the gates setting the three gates into the undergate a little too much. By that I mean, I was sliding the top of my turn a little too much and was giving it a little too much respect by having a high line. Coming out of the undergate, I didn’t nail the next couple turns. A couple gate later, I quickly got back into rhythm skiing well on the bottom. I ended up finishing a little over 2 tenths off the pace in 35th place. It was a bummer not to qualify. I was the third American after first run so only Bode and Ted skied in the second run. Jit went onto his hip, Tommy Ford didn’t finish but had a great first split 9th, Gregorak didn’t have his day, Colby’s body wasn’t holding up to the bumps, and Tommy Biesemeyer did a great job from where he started, but didn’t qualify.
Although not qualifying was disappointing, it was easily the best I’ve skied in this race. Frankly, I’ve always really sucked here so it was nice to be in the hunt and I think my equipment is dialed. I’m pretty psyched with how everything is going and we’ll see where it goes from here.
Right now I’m still in Solden skiing with the masters crew from Sun Valley and going to get a day in with the US Women’s Development team. The reason I’m still over here is because the skiing is really good and I’m planning on racing a Europa Cup SG in two weeks. However it might be cancelled due to not enough snow.
Hope all is well. Cheers, w
New Zealand Winter Games
On the podium with Marcel Mathis, Austria, and fellow T2 Athlete Colby Granstrom, USA.
Coronet Peak, New Zealand – Yesterday, Jon and I took the day off to rest after a few days on and I made some adjustment to my Dodge ski boots – I just didn’t feel like I had quite enough edge in the first race down here so the Dodge guys and I moved my cuff out half a degree. This morning, we went up to the hill early to get in some extra training runs and I was pretty happy with the new set up.
Trying to let my skis run off the pitch in Coronet Peak.
First run, I started 11 and put together a solid run nothing spectacular, but was in the lead by about a tenth over Hig Roberts followed by a ton of guys. It was really tight, which means the second run is going to be exciting. The second you think you have an advantage you’re totally screwed so I knew it was all going to come down to second run and it certainly did. Second run was a really turny course on the upper pitch, which gave a large advantage to the early start numbers in the second run. Thirtieth place was only 1.8 behind so it was really anyone’s race.
My plan was to take my turns really far across the hill – without stiviting – just arcing on the top of the turn and I was pretty solid up top. The flats were a bit of a different similar story. It was exceptionally painful on the flats because it was 6 degrees Celcius down there without any wind so the snow was starting to soften up so the line became extremely far from the gates meaning the later you started the further you’d travel. I came into the lower section and looked ahead to stay in the grove. On the flats with a pronounced grove in softer snow it’s imperative to stay in it or you’ll drop into the rut and completely lose all your speed so I was skiing it like a bobsled track, traveling an extremely far distance, but it was the only plausible option.
Although I kept it going all the way to the finish, it felt like I was sailing around the world in a perpetual lift at the windward. When I crossed the line I heard the beloved pole clicking of ski racing, which is a nice way of saying good job to a fellow competitor. It turns out I was 9 hundredths ahead of Marcel Mathis to take the win. He was in 19th after first run and had a miraculous second run to move up to second. Colby Grandstrom was third and made a similar move so did Jonathan Norbotten who moved up to forth position.
After not getting represented in the first race (where I became super technician and Jon won, which was really cool), then really sucking in the second, it was nice to walk away from the mountain with solid skiing and a victory with a 6.9 point result. It never hurts to have some of those in the bank hahaha. So pumped. It’s an honor to win the New Zealand Winter Games GS – people get pretty fired up for them down here, which makes it much more fun. We had a ceremony where they played the American National Anthem in downtown Queenstown. A good way to end the day. It’s been a long day. I just got back from the ski room after prepping 5 pairs of skis for tomorrow and I’m exhausted as it’s way past my bed time and nearly 11 o’clock at night.
Hanging out with Marcus Nilson before awards.
Special thanks to Jon and Oskar for their sick pics. Cheers. Good night world. Training SG and GS with Forests US Speed guys.
40 Meter Radius
Today I was training some GS with the US speed team and Rainer Salzgeber, the Chief of Head Racing, asked me if I wanted to take a run on the new 40 meter GS skis and I had to indulge. If you don’t already know, FIS the governing body of World Cup skiing decided two months ago that they should change the minimum radius from 27 to 40 meters and length from 185 to 195 cm for the 2012-13 season. Essentially making it much more difficult to turn. 40-meter radius used to be the minimum radius for a downhill skis less than a decade ago.
Going up the lift Rainer, he said, “Just remember to get as many angles as you can.” I was psyched for his advice since he debuted on the World Cup in ’89 and had an epic career. It was during the mid 80s the last time GS race skis had a 40 meter radius. It was part hilarious, part scary, and part entertaining. After the run, I skied over to Dane Spencer who watched and said, “So you weren’t doing anything you told me you were working on.” I mentioned the skis I was on and it all quickly made sense to him, “That explains a lot.” We both got a good laugh out of it.
