Wet and rainy conditions welcomed the racers, but Brandon French toughed it out and was the first American, and first in his start group, to cross the finish line. Challenging conditions for all racers and props to the other US team members for gutting it out to the finish. Italian Guido Giacomelli won [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Guest TR: 11’s Couloir, Peak 10,960
by February 29th, 20082008 SMWC: Vertical Race
by February 28th, 2008Frenchman Florent Perrier wins the Vertical Race.
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My legs were feeling pretty sore on Wednesday after my battle with dehydration and leg cramps in the Teams Race, so for the benefit of the team, I decided to hand my Vertical Race spot over to Zahan, who seemed to be recovering better [...]
2008 SMWC: Teams Race
by February 27th, 2008The Teton Tigers. Courtesy SMWC2008.ch
I decided to let Zahan write today’s post on how the Teams Race went. For those that are getting a little sick of hearing about skinny rando skiers in lycra, I tried to get a little ChamperyAT in on today’s ‘rest day’, but morning rain, isothermic snow and socked in [...]
2008 SMWC: Teams Relay
by February 26th, 2008Click here for larger image.
After a pretty chill morning of cruising the lifts and checking out some of the course for the Teams Race the next day, we arrived at the venue for the Teams Relay around 5:15pm. Relay rando races are one of the more spectator friendly races and this one was no [...]
2008 SMWC: Individual Short Race
by February 24th, 2008As expected, our American teammates finished in the middle of the pack of the field of 88 racers. I made this little video that shows a tight European battle at the last transition and some photos of the US racers. I was going to add some commentary..but I don’t have a microphone on [...]
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