Hey everyone!
Sorry for our absence for the past two weeks, but we have been incredibly busy training, racing, attending (some) class, and now-- SKIING IN COLORAD!
We left campus on Friday after Interim exams with Team Afton Coach Joe Paul and arrived right on time in Silverthorne at approximately 3am. The ride was rather uneventful including only the typical bickering between team members about who gets to drive, whether the heat should be on or off, or if Alex really can get Cooler Ranch Doritos even though they will stink up the ENTIRE van.
After a quick nights sleep, we were off to A-Basic for a day of free skiing on Saturday. The weather was absolutely beautiful with the temp reaching about 45 degrees. Ole's were seen ripping runs all over the hill, and some of us even got lost in the woods (ah hem. Joe Masciopinto).
Sunday we trained GS in the afternoon at Loveland with again, great weather and snow conditions. Paal Proitz and Kate Ulvestad had the male and female fast times of the day. Honorable mention to Joe Masciopinto for two epic falls (one while slipping), and Fedro DeTomassi for tightest line (which resulted in driving his face through a panel).
Monday morning, about 1am, captains Stamp and Stang called captains Taschler and Sekse with the question, "what are you doing," and statement, "we forgot to get food for breakfast and lunch tomorrow." Even with the slight issue, the team was able to get to the store, eat a hearty breakfast, pack lunch and leave Silverthorne early monday morning for a training time at Winter Park. Despite our dislike of the mild snowstorm, we got in a few good hours of GS training on Cheshire Cat. Thanks to Katrina's grandparents, JoAnne and Pem, we were also able to enjoy a delicious dinner of hamburgers, veggies, chips and cookies. Yum.
Today the temperature dropped, with a high of -5 but Olaf alpine headed off to Copper for our first, and only day of slalom training. Even though our skis stuck to teh snow from all the warm travel wax and the temp nipped at our toes (Maddey gets the award for worst frostbite of the year), we got in three hours of great training.
Throughout the trip we have enjoyed our time free skiing in the mountains, spending time at the Stamp cabin and Taschler condo (Thank you to both families!), watching video, training, eating our version of home cooking, and of course, spending too much time together!
We will be providing links to our youtube channel for some awesome video footage of the week, so stay tuned!
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