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Vail’s high school mountain bike team, made up of riders from schools across the county, took second overall at the state championships last week in Fruita. SSCV photos.
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Back on the snow with the best VSSA student-athletes are already making turns on Golden Peak Marzario says.
By John O’Neill; No, you aren’t daydreaming when you look at Vail’s Golden Peak and see hordes of people ripping turns and riding the chairlift. As you keep walking by, know that you’ll soon KDYH \RXU FKDQFH WR MRLQ WKHP ZKHQ 9DLO RSHQV RQ 1RY )RU QRZ WKRXJK WKH PRXQWDLQ is being wrestled into submission by the best skiers in the world, and those who are hoping to be. In the past two weeks, Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy athletes have logged a dozen days on the hill thanks to cold temperatures and heavy doses of snowmaking. These solitary, early-season days are spent getting reacquainted with the mountain, and it sets the athletes up for a great season, no matter if their discipline is alpine, freestyle or freeskiing. ´+DYLQJ D WUDLQLQJ UXQ RSHQ ULJKW QRZ LV LUUHSODFHDEOH Âľ 66&9 FRDFK %UXFH +DPOLQ VD\V “The quality of training goes up immensely, and to have that right here at home is an even bigger positive.â€? 966$ LV D VXEVLGLDU\ IRU 66&9 DQG DFWV DV D OHDUQLQJ HQYLURQPHQW IRU DWKOHWHV $OWHUQDtive class scheduling gives snow-sport athletes the opportunity to train and study without interference from one or the other. At this stage in the season, VSSA athletes will make the transition from dry-land training to snow training in preparation for a competition schedule slated to start within a month. The alpine skiers at VSSA are getting on their skis everyday at Golden Peak to enjoy the advantages of an early-season training run. ´7KH DGYDQWDJH FDQQRW EH XQGHUVWDWHG Âľ +DPOLQ VD\V ´+DYLQJ WKLV PXFK PRUH WLPH RQ snow will have the athletes ready and balanced before most other programs start actually skiing.â€? At the Starbucks in Edwards, two VSSA athletes sat doing homework and talking about KRZ H[FLWHG WKH\ ZHUH WR Ă€QDOO\ JHW EDFN RQ WKH VQRZ 6SRUWLQJ D UDUH 1RYHPEHU JRJJOH WDQ .HOO\ %DOIDQ] DQG 0RQWDQD 0DU]DULR ERWK -XQLRUV DW 966$ DUH XVLQJ WKH WLPH RQ *ROGHQ Peak to ready themselves for the a hopefully stellar season. “It’s pretty sweet that we are already able to get up and practice drills and already start working on all the little technical things that no one else can right now,â€? Balfanz says. ´:H¡OO EH LQ EHWWHU VKDSH DQG ZH¡OO EH IDVWHU HDUOLHU Âľ Marzario agrees. She says that she’ll work early on returning to where she was last year, when her season was cut short by breaking her leg during a downhill ski run. “I want to get back to where I was and then improve as much as possible from there,â€?
