patmoore Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) The Vermont Academies Snowboard Race was held on Okemo's Wardance race trail yesterday and I was invited to be one of the forerunners. All the racers were on softboot boards and I rode my 171 Kessler. In the first run, no one beat my time of 54.27. In the second run, one of the kids recorded a 53.88. I was wearing my 70+ Ski Club patch so they knew I'm old enough to be their grandfather. It was nice to show them what a race board can do. Hopefully we'll have some converts. A week from Monday I'll forerun the state HS Snowboard Race. Edited February 28, 2019 by patmoore 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted March 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) We only had ten racers show up for the Connecticut Ski Council State Snowboard Race yesterday but I'm happy with the results. "When you're over the hill......you pick up speed". Edited March 3, 2019 by patmoore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted March 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 Got to forerun again today. This time the Vermont HS Snowboard GS Championship. These kids were faster, one especially so. Wish I had waxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVR Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 How do I get my son in any of these races? I have never even heard of these. My son curently races USASA at a high level, but more gate time would pull us to whatever mountain has races and coaching for hardbooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted March 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 hour ago, TVR said: How do I get my son in any of these races? I have never even heard of these. My son curently races USASA at a high level, but more gate time would pull us to whatever mountain has races and coaching for hardbooting. A significant number of high schools and academies in Vermont have snowboard racing programs Virtually all of these kids were on softboot setups. I don't know if you're anywhere near Shawnee Peak but they run a NASTAR program. They might be amenable to setting one course with stubbies on occasion. On most Sundays at Okemo in Vermont, I set one course with ski gates and one with stubbies for boarders. Jack - do you have any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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