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What the Super Combined can do for you, or…The Super Combined event has been one of themost popular on the Masters tour. Next year theSuper Combined at the Park City National Cham-pionships will count for the scoring in the DivisionCup and the selection for the Spyder NationalTeam. Here is a great tech article by Ron Kipp.Save this article. –Bill Skinner

…If you want to get faster dowhat Kostelic did this seasonWhile the super combined is anew event for Master's ski rac-ing, combining runs of slalomand speed has been around for along time. In fact, the combinedwas the only alpine event duringthe first winter Olympics in1936. In 2005 the super com-bined (SC) was introduced bythe FIS. Not your father’s “paperrace” of the past, which justadded up a slalom race and adownhill, the modern SC is astandalone race with its ownspeed and slalom section. In2005, the first three World Cupsuper combined events werewon by Janica Kostelic. This pastseason, 2011, the World Cupcombined trophy was also wonby a skier named Kostelic,… al-though this time it was Janica’s

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older brother, Ivica.The SC has been good to the

Croatian siblings. Every year Janica wonthe combined globe it lead her to theoverall World Cup title. This year wasIvica's first combined title, and guesswhat, he also won the overall title! While

obviously the points from the combinedcontributed to the overall title, it shouldalso be pointed out that the “skills”needed for the combined may have con-tributed the most to the Kostelic’s strategyin winning those overall globes. One ofthe best aspects of the combined event is

that it encouragesathletes to train techand speed. A condi-tion that U.S. Men’sHead Coach SashaRearick likes aboutthe combined event.The result is a morewell-rounded skierthat will excel toeven a higher level ineither slalom and/orspeed.

Ski racingtechnique requires arange of each skiingskill. To performthese skills requiresintensity and dura-tion adjustments thatneed to fit the pa-rameters of the turnand run. On themen’s World Cup lastyear, a slalom turn

Figure 1: Ivica Kostelic showing why he iswearing the red World Cup leaders bib dur-ing the night slalom in Schladming, Austria.

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Skiing on Autumn Leaves by Steve Slivinski, Masters national chairman

As my skis slowly sink into to the soft, spring snow,I want to reflect on what I consider an awesome rac-ing year. At the beginning of the season we got bo-dacious amounts of snow, then toward the holidayswe got more snow, and finally at the end of the sea-son, it’s still falling. As a result, our racing across thecountry has been more than superb all winter. The

Western Regionals were blessed with 4 days of California sun. TheNationals at Copper Mountain were cold, hard, and fast. The East-ern regionals were, well, the typical Eastern Regionals, made forhardy New Englanders. The long trail of competition is litteredwith tears and joy. As a example of this journey for glory, here isbut a hint of my winter odyssey: 7,000 miles driven, 33 races run,25 overpriced lunches eaten, 25 lift tickets purchased, 20 pounds ofequipment carried, and 18 pair of skis scraped and brushed. 17hotel carpets waxed, 15 miles of parking lots walked, 10 pounds ofsalt and dirt washed off my car, 6 states visited, 5 pounds of edgefilings, 4 boxes of fluoro wax ironed on, 3 bronze medals, 2 raffle

prizes, and a partridge in a pear tree. Isn’t Masters ski racing a won-derful sport?

I want to congratulate the Eastern division for their out-standing Division Cup win on a challenging and tenacious CopperMountain course. It just goes to show that a little adversity leads togreatness.

Now to the future: next year, the Nationals will be at ParkCity, UT, and the Western Regionals will be held at Vail, CO. Shock-ing as it seems, USSA Masters is taking the step into the digital age.Next year, you will be able to sign up for the Nationals on the In-ternet. Because we are using the Internet for the Nationals signup,there will be no division quotas, so be prepared for first-come, first-served. You’ll need to pay attention to the fall newsletter for theprocedures. Also next season, we will use the Super Combined forthe Division Cup and the Spyder team computations at the Nationals.

Finally, we could never make Masters racing work withoutthe tireless efforts of the division chairmen and chairwomen, the fi-nancial support of our sponsors, and most importantly the partici-pation and dedication of all you racers. Keep those ski tips headingdown hill.

News & Info of the Alpine Masters

Masters Membership Newsby Bill Skinner, USSA Masters Manager

Our VolunteersBig thanks to all our division leaders for anothersuccessful Masters season. Masters racing worksdue to the grass roots volunteer efforts of your localleaders.

SponsorsSkier’s Edge has once again backed us for the 2011 season. Thankyou, Joel Loane, and your hard-working event crew. Jim Ruscitto,Bill Tabar and Molecule F have backed the National Speed Seriesfor the 7th year and have committed to the 2012 Speed Series. EZPak gave us the support to do a membership drive to NASTARPlatinum medalists. The plan for 2012 is to expand the drive to in-clude Gold medalists.

2011 Skiers Edge Masters NationalsCopper Mtn. rolled out the carpet for the 2011Nationals. For the first time in 15 years, Cop-per is back hosting major USSA events. De-spite challenging weather for the Super G, allevents came off on time. It was a high- qualityevent, and hopefully the first of many more.Congrats to all that attended. Results can befound at http://ussamasters.org/2011/nation-als

Eastern Division claims the Cup! Eastern has reclaimed the Division Cup. Leading the scoring wire-to-wire, the 22-member team overcame the last-day pressureto secure the win.

National committee meetingRepresentatives from all our divisions gathered at Copper to re-view the state of Masters affairs. It was a good session with a trad-ing of ideas for the future and what is working in their regions.

Some decisions of note:Online registration will be used for the 2012 Masters Nationals atPark City. Division quotas have been dropped in favor of first-come, first-served sign up. Check our fall newsletter for details inNovember.

The Super Combined race at the Nationals will be included in thescoring for both the Division Cup and the 2013 Spyder NationalTeam. The class combined awards will continue to use SG/GS/SL.

Have a great summer. Hope to see some of you at Mt. Hood thissummer!