Summer Training :KLOH WKH 966$ DWKOHWHV DUH Ă€QDOO\ DEOH WR WDNH ODSV RQ *ROGHQ 3HDN WKH PDMRULW\ KDYH been training much longer than the white stuff has been on the ground. There is not some secret summer ski run hiding year-round at Vail; rather, rigorous summer dry-land schedules help the athletes prepare physically and mentally for skiing once the race courses and park lanes open. ´:H¡YH EHHQ GRLQJ HYHU\WKLQJ XQGHU WKH VXQ Âľ +DPOLQ VD\V ´6NLLQJ LV D IXOO ERG\ H[HUFLVH VR ZH HPSKDVL]H VWUHQJWK LQ HYHU\ GLUHFWLRQ :H¡YH EHHQ OLIWLQJ ZHLJKWV UXQQLQJ KLOOV playing other sports and doing everything we can to make sure the athletes are strong and explosive.â€? Balfanz and Marzario started training for this season at the end of May. They hadn’t seen VQRZ IURP WKHQ XQWLO WKH HQG RI 2FWREHU EXW VSHQW D ORW RI WLPH JHWWLQJ Ă€W IRU WKH VHDVRQ ZLWK the ultimate goal of skiing always present. ´:H¡OO EH LQ EHWWHU VKDSH DQG KDYH OHVV ULVN IRU LQMXU\ Âľ 0DU]DULR VD\V DV %DOIDQ] QRGV LQ DJUHHPHQW ´:H¡YH EHHQ UXQQLQJ D ORW RI KLOOV GRLQJ ER[ MXPSV DQG OLIWLQJ 7KH WUDLQLQJ season starts a long time before the racing season.â€? World Class Company The VSSA athletes enjoy another perk for being on Golden Peak this early: As one of the SUHPLHU WUDLQLQJ UXQV RSHQ LQ 1RUWK $PHULFD WKH 8 6 6NL 7HDP DQG IRUHLJQ QDWLRQDO VNL teams are soon coming to Vail to log time on snow. “The athletes are both comfortable and challenged being right here in Vail, at home,â€? +DPOLQ VD\V ´%XW WKH\ DUH DOVR VXUURXQGHG E\ WKH EHVW DWKOHWHV LQ WKH ZRUOG Âľ 7KH 8 6 6NL 7HDP KDV DOUHDG\ WDNHQ UXQV GRZQ WKH UDFHFRXUVH DQG +DPOLQ VD\V WKH Swedes and Germans are coming in the next few weeks. The athletes are respectful of their high-level counterparts and try to stay out of each other’s way. But, on occasion, a VSSA DWKOHWH PLJKW KRS RQ D FKDLU ZLWK D :RUOG &XS VNLHU IURP D GLIIHUHQW FRXQWU\ ´7KDW LV UHDOO\ JRRG IRU WKHP Âľ +DPOLQ VD\V ´6HHLQJ WKH RWKHU DWKOHWHV RXW WKHUH VKRZV RXU DWKOHWHV ZKDW LV SRVVLEOH 7KH\ VHH KRZ KDUG WKH SURIHVVLRQDO DWKOHWHV DUH WUDLQLQJ Ă€UVWhand.â€? SneakPEAK writer John O’Neill can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com
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those opportunities to help develop them.â€? /LNH &KDVH 7DOERW DOVR FRPSOLPHQWV WKH FOXE IRU IRVWHULQJ DWKOHWLF GULYH LQ \RXQJHU PHPbers. “Often times, the kid’s ability and focus can be mismatched because they are, after all, kids,â€? Talbot says. “The coaches do a good job keeping them within borders so that they can recognize their ability and have a chance to make good things happen.â€? Excellence in alpine 66&9 EHJDQ DV RQO\ 6NL &OXE 9DLO DQG WKH WUDGLWLRQ RI FKXUQLQJ RXW DOSLQH VNLHUV LV VRPHthing to be taken seriously. At the top of the chain are former club athletes such as Lindsey 9RQQ DQG :LOO *UHJRUDN /LNH 9RQQ *UHJRUDN LV D 8 6 6NL 7HDP PHPEHU ZKR ODQGHG WKHUH DIWHU D VWLQW DW 66&9 +H ZDV LQ Ă€UVW 966$ JUDGXDWLQJ FODVV DQG VD\V WKDW 66&9 DQG 966$ JDYH KLP DOO WKH VNLOOV needed to emerge as a world-class skier. “I had two great coaches who knew what races to put me in and how to manage my abilities in a way that helped me achieve a goal,â€? Gregorak says. “I had a school environment that let me train and get to where I needed to be.â€? 66&9 ORRNV WR WKH VHDVRQ DV SURRI WKH FOXE LV DPRQJ WKH EHVW ² LI QRW WKH YHU\ best – in the world. SneakPEAK writer John O’Neill can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com
