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Diamond Peak - Revised Schedule
Divsional FIS Boards and Registration Open - Selections have been updated
Far West Trivia 2012 - Day 4
Far West Mardi Gras February 11, 2012
Check out the pictures at the link above! Great shots by a couple of different photographers!!
Opening Wild West Weekend Results
Results from January 7-8.2012
South Series
North Series
Mammoth Mid-J3 Open Series
Snow King - WR FIS event
New Race Bibs! MANDATORY
January 25, 2012
Diamond Peak - North Series J45 Revised Announcement and Schedule
Due to conditions the J4/5 North Series GS will be held on one venue at Diamond Peak this weekend. We are committed to providing individual races to our J4s and J5s separately so please be advised to the following schedule changes. Diamond Peak is obliging us the opportunity to open early and close a bit later to accommodate the schedule adjustment.
This is the projected schedule: (Final schedule will be produced/posted at the Team Captains Meeting)
Saturday and Sunday, January 28/29:
6:30-7:30am J4 Registration7:00 am: Lakeview Chair Open to Course-setters, Crew and Officials
7:30 am: Lakeview Chair Open to Athletes and Coaches.
8:00-8:45am: J4 Inspection
9:00 am: J4 Girl’s 1st Run
9:30 am: J4 Boy’s 1st Run
10:15 am: J4 Girl’s 2nd Run
10:45 am: J4 Boy’s 2nd Run
J4 Awards 1 hour after final J4 competitor
9:30-10:30am: J5 Registration
11:30am: J5 Course set
12:15-1:00pm: J5 Inspection
1:15pm: J5 Girl’s 1st Run
1:45pm: J5 Boy’s 1st Run
2:30pm: J5 Girl's 2nd Run
3:00pm: J5 Boy's 2nd Run 4:45pm: Lakeview Chair closes
J5 Awards 1 hour after final J5 competitor
Revised Race Announcement Click Here
January 24, 2012
Divisional FIS - SG at Mammoth - Boards and Registration Open
Boards Open: January 24, 2012
Boards Close: January 27, 2012
Registration Closes: January 30, 2012
Entry Fee: $79.00
Registration for this event is different from the WR FIS events so please read carefully. Once your name becomes a selection please take care of your registration.
1. Alpine Reg: Choose the club Far West. You will be required to enter your FIS number this time. The rest of the alpine reg process is the same.
2. If you choose to not use the Alpine Reg process then please email in your information, and a credit card authorization form if one is not already on file with the office. Your email needs to include - Athlete Name, Year of Birth, FIS number and which days you plan on participating.
There are no waivers for Mammoth so this should cut down on the needs to fax anything in.
Direct link to the standings and selections page.... click here.
January 23, 2012
Far West Mardi Gras -TRIVIA!!!!
How well do you know the Far West racing community? It is time to see. Over the next three weeks we will be providing one trivia question per day. The first correct response receives one free ticket to the upcoming Far West Mardi Gras on Saturday, February 11th, 2012. I will post at different times of the day so that it is not just the early risers, but those that review results late at night, wll have the opportunity for a fresh question.
Some simple ground rules:
-answers must be submitted via email to lucy@fwskiing.org
-you can only win one ticket per family, but you are more than welcome to continue to answer questions.
-have fun and good luck!!
Are you ready? Here we go.
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 -
Question: Which Far West coach won the Olympic Bronze Medal in the Combined in 1976 and where does he coach now?
-must answer both parts correctly in order to win the ticket.
Answer: Greg Jones, Squaw Valley Ski Team
Winner: Kerry Meyer
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 -
Question: Three part question today, as yesterday was way too easy! What year was Julia Mancuso's first world cup podium, what discipline and where did the race take place?
Answer: January 27, 2006 Cortina SG, she took 2nd place
Winner: Scott Crist
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Day 3 (Day 4 question will be up this afternoon)
Question: How tall is US Ski Team Athlete Bryce Bennett?