Eastern Team — Division Cup winners, 2011

hat a great year for Masters ski racing, congratulations to all that participated! Special thanks to all the Masters racers who provided their time and eff ort to make each event successful.

Th is was the 8th year for Th e Skier’s Edge Co. to be the title sponsor for Masters racing. Our company’s goal is to help individual racers improve as well as elevate Masters racing to a highly visible level - one never achieved before. Th e added bonus is the magnifi cent venues, and most of all, you, the loyal Masters racer!!

Summer Training Tips

Don’t let this season’s racing achievements slip away into the summer sun. Th e Skier’s Edge will help you train hard all summer long so you can rip turns right out of the gate next race season!

Here are a few summer training tips to help you stay in top condition for the podium next year.

1. Do 5-6 high-speed one minute sprints, at 4 minute intervals during a 20 minute aerobic session on your Skier’s Edge. Th ese high-speed sprints should be at 100 turns per minute. Th is will rapidly develop your anaerobic tolerance, give you a great cardiovascular workout, and improve your coordination, balance and strength.

2. Try to increase your workouts by 100 turns per day.

3. One-legged squats: Do 5 squats on each leg. Bend no further then 900 while holding each squat for 30 seconds. Repeat set 4 more times.

4. Spend 10-15 minutes stretching and allowing your muscles to cool down. Th is helps prevent injuries.

5. Make sure you’re maintaining a regular exercise routine to stay in shape and feeling great!

Congratulations to the Skier’s Edge Masters Team members who made it to the FIS Masters World Criterium this year. Th e races took place in the charming country of Andorra, on the highest peak in the Pyrenees Mountains. Not only was the countryside breathtaking, but the events were fantastic. Team members made a big impression with 2 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 1 bronze!

World’s was just the beginning for our Masters Team earning multiple medals. At this year’s US Skier’s Edge Masters Nationals, despite the wide variety of climate changes, all Skier’s Edge racers fi nished strong. A big THANK YOU to all that represented Skier’s Edge so well.

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Bill Skinner • Masters National Coordinator & National Champion

Racing at Your Best!

Left to Right: Tim Hill, James Th oman, Greg Sarkis, Bill Skinner, Eric Klemme, John Droege, Amy Lanzel, Jessie McAleer, Anna Droege, Richard Slabinski, Victor Roy, Deb Mackenzie, Jen Kaufman

Ted Ligety on his World Cup Plyometric Power



Mammoth Mountain,California, has beenannounced as the 2012venue for the MastersWorld Criterium, oneof the most importantevents on the Alpineskiing calendar. This

signals the return of the Masters Cri-terium to the USA, which has not hostedthe prestigious event since 2005 at SunValley, Idaho. Mammoth Mountain racedirector Beat Huber and USSA directorof Masters racing Bill Skinner were in-strumental in bringing this exciting inter-national event back to the USA. Theannouncement was made April 8, 2011 by

FIS Masters president Harald Hebert fromKitzbuehel, Austria and USA FIS delegateBob Davis, from southern California, atthe 2012 calendar meeting in Sestriere,Italy. The thought of “coming to America”for the Criterium created a lot of excite-ment among the European team captainsin the room. Bob Davis fielded questionsfrom the crowd. Final approval is antici-pated at the June 1 FIS calendar meeting inSlovenia, after which full event informa-tion will be available from links atwww.mammothmountain.com andwww.FIS-Ski.com. All skiers over age 30are welcome. Participants must hold a cur-rent FIS card to register. The organizingcommittee will host the event in accor-

dance with the International Ski Competi-tion rules (I.C.R. Masters) of FIS. Featuredraces are SG, GS and SL, and conclude onSaturday with a one-run Masters Cup GS.

This past February, it was Andorra’sturn to welcome the best skiers in theworld in the Alpine Masters category to thebeautiful slopes of the Arcalis for the 2011Criterium. The USA had 10 competitors in-cluding medalists Pepi Neubauer and Car-olyn Beckedorff (Eastern), Knut Olbergand Tim Hill (Pacific Northwest), and Jen-nifer Kaufman (Rocky Mtn.). Over 400skiers aged 30–95, representing over 18countries, enjoyed fine European skiing,social events and new friends.

FIS Alpine Masters World CriteriumMarch 27-31, 2012 at Mammoth Mountain, California • by Bob Davis

Why do we do it?

Scenery like this

may have something

to do with it.

Plus, going fast.

Mammoth Mtn. SG venue


2011 Skier’s Edge National ChampionshipsCopper Mountain, ColoradoThe 2012 Spyder National Masters team isselected from the top finisher in each ageclass at the 2011 national championships,based on total world cup points in the 3-event SG-GS-SL combined.

NOTESW11 – Grace Oaks of Canada won the com-bined with 1-x-1 finishes; there were noother finishers in this age class

W06 – Andrea Esson of Canada won thecombined with 3-1-1 finishes; VictoriaValar of Rocky Mountain is the top Ameri-can finisher and thus named to the SpyderU.S. National Masters team.

There were no ties.

Women MenClass Competitor Competitor13 John Droege (IM, 1-1-1)

