Ed went up to the Great North in the wee hours that Friday. The remaining five adventurers piled into the van after a little dinner and made the trek. After braving the dark roads and one McDonalds stop, we arrived at our refuge, The Norseman. We were uncertain what we would find at this northern venue with such a late snow season at hand.
In the morning we were greeted with mostly grassy trails and snowguns at full power. Some of the westerners were less then impressed with this. However the sun was out and they finally got to hit some slalom gates so smiles were big nonetheless.
Geordie shields herself from the snowguns on the way up the lift
But we are happy
When we got to the course, we were pleasantly surprised with the surface. It was hard, good snow! Sunday River said they could do it and they did a great job preparing the hill.
G, mid warmup
The Ephs fought hard and pulled off some impressive stuff, despite not having a single slalom turn in their training quiver. Geordie managed a fourth place! Christoph a 13! And Chris wound up 25!
Christoph
Carson skied great but did not quite manage to navigate his way around all the gates. And Victor almost cracked top 30, with a 32.
Victor and Geordie
It was a really fun first race weekend and we are all psyched we went.
Christoph, Victor, Carson
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