Hey all!

In spite of the weather and challenging snow conditions we had some excellent training this week! We saw great improvement with pole planting and timing, refamiliarizing ourselves with combinations and changing pitch and turn shape in SL on Thursday and Friday. We also saw big improvements in turn shape, early pressure and course tactics in GS on Saturday and Sunday.

Thanks so much to all of our racers and the Parent Ambassadors with their eagerness to learn, share, to help slip, roll B-netting, and break down courses. As a group we saw some real teamwork and cooperation at all levels.

Special thanks to our directors, Bruce Diamond, Colin Bargar, and Steve Adams, Guest Coach, John Borwick, from Berkshire School, Greg Meindl for traveling to World Cup Supply at 4am to transport new gates and B-netting, Michael Leifer for organizing the Parent Ambassadors and Raphael Kummer-Landau for his tireless work videoing and photographing the racers throughout the week.

Raphael is not being compensated by the mountain for his work. Please consider contributing $10/family (or more) for his time and effort. U16’s should see Coach Sonia and U19’s should see me ASAP!

Click here for Raphael’s Race Camp Pix on SmugMug (password: “catamount”)

Please see Coach Sonia and Coach Pat for access to video on Sprongo.com

A reminder that we will conclude our week of training tomorrow with a Tuning Clinic/Pizza Party tomorrow at 12 noon in the Taconic Lodge. Please bring your tuning equipment/dropcloths, skis and knowledge to share. Bruce and Colin will also be there to provide video analysis of the week’s video footage (provided by “Coach” Raphael).

See you all tomorrow!

On behalf of U16 Coaches Charles & Greg, U19 Coaches Troy, Doug, Mark & Lars, thanks for a memorable week!

Coach Pat and Coach Sonia