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VWDUWHG KHUH LQ WKH YDOOH\ WKDW DUH GRLQJ LQFUHGLEO\ ZHOO ¾ +DPPRQ VD\V ´7KHUH DUH FRPmunications specialists, chefs, drivers, technicians and a plethora of people that support the warriors. Of course, there are the warriors, too.� For the Veterans As much as the veterans speaking at the schools help the kids gain a better understanding of the service, the assemblies also help the veterans in various ways. First and foremost, it’s and outlet to share their experiences in a healthy, cathartic environment. ´,W¡V KDOI DQG KDOI ² LPSRUWDQW IRU ERWK WKH VWXGHQWV DQG WKH YHWHUDQV ¾ +DPPRQ VD\V ´,W LV H[WUHPHO\ KHOSIXO IRU WKH YHWHUDQV WR EH DEOH WR VKDUH WKHLU VWRU\ ::,, YHWHUDQV FDPH KRPH and were told to get to work. Vietnams we won’t even go into – many of them came home with ambivalent feelings toward their experience in the service. It’s great healing for them DQG EHQHÀFLDO IRU XV ZKHQ WKH\ VKDUH WKHLU VWRULHV ¾ +DPPRQ ZDUQV WKDW VWXGHQWV ZLOO KHDU KHDUWIHOW DQG WUXH H[SHULHQFHV RI WKH PLOLWDU\ ² many stories can be harrowing to retell – and asks that all listeners respect the veterans delivering their messages. ´:KHQ ZH ÀUVW VWDUWHG WKLV ZDV KDUG VWXII ¾ +DPPRQ VD\V ´6RPH RI WKH YHWV KDG QHYHU ever talked about their experience before. Some need help to get through it. Some may have to leave the room. But it is all honest.� SneakPEAK writer John O’Neill can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com
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Ghent was raised in the Vail Valley and refers to the local ski racing community as a sort RI IDPLO\ WKDW KDV VXSSRUWHG KHU IURP KHU ÀUVW GD\ RQ VNLV WR KHU ÀUVW :RUOG &XS UDFH 6KH has progressed off the slopes of Vail, out of the state and even out of the country to compete with the U.S. Ski Team at some of the sport’s biggest races. SneakPEAK caught up with *KHQW VKRUWO\ DIWHU WKH RIÀFLDO DQQRXQFHPHQW RI WKH 8 6 6NL 7HDP PHPEHUV LQ 9DLO ODVW week. 1) You’ve burst onto the world scene in the last few seasons. How did you rise from a local Vail ski racer to a World Cup ski racer? Abby Ghent: I’ve worked my way up the ladder. It’s been a learning process, especially VLQFH , EHFDPH D PHPEHU RI WKH 8 6 7HDP 0\ ÀUVW \HDU ZDV D YHU\ ELJ REVWDFOH WR JHW RYHU 7KHUH ZHUH D ORW RI ´ÀUVWV¾ WR ÀJXUH RXW , ZDV VLFN DOPRVW HYHU\ WULS ZH ZHQW RQ DQG RXU team went from eight girls to two by the end of the season. That year was a test for me, and , SDVVHG , UH TXDOLÀHG IRU WKH WHDP DQG WKHQ KDG P\ EHVW VHDVRQ WKXV IDU ,W¡V VWLOO RQO\ WKH beginning; I have a long way to go. 2) How much more are you training now compared to seasons in the past? AG: This summer my coaches have had me focus more on speed. I’ve trained a lot of super-G and downhill, some giant slalom, and even less slalom. It’s a different approach to training when it’s mostly downhill and super-G. I don’t think our training load has increased, EXW WKH LQWHQVLW\ KDV GHÀQLWHO\ JRQH XS 3) What are your 2013 goals? What is it going to take to achieve them? AG: This season is going to be a new experience. I will be doing a lot more traveling to get to Europa Cups here, World Cups there, and NorAms at home and in Canada. I have different goals for different circuits. I will be competing with a new pool of girls in World Cups, getting experience and hopefully some top-30 results. For Europa Cups, I would like
WR JHW VRPH WRS ÀYH UHVXOWV LQ ERWK GRZQKLOO DQG VXSHU * DQG WRS ¡V LQ *6 ,Q WKH 1RU$P circuit I want to win the overall (most cumulative points at the end of the season), which will UHTXLUH D SRGLXP UHVXOW LQ WKH GRZQKLOOV VXSHU *V DQG *6V WKDW , UDFH DQG WRS ÀQLVKHV in the slaloms. These are lofty goals, but I like to challenge myself. 4) How do the pressures of a more competitive race environment affect your attitude toward racing? AG: As I work up, I learn to adapt to the pressures of races; it’s another part of training. I’ve heard World Cups can get pretty intense, so I’m preparing mentally for that, but our team is great - the coaches are really supportive and the girls are awesome, so I’m hoping with this group, my positivity, and my training, I’ll be able to ignore the pressure and race the way I know I can. 5) You came from Vail. What part did the Ski and Snowboard Club Vail and the Vail communities play in your success? AG: The SSCV community has been like a second family to me. When I was growing up, my mom was coaching so I would spend more time at the Club than I would at my