patmoore Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Just got word that Chris Klug, 2002 Olympic Bronze Medalist in PGS, will be pacesetting the Snowboard venue at the NASTAR Nationals in Snowmass March 22-24. He will join ski pacesetters Ted Ligety, Julia Mancuso, AJ Kitt, Heidi Voelker and others. It's been cool in the past to see stars like Ligety rip it up running his skis on the snowboard course but I'm really looking forward to seeing how we do against Chris. How to qualify? Check out this link. This is the last weekend to qualify. Visit your nearest NASTAR course. If you're in New England stop by Okemo. This Saturday there is a private ski club race from 10 - 12 but the course will be open in the afternoon. I'll set one course with stubbies. On Sunday, another small club has reserved the course at 10 but there are only 20 racers and they'll be done quick. I'll set stubbies that day as well. Hope you can join me at Snowmass! Pat Moore NASTAR Coordinator and Pacesetter Okemo Mountain Ludlow, VT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted February 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) The ski club originally planning on racing Sunday morning (2/17) canceled so I'll have stubbies set from 10 - 2. You can make unlimited runs for $12. Just heard from Chris. He may have a scheduling conflict but really wants to join us and will make every effort to be there. Edited February 14, 2013 by patmoore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I and several others will be busy at the Sugarloaf Banked Slalom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 man I am in the 40+ category for the Banked Slalom, that puts me head to head with Alex. Maybe this time I wouldn't crash:nono: Is T32 representing? How awesome would it be to have a few HB's podium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaynard Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 Awesome news Pat! If you hear any new news as to whether or not Chris will be able to make it please pass it along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Awesome news Pat! If you hear any new news as to whether or not Chris will be able to make it please pass it along. Will do. How's the recovery coming? Mark and Doug were blazing fast yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Schedule conflict no longer a problem. Chris is looking forward to joining us at Snowmass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskyhawk Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Yay!, since they are setting the boarders up separately I wonder if there will snowboard gates?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaynard Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 I would imagine so... They had snowboard gates for age group and race of champions last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darko714 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Pat, That's great news. Chris Klug showing up to paceset, and the introduction of snowboard gates at the Nationals, are signs that NASTAR might be giving snowboarders a little love. I won't make it to Nationals this year, but I'd like to get out to Okemo before the snow is all gone and throw down with you and some of the middle aged hardbooters out there. Problem is, I'm committed this weekend. Are you going to be packing it in with NASTAR after that? Also, I'm glad I can still find this: http://www.nastar.com/articles/race-of-champions-video-non-alpine-male It's some of the top snowboard racers from their age groups at the 2010 Nationals - you're in it near the beginning. Very instructive for a rider at my level. Can you put some of the snowboarding from 2011 and 2012 up? Are they up? I can't find them. All I can find are the lame "TV" promos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted February 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Hi Darko714, NASTAR has used snowboard gates for the Fri/Sat competition for several years at the Nationals and added them last year for the Race of Champions. If I can find more recent video I'll share it. Okemo is holding the Connecticut Ski Council Winter Carnival this weekend so there will be limited, if any, NASTAR on Saturday but I should be free to run normal operations on Sunday. I will set stubbies on one course. For the weekends of March 9-10 and 16-17 I should be setting one course with stubbies both days. There is one small ski club doing a club race on one of those days but I can get them to make both runs on the course with the ski gates. After that I'll be in Snowmass for the Nationals! unrelated: The Connecticut Senior Games were held yesterday at Ski Sundown in New Hartford, CT. In my age group I won the Downhill and GS. My second run in the GS I found some speed I didn't know I had and wound up fourth overall out of fifty racers. After a hundred runs had been made on the GS course I hopped on my Volkl RennTiger GS for one more run (I was the only snowboarder). The ruts were a little gnarly but it was fun. Channel 3 did a short piece on the event. http://youtu.be/rsLnc2hu44Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted February 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 REALLY UNRELATED: Playing around with the two GoPros on Saturday. Watch it all the way to the end. http://youtu.be/eFN8BNb386Y I'll try it on one of my snowboards next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted February 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Pat,It's some of the top snowboard racers from their age groups at the 2010 Nationals - you're in it near the beginning. Very instructive for a rider at my level. Can you put some of the snowboarding from 2011 and 2012 up? All I could find was a very poor run by me. It was run on Winter Park's Lower Hughes - Skier's Left and had a pronounced sideways pitch (scroll down to see view from top) plus a very tight vertical offset. My 178 SG board was too much for me to handle and I was late at pretty much every gate. http://youtu.be/aS_e8bSQcz8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaynard Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Pat, Awesome clip on channel 3! Looks like you had fun. Have I ever told you you're my hero? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboarderdude Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Pat,Awesome clip on channel 3! Looks like you had fun. Have I ever told you you're my hero? +1 to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Just discovered that NASTAR won't be running next weekend (March 9-10) as Okemo will be using that trail for a Rail Jam competition. We'll be back open again the following weekend which is the last before the Nationals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskyhawk Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Looks like the 30-34 age category for snowboarders is going to be a good showdown. It looks like Christopher Sherman is going to nationals and we are almost tied in the national rankings. Van Skyhawk handicap = 33.91 Sherman handicap = 34.00 See you at nationals Chris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Reminder: Deadline to register is March 13th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Just got back from Snowmass. All I can say is WOW! What a blast! Here's Chris' comments: Thank you Pat. I loved doing it. Thank you for including me. It was a fun event. I was proud to host you in my hometown. We will make it even better next year. Thank you again for the picture of my family; it's so cool. Thanks for sharing the photo. Love to see the group shot we took. Happy springtime Pat. Stay in touch. CK He followed that up with: Looking forward to next year already. Going to be bigger and better than ever! CK Chris is one of the friendliest guys I've ever met and made everyone feel welcome. It was the best venue of the nine Nationals I had attended. Snowboard gates were set for all three days of racing including the Race of Champions which was held on the steepest track I've ever raced on. FUN! Chris is looking forward to coming back next year. Plan on joining us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Double your pleasure, double your fun.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 So, did anyone come close to his time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted March 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 So, did anyone come close to his time? His times were 24.15 on Friday and 23.13 on Saturday. For the rest of us, the fastest time was 27.51 on Friday and 25.56 on Saturday. CK hasn't lost any skill. It sure was an eye opener to watch him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 That's a lot of time on a sub-30 second course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted March 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 That's a lot of time on a sub-30 second course. No question about it. But it was a real thrill for a 66 year old to run the same course as an Olympic medalist. He could not have been more gracious and encouraging to us wannabees. I suspect his presence next year will attract more riders. It was the highlight of a very fun week in Snowmass for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 His times were 24.15 on Friday and 23.13 on Saturday. For the rest of us, the fastest time was 27.51 on Friday and 25.56 on Saturday. CK hasn't lost any skill. It sure was an eye opener to watch him. Friday's best 13.91% over a Chris Klug par. Saturday's best 10.50% over Chris Klug par. Cross checking the NASTAR National Champs results site and doing a little math M Hogan (M50-54) & D Brook(M40-44) shared the fastest Friday handicap at 23.09 over par. D Brook fastest Sat handicap at 22.06 over par. Working out the par time they would appear to have been rated against and then comparing it with Chris Klug's times we get CK Friday: 8.05 over par CK Saturday: 10.45 over par On that basis it would appear the 10% handicap allowance that snowboarders get is about right for NASTAR competition. Pat, if you have more accurate information I'd be glad to see it posted. SunSurfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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