It may still be 80* in Virginia but the leaves are changing and falling, Copper Mountain got 24" of snow recently, Sugarloaf had a dusting. Winter, snow, and snowboard season will be here before we know it.
Things are slowly starting to fall into place. Whitney is captain of the women's snowboard/freeski team. We talked about getting a private coach again this winter but UMF has a new snowboard coach so it was decided to see how that goes first. She's started dryland practice and has spent a lot of time in the gym already. She's also back to the trainers at school to help keep her body working.
One of her big purchases this fall will be a new race board. She's working with a friend to design a custom graphic for it and hopefully will have it ordered soon. That also means new bindings. At least she got the boots last winter.
Schedules are starting to come out. Maine Mountain Series has theirs done and I'm sure the rest of the USASA series are working on it. The Hole Shot Tour races are also posted so it's almost time to start making travel plans. I know I'll be at Lake Placid for USCSA Nationals in March and at Copper Mountain for USASA Nationals/Hole Shot Tour in April. Hopefully I'll be able to get to a few more races this winter as well.
Here's to a snowy winter!
