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Report #4— February 6, 2007

Hello all

We have now moved into the month of Feb. although it feels a lot like March (ugh).  The team is back together after the J4’s and J3’s went to McCall for their SG races.  The races went great and were a lot of fun.  The kids all had fun and strapped their helmets on tight and pointed them down the hill.  Every kid developed more confidence in their ability to ski fast and improved with each run.  Some also discovered that they could take a hard fall and get back up. 
February
The results can be found at http://www.ussa-imd.org/alpine/races06/north.htm for those who would like to view them.

This past week Mother Nature and the chair lifts have been limiting our training, but we were able to get in some very good training despite.  Sat. we jumped back to SL to maintain SL skills since it had been 3 weeks since we skied this.  On Sunday we went back to GS and brought the timing system out.  The kids turned on the heat and had fun trying to see who was fastest.  Below are their fastest two times of their first three runs:

Abbie        32.31        32.72                       Derek            30.33          30.39
Camille     32.41        32.52                       G. Lodge        31.07           31.30
Jenny        34.86        33.54                       G. Black          31.89          32.06
Zina          34.70        34.55                       Josh                 32.03          32.73
Erin           37.17        36.44                       Stockton          32.13          32.57
Beth          38.66        DSQ                        Connor M.       33.03          32.71
Elizabeth   39.57        39.83                       Paul Michael   34.17          34.91
Grace        39.08        40.03                       Luke S.            34.59          34.97
Maddie     40.28        40.37                       Grant                Fall             34.22
Brindi       43.56        43.87                       Simon               34.71          35.71
                                                                  Ethan                 35.84         35.71
                                                                  Connor J.           36.64         36.76
                                                                  Micah                41.94         43.38

This weekend we head to Kelly Canyon for two North series GS’s so again we get to see how the kids are skiing when compared to others in the North.  This is a fun GS for the kids due to the rolling terrain.  In looking at the forecast for the races there could be some weather.  It looks like the temperatures will be in the upper teens to low thirty, so have wax for these temp.  Also it can be quite cold there, last year snow temps were around zero, so don’t forget colder wax.  Also snow coverage may be thin so if able take a pair of skis the kids can ski around with so as to not tear up their race skis.

See everyone on the slopes, think snow and cold.

Brett Ashley, Mark, Mike, Ray