Answer: 6 feet 7 inches tall. His slalom skis come up to his collar bone. The only man on the hill that looks over the top of a gate!
Winner: Noah Cashman, who is not even as tall as Bryce when on stilts.
Goes to show that no matter what height you can be on the US Ski Team.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Day 4 question
That was a tough one, let's try something a little simpler yet very important to Far West Skiing!
Question: Name all of the sponsors of the Far West Bib.
Answer: CLIF, POC, Start Haus, Descente, Clever Minds, Granite Chief and World Cup
Winner: Julie Cooper
Friday, January 27, 2012 - Day 5
And here we are, at the end of the first week of trivia! My how time flies. We will take a break over the weekend for everyone to race and to study up for next weeks questions.
Let's finish with a fun seek and find on the website....
Question: In 2006 which current US Ski Team members won the Allan Cup award, meaning that they were just a young J4 at that time.
January 19, 2012
Far West Mardi Gras - February 11, 2012
Put on your best Purple, Gold and Green and join us for hte annual Far West Gala with a N'awlins Flare.
Location: Squaw Valley Olympic Village Lodge
Time Schedule:
5:30pm - gators come home!
6-7:30pm dinner will be served.
7:00pm awards from the J45 Race at Squaw Valley and the Grand Prix GS at Alpine Meadows
Bring your best smiles for a special fun, family feature.
Do not wait to get your tickets as prices go up on February 6th!
Get your tickets now! Download order form here.
Full Flyer for the event can be found by clicking here.
Opening Wild West Results
The opening Wild West Series race is in the bag. The Wild West Series is the J3 Jr Championships qualifying series in the Far West. The opening event, 3 slalom's, held at Sugar Bowl showed two beautiful California sunshine days followed by the favorite Sierra's East Wind challenging the athletes to keep from blowing away. Hold on to your hats as here is what took place.
Ladies: It was Heavenly's Maia Bickert taking top honors on days one and three, while Squaw's Francesca English powered to the top on day two. Lake Tahoe Racing's Mo Lebel staying in the top all three days with a 2-4-3 weekend. Northstar's Britney Straw charging up to second on day two action after a 14th on the first day. Diamond Peak's Lauren Keller gaining confidence daily as she moved up from 5th to two days of podiums, 3-2. Sugar Bowl's Lily Rose Longton standing on the podium in third on day one of competition and posting a sixth on the final day. Heavenly's Mikaela Clothier coming out with a spark this season posting a 4th and 7th and teammate Natalie Williams finding her stride on the final day with a 4th place finish. Other steady three day results came from Mammoth's Hannah Everson 6-8-8, Diamond Peak's Annika Hansen 8-5-9, and teammate Amanda Pretti going 9-6 and lucky 13.
On the boys side of the game it was Sugar Bowl's Pieter Wiemas powering to the first place finish on the first two days before Squaw's Jordan Cashman, feeling stronger everyday, powered to the top of the podium on day three action. Mammoth's Taylor Garcia standing in 2nd place on the podium for day one action and throwing down a consistent 6th place for days two and three. Mammoth's Zac Kelly charging to a third place on day one and finishing his tour with a second place on day three. Sugar Bowl's Luke Rodarte feeling strong on his home hill with a 2nd and 3rd place finish after taking a little hike on day one. Other strong finishes for the weekend would be Snow Summit's Sean Murphy going 4-7-14, Squaw's Cameron Cain with a 6th and 9th respectively, along with Mammoth's Alex Colby posting two 4th place finishes, and finaly Sugar Bowl's Griffin Knorpp with three steady days of front page results going 7-11-15.
For full results please head to the J3 Results page and see each days action.
The Wild West Series will continue February 3rd through the 5th with GS action at Squaw Valley. Until then, pray for snow!
Happy Friday the 13th!
Results -J45 South and North Series, Mammoth Open and Snow King FIS
Excitement throughout the Far West last weekend as the racing gets going for the youngest skiers of the division!
