Wednesday, January 30, 2008
1-29-2008
Victoria Gorham
Emilie Gorham... branch and all(look closely)
Max Elles Blue Steel Slide
Ed Enriquez press'n
Max, Eddie and Allison in the Dreamaker Park
Max surviving the last hit in the park
Max bonking the barrel and Eddie eating it
Method Man
The team trained slopestyle and halfpipe in the Dreamaker Park. A variety of skills were tested today since the trail conditions were slick and firm. Balance, Edging, Rotation, and Pressure... "BERP".
WHALEBACK MOUNTAIN Boardercross 1-26-2008 MOUNT SUNAPEE Slopestyle/Halfpipe 1-27-2008
Allison at the start of the Time Trial
Emilie and Allison prepare for their heat with KSC rider Christina Von Braun
Eddy and Killington Ski Club rider Robbie Southworth duking it out in their final heat
Max Elles prepping his board before his heat
Max gets the hole shot!
Allison showing off the hardware
Saturday, January 26th - written by Allison Resnick
Today we were at Whaleback Mountain, New Hampshire, for two boardercross events. For the first competition, Emilie came in 2nd for the Youth Women and Allison came in 3rd. For the Youth Men, Max came in 2nd, and for the Junior Men Eddie came in 6th. For the second competition Emilie came in 1st and Allison came in 3rd for the Youth Women, Max came in 6th for the Youth Men, and Eddie came in 6th for the Junior Men. Max probably would have done better, but Kyle Anderson from the club and him collided and Max sliced Kyle’s thumb. Victoria was not able to come today due to strep. It was a fun day, and we all had a good time…
Sunday, January 27th - written by Allison Resnick
Today we went to Sunapee Mountain in New Hampshire. We had our first slopestyle and halfpipe of the season. For the slopestyle, it was Allison’s first ever and she won youth women, Emilie in second and Victoria third. For the Youth Men, Max got 4th and for the Junior Men Eddie came in 6th. For the Halfpipe, Victoria won the Youth Women, Emilie came in second and Max got 5th for the Youth Men. Allison and Eddie did not compete in the Halfpipe today. Both yesterday and today we hung out with the people from the club and had a lot of fun. It was nice and snowy today making it feel like winter…
Victoria and Emilie Gorham await their second run in the halfpipe
Victoria holding medals for both her and her sister
Allison and Victoria after the awards at Mount Sunapee
Mount Sunapee Youth Women Slopestyle award ceremony
Friday, January 25, 2008
1-25-2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
1-24-2008
The KMS Snowboard Team was five strong today. The team trained in the Timberline Park all morning and managed to capture most of the days events on video. Riders were mainly working on perfecting slopestyle runs in preparation for their competition on Sunday. Pictured above is some of the teams reaction during video review break in the lodge. Below you will find a video clip of some of their efforts... enjoy. The team plans on logging in some training time in the halfpipe tomorrow at Bear.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
1-23-2008
Wednesday started out with clear skies and lots of sunshine. We headed to Ram's Head for some slopestyle and boardercross training in preparation for this weekends double boardercross at Whaleback Mountain and slopestyle/halfpipe at Sunapee, NH. Skills worked on included... balance, edging, and speed. Featured above is a clip from one of Allison's runs through the Timberline Park. The temperatures were chilly and we were unfortunate to be on the Ram's Head chair when it decided to break down... brrr! We did however get free vouchers for hot cocoa and happily redeemed them at the end of training.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
1-22-2008 1st Day of Pipe!
Pictured Above: Max airing out of the pipe
Another beautiful day riding! Blue sunny skies and good snow. The team had a guest appearance today by Will Mercer, a rider with the killington ski club. Time was spent at the Dreammaker Park and in the newly first cut half pipe. Everyone was getting big air on the jumps and working on boardercross skills. It was a great morning - video highlights of today will be posted shortly!
Side note - Eddie made "The Buzz" on http://www.killington.com/winter/index.html - footage can be seen of him buttering at the top of Killington Peak.
1-18-2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
1-16-2008
Wednesday training started out like no other... the sun was shinning, temps were low, so we headed over to the Bear Park to warm up our morning. We made sure to take a couple of runs to the Skyship so we could admire the speed work of our fellow athletes whom choose to chase gates on two sticks. The girls and boys J1 and J2's were training Super G on Needles Eye. Mountain conditions were not the best for park but we still hit Rainbow Rail and triple jump set. Max rode his lonely UNinc tray with new binders and was pleased with its performance. He even surprised himself when he nearly exploded upon impact from clearing the landing on the second hit in the park, but he still managed to hold on through the set. The team is planning on training gates tomorrow in preparation for Sunday's second installment of the Central Vermont Series Slalom and GS at Whaleback Mountain, NH.