Oh, maple leafs on the speed suits and all that. Yeah, totally possible you guys adopted that rule before we did.

Yeah, that's a new rule, and this was two years ago. You used to be allowed to hike as long as you hadn't lost a ski and didn't interfere with another racer. Doesn't really matter (except that she...

In terms of parenting, this ^^^^^ is where it's at, IMO.

Related--our younger girl no longer ski races, which is actually a little bit tough to accept because she was always the naturally faster...

It is the road less traveled, I have heard.

Londonderry is one thing, but cold, lonely streets of Chester are something else. Some real sketch characters. People from New Hampshire, even.

At one point in February my car barely made it 100' up the Magic access road. I got to experience the wonders of Chester's Route 103 Auto Repair along with driving someone else's minivan around for a...

Past U14 anyway and I'm not sure VT will adopt that, but my HF wax expenses have been relatively minimal. Buy it in bulk and only use it on race days--over the years it's like $100, max. I think. We...

10k barely covers team Rutecki's Cera F costs. I am the Bobby Stainless of Londonderry, baby.

Costs less than that in Londonderry...good amount less, fortunately. (Actually even at Stratton for the weekend program I think you can make it work for less than that, although it would be closer.)...

Great shot (was that a 'real' photographer or did you snap that one yourself?). I hear you on the skis--I don't want to admit how many pairs I've bought over the past 10 years of ski racing, but only...

Yeah, it happens surprisingly fast given enough days on snow. Without making it clear to her I have been avoiding situations involving timed runs to avoid humiliation. Bumps/steeps/pow I still have a...

Actually, she probably pretty easily took care of me about two years ago--last time we 'raced' (sort of a joke of a dual course) we had .01 seconds separation (and I destroyed her out of the start...