Saturday, April 28, 2012

Season Ends

After a long Nor-Am season starting from the back of the pack, I finally got to start in the top seed for my spring series races. In the past month I skied at Winter Park, CO for US Nationals, Breckenridge, CO, Mission Ridge, WA, and Bachelor, OR for my final speed series of the year.

Nationals did not go as planned, but it was sunny and 50 degrees the whole time... can't complain about that. In the Super-G, I had a little mistake at the top of the course, and then went a little too straight down bottom and missed a gate. In the GS I hit a rut that flipped me sideways and fell past the next gate. And then in the slalom I had major struggles the entire way down the first run but set myself up really well to have a good second run and then blew it again.

After Nationals it was time for spring series, which are always the most fun races of the year. In Mission Ridge I posted 2 overall podiums and 4, Junior podiums. In Bachelor I ended up scoring FIS results in every race. I scored my 2 best super-g's and 2 best downhill's (by far). Though I didn't improve my points as much as I wanted to this season, I feel that I improved my skiing technically more than I ever have in a year.

This year was the most fun I have ever had in a ski season, and I would like to thank everyone who helped make it possible. I have been asked back to join the US Ski team for another summer of training, and I find out if I will be named to the team again at the end of May! Now I have to start my dryland training to get ready for next season... as it starts in 2 weeks, May 9th!!!