After a 7.5 hour drive o Thursday, Logan Farmer (KMS '14), Nikki Sardelli (KMS '16), Abby Lancour and WIll Stellar from our weekend comp programs and I arrived at our rental house (mansion) in Sugarloaf. Only 5 minutes from the mountain, we scored a 3 bedroom 2500 sq ft house with a great kitchen and HUGE rooms in which to hang out- all for $100 less than a 2 bedroom condo at the mountain! Thanks VRBO.com!
With a good breakfast in our bellies, we headed to the mountain for training day on the newly built boardercross- a team effort of CVA coach Mike Mallon and gold medalist Seth Wescott. Unfortunately, training was delayed one hour due to freezing rain and fog.
The start of the boardercross course this morning in the fog.
After walking the course, the team was able to slip it twice before...THUNDER. That's right. Thunder. In Maine in January. Lifts shut down and we ate lunch. After a long wait, the lifts finally opened again- for five minutes before another thunder clap shut them down yet again.
Nikki Sardelli makes herself a human target for snowballs while we wait.
The down time was getting to the crew...
Our team's patience finally paid off when, at 2:20, we were able to load the lift again. Just before another thunder clap. Our crew was able to get one more run down the course, with video, before the mountain closed for the day. We're off to the Anti Gravity Center tonight to play a little before the pre-race meal. After some course video watching, we'll hit the beds and wake up for our race tomorrow! Wish us luck!
Here's the course
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