12 Virginia Reed (IM, 1-1-x) Alphonse Sevigny (EA, 1-1-1)

11 Carl Fullman (IM, 2-1-3)

10 Anna Droege (IM, 1-1-1) Lee Kaufman (RM, 1-2-1)

9 Nancy Auseklis (IM, 1-1-3) Pepi Neubauer (EA, 1-1-1)

8 Rosemary Moschel (IM, 1-1-1) Victor Roy (IM, 1-5-1)

7 Debra Mackenzie (IM, 4-1-1) Pierre Jeangirard (FW, 1-1-3)

6 Victoria Valar (RM, 2-2-2) Erik Klemme (RM, 1-2-2)

5 Lisa Densmore (EA, 1-1-1) Timothy Hill (PN, 1-1-1)

4 Jessie McAleer (EA, 1-1-1) Ara Papazian (FW, 4-3-1)

3 Elyse Tanner (RM, 1-1-2) Kevin Hendrickson (RM, 1-1-2)

2 Dana Alexandrescu (IM, 1-1-1) James Thoman (EA, 2-1-1)

1 Jennifer Higgins (RM, 1-1) Matthew Savage (FW, 1-1-1)

2012 Spyder Masters National Team

466 racers competed in Molecule F speedseries events in 2011. Fourteen races wereheld in five divisions. The usual suspectsattended, with one surprising, yet not un-expected, result. Luke Keenan from the Pa-cific Northwest finally put it all togetherand took top honors for A/B men. Runner-

up last year, Luke's speedhas just gotten better andbetter. “Run speed to getgood at speed” is his motto.Chris Probert (IM) was sec-ond. Rauli Karjalainen (IM)repeated as men’s group Dwinner (60 and over), edg-ing Pepi Neubauer from theEast. Debra Lewis (FW)may be slight in stature butlong on guts, as she tookthe ladies’ overall for thefirst time. Heidi Flood (IM)was second.

The Molecule Trophy andcustom belt buckles were

awarded to class winners,top three for season and the SG awardsceremony at Copper Mtn. The series willbe back again next year, thanks to contin-ued support from our sponsors Jim Rus-citto, Bill Tabar, Molecule F and all ourspeed venues.

Overall Molecule F Trophy standingsA/B – MEN (AGE 20–59)1 Luke Keenan (M01, PN) 1852 Christopher Probert (M03, IM) 1123 Matt Savage (M01, FW) 1004 Erik Klemme (M06, RM) 915 Don Johnson (M06, RM) 62

D – MEN (AGE 60–90)1 Rauli Karjalainen (M08, IM) 1342 Pepi Neubauer (M09, EA) 853 Chip Ford (M08, RM) 574 Wiebe Gortmaker (M09, RM) 525(t) Dave Garner (M09, FW) 505(t) Victor Roy (M08, IM) 50

C – ALL WOMEN

1 Deb Lewis (W07, FW) 942 Heidi Flood (W07, IM) 793 Lauren MacMath (W01, RM) 724 Jeanette Saylor (W06, RM) 615 Julie Rolfe (W07, FW) 57

Complete results athttp://ussamasters.org/2011/nss

Molecule F National Speed Series

2010 Speed Series winners

Luke Keenan and Rauli Karjalainen


Bits & Pieces

Ted Johnson demonstrates an alternate route down Copper Mountain.

Anne Nordhoy has stepped down as FIS Competitor Representive. Thank you,Anne for all your hard work. Bob Davis will fill this position going forward. Bobhas been instrumental in the effort to bring the Masters World Championships toMammoth Mtn. in March 2012.

Bob Davis

Completed careerOur sport is a lifelong pursuitand unfortunately, over time, welose friends and fellow racers tolife's travails. We always remem-ber our past experiences and theenjoyment we give to each other.Recently we lost DJ Tengdin. Ourhearts go out to his family and toall our friends that will not bejoining us on the hill in the coming years.


PNSABy Ann Ozunawww.PNSAmasters.org

“La Niña” winter came earlyto the Pacific northwest withrecord snows in November

and stayed late into spring. Soft snow lim-ited the training days, but racers showed upat the races in numbers to meet, race andhave a great time on powder skis when notracing. Racers at the PNSA Championshipsat Mt. Bachelor were greeted with sub-zerowind chills and new snow—on April 8th! This past season was notable for the accom-plishments of PNSA racers standing on thepodium after all the gates were run at the

Nationals in Colorado as well as the folkswho were on “injured reserve” and unableto compete. PNSA finished 5th in the re-gional competition. Individual medalistswere:

Luke Keenan Men’s Class 1 Third PlaceTim Hill Men’s Class 5 ChampionRich Robertson Men’s Class 10, Runner UpJim Phillips Men’s Class 10, Third Place

Tim Hill was selected top USSA MaleRacer, finishing with 0.00 race points and asweep of all events.

Luke Keenan loves to go fast andproved it by winning the Molecule F speedseries of SG and DH around the country.

On injured reserve and unable tocompete at Nationals were Willi Schmidt,Knut Olberg and Willie Scroggins. Also in-jured, and missing a part of the season, wereJanet Vincent, Anna Nystrom, Jack Daniels,and Ward Buckingham. Here’s wishing themall a speedy recovery and a reunion at Sum-mer Fun Nationals at Mt Hood in July.

PNSA crowned our season-longchampions at the finals in Bend, OR, onApril 10th. Class 7 champion Debbie Cole-man amassed the highest total of WorldCup points for the season with consistentperformance, despite missing several race

weekends. This season we had “Three Mus-keteers” earn the Road Warrior title, makingall the race weekends, all season long. BradScott, last year’s road warrior, was joined byHugh Mitchell of class 6 and Larry Kon-stacky of class 7 at Bend for a photo op. Thelargest class was Men’s Class 6, with 39 different racers scoring World Cup pointsduring the season. Men’s class 5 had 33competitors scoring points.

This year’s “last run of the year”drama played out in Ladies’ Class 6, whereseason leader going into the race NancyRiley slid past the wrong side of a slalomgate and had to hike for her life to hold offKaren Kilian to claim gold in the class.

This year, we crowned champions innearly every class. Season-long championsby class are:

Class 12 Janet Vincent Kristian BergClass 11 Sheila Lewens Charles EvansClass 10 Carolyn Phillips Jim PhillipsClass 9 Alice Jacklet Ward BuckinghamClass 8 Ann Ozuna Jeff StierClass 7 Debbie Coleman Brad ScottClass 6 Nancy Riley Hugh MitchellClass 5 Linda Shallow Tim AidClass 4 Jennifer Aspass

David SchreitmullerClass 3 Lori Fruci Daren PostfoorooshClass 2 Fast Racer Wanted! Sam AvaiusiniClass 1 Melissa “Moose” Dettmer

Luke KeenanFull results are posted atwww.pnsamasters.org .

