A few of us finally had our first race of the season this weekend at Buck Hill. A great race to start off with, as it was a USSA slalom race that was a lot of fun! If you live in Minnesota, you know how much snow we got, and believe me, it was as much as a powder day as Buck Hill will ever have! Before the race started, we were all wondering if we would get out of there! We had to slip out the course once, but because of how much snow was on the ground it didn't really have much of an effect. Luckily, they got the race off smoothly.
First run was an eye opener for all of us. We definitely need some practice to get our techniques and speed down, but a good first run nonetheless. Because of the snow the race was going a little slower than planned, but they finally started the second run, with all of us in the top 10 after first run with some room for improvement! A couple of us had some trouble this run because of the two foot berms of snow outside the line of the course. Out of all of us, Nate Hansen was the one with the early season strength, winning both runs for the men! And the men's side did have 5 racers in the top 7 on Saturday...a pretty strong start to the season considering the conditions. On the women's side, Laurie Taschler had a 2nd place finish on sunday! If you would like to take a look at the results, they should be posted shortly under "Buck Hill Opener," if you follow this link,
The drive home was a bit of an experience but we finally made it back in the blizzard conditions!
Christmas Camp is coming up shortly and we will fill you in on our week of training as it comes!
Have a wonderful Holiday everyone!
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