J45 South Series
The J45’s of the South are enjoying the best snow in the division as they are running on the real white stuff that falls from the sky! What has missed the rest of the state has landed nicely on our Southern mountains.
The opening weekend proved to be a strong one for Johann Auer as he topped the podium both days for the J4 boys, followed by teammate Chase Dowty. Snow Summits Chad Thomas took 3rd on day one while Troy Dobis rounded out the podium on day two.
On the J4 ladies side it was Snow Summits Elle Williams standing atop of the podium while Team Mountain High’s Sydney Snelbaker and Kaitlyn Pulsipher flip flopped spots on that podium between the two days.
On the J5 boys side it was de ja vue results with Alec Burton 1, Stewart Shining, 2 and Alessandro Villain 3 for the boys. For the J5 ladies McKinley Warren taking 1st on day one and McKenna Thomas going 2-1, Samantha Kendall 3-2, and Hannah Carter jumping up to 3rd on the final day.
Next stop will be at Snow Summit!
J45 North Series
Snow conditions were tough as the east winds kept the snow firm.
J4 Boys
Lucas Earley starting the weekend off with a strong 1st place on Saturday and Christopher O’Brien owning that spot on day 2. Steady results with 2 first page finishes were Max Wingard, Lachlan Anderson, Mitchel Osborne, Barrett Calvin, Cooper de Ryk, James Gooch, and Daniel Drapeau. Congratulations to those that filled out the podium each day, Austin Carr on Saturday and William Malone and Winston Pretti on Sunday.J4 Girls
The J4 Girls took the stage with steady two day results from AJ Hurt running the fastest second run tim on Saturday by breaking the 40 second mark, Maia Dvoracek standing on the podium both days, Belle Johnson, Haley Louis going 4th and 3rd, Sarah Hudson, Eva Yguico, and Grace Hammerskjold.
J5 Boys
It was Squaw’s Noah Cashman standing atop the podium on day 1 with Sugar Bowl’s Cameron Smith proudly taking the podium with a 2nd on day 1 and climbing to the top for day 2. Ben Eisenstat with a steady fourth place for both days. Rounding out the podium for day one was Tyler Loll from Kirkwood and Squaw’s Cole Matteson for day two. Isaac Mozen pulling into podium standings on day two with a second place. Other steady results from the two day event were Nikolas Burkhart of Squaw, Tom Baty from Sugar Bowl, Gunnar Barnwell of Heavenly, Satchel Hirsch of Diamond Peak and Lance Davenport of Mammoth.
J5 Girls
Day of competition brought Northstar’s Megan Cunningham to the top of the podium, with Squaw’s Maya Wong in second and rising to the top on day 2. Sophia Staudenmayer rounding out the podium on day 1 and Aliza Neu taking that spot on day 2. Two day steady results came from Ella Carr, Isabelle Thiara, Shannon Watridge, Alexandra Garcia, GG Wattenmaker, and Jillian Ferre.
Next stop for the J45's will be Diamond Peak!
Mid-J3 Mammoth Open Series
With a venue change there was a GS run for the first time this season in the Far West. Thank you to Mammoth for being able to put on a good show for the Far West kids!
It was the Stephanie Lebby show on the ladies side as she took down the competition on both days by two seconds. The battle for 2nd through 4th between Mammoth’s Noah Duff, Squaw’s Francesca English and Heavenly’s Maia Bickert kept you guessing where each would land. It was Mammoth’s Madeline Riffel fighting to the 5th and 6th place finishes, Heavenly’s Natalie Williams coming in with a 4th and 8th. Top first year J3 finishes coming in from Sugar Bowl’s Pilar Alvarez and Lake Tahoe Racing’s Mo Lebel.