First off, they are great for slipping. My first run was a slip run where they performed exceptionally well. They didn’t hook up at all; they gracefully slipped over every single rut, bump, and hole so nicely. They would be perfect for course workers and coaches since they don’t torque your knees at all slipping.
In the course, they were also righteous for slipping. I pushed out of the gate and found myself stepping at the first gate, second gate, and third gate before righteous sliding commenced. The skis weren’t quite as bad as I expected. I thought I’d fall over at the second gate and slide all the way down the steep pitch on Robins Run here at Coronet Peak. It was basically skiing GS on Super G skis. I was sliding the top of the turn a ton and hitting at the gate as hard as I could. Creating more angulation was imperative and I was pretty happy I took Rainer’s advice to heart – it was the only way I stayed in the course. Having 40 meter radius skis will completely change GS. It will bring back stepping, sliding the entire top of the turn, and the dominance of brute strength. Finesse will no longer be a concern in modern Giant Slalom.
I almost forgot to mention the scary part. When skiing a GS on skis with nearly no sidecut, you have to go ridiculously straight, which means your tips get painfully close to GS gates. I came into a turn on the pitch with my skis fully sideways as I was forced to bringing a new meaning to straight and late as my inside ski tip came mm from catching the gate and straddling a GS panel. That would have been really really unfortunate. I told Ted (Ligety) and he said, “That would have been sweet if you straddled it and broke your leg. You should have taken one for the team.” We all laughed, but he’s right FIS is out of their mind if they think straight, long skis are the safest option. All I can think of is Matthias Lanzinger’s crash three and a half years ago in Norway.
We’re racing some GS tomorrow down here and I’m pretty psyched. It will be on normal 27 meter radius skis. Time to turn up the good.
With the new GS rules for 2012-13
Skiers to fair the worst: Thomas Fanera and Cyprien Richard (two of the best guys to watch on the wc in gs)
Skiers to fair the best: Aksel Lund Svindal and Didier Cuche.
Wish I had pictures and video. I’ll try to get it from Rainer at some point.
Storm of the Century
On our way up to Coronet Peak the wind was hammering so the upper lift was on hold all day, bummer. The roads were super icy so even four wheel drive rigs had to have chains.
Once we got to the mountain the US Team decided to pull the plug. Pat Biggs (right) was on his way out too. He said, “It wasn’t worth spending 100 dollars (New Zealand) to powder ski on a T-Bar. The lift tickets are outrageously expensive down here. While Fritz Dopfer (left) and Akira Sasaki (middle) were ready for some pow (those of us that have season passes were ready for some fun). Clearly Sakebomb made the correct ski choice for the day.
Top of Rocky Gully, the lifty gave us the thumbs up, but you could tell he was a little bummed not to be crushing the pow. Visibility was terrible, but it was really fun to play in the snow.
Then we found a sweet drift to huck ourselves off. As it turns out, Jon is pretty nasty in the air, who know?
Even I went for a sideflip and let’s just say came up a bit short haha
So the roads down here have been horrendous. They only use salt at the end of the storms so for the last three days chains were necessary to get around town. Here is a picture of a plow they were using to plow the road in Millbrook where the USST is staying. I’m pretty sure it’s half of a not so large PVC pipe hahaha impressive. When I asked a buddy of mine’s mother, Margie Arnott, if she had seen this much snow in town in the last decade? She responded, “It’s been all of that.” It doesn’t snow down here all that often.
This is the tee box from a long par 4 at the Millbrook Golf Course. There won’t be any golfing for a while.
Yesterday was a super productive day for me. I got Jon’s new skis mounted. He opted to come down under with only 2 pairs of GS skis and one of them didn’t have any bindings or lifters, but thanks to Tschunti (Bode’s tech) he dialed, picked up some softer wax from those guys, fixed some undercarriage issues on our rig, pimped out my tuning room, tuned skis, went food shopping, shoveled Margie’s drive way (which means epic free dinner in our future) and returned Bode his camera from Gumball. Leif, Jon, and I tried to fill it with ridiculous pictures over the last two months to show him our endless hospitality. Bode flew home yesterday when the airport reopened as the snow has made training not nearly as productive for tech teams last week down here.
Cheers from down unda. w
Back on snow
It was nice to get back on snow today. The skiing here at Coronet Peak is pretty epic right now. The snow is totally money so it was nice to get up there and take part rather than be a rat down in our apartment. I’ve been getting some quality acupuncture and deep massage in Queenstown and am fired up to get back in gates to test the new Dodge boots and some new Head skis while the going is good. I have to say there is nothing more epic than universal health care – man that seems to work nicely down here or at least the part I’m embracing from the New Zealand government. Cheers mate!
