Racing Kids

[robertc3]

While not technically racing photos, he is a racing kid and wearing his race team jacket, so maybe these count. They are from a local freeride competition.

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• robertc3
• Apr 9, 2018

Alpental Freeride Open 2

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• robertc3
• Apr 9, 2018

Alpental Freeride Open

 

[K2 Rat]

My boys getting ready for the u14 and younger Sugar Slalom. One of my favorite event since I first raced in it 1978

 

[K2 Rat]

The reward for finishing a run at the Sugar Slalom: Sugar on Snow !!

 

[QueueCT]

First Sugar Slalom for us ... one important thing we learned was to steer clear of the troughs when they first pour the sugar. It was a swarm of U8-U12 kids.

 

[razie]

Figured you may enjoy watching this training run...


This was at the end of the season: rent a training run at a mountain, load gates and drills and kids in the van... drive, set, run, pull, race, go home. That's ski racing!

 

[Lifer]

Thanks for posting Razie.

Fun to start a MA thread using this vid. You game?
Don't want to derail this thread...

 

[patmoore]

The grandsons did great at last month's NASTAR Nationals at Squaw Valley. Ten year old Ryan in his third Nationals has made the podium every time. Seven year old Archie not only won his age group, he took 2nd Overall (discounted time) in the Race of Champions. And Lauchie, who just turned six, repeated as age group National Champion in both skiing and snowboarding. Daron Rahlves and Nate Holland wanted their picture taken with him. The amazing thing is that their competition for the most part is in speedsuits and on race skis. These kids race in baggy clothes on twin tips. I just sent them a package with three sets of race skis for next year!

Archie (I'm doing a little artistic post processing of the shot....)

Ryan

Lauchie

 

[Muleski]

@patmoore, I LOVE that ^^^^^^ post! Awesome. What fun!

 

[Erik Timmerman]

SL at Killington about a month ago.

 

[Tony S]

^^^
Nice. Your progeny, right?

 

[Erik Timmerman]

^^^
Nice. Your progeny, right?

Yup. Turns 16 this week. Perfect ski racing birthday.

 

[AlpsSkidad]

My 6 and 8 yr old girls training last week in Austria. It was really cold, and we had a ton of fresh snow throughout the week. I took these pics on the one sunny day that we had.

 

[QueueCT]

Tri-State ran a Parallel Slalom for the first time this year in place of the much maligned Kombi. While it was a lot of fun watching the side by side racing, the league needs to make an effort at getting the best racers skiing against each other. Results are still cumulative time based so bracket seeding doesn't come into play and watching an experienced kid beat an inexperienced one by 20 seconds is a bit of a drag. Those few times where they were evenly matched was really exciting to watch. Here's a shot of one of my U12 daughters clearing a gate near the bottom.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Nice, that's fun. If you get the chance, b ring her up to Stowe for the U10/U12 duals. It is one of the most fun races of the year. Duals course with a small "pro jump".mI don't know how they seed them, but once the race is over, the top-16 are paired up and battle until one skier reigns supreme. It is seriously fun to watch.

 

[QueueCT]

I think the MMSC event at Stowe is an NVC event so my daughters wouldn't be eligible. Sounds like a blast, though.

 

[S.H.]

I think the MMSC event at Stowe is an NVC event so my daughters wouldn't be eligible. Sounds like a blast, though.

Out-of-council athletes are eligible to compete in one NVC race/season at the U12 level. Read the NVC rules here: https://www.vara.org/_download.php?id=42&mode=cou_news&name=NVC-Rules-2019.pdf (you'll have to scroll past the U14 section)

You'll have to contact the host club (MMSC) in advance, but in my experience, most clubs are very accommodating.

 

[QueueCT]

Really good to know. Thanks for sharing the info.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

 

[Swede]

Can you catch up?

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Can you catch up?

I wouldn't even try.