own house. The other coaches were like my crazy aunts and uncles who have supported me my whole life. Then I went to the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, and my family got bigger. I have an irreplaceable group of people that I know I can go to if I’m ever struggling and with whom to share my successes. I make sure to keep my connection strong with the people that have helped me along the way and also to give back to the athletes and students who have goals like I did. 6) Will you be racing any in Vail or Beaver Creek this season? AG: Yes! Not a lot though. We’ll have the Vail NorAms at the end of January. Next season I’ll hopefully be competing on the new Women’s World Cup speed track in Beaver Creek to prepare for the 2015 Championships. 7) You’re young and racing well. What is it like to train and race with girls much older than yourself? AG: 7KH JLUOV ,¡P WUDLQLQJ ZLWK KDYH EHHQ JUHDW 7KH\ ZHUH ZD\ WRR QLFH WR PH P\ ÀUVW camp with them in Portillo, Chile, and I’m so grateful because it was very intimidating. They are all amazing skiers, and I’ve taken advantage of watching them ski on the same
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9) Do the other U.S. Ski team athletes mentor you in your racing and training? AG: 7KH Ă€UVW ROGHU 86 6NL 7HDP DWKOHWH WKDW QRWLFHG PH DQG KHOSHG PH ZDV 6DUDK 6FKOHSHU 6KH ZDV YHU\ LQĂ XHQWLDO WR PH E\ JLYLQJ PH FRQĂ€GHQFH WKDW , GLGQ¡W KDYH EHIRUH 7KH girls I’ve been training with this season have been supportive too. They all have different styles of skiing, and I constantly ask them about the courses we train on. Sometimes I don’t even have to ask, they just automatically give me advice. Leanne Smith has been especially helpful, telling me “secretsâ€? about the courses. I also tried to lap with Lindsey
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Vonn in Portillo to watch her and ask her how she ran certain parts of the course. 10) What is your best discipline? What have been some RI \RXU WRS DQG PRVW PHPRUDEOH ÀQLVKHV" AG: Super-G is my best and favorite discipline. My most PHPRUDEOH ÀQLVK ZDV WKH VL[WK SODFH UHVXOW , JRW DW -XQLRU World Alpine Ski Championships this past season. I was literally hundredths away from getting on the podium, which is very bittersweet, but extremely thrilling. SneakPEAK writer John O’Neill can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com
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For Nigel Cooper, Vail is the best place for Canada’s rising downhill stars, at least while the peaks in Ontario and British Columbia are still waiting for snow. Cooper, the manager of athlete development for Alpine Canada, recently brought eight of his country’s most promLVLQJ VNL UDFHUV WR *ROGHQ 3HDN IRU GD\V RI WUDLQLQJ From Nov. 1 to Nov. 11, the 14 and 15 year olds took turns on a pristine pre-season course and worked with high-level coaches, all while rubbing elbows with members of Ski and Snowboard Club Vail and the U.S. Ski Team. Yet the chance to catch Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso was just an added perk. The Canadian racers were part of something equally exciting and, in terms of becoming superstars in their own right, far more groundbreaking than a few autographs. While in Vail, they trained side-by-side with seven of the United States Ski and Snowboard AsVRFLDWLRQ¡V EHVW \RXQJ VNLHUV )RU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH LQ KLVWRU\ the two country’s youth development organizations joined forces outside of competition, and Cooper hopes it will proGXFH UDFHUV ZKR KROG WKHLU RZQ DJDLQVW WKH Ă€QHVW $XVWULDQ and Swiss skiers. “We’re very isolated from the European hotbed of the VSRUW VR KRSHIXOO\ WKLV FRXOG KHOS XV SUHVHQW D PRUH XQLĂ€HG front at international competitions,â€? Cooper says. “Canada and the U.S. have been working with young racers for a long time, but this is an important way to build a stronger alpine base in North America. This initiative is a building block for future projects.â€? A European approach The joint program, dubbed “Rising Stars,â€? was the brainchild of Cooper and Thomas Erhard, the team academy head coach for USSA. The two met this summer while training with athletes in Mt. Hood, Ore., and started imagining ways to bring their respective groups together. A preseason camp at Vail – the go-to spot for early training in the