So the night before I flew down under, I decided to be exceptionally smart and charge my camera up, which was a really good idea until I had to leave my house at 4:15 AM. Needless to say, I left it plugged into the wall in Gilford, NH which does me absolutely no good down under, damn it. My brother is going to send it down. Thanks bro; but in the mean time, my teammate Mr. Olsson was nice enough to let me use one of his for the time being (he has two still point and shot cameras down here). Unfortunately since I was so fired up to be skiing, I ended up just taking some shots of him and Oskar Bakke (super photographer extraordinaire). Jon asked me for his camera back to put them up on his blog and I responded, “Not gunna happen. Sorry, but this camera is for my blog only. I really wish I could help, but I just can’t do it.” It was hard to hold a straight face, but I’m sticking to my guns on this one haha. So here are MY pictures from MY camera today, bummer for you Joner.
First run of the day!!!
A taste of the epic views from Coronet Peak.
Jon thinking that he’d be able to post this picture on his blog ahahahaha.
A shot of Whitney, winner of the cool lifty of the day award, and in her words “the Jon Olsson”.
Cheers from down unda. w
Skiing Down Under
I woke up this morning feeling like a bag of thirty. Yesterday, I was feeling pretty good so I ramped it up a little and jumped into gates. The snow was really hard on the top – fully injected – and then it was a little inconsistent and let’s just say that didn’t work out as well for me.
With a pathetically slow internet connection, I have put together a photo montage of me packing it in (video to come later). Thanks to Dane Spencer for taking the video and next time don’t turn away sissy boy hahaha. Thanks buddy!
Just snapped that one off – I must be ripping.
Don’t you dare run away from me downhill ski.
Please don’t hook up. Please don’t hook up.
Damn it.
This might hurt.
I could really use some more air in my lungs right meow.
Fantastic, the added bonus of tackling a GS panel. Awesome.
Nothing like a quality first run in gates down under. Jon went up to the mountain to ski today so without a ride I hitchhiked to Queenstown for some acupuncture and a little deep tissue massage, which is making some headway. Tomorrow is the same plan, I hope to be back on snow Saturday morning. Thanks to the kiwi population for their epic ACC Insurance. If you get hurt in New Zealand your covered – another sweet part of nzed!
Season Wrap Up
I will be skiing next year. A few people have asked and I was a little surprised since I thought that was pretty obvious. Either way, I will be racing next season. Right now, I’m ranked 32nd in the world based on FIS points; 46th in the World based on World Cup Start List (WCSL). What this means is that because of my WCSL ranks I will have a start in every World Cup GS next season so that is really nice to have that secured. I have never entered a season with a secured start right and last season was above and beyond the best season of my ski-racing career. I would really like to thank all of you for being part of it, the World Cup Tech Team for a great group of guys and coaches to work with, Jon Olsson and Team TNT for making the off season so fun that I didn’t quit last year.
I’d like to go thru the season. This is more than anything for myself to reflect on the year and mentally know where I made mistakes and things I need to change to have a more successful season next year.
This summer I came out hot with a two 6.0 point races down under. I was able to perform really well in two races in New Zealand and did a ton of free skiing down there and had a great time with TNT and super coach Sean McKenna. Then leading up to Solden, I upped the load of gates, which was really needed and frankly, I should have upped that load even earlier. I should have been in Europe a bit earlier to log a bit more training. Being a GS skier you really need to be firing on all systems in the fall or it can be a long season. I showed up in Colorado skiing well and fired up. I was crushing training for the first few days then started to lag when we trained day in, day out at Vail, which is pretty flat with one three gate pitch. I went to Aspen and really struggled skiing some of the worst I have in years. Then logged some free skiing days and a couple runs of low intensity gates at Beaver Creek to score my first World Cup points. The rest of December was a disappointment as I was right on the cusp of scoring in Alta Badia and really struggled in Val D’Isere. Adelboden I was once again right there, but didn’t qualify a couple tenths from getting a second run. January was painful as I changed my set up around and was slow. Then I put together a good race in Hinterstoder. Then I changed my set boot and ski up again to not get anything done at World Champs and blew out in Kranjska. The spring was painful as I once again made some poor ski choices, but I felt like I was back at 100 percent going back to my old set ups for Nationals and blew out.
It was an interesting year. I did best when I was struggling pretty hard and forced to just free ski for a couple days leading up to races, but more often than not there wasn’t great free skiing this winter. We had some really good training here and there, but I think what I need to do is keep my volume of skiing up, but limit my gate training to a couple days a week just to keep my timing. The long free skiing stuff is what I think I need to preform my best.
That being said, I had a talk with Sasha a couple days ago about where I stand with the ski team. I will not be named to the national team, which isn’t that much of a surprise at this point in my career I learned to expect the absolute minimum from them. I totally dig the coaches I worked with this year. The tech side has an badass staff and I will look forward to working with them for a couple camps here and there this summer. I was really hoping to get insurance through the ski team, but that fell thru as well hahaha. You just have to laugh. It’s funny when you’re good enough to be on the World Champs team, but those results mean nothing since I’m getting damn near 30.
