USASA GS at Bromley

Sam H. racing to 3rd Place
Rookie Nikki S. racing to 3rd place

Kamran G. racing to 3rd place
(3 was the magic number today!)

Conner P. finishing strong!

Alex S. cranking a toe turn

Kamran from the start

Sam H. arcing it

Conner pulling out of turn 1

Conner in the start

Saturday 12/18/2010 was KWSC/KMS Snwoboard Team's first USASA event of the season. The Giant Slalom (GS) was a double header- 2 races in the same day with both races' results counting towards qualifying for USASA Nationals.

The first course was technically challenging with 2 delays/bananas and fast finish. The second course was more staright forward and easy to read with no surpirses. The weather for the races was reasonably warm at 32 degrees with partial cloud cover at the start and sunny skies at the finish.

KWSC/KMS rider Sam Hayden raced past most other riders in his age group, finishing third place in both races despite a fall in run 2 of the second race! Way to go Sam!! Sam beat several riders in hard boots racing on his freestyle setup.

KWSC/KMS rookie Nikki Sardelli also scored 3rd place in both races!

Kamran Gossieaux placed 3rd and 4th in the races in the extremely competitive Youth 14-15 division on soft boots as well. Alex Sheppard nailed down 6th and 7th places and KMS Athlete Conner Phillips landed in 8th place for both races.

We're very proud of our racers!! Great job all. One more GS on the schedule, and we've got plenty of video from this past weekends race (Thanks Jason Hayden) to use for training!!

-KC