Cooper says the program introduced young athletes to the rigors of racing far from home with international peers. It’s the sort of friendly, non-competitive environment European racers take for granted, and it can be a major advantage when alpine skiers move from developmental racing to the rigorous FIS World Cup circuit. “This is a very important part of the sport,â€? Cooper says. “We generally only come together while competing, so it’s nice to have everyone get together at a young age and really just learn from each other.â€? Cooper’s sentiments are echoed by Erhard, a longtime USSA coach who started promoting international training LQ WKH PLG V “I’ve always believed in cross-national training,â€? Erhard says. “We get better technically and mentally by working together and getting out with racers from other countries.â€? The racers represented a cross-section of the best talent from both countries. The Canadians came from clubs in British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta, following in the ski tracks of fellow countrymen like Erin Mielzynski, D PHPEHU RI WKH SUH 2O\PSLF SURJUDP DQG WKH Ă€UVW &DQDdian to win a World Cup slalom event since 1971. The Americans were equally diverse, hailing from California, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. Ski and Snowboard Club Vail was represented by two racers, Megan McGrew and River Radamus, both of whom are among the top-rated under-16 alpine skiers in the U.S. For McGrew and Radamus – son of SSCV Executive 'LUHFWRU $OGR 5DGDPXV ² WDNLQJ WXUQV RQ *ROGHQ 3HDN LV Alexandra Lacasse Courshesne, member of the Al- practically an everyday affair. But few of the remaining 13 pine Canada youth development team, takes a run at racers had trained in Vail before, and the unfamiliarity of a Mont Olympia in Quebec last season. Courshesne was QHZ KLOO ZDV DQRWKHU EHQHĂ€W RI WKH SURJUDP “When these athletes get older, we’re always on the road one of 15 U.S. and Canadian racers to attend a joint training camp in Vail last week. Alpine Canada photo. spending several weeks abroad,â€? Erhard says. “This is all Rocky Mountains – seemed like a perfect opportunity. For about developing a rounded athlete in the long term – they the Canadians, it built on a youth-oriented program put in get used to being away from home. Obviously, it’s still very far away from racing on the World Cup level, but this gives SODFH EHIRUH WKH :LQWHU 2O\PSLF *DPHV $ORQJ ZLWK WKH H[SHFWHG EHQHĂ€WV RI WUDLQLQJ RQ VQRZ
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For many of the Rising Stars racers, including SSCV’s 0F*UHZ DQG 5DGDPXV WKH FDPS ZDV MXVW WKH Ă€UVW LQWHUQDtional learning experience of a jam-packed season. Cooper says it’s a warm-up to the program’s next stage, the CanAm UDFH VHULHV ZKLFK IHDWXUHV UDFHV LQ 3DQRUDPD %ULWLVK &Rlumbia and Sugarloaf, Maine. For USSA, Edhard and a handful of top racers will travel to Austria and Switzerland in January and February to train with European racers. The brand-new opportunity isn’t related to Rising Stars, but Erhard sees it as another step forward for young U.S. skiers with hopes of racing on a SURIHVVLRQDO KLJK SURĂ€OH OHYHO “The thing we’re all trying to do is prep North American racers to go compete on an international stage,â€? Erhard says. “It gets them ready for that long-term competition, and these athletes will have what it takes.â€?
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Ski and Snowboard Club athletes head to Austria in December as part of exchange program. By Michael Suleiman
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