The Pond
Ted starting the skim
Ted's finish
Aaron Jacobson
Adam Jacobson
Mike Jacobson
Kevin Cincotta
Friday, March 21, 2014
Rite of Spring
It was a great year of skiing locally (Liberty Mountain Resort) and elsewhere in the U.S. (Vail, Beaver Creek, etc.). The end of ski season always officially comes to a close with the pond skimming event. I made one run and went the distance this time! Thanks to my old boss on LMRT, former head coach Danny Wishard for letting me borrow his Rossignol S7s! They were awesome. Thanks for the great memories, everybody. Here are some highlights:
Thursday, March 20, 2014
BRSC Western Carnival- Vail, 2014 with CSC
In February, the annual gathering of the Blue Ridge Ski Council for western U.S. alpine skiing once again took place in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. This year's location was Vail. This blogger was happy to attend the western carnival once again with the Columbia Ski Club as an assistant trip leader and this year to quite an exclusive location!
We were lodged at the Vail Cascade which, although costly, has great ski-in/out accommodations and has great amenities helping to make the stay thoroughly enjoyable. The cost of everything at this location made smart shopping and cutting corners a must for me. The wheat bulgar I transported in my carry-on backpack for daily breakfasts and eating multiple meals at "Moe's Original Bar-B-Q", a great locals hangout at Lionshead Village, really saved me hundreds of dollars.
As for the skiing.....there was really only one day out of eight ski days that it didn't snow for us. Fresh powder was available just about everyday. I got to demo a pair of Rossignol S7s for five days and they were a great choice for the conditions we had. The two days of ski groups we put together for those who wanted to work on athletic skiing fundamentals were lots of fun to coach. Special thanks to Lee Wilk and Bruce Brown for providing technical support so we could do some video analysis. Every skier put forth a good effort in attempting to execute drills designed to emphasize one or more of the basic fundamentals. For some, it made a noticeable difference in their technique. Do those on your free time on skis as much as you can. See my post on SkillsQuest for reference.
Overall, I can say that the Columbia Ski Club is clearly a cut above the other ski clubs in the BRSC. Many members of this club are quite passionate about the sport, love to work on improving their skills, are quite personable, and are fine individuals that have really become friends. Congratulations to the Columbia Ski Club for once again winning the Club/Team Competition in the BRSC Inter-Club Race. It was pleasure to be a part of this again.
I put together another short film, similar to last year's "THE WESTERN CARNIVAL" which you can link to on a previous post. Thanks to Brian Regan, Lee Wilk, and Diana Brown for putting in some time behind the camcorder to make this possible. This "Special Edition" consists of some skiing highlights from the 2014 western carnival in Vail, CO, as well as some highlights of the local ski scene in the context of a certain youngster I'm rather proud of taking some of his first "real" ski runs. I hope you like it and thanks for watching.
THE WESTERN CARNIVAL: Special Edition
We were lodged at the Vail Cascade which, although costly, has great ski-in/out accommodations and has great amenities helping to make the stay thoroughly enjoyable. The cost of everything at this location made smart shopping and cutting corners a must for me. The wheat bulgar I transported in my carry-on backpack for daily breakfasts and eating multiple meals at "Moe's Original Bar-B-Q", a great locals hangout at Lionshead Village, really saved me hundreds of dollars.
As for the skiing.....there was really only one day out of eight ski days that it didn't snow for us. Fresh powder was available just about everyday. I got to demo a pair of Rossignol S7s for five days and they were a great choice for the conditions we had. The two days of ski groups we put together for those who wanted to work on athletic skiing fundamentals were lots of fun to coach. Special thanks to Lee Wilk and Bruce Brown for providing technical support so we could do some video analysis. Every skier put forth a good effort in attempting to execute drills designed to emphasize one or more of the basic fundamentals. For some, it made a noticeable difference in their technique. Do those on your free time on skis as much as you can. See my post on SkillsQuest for reference.
Overall, I can say that the Columbia Ski Club is clearly a cut above the other ski clubs in the BRSC. Many members of this club are quite passionate about the sport, love to work on improving their skills, are quite personable, and are fine individuals that have really become friends. Congratulations to the Columbia Ski Club for once again winning the Club/Team Competition in the BRSC Inter-Club Race. It was pleasure to be a part of this again.
I put together another short film, similar to last year's "THE WESTERN CARNIVAL" which you can link to on a previous post. Thanks to Brian Regan, Lee Wilk, and Diana Brown for putting in some time behind the camcorder to make this possible. This "Special Edition" consists of some skiing highlights from the 2014 western carnival in Vail, CO, as well as some highlights of the local ski scene in the context of a certain youngster I'm rather proud of taking some of his first "real" ski runs. I hope you like it and thanks for watching.
THE WESTERN CARNIVAL: Special Edition
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