2007 Thanksgiving Telemark Camp

Saturday November 17 2007

Today was one of those great days partially because our expectations were so low. There is basically no snow anywhere and it had been a struggle to find places to hold the camp. There had been rumors that Aspen would open, only to diminish in the days before the camp. We then set our sights on Vail, which pulled the plug on their opening day two days before the camp.

So it was back to Copper, which had seen no snow since they opened a couple runs two weeks ago. As we arrived it was evident that they had opened another lift. Crowds were low because of the reported poor conditions. It was lightly snowing. Hayden Kennedy was back in force. Cody Smith drove out from Utah to ski with us for the weekend. We also joined with two other up Lip Stick Athletes.

In the morning the advanced skiers hit it hard with Cody and Meghan. Jack Gerber introduced Kai Cranmer and Alex Padget to the telemark turn, both of who made great progress and put together an outstanding first day of telemark skiing. I skied with Lukas Morelock and Duncan, both of who were on day two of telemarking and making great progress.

The afternoon found us in the rail park, and every single person on the team hit the rails and boxes with great energy and great results. Alex and Lukas slid their first rails. Molly, Kelsey, and Brooke were all doing 360 box slides by the end of the day. Sam, and Luke all made tremendous progress with 270's and Dillon blew everyones mind with killer off-side switch ups.

By the end of the day our legs were burning and everyone was all smiles. We'll be back at it tomorrow!

More Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/seismicshadow/2007ThanksgivingTelemarkCamp111707

Below: Kelsey Lewis dials a 360 box slide and Trevor Gomez sees some carnage during one of his Telemark box slide attemps (many of which were successfull!).

Red Hill Time Trial!

What a fantastic day of dryland training! Conditions were bluebird (if it is not going to snow it might as well be beautiful) and three teams came out for the Red Hill Time Trial. Telemark was dressed out in green, Alpine in red, and Nordic in blue. All athletes gave it their all and coaches were excited to see people get after it so hard. The Telemark Team represented in monster fashion! We will have results posted soon.

For links to these photos , go here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/seismicshadow/RedHillTimeTrial111507

Results coming soon!

The Color The Red Hill Time Trial is...

GREEN!

The Team hit the first snow this weekend at Copper Mountain!

Joan Sundeen writes from Africa:
We just got to the Nile!!!!! Everyone is out on Nile Special right now, I'm too drugged up to go today, I lost a tooth on the Zambezi last week. I can't get it fixed until tomorrow, I've been on painkillers for about four days, I look pretty funny I must say.

Wednesday we went after phase two of medals testing, which included the Hex Jump, the Box Jump (100% = 110 in 90 seconds), Push Ups (100% = 80), and Sit Ups (100% = 65 in 60 seconds).

	Hex 1 (Counter)	Hex 2 (Clockwise)	Box Jump	Push Ups	Sit Ups
Dillon	24.19	22.53	47	21	41
Jake	17.6	17.19	83	59	55
Hayden	19.08	17.35	60	30	55
Trevor	22.64			31	36
Lukas	101.56	47.39	28	32	42
Luke	24.19	20.23	61	40	56
Sam	22.01	19.11	55	25	32
Duncan	21.09	18.33	61	27	38
Alex P	21.91	19.07	43	27	56
Alex D	23.1	18.21	52	42	43
Sebastion	20.89	18.74	50	50	53
Laurel	30.35
Meghan	24.16	21.43	57	30	40
Molly	28.52	21.85	45	22	37
Brooke	21.48	22.08	35	20	39
Kelsey	22.75	22.09	43	15	41
Ellie	104.41	44.7	23		32

Dryland Training Schedule

Monday Nov. 5
Medals Testing: 40 yard spring, 440, and Mile

Tuesday Nov 6
Yoga

Wednesday Nov 7
Medals Testing

Thursday Nov 8
Trail Run and Plyometrics

Friday Nov 9
Off

Saturday Nov 10
Tele Team to Copper!

Monday Nov 12
Plyometrics and Trail Run

Tuesday Nov 13
Yoga

Wednesday Nov 14
Balance/Visualization and Ultimate Frisbee

Thursday Nov 15
Red Hill Time Trial

Friday Nov 16
Off

Saturday Nov 17
Telemark Camp

Sunday Nov 18
Telemark Camp

Our first day of Medals Testing for the Season!

We used the Roaring Fork Highschool Track to run the 40, 440, and mile. These times could then be compared against US Ski team standard times and used for personal benchmarks for the rest of the season.

	40 m	440 m	Mile
Dillon	4.89	1:13 11
Kelsey	5.1	1:16 25	7:38 --
Jake	5.06	1:06 37	5:49 00
Hayden	5.53	1:22 83	6:48 --
Trevor	5.7	1:22 83	8:13 --
Lukas	6.38	1:33 36	8:10 --
Luke	5.2	1:10 21	6:33 66
Sam	5.52	1:18 00	7.36 28
Ellie	6.6	2:03 48	12:12 --
Duncan	5.1	1:04 98	7:06 --
Alex	5.71	1:19 00	7:37 --
Laurel	6.18	1:30 00
Meghan	5.33	1:11 00	8:52 --

Equipment Considerations

CRMS Telemark Team

Equipment Information

Team Jacket: Obermeyer Durango Shell. White

Pants:

Revert pant is Obermeyer’s freeride pant:

In the shell they have Black, Shark, White in stock.

Skis and Bindings.

We have a pro-deal program with Black Diamond. The approximate discount on new BD skis, bindings, and poles is somewhere between 30 and 40% of retail.

Approximate Prices:

Equipment	Retail Price	Approximate CRMS Discount
BD Havoc Ski (Men)	$529	$350
BD Velvet Ski (Women)	$529	$350
BD O2 Binding	$189.95	$125
BD O1 Binding Has a zero resistance climbing mode.	$299	$200

What to look for if you do you own shopping:

Skis: Skis should be modern twin tipped skis with visible side cut. They should not be narrower than 80 mm under the boot. (The BD Havoc is 88 mm under foot, for example).

Bindings: Bindings should be cable bindings with cartridges rather than springs. They should not have three pins under the toes.

Boots: Boots should be a modern plastic telemark boot with no less than three buckles.

Recommended Boots are:

• Scarpa T1 or T-Race

• Garmont Energy or Synergy

Skins: We do not require climbing skins, but highly encourage students to get them as soon as they can so they can enjoy the backcountry aspects of telemark skiing.

Ski Swaps:

Saturday, November 4th Aspen Middle School Ski Swap

Saturday, November 10^th CRMS Ski Swap

2007/2008 Event Schedule

2007/2008 Telemark Team Tentative Competition and Event Schedule

CRMS Ski Swap and First Weekend on Snow
Date: Saturday, November 10,
Students with Equipment: On snow (Copper Mtn)

Thanksgiving Training Camp:
Dates: Saturday November 17 and Sunday November 18.
Student Travel Day: Monday November 19th
Location: If conditions permit this will happen locally (Aspen/Vail/Summit County)

Competitive Events:

January 12, 2008 USASA Halfpipe Snowmass

February 2, 3 2008 Steamboat Springs

February 24, 2008 USASA Halfpipe Buttermilk Mountain

March 2, 2008 USASA Slopestyle Snowmass

Salomon Extreme Freeride Championships at Taos
March 6 - 8, 2008

Telemark Extreme Skiing Championships (Spring Break)
Location: Crested Butte, CO

• Thursday, March 20: Athlete Arrival
• Friday, March 21: Telemark Big Mountain Day One
• Saturday, March 22: Telemark big Mountain Finals / Awards Party