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Daron Rahlves: 'Hey, I skied Dubai, too'
Three-time Olympian Daron Rahlves has skied all around the world, but he's about to mark a new destination off his list as he departs to assist with a ski camp in Dubai. Ski Dubai puts on an event in its indoor facility and it's a camp where they're bringing in kids and adults and expose them to skiing, Rahlves said. They're bringing me as someone else to help with the kids. Rahlves, who will be assisting children who are learning to ski during the week-long camp, is looking forward to the new experience of skiing indoors. They don't have any mountains around there to ski, but they have an indoor facility and to be able to ski in an indoor facility in Dubai is a pretty unique experience, Rahlves said. I'm looking forward to being able to say, 'Hey, I skied Dubai, too.'
Tracy has U.S. women focused on fundamentals
It wasn't too hard for Jim Tracy to jump back into coaching the women’s national alpine team after a two-year hiatus. “I’ve had conversations with most of them on and off over the past few years while I was gone from USSA,” he said. Last spring, Tracy was recruited back to the team after head women’s coach Patrick Riml stepped down. He spent seven seasons at the helm of the speed group, leaving the team after the 2006 season. He picked up where he left off down under for the women’s summer camp at Coronet Peak, New Zealand, Aug. 4-18. He spent about a week with the group working on team dynamics, fundamentals, and improving the tech team.
U.S. men make strides at New Zealand camp
The U.S. men’s alpine tech group is winding down an extended training camp at New Zealand’s Coronet Peak, and head coach Sasha Rearick said he’s been pleased with the hard work and progress shown by his athletes and coaching staff. “We’ve had a fantastic camp. Every single one of the guys is making progress. Across the board, everyone is taking steps in a positive direction,” Rearick said. “… The World Cup guys and the Europa Cup guys have just been so focused, charging, getting stuff accomplished. It’s been great.” Seven coaches and 12 athletes made the trip to New Zealand on Aug. 7. The majority of the time has been spent training slalom and GS on short, injected ice courses because heavy snow and poor weather has hampered training runs on full-length, top-to-bottom course sets. Rearick said his goal before returning home Aug. 27 is to get in that full-length course work.
Richardson, Chodounsky win New Zealand slaloms
American racers continued to top the FIS technical series of races at New Zealand’s Coronet Peak on Thursday, with U.S. Ski Teamer Kaylin Richardson leading a top-three sweep in the women’s slalom and David Chodounsky topping the men’s slalom.
McJames scorches field in 2nd Coronet Peak GS
Megan McJames skied to an impressive win on Wednesday in the second of two giant slaloms at Coronet Peak, beating fellow U.S. Ski Teamer Stacey Cook by more than two seconds. In the men’s GS, American Warner Nickerson topped a tight race with a time of 1:40.28 to beat Niklas Rainer of Sweden by 0.43 seconds. Norway’s Leif Christian notched his second top-five finish in two days, claiming third in 1:40.93.
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Men's Tech Focused in NZ
CORONET PEAK, New Zealand (Aug. 26) - With a few days remaining in the U.S. Men's Alpine Ski Team technical camp at Coronet Peak, Head Coach Sasha Rearick has already marked the session in the success category.
U.S. Women "Impressive" in New Zealand
CORONET PEAK, New Zealand (Aug. 26) - With the first of two on-snow camps in the Southern Hemisphere in the books, U.S. Women's Alpine Head Coach Jim Tracy says the Team was "very impressive."
Relive Beijing with Julia Mancuso
BEIJING, China (Aug. 25) - The Olympic torch has already begun its journey from Beijing to Vancouver for the highly anticipated start of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, now just 536 days away. For Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) of the U.S. Women's Alpine Ski Team, Feb. 12, 2010 can't come fast enough.
Richardson Leads U.S. Slalom Sweep
CORONET PEAK, New Zealand (Aug. 22) - Kaylin Richardson (Edina, MN) stormed to a two second slalom victory, posting a time of 1:42.12 Thursday to lead teammates Hailey Duke (Boise, ID) and Stacey Cook (Mammoth, CA) onto the Coronet Peak podium.
U.S. Sweeps New Zealand GS Races
CORONET PEAK, New Zealand (Aug. 20) - The season appears to be starting out at a good pace for the U.S. Alpine Ski Team with Stacey Cook (Mammoth, CA), Erik Schlopy (Park City, UT) and Megan McJames winning in a pair of men's and women's FIS giant slaloms on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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