Check out this great article on some NYSEF alums and LP's storied relationship with the Olympic Winter Games:
Bonus points if you can name 'em all.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Bonus Episode of Mythbusters.
Myth: Nordic combined athletes can neither wax for, nor attain any resemblance to proper classical ski technique.
Hypothesis: Nordic combined athletes rock. Therefore, they can also rock at classic skiing and waxing.
Test Subjects: Nate "Eat my kick zone" Capone, Tara "Stride-Queen" Geraghty-Moats, and David "I spread KR70 on my bagel for breakfast" McCahill. All tests performed during Sunday's Harry Eldridge Classical Race, MVH.
Results:
Nate Capone: 4th place overall in a cut-throat J2 Boys category.
Tara Geraghty-Moats: 2nd place women's overall
David McCahill: Survives Harry Eldridge Weekend without complete collapse, provides finely tuned chariots of fire to Nordic Combined phenoms Nate and Tara.
Irrefutable Evidence:
Nate hammering thru the lap zone
Tara leading out the women's field
David... Eating SwixVR65 and a Fischer Carbonlite?Myth: Freakin' busted. As if.
Complete Harry Eldridge results found here: http://nysef.org/vanhoevenberg.html
L2F Hangs Tough Despite Tropical Storm Lake Placid... We're on for Tomorrow!
That's right. Strong humanitarian relief efforts by the awesome ORDA Jump Complex Crew have salvaged the K18 meter and ski-play areas, and the hills look great! We're all systems go for our fourth LEARN TO FLY WEDNESDAY tomorrow from 3-5:30pm.
As always, we'll be meeting at the Base Lodge. Bring a helmet, alpine boots, and your need... for speed!
See you there--
Dave & Evan
Update from NYSEF World Junior Crew in Europa... Frenette Thwarts German Über Sweep!
It was NYSEF's own Pete Frenette and Andrew Bliss who headlined the US squad and prevented the Germans from barnstorming the two events on their home hills. On day one, Bliss and Frenette both improved on their first round efforts to land in 14th and 2nd, respectfully. Without Frenette demonstrating the from which landed him a spot on the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Team, the Germans would have locked up places 1-6. Mission accomplished.
On day two, colder temperatures and tailwind made finding the sweet spot more difficult, yet it was again Bliss and Frenette who held strong to qualify for the second round. Bliss squirmed on his first jump coming in 23rd, but kept it locked and cocked during round two to slide up to 18th overall. Pete again was sitting pretty in 2nd place after round one, but slipped to 4th in the final tally.
Make sure to root for our boys over in Europe, they'll be battling the best juniors in the world starting tomorrow and, based on these FIS cups, they're poised to haul some hardware back to LP.
Results for the World Junior Championships can be found here: http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/1228.html?event_id=27204&cal_suchsector=JP
In the meantime, whip up a sandwich with some Black Forest ham, and rock out to the Official Song of the 2010 World Juniors. A masterpiece of German theater.
Ford Sayre
Another great day to be at the ski jumps to watch many young ones strap on their skis and take to the air in Hanover NH just 10 minutes down the road from Lebanon NH. We started the day off once again with Logan on the K10 putting down 9 meter jumps in both of the comp rounds and told by my first coach Chris Hastings that he set a new hill record for the 10 meter! Way to go Logan and I hope one of these days we will be moving up to a bigger hill.
Moving into the K20 J5 boys class we had Logan younger brother Landon stretching down the hill with two solid jumps to give him his first win on grueling eastern circuit. Way to go Landon and hope there are more first places to come!
The K32 was in prime condition and the older boys and girls gave everyone a free lesson on how to take rides to the bottom of the hill with some signs of teles which we will have to work on in the coming weeks. Annie,Luke, and Miles yes I'm talking about you guys. Annie showed some good jumps in training but had a little trouble in the comp jumps but still improving greatly since this summer. Luke and Miles slugged it out for top dog in the J2 class and in the end Luke had the upper hand with Miles close behind in 2nd.
Moving into the K20 J5 boys class we had Logan younger brother Landon stretching down the hill with two solid jumps to give him his first win on grueling eastern circuit. Way to go Landon and hope there are more first places to come!