On the Men’s side it was great to see the Far West gentlemen Shane Collins, Karl Johnson, Marty Harris and Zach Rickenbach bring a fun game of tag to the track. These collegiate and graduates, all who still race and are actively coaching, waxed up their skis, sharpened their edges and help bring a nice penalty to the game. Coming in with strong finishes was Squaw’s alpine racer, taking a weekend break from ski cross, Nico Monforte going 4-8. The 2nd year J3 from Sugar Bowl Academy, Michael Cooper going 5-6 against the big boys, Mammoth’s Zac Kelly going 7-5, Squaw’s Jordan Cashman going 6-12, Mammoth’s Tyler Wallasch with a steady 9th. Top first year J3 finishes coming in from Mikael Proper 8-14 and Jack Richardson going 11-13, with Lucas Earley rising to an 11th on day 2. Check out full results listings on the Mid-J2 or the J3 results page.
Snow King – WR FIS
Our FIS athletes have been on the road and will remain there for a few weeks. It was a strong showing for the Sugar Bowl boys in GS with – Derek Strand going 2-1, Dylan Brooks 3rd and a tie for 6th, Ty Sprock with a 6th on day one and Squaw Valley’s Hughston Norton charging to 5th place on day 2.Heading into slalom we see similar strength in the Sugar Bowl boys with Strand going 2-3, Brooks going 4-7, Sprock going 9-11. Squaw’s Thomas Robles charging up to 12th on day one of slalom and teammate Hughston Norton gaining confidence in each discipline for second day action bringing it up to 8th. Rounding out other top 15 finishes include Scott Cooper, Riley Plant, and Brian Francis all from Sugar Bowl.On the ladies side there was a gaining of confidence on the GS track. Day one brought Sugar Bowl’s Julia Bjorkman standing in the 2nd spot on the podium, and Nikki Caravelli off to a strong start in 6th place. Lake Tahoe Racing’s Naomi Kelly in 5th and jumping up to the 2nd place on the podium on day two. Squaw’s Allene Kennedy going 8-3, Tenaya Driller 11-5, and Paige Whistler 13-10.
Slalom brought many different Far West ladies to the front page of the results. Allene Kennedy jumping off to a strong FIS slalom season with a first place result, and Maddie Hall standing atop the podium on day two. Paige Whistler coming in 4th on day one, and Diamond Peak’s Hannah Johnson in 9th. Steady performances by Julia Bjorkman 7-8, and Naomi Kelley 10-7 for the event. The Far West ladies slalom day two brought many more names to the front page, Maddie Johnson 11, Amie Lonza 12 and Marie Johnson 13.
The FIS athletes are now in Schweitzer, ID for the Speed J2 Nationals Qualifier. Best wishes.
October 14, 2011
Far West 2011.2012 Race Bibs - everyone must have!
Welcome to the 2011.2012 racing season! The Far West is excited to return to the permanent bib number for each athlete beginning with this season. Each athlete will be assigned a number, based on their year of birth, to be used for the remainder of their ski racing career. A new bib design will come out each year.These bibs will be used for all Far West racing events, not WR FIS events.
We would like to thank this years bib sponsors - Clif Bar, POC, Start Haus, Descente, Clever Minds Learning Center, World Cup Supply and Granite Chief.
Order forms for your bib can be downloaded here, as bibs are $20 for the season. Replacement bibs are $25 and do not include your number and the athlete/family is responsible for having the number silk screened on.
Athletes will no longer have to wait for their coach to find a bib on race morning. Parents will know all season long what bib number their athlete is. Athletes will no longer be looking for the bib bin at the end of the weekend to return their bib. Athletes will be able to pack up their bib with their equipment for each race weekend. You will be able to register on Alpinereg.com and enter your bib number, too. Parents/programs will no longer have to leave a $50 bib deposit for each race event. Bibs are sized according to year of birth. Letter at the begining of the number will be based on year of birth, see assignments below.
| Mids |
S |
| 1992 |
R |
| 1993 |
Q |
| 1994 |
P |
| 1995 |
N |
| 1996 |
M |
| 1997 |
L |
| 1998 |
K |
| 1999 |
J |
| 2000 |
i |
| 2001 |
H |
| 2002 |
G |
| 2003 |
F |
| 2004 |
E |
| 2005 |
D |
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