Challenge yourself against yourfriends in the gates again next year!

CentralRyan Fuller, chair

www.midwestmasters.org

This past season was one ofchange for Midwest Mastersin the Central Division. Withthe loss of our longtime RaceDirector, Steve Lindemer, and

with new challenges facing the organization,we’ve used this season to set ourselves in anew direction. There were many firsts thisyear.

The first major first this year was thenaming of Mike Auge as our race director.Mike brought significant racing experience,a great attitude, and a new degree of organi-zation to our races. Though losing Steve, heleft no question that our races are in goodhands. We look forward to having Mike con-

tinue his work in the coming years. SkiRaceReg was also contracted this

year to host all of the essential online serv-ices for Midwest Masters. We made the deci-sion to utilize the system designed by DougBriggs to support most of our online needsoutside of direct marketing and email com-munications. We look forward to continuingto extend the use of this system next year.

This past fall, we held our first an-nual Steak Fry fundraiser. Although atten-dance was lower than expected, we plan touse this experience to continue building upexcitement for an annual fall fundraiser.Next season, we anticipate incorporatingsome new ideas for fundraising, such as abib auction (as we will have fancy new bibsnext year), and even a Midwest Masters Fan-tasy Ski League, using our own skiers pairedwith those from the World Cup.

Also new this year was our first-evercooperatively-hosted race with the ChicagoMetropolitan Ski Council (CMSC), held atMarquette Mountain in upper Michigan. Wehad well over 100 racers at this event andMidwest Masters generated over 40 tempo-rary licenses — hopefully convertible intofull memberships next year. We are also ex-ploring holding more cooperative eventswith other organizations such as the Michi-gan Alpine Competition Council (MACC)and USSA Region I. It should also be notedthat membership prospecting in general wasvery successful with Midwest Masters thisyear, as we recruited well over 70 membersto race with us using temporary licenses.

Finally, Midwest Masters conductedits first ever member survey, which will beused to help improve our level of service toour membership. This past season we sawour membership more than double, to over170 members. This is down from our bestyears, but it is well up over the previousthree years. We hope to continue this trend,and we see this survey as one tool we canutilize to ensure we are responding to ourmembership’s concerns and desires.

We have lots of other plans in storefor next year, such as increased spending onawards and recognition, expanded use ofonline registration, and some new ideas forhosting races that are similar to the prece-dent set with CMSC this past season.

The Midwest Masters board of direc-tors plans to work hard over the summer toensure continued success next year. Ourmotto is “Take it to the next level,” and weintend to do so in 2012! See you on the hill!

Division News

averaged 0.82 seconds for the winner, whilethe average downhill turn took 2.92 seconds.The downhill turn took three and a half timeslonger to complete compared to the slalomturn. While the time per turn is less in slalomthe average speed is much greater in down-hill. Two conflicting components. Phil Mahrehad an interesting way to view it. The three-time World Cup overall winner said thatslalom was the faster event because the gatescome at you much quicker.

So how does skiing two seemingly op-posite events help each individual event?When you expand the parameters of the tech-nique you end up developing the finer aspectsof that technique. Take for example the base-ball batter warming up with the weighted bat.The extra effort needed to accelerate the heavybat, along with keeping the bat at the in-tended trajectory stimulates the batters neuro-muscular system. By challenging theneuromuscular system, the batters musclesare trained to deeper level which will beneeded when he confronts an 84 mph curveball. The same is true in ski racing. Let’s exam-ine Ivica’s edging and rotation skills with re-gards to turn speed and radius.

Speed & RadiusThere are significant differences in speed andturn radius between the two events. Increas-ing speed and/or decreasing the turn radiusmakes the turn more difficult to hold. Thetechnique to handle speed and turn radius aredifferent, although within the same skill set.

EdgingOne reason we edge the ski is to maintainline. While the edge angle may be similar inboth events, the technique used to edge is dif-ferent. In slalom there is greater angulation(Fig. 2) and in speed there is more inclination(Fig. 3). The angulated position of Ivica in fig-

ure 2 does not require him tomove his upper body as far intothe turn, making it a quick posi-tion to move from and to. In speedevents when the external forces aremuch greater and there is moretime, the skier can move his entirebody into the turn. In figure 3 Ivicahas lined up his entire body, essen-tially stacking the bones of hisskeleton so he can be in a strongerposition to resist the high externalforces. While not a fast position tomove from, Ivica is in a very strongposition to resist the large externalforces of the Kitzbühel downhill.

We must be careful to notpigeonhole these two edging strate-gies, always assuming that slalomwill always be angulated and speedinclined. In figure 4, Ivica uses acombination of angulation and in-clination. The ability to blend thediffering edging strategies was es-sential for Ivica this season in win-ning the combined and overallglobes.

RotationSlalom turns are tighter and goacross the hill more than ever be-fore. This requires reorienting ofthe skis from left to right through alarge range. In essence, the skispoint farther to the left and fatherto the right than in the past. Thisreorienting can be performed witha high degree of carving or with astivot. Either way, it has to happenquickly. To do it quickly, Ivicakeeps his upper body facing downthe hill (Fig. 5). This is not a pas-sive position, but a concurrent ro-

Figure 2. Ivica Kostelic with extreme hip angulation in theslalom during the SC at Bansko Bulgaria this season.

Figure 5. Counter in response to the extreme direction changesat Kranjska Gora slalom this year by Ivica Kostelic.

tation of the upper body againstor opposite the lower body. Ifthe turn requires reorienting theskis 95 degrees from one turn tothe next, then Ivica rotates hisupperbody 95 degrees relative tohis lower body. This has a dualpurpose. First, it creates a veryfast turning impetus, and sec-ond, this allows the hip agreater range of motion, whichis needed for the more extremeangulation in the modernslalom. Notice Ivica in figure 6utilizing a similar stance in SG,going over a roll at Kitzbühel.The amount of counter with hiships and shoulders coincideswith the amount of ski tip leadchange. This gives him more hiprange-of-motion in which to ab-sorb the larger terrain feature.Being able to resist these largeforces in speed with a founda-tion from the technical eventsgives Ivica a huge advantage asan overall skier. Conversely,Ivica has learned from the highforces and rotational tempohow to hold and pace the quickslalom turn. This is why Ivicanever seems to be scrambling in

slalom. While 0.82 seconds may not seem like much time for some skiers, Ivicahas learned how to fit or adapt the rhythm of his slalom turn into that winningtime period. Not too fast, and not too slow of a cadence.

