Although the weather doesn't seem like it, fall is here and winter is just around the corner. Dry land practice has started in Maine, snow will start to fall soon, race schedules are being made up, and it will be soon time to hit the slopes.
Whitney was named a co-captain of the UMF Snowboard and Freeski team. There's no official division but she's mainly overseeing the racers and also helping navigate race registration. It's been a bit frustrating for her, several on the team still think of it as a club sport not the varsity sport that it is and are acting in a way that could be detrimental to the team and how it's viewed by the school. She's also frustrated with the coaching situation and is working with the head coach to get better coaching. We keep plotting to get her coach from Massanutten to move to Maine, at least for the next two or three years while she's there but he's not buying it.
So far there's not too many USASA series with their schedules published. She'll be at Sugarloaf and Sunday River in Maine, she's planning to come home and race at Massanutten. She's planning on going to Mt. Batchelor, Oregon for USCSA Nationals in March and Copper Mountain for USASA Nationals in early April. She hasn't looked into USSA races yet but hopes to make a few of those. A lot depends on location and her class schedule in the spring. Maybe she can catch some races during her winter break.
Here's to another great season!
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