Less than 28 minutes is my rough estimate of all my combined race time this winter. Laughably short it you think about it. 
Race season appears to have wrapped up for me this year, as much as I’d have loved to make the trip to Masters nationals, just not in the cards. Hope I can still ski well enough to make it worthwhile in the coming year(s)…perhaps even bump into a few of the racers on here that prowl the Masters circuit.
After completing a reasonably successful weekend warrior turned NCAA Div 1 racer, I regressed into a rec skier and enjoyed just skiing on my own terms (though I still tended to make big fast runs between forays into the woods when conditions were right.) I dabbled with a beer race league at our local 240 vertical foot, ~20 second, pseudo SL hill, but when that was cancelled last year I needed something…I found New England Masters (and bought 30m skis to accompany my SL skis) and gave it a go. Event 1 was a 2xGS on one day, those skis were a handful, I came the learn the course had some serious offset, but I was questioning my sanity…I stuck it out and ended up doing 9 races for the 2021 season, met some great people, and realized how much I missed racing.
This year I did a 4-day camp and got my 1st coaching since 1995, made some good progress, and did, IMO, well on my season goals. I now feel comfortable on the 30m skis, had some good finishes, and know areas I need to work on to get faster.
My race season was 00:27:43.02 (give or take… ) of time between the wand and the finish beam…and hours in the car, but I had a great year and, while ready for golf season, am excited to continue the journey towards gaining some of my old form and speed.
The total tally of events for 2022:
Race season appears to have wrapped up for me this year, as much as I’d have loved to make the trip to Masters nationals, just not in the cards. Hope I can still ski well enough to make it worthwhile in the coming year(s)…perhaps even bump into a few of the racers on here that prowl the Masters circuit.
After completing a reasonably successful weekend warrior turned NCAA Div 1 racer, I regressed into a rec skier and enjoyed just skiing on my own terms (though I still tended to make big fast runs between forays into the woods when conditions were right.) I dabbled with a beer race league at our local 240 vertical foot, ~20 second, pseudo SL hill, but when that was cancelled last year I needed something…I found New England Masters (and bought 30m skis to accompany my SL skis) and gave it a go. Event 1 was a 2xGS on one day, those skis were a handful, I came the learn the course had some serious offset, but I was questioning my sanity…I stuck it out and ended up doing 9 races for the 2021 season, met some great people, and realized how much I missed racing.
This year I did a 4-day camp and got my 1st coaching since 1995, made some good progress, and did, IMO, well on my season goals. I now feel comfortable on the 30m skis, had some good finishes, and know areas I need to work on to get faster.
My race season was 00:27:43.02 (give or take… ) of time between the wand and the finish beam…and hours in the car, but I had a great year and, while ready for golf season, am excited to continue the journey towards gaining some of my old form and speed.
The total tally of events for 2022:
- 7 Beer league dual pseudo-SL
- 7 SL
- 5 GS
- 3 SG
- 1 Dual GS