Ivica Kostelic has always been a great slalom skier, and by adding speedtraining he has learned how to respond to the large external forces. He has notturned into a “speed skier” per se, but a “skier,” a more all-around skier that thatcan handle a greater variety of situations. This explains why Ivica was fast inboth events this season (1st in SL, 3rd in SG). He has learned the extremes ofthe skills. This results in more technique options for Ivica. He is now more well-rounded and able to respond appropriately to any ski situation.

By Ron Kipp Photos: Getty Images

Ron Kipp is the USSA Alpine Sport Education Manager. He has worked with

the U.S. and Norwegian Ski Teams.

Figure 3. Ivica Kostelic using inclination to stack his skeletonto resist the high forces in the downhill portion of the com-bined at Kitzbühel this season.

Figure 4. A mixture of angulation and inclination shows the versatility ofIvica Kostelic on his way to 2nd place at the Zagreb slalom this season.

Figure 6. Ivica Kostelic "counters" in SG to increase range-of-motionin the hip, enabling him to absorb terrain at Kitzbühel this year.


New England MastersNadine Price, chairwww.nemasters.org

It was the best of times; itwas the worst of times…well,maybe that’s a bit melodra-

matic, but as I reflect on the season nowcoming to a close, I am sitting by the firelooking out at the snow banks in my yard,which are stubbornly refusing to yield tospring, or as it’s known here in Vermont,“still winter,” and wondering if I will everbe able to hike up Pico mountain withoutsnowshoes. Did I mention it’s mid-April?

It has been an amazing season forskiing here in the East. And it’s not over.Killington has reported nearly 300 inchesof snow this season, and that’s using a Bu-reau of Weights and Measures-approvedruler! And unlike most seasons, there wereno major meltdowns. If every season herewas this good, we would probably havetrouble convincing folks to get off their fatskis and pull out the race skis! Of course,the ironic downside of all that snow is thatit can make racing a bit more challenging.In the end, we lost only one regular seasonrace to too much snow. Unfortunately, itwas the much-anticipated Stratton SG.After losing this race last year to an ex-tremely bizarre storm, we are sure that thethird time will be the charm and it will bea fantastic race next season! Also unfortu-nate was our loss of Speed Week, due prin-cipally to venue vagaries, but this willmost definitely be back next season. Theweather, in the form of precipitation, fog,temperature variations—you name it—diddictate cancellation of our Regional GSand caused our planned three-day finals tobe condensed to a one-run GS and one-run SL in a single day. And so much for the“worst of times!” We managed to get in alot of great ski racing between the powderdays, and sometimes, between the powderruns!

We kicked off the season with amid-December SL at Cochran’s, a smallmountain just outside of Burlington, VT,owned by a family of the same name andknown (not coincidentally) for theOlympians—also of the same name—ithas produced. The race was held the daybefore their official opening, so it was aprivate party, and a great one by all ac-counts. With several Cochrans in atten-dance, Jimmy served as course setter andstarter and Marilyn served lunch. It was aunique opportunity to hobnob with skiracing royalty and support an American ski

racing institution.Throughout January we visited

many favorite venues and brought back anold favorite that has not been on theschedule for some time. We returned toWaterville for the first GS of the RockportMortgage Corporation GS Series. The racewas an unqualified success, and the venueone we hope to keep. In spite of not beingable to run the SG, Stratton managed topull off the Janeway Cup, one of our mostpopular races each year. And the event didnot disappoint. The day was clear and coldand there were a lot of freshies availablebeside the course. But the track held upwell and provided a great canvas for someamazing skiing. Local favorite CarsonThurber dusted the men’s field but Pat Mc-Namara, twenty years his senior, finishedsecond in the overall and easily took theJaneway Cup, awarded to the fastest manand woman over 40. In the women’s field,Lisa Densmore laid down two exceptionalruns, winning both and seizing theJaneway as well. The final week in Januarytook us once again to Mount WashingtonValley for the 71st running of the GibsonCup at Mount Cranmore. The Gibson Cupis awarded to the fastest man and womanafter combining the GS and SL. Each year,this event brings out a number of folksthat have raced with us more regularly inthe past but don’t currently make it to a lotof races, so it was great to have Luke Heib-ert out there contending for the Gibson.After winning the GS on Friday he servednotice that he was there to win. He left thedoor open a tiny crack in the SL but noone could squeeze through and he hoistedthe Gibson Cup. The women’s Gibsonwent once again to JessieMcAleer. AlthoughJessie winning theGibson for the sixth time isnot a surprise to any whohave had the pleasure ofwatching her ski, it isworthy of note thatshe won the SL raceoverall, best-ing

the entire field, including all the men! Thisis something that has happened only twicebefore in New England Masters history butsomething she managed to do no fewerthan five times this season.

The first weekend of Februaryfound us on a trail called Flying Yankee atRagged Mountain. We have been to Raggeda number of times, and our races therehave always been well attended, probablydue to its convenient location in the pre-cise center of New Hampshire and Ver-mont, but we have never had the pleasureof racing on this trail because the condi-tions have not permitted it. This year weelected to go there a little later in the sea-son and we hit the jackpot. The weatherfor the GS was perfect and the hill was anabsolute ball. Everyone came through thefinish with huge grin and a burning desireto go do it again. This was one of the bestevents of the entire Rockport GS Series,and in the future we will make sure toschedule it late enough to get this trail.

