A Winner From the Start Within minutes of starting Shut Up and Ski: Wipeouts, shootouts and blowouts on the trail to the Olympic dream by Edie Thys Morgan, I knew I was going to love this book. In addition to being a fine writer and ski journalist, Morgan is a former member of the U.S. Ski […]
Ski Racing
Tight Turns: EpicMix Racing, Liftopia Update and One Horn Tooting
New This Winter: EpicMix Racing This season, Vail Resorts is replacing NASTAR with EpicMix Racing at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly and Northstar. It’s a big blow to NASTAR. In 2011, Vail Mountain had 6,849 NASTAR racers with 29,310 starts, making it the most popular NASTAR mountain in the country. So how will EpicMix racing work? […]
Happy Mother’s Day: Shannon Bahrke Talks About Her Ski Mom
I’m on the phone with Shannon Bahrke. You know, the Freestyle skier with the ready smile and colorful hair who skis moguls with the energy of the Roadrunner and the Tasmanian Devil combined. I’m calling Shannon to talk about her mom. It’s April and I’m preparing a post for Mother’s Day. In December, I briefly […]
Colorado’s Morris Sisters Reach For The Top In Ski Racing and Cycling
When Marta Morris was ten she broke her leg ski racing. “Suddenly she couldn’t ski, or do her other sports, and we had to help her use up some of that energy. The doctor cleared her to use a spin bike. It turns out Marta loves spinning and so that spring she joined a cycling […]
NASTAR Moms: Don’t Just Schlep Skis. Get in the Gates!
In 2010, Jeanette Saylor a 54-year-old mother of two from Colorado was the NASTAR National Champion. At the NASTAR Nationals in Winter Park, Colorado, Saylor first won her age class, the Ladies 50-54 Platinum Division. Then in the Race of Champions, she posted the fastest time and was the overall winner. In 2010, about 30% […]