The K32 was in prime condition and the older boys and girls gave everyone a free lesson on how to take rides to the bottom of the hill with some signs of teles which we will have to work on in the coming weeks. Annie,Luke, and Miles yes I'm talking about you guys. Annie showed some good jumps in training but had a little trouble in the comp jumps but still improving greatly since this summer. Luke and Miles slugged it out for top dog in the J2 class and in the end Luke had the upper hand with Miles close behind in 2nd.
For the cross race we used the results from the K50 in Lebanon so Zach and Danielle could click in and test their cross form on Oak Hills coarse. Danielle started in front of Annie for the race and that's how it stayed the whole way with Danielle finishing first and Annie skiing a great race finishing in second. The boys started out with Luke in first, Zach going out second, and Miles in third and this is also how the results ended up in the end. Each one of them skied great and guessed right on the wax skiing the 4km all under 19 min.
Next trip will be to Chicago to see how the boys and girls will do with some more competitors on the K70.
Next trip will be to Chicago to see how the boys and girls will do with some more competitors on the K70.
See ya later,Evan
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Lebanon Winter Carnival
Another great day for jumping down in Lebanon as NYSEF had 9 athletes competing on all the hills Leb has to offer. We started the day off with Logan Livreri tackling the K10 with his new jumping equipment that he has only been on twice before this trip and he killed it!! Logan had two jumps of 9.5 meters almost setting new hill records and coming away with a gold medal for his first ski jumping meet.
We than moved up to the k25 Where there was a whole slew of young and eager jumpers ready to test the bottom of the hill. Landon and Avery both had solid jumps and bringing home the silver and bronze in the J5 class. Young Rory Riggins who jumped in the J4 class on the k25 had two respectful jumps and also ended up on the podium in 2nd.
With a short break between the small hills for lunch we than moved up to the main event in the afternoon on the K50. On the K50 we had about half the field representing NYSEF and they did not disappoint. In the J2 class we had Luke and Miles taking first and second with Nate showing huge signs of improvement coming in fourth. As for the ladies there were only two brave enough to take the plunge and it was Danielle and Annie showing some of the boys how it was done both having solid jumps and a smile on their faces every time they came back up. Zach cleaned up in the J1 class winning by over 80 points and also coming close to breaking the hill record held by Jonathan "The Featha" Kling.
I hope we can keep rolling tomorrow as we will be in Hanover to test our metal on the K10,K20,K30 and the cross course! Should be a good one.
We than moved up to the k25 Where there was a whole slew of young and eager jumpers ready to test the bottom of the hill. Landon and Avery both had solid jumps and bringing home the silver and bronze in the J5 class. Young Rory Riggins who jumped in the J4 class on the k25 had two respectful jumps and also ended up on the podium in 2nd.
With a short break between the small hills for lunch we than moved up to the main event in the afternoon on the K50. On the K50 we had about half the field representing NYSEF and they did not disappoint. In the J2 class we had Luke and Miles taking first and second with Nate showing huge signs of improvement coming in fourth. As for the ladies there were only two brave enough to take the plunge and it was Danielle and Annie showing some of the boys how it was done both having solid jumps and a smile on their faces every time they came back up. Zach cleaned up in the J1 class winning by over 80 points and also coming close to breaking the hill record held by Jonathan "The Featha" Kling.
I hope we can keep rolling tomorrow as we will be in Hanover to test our metal on the K10,K20,K30 and the cross course! Should be a good one.
Evan
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Vancouver jumping team named... NYSEF alumni take 2 of 3 spots!
A hearty congratulations to Saranac Lake's Pete Frenette and Lebanon, NH native Nick Alexander, both alums of the NYSEF Grasshopper and Elite programs. Come February they'll be Vancouver-bound representing the Yanks in the 2010 games.
Read the official US Ski Team Press Release: http://www.usskiteam.com/jumping/news?storyId=2345
Make us proud, boys!
Pete Frenette
Nick Alexander
Pete Frenette (right in green) imparting jumping wisdom onto future members of the 2014 Olympic team during the second LEARN TO FLY WEDNESDAY
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