Another February highlight was thefondue party at Chez Henri in the villageat Sugarbush. The races were fun, but theparty was terrific! Henri has been servingfine French food and wine forever and hisexcitement over ski racing and ski racers isa thing of beauty. For a short while, inHenri’s embrace,we were allrockstars,the

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Lisa Densmore (EA) racing SCat Copper Mountain


World Cup competitors of our fantasies.The Eastern Regionals, sponsored

generously by Skier’s Edge, were onceagain held at perennial favorite OkemoMountain, in central Vermont. Friday’s SGcould not have been better. The weatherwas perfect and the track held up remark-ably well. Perhaps owing to the fact that iswas a Molecule F Speed Series race, it at-tracted several folks from Rocky and onefrom Far West. The SL portion of the SuperCombined was a reminder of just howmuch soft snow we had; the course didn’thold up as well as the SG and the youngerclasses were faced with a real luge run.Watching racers disappear in the ruts andthen get launched through the air into thenext turn, or not, did provide a great showfor the spectators. By Saturday the weatherhad taken a typical New England turn. Theorganizers managed to eke out an SL onSaturday, but with dense fog blanketingthe mountain from summit to base lodgeon Sunday, and no reprieve in the forecast,they reluctantly had to call the scheduledGS on Sunday.

Mother Nature continued to be thestory the following weekend, when wetraveled to Burke Mountain for the SiseCup Finals. Warm temperatures and a verysnivelly forecast led to an early cancella-tion of Friday’s GS, but with perserveranceand a lot of hard work, we managed torace on Saturday, and not just a race but aGS and an SL. Conditions and terrainbeing what they were, we opted for a sin-gle full length run of each. It is noteworthythat, as happened last year, although Burkeagreed to host our event, they were notable to offer us much in the way of help.So for the second time, NEMS had to stepup and run the races without a local or-ganization. Unlike last year, Laura Sullivanand her USCSA crew were not available, soour resourceful executive director roundedup a crew of potential future Masters racersand put on a great event. Although not ourpreferred method of running races, it didprovide an opportunity to introduce our-selves and interact with several potentialracers. It went quite well and we will mostcertainly see these people next year, hope-fully a lot.

In what is fast becoming a new tra-dition, we once again ended the officialSise Cup Season with an awards banquet.The party was conveniently and capablyhosted by Burke and we had a terrific mealwith lots of awards and prizes. JessieMcAleer, skiing perhaps the best of her life,

took the women’s Sise Cup handily. Shelost only a single race all season long andthat made her the Rockport Mortgage Cor-poration GS Series Champion and the SiseSL Champion as well. The Men’s overallSise Cup went to Mark George, who justseems to keep getting better and better.With nine SL wins he easily captured theSise SL title. The Men’s Rockport MortgageCorporation GS Series was the tightestoverall race of the season. Rick Cesatistarted out quietly, finishing fifth in thefirst GS but just kept building steam allseason. He won the last two GS races andthe title.

The Tobin Award for outstandingcontribution to Eastern Masters ski racingwas awarded to George Merrill. A formerU.S. team member, George is the founderof, and driving force behind, Artech, thepremier supplier to ski racers at all levels.He is a strong supporter of the sport, andof New England and Eastern Masters rac-ing in particular. His sponsorship, throughArtech, has been generous and invaluableto us for many years.

The George Anderson Spirit of Mas-ters Award, awarded to the NEMS competi-tor who exemplifies the spirit of Mastersski racing went to Katie George, for herparticipation, her willingness to lend ahand, her congeniality, her coat-carryingservices and her sincere and never-fadingsmile.

All told, it was a good season. Ournumbers were down a little but not morethan might be expected due to the econ-omy, the weather and a few personalthings specific to an unusually large num-ber of our members. Significantly, ouryounger classes have shown growth. Wesuccessfully unveiled the online registra-tion system known as skiracereg.com, tounanimous approval. And we introducedour new scoring system, which is a versionof BART, one of only two scoring programsapproved by USSA and the FIS. Given theunique and numerous requirements of ourscoring, it took a little time to work out allthe bugs, but we have successfully done soand we are very pleased with the system.We continue to glean a worthwhile num-ber of starts from our presence at theBoston Ski Show, made possible by USSA.Our increased number of social activitieshas been very well received and helped en-tice at least two women to convert theirtemp memberships to full so they couldjoin us for a second weekend.

By the way, maybe one of the up-

sides of all the snow we’ve had this seasonhelped prepare the Eastern contingent fortheir excellent performance at Nationals,bringing home the Divisions Cup for thefirst time in too long and giving us a yearof bragging rights! Congratulations to allthe Eastern competitors!

As always, our series is made possi-ble and enhanced by our sponsors. Our GSseries has been generously sponsored byRockport Mortgage Corporation. We wishto thank them most sincerely. Our endur-ing gratitude goes to Artech, for its gener-ous and continued support. And we thankSwix, SkiChair.com, Denby, Smuttynose,Red Hook, and True Power for their specialassistance this year.

Northern Division Masters Rick Murphy, chairwww.northernmasters.org

Spring brings out the golfclubs, fly rods and bikes,but La Niña brought outthe best in the Northern

Division winter. This season we wereblessed with record-breaking snowthroughout the region. Masters were con-fronted with the conundrum; slip thetraining course endlessly or ski powder:what would you do?

In spite of the fresh snow allure, westill got a lot of racing done. Our membersjoined forces with Intermountain andPNSA for a full season of gates. Our racersconducted themselves admirably at Jack-son, Sun Valley, Big Sky, 49 Degrees N andSchweitzer with numerous podium ap-pearances.

At Nationals, we were well repre-sented with champions: Jim Ragan, 3rdoverall class 8; Dennis Wilhelmsen, 3rdoverall class 6; and Toby Chapman, 2ndoverall class 2.

Training opportunities were plenti-ful, with full programs now established atWhitefish Mountain Resort, Big Sky andBridger Bowl.

I am pleased to announce thatNorthern Division will have a new chair-man for next year: Toby Chapman. Tobybrings a passion for ski racing and a life-time of experience to the job.

I want to thank everyone whohelped me throughout my tenure, espe-cially Dave Shappee, Fran Noel, RonMatelich, Meri Stratton and Bill Skinner.

See you in the gates.

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Rocky MountainJennifer L. Kaufman, Vice President and Division Chairwww.rmmskiracing.org

Rocky Mountain Masters wrapped up avery full 2011 season with our grand finaleat Loveland on April 9th. The Hans WolfMemorial included one run of SG, GS andSL—all held in one day! Superb executionby the Loveland race crew and numerousvolunteers ensured that this event was onefor the memory books. In keeping withRMM tradition, we ended a spectacularday of racing with a great party and ahighly successful year-end fundraising raffle.

In total, RMM hosted over 20 racesacross all four disciplines, at venuesaround Colorado. Masters Nationals alsoreturned to Colorado for the first time in anumber of years and it was great to see somany Masters from around the country atCopper Mountain and Ski Cooper.

In regular season racing our overallaward, known as the Pesman Pot, went toJennifer Kaufman and Franz Fuchsberger,both of whom also captured our overall“sportage” award (age adjusted) known asthe Dercum Cup. Fuxi rounded out theyear by winning the Elite overall title, aswell. For more comprehensive results,please see our website at www.rmmskirac-ing.org.

We had unprecedented success withthe Sponsor-A-Race day program this year.We sold every race and already have a wait-ing list for next season’s races. As we didnot have the benefit of a title sponsor, raceday sponsorship played a vital role inhelping fund our events and post race par-ties. We are so thankful for our race spon-sor support and hope to see it continue!

We are also grateful for the tirelessefforts of race day administrator DebiDavis and our office manager Stacey Es-

telle—we could not do itwithout everything theydo to keep us race-ready.

The boardhas a busy summerin front of us toprepare for nextyear, and we con-tinue to maintain afocus on improving andexpanding participation. Ourschedule should be posted by earlyfall, and we looking forward to seeingeveryone on the slopes!

New York State Snow Masters SeriesBy Jack Eisenschmid, chairand Jim Spillane, co-chairwww.nymasters.org

The 2011 NY Masters Series was anothergreat season! We experienced one of thebest seasons we’ve had in years. Through-out the year there was nice weather andgreat snow conditions for our 39th raceseason. This year we increased the numberof races to 26 over 13 days! We once againhad very strong turnouts at most of theraces, and everyone who participated en-joyed finishing four race runs by 2:00,with more than enough time for free ski-ing and our always fun aprés awards party.

Like every season, we had terrificcompetition among the age classes as wellas for the overall awards. For the men’soverall title, it was once again Jim Thomanwho claimed the Marshall Skiff cup, forthe third time in four years. For thewomen, it was Barb Brumbaugh who tookthe overall women’s Joan Skiff cup. Con-gratulations to Jim and Barb on a greatseason!

This year, we again had some greatsponsors to help keep the NY Masters se-ries going and who also provided somegreat prizes. Many thanks to Swix,Transpack, Mountainside Ski and Sports,Liberty Skis, Spyder, Smith, Rossingnol,Southtown Beverages, and Skier’s Edge.Thank you all for your continued support!Also, a big thanks to all of the volunteersthat help out with our series each week;Jim Spillane, co-chairman; Mark Sertl,treasurer; Laura Moats, scoring; BarbBrumbaugh, webmaster; Don Fella, ban-ners; Ellen Miller, sponsors; JenniferFrazer, Shelly Russell, Joie Komarmi, DavidBennett, Joan Evans, Judy Vverberg, and

theBeermeister,Marsh Rich! We can’t runthis series without your help!

New York Masters had a terrificshowing at both the Eastern Regionalsheld at Okemo, as well as the Nationalsheld at Copper Mountain. We had fiveoverall winners at the easterns, includingBarb Settel for woman’s class 8, PepiNeubauer for men’s class 9, Greg Sarkis formen’s class 6, Lou Moore for men’s class 3,and Jim Thoman for men’s class 2. BothNew York and New England Masters did agreat job at the nationals taking back theoverall trophy for 2011! New York againhad a great showing. We had several racerswith their classes in individual races in-cluding Barb Brumbaugh in the DH, GregSarkis in the GS, Jim Thoman in the SC,GS, and SL, and Pepi Neubauer dominatedhis class by winning all five races! BothJim and Pepi were named to the 2112 Spy-der National Masters Team! Congratula-tions Jim and Pepi!

Enjoy the summer and see you allfor the 2012 season.

NEW YORK MASTERS 2011 OVERALL STANDINGS

Men1. Jim Thoman2. Greg Sarkis3. Jim Spillane4. Lou Moore5. Doug Paul6. Tim O’Donoghue7. Cal Baker8. Greg Kerl9. Jack Eisenschmid10. Eddie Linsler

Women1. Barb Brumbaugh2. Marie-Eve Noel3. Barb Settel4. Laura Moats

Bill Gooch (RM)


The off-season is the besttime to get ready fornext year’s MastersCircuit. As a junior skicoach, racers often askme, “Coach, what do Ineed to do to getfaster by next season?”

We often look for the easier solutionslike a new pair of race skis or a slick GSsuit. However, I encourage my athletesto focus on their off-season condition-ing to improve their race results. One ofmy former junior racers is an avid balletdancer and her many years in the dancestudio along with her on-snow traininghas helped her reach her goal of skiing fortop ranked Dartmouth College. Condi-tioning is especially important for Mastersracers to maintain overall fitness and pre-vent injury.

The key for any conditioning pro-gram is to find activities you actuallyenjoy. For example, I love cycling and wa-terskiing during the summer months,which provide great cross-training foralpine skiing. When putting together aconditioning program the three primaryelements to focus on are E.A.P.

• Endurance• Agility• Power

While alpine ski racing is primarilyan anaerobic sport, a typical race coursethat lasts for 50 seconds or more is equiva-lent to a middle distancerunner in track. Therefore,it’s imperative to have agood aerobic base. For ex-ample, I was recentlycoaching at a J1-2 slalomrace and one of thecoaches said “Thisrace will be won orlost in these last fif-teen gates.” Thebottom section ofthe course wasfairly open andeasy, however dur-ing the race it wasobvious whichracers were in

shape and attacked the bottom versusthose who simply ran out of gas. As skiracers, we love to go fast, so long, slow dis-tance running may not be your thing. Thekey is to find an aerobic activity you enjoylike spinning classes, elliptical machines,mountain biking, hiking, recreational soc-cer league, rollerblading, or any activity tobuild a good endurance base. Former Aus-trian star Hermann Maier was an avid cy-clist who even rode a stage in the Tour deFrance and credits his success to loggingthousands of miles on his bike. One in-vestment I recommend is a heart ratemonitor, so you can find your optimaltraining zone and get the most out of yourworkout. If you need more motivation, re-member that aerobic conditioning willhelp shed those unwanted pounds so youcan fit into that GS suit next winter.

While you may spend your sum-mers competing in triathlons or trainingfor a marathon, don’t forget to add someagility and balance exercises into yourworkout. Running an SL course or makinga tough transition in an SG requires excel-lent agility and balance. So it’s importantto add some lateral movements to yourroutine. Many of our favorite sports liketennis, racquetball, basketball, soccer, andskating incorporate lateral movements.One of my favorite exercises is skipping

rope. When traveling on a busi-ness trip, it’s easy to pack ajump rope and pair of runningshoes for your daily work-out. During the sum-

mer, I love waterskiing as it includes speed,agility, balance, endurance, and its fun.Again, the key is to find activities youenjoy!

Finally, one of the most importantaspects of alpine ski racing is power. Weneed power for explosive starts, skating onflat sections, handling that strong leftfooter under gate on a steep headwall, andholding a tuck over those big rollers. It’seasy to add power to any workout. For ex-ample, if you’re going for a bike ride, chal-lenge yourself by adding a few hills. Juststart with one and work up to more hillsover time. When traveling on business, youcan scout around the area near the hotel tofind a good place to run. If there is aschool or college nearby, run over to thecampus, do some stadium steps and runback to the hotel, all before that 7:30 ambreakfast meeting. If you’re going to thegym, then add some strength training toyour routine. One of the best exercises forpowerful starts are dips on a parallel bar.Most fitness centers have dip stations withweight assistance so you can build upthose triceps muscles. As ski racers, wewant to build our “core,” by strengtheningthe abdominal and lower back muscles. Ifyou’re not comfortable with weight train-ing, then ask a personal trainer to help youdesign a balanced strength training pro-gram for alpine skiing.

In summary, whatever exercises youchoose, you’ll be more likely to stick withan off-season conditioning program ifyou’re doing activities you actually enjoy.Remember, exercise should be a fun partof your daily routine and is just as impor-tant for Masters as it is for World Cup

competitors. If you commit to aconsistent off-season condi-tioning program, you’ll even-tually see the results on thescoreboard. See you on the

race course!

Mark Wolcott is aMasters racer, juniorrace coach, and con-ditioning coordinatorfor the Hunt HollowRace Team in up-state New York.

EAP will make you fit and fast by next seasonMark Wolcott

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Intermountain Masters Amy Lanzel, chairwww.intermountain-masters.org

2011 proved to be avery interesting yearfor the Intermountain

Masters. The quality of races and venueswas the best ever. We managed to have afull race schedule with lots of great partiesand attendance. The recession continues tohit us in the pocketbook, so we are insti-tuting a variety of new programs next yearto provide folks a chance to “be the hero”and sponsor one or more of our races. Wewill also continue to pursue the businesssponsors, who are our lifeline.

New this past year, we introducedonline race registration, a Facebook pageand a newly designed web page; check usout at www.intermountainmasters.org.Our signature race of the year, the Lor-

tiz/Pendleton Cup, was a huge success,with the largest attendance ever. It was alsothe ski race where we honored our first-ever scholarship recipients, Scotty andReese McGrath. The $2,000 will go alongway in promoting citizenship and leader-ship within the ski racing community. It isalso our goal to keep those athletes thatmight not otherwise have a chance with-out our financial support involved in skiracing. We believe keeping them involvedkeeps them focused, teaches discipline andhelps them to be successful in the rest oftheir life endeavors.

Next year, we look forward to an-other great season, and will be hosting theNationals at Park City Mountain Resort.Let’s hope the race department is up to thetask. If you’re in Park City the third weekof June, come join us for our first-everMasters golf tournament. Look for moreinfo on our web site, as we get closer to thedate.

Get motivated and stay in shapethis summer—next ski season is justaround the corner and it’s going to be thebest ever!

A big thank you to our sponsors!Jans, Atomic, Heiden Davidson Orthope-dics, EZPAknutrition.com, Cofer Chiro-practic, and Formula One Sports in SunValley have all helped to make our seasonpossible.

Far WestBy Mark Mirvisswww.FarWestMasters.org

Far West skiing this year was dominated byone individual: Snow. The powder houndshad a great year at the expense of sevenraces lost to snow (and one to wind).However, California really needed thewater that comes with the snow, so we

won’t really complain.Despite all of the snow, we man-

aged to have a week of sunshine and greatweather that allowed us to have a perfectweek of racing for Regionals at MammothMountain.

We unfortunately lost two of ourracers to illness this season, so please takea moment to remember the passing ofDavid Smith and Rick Conrado. Pleasealso remember that while winning races isfun, in the grand scheme of things, it’snothing to really lose sleep over.

Our division placed second at Na-tionals this year—with some of our keypoint gatherers being on the injured re-serve list. The Far West was led in Nation-als by Pierre Jeangirard, M7; Ara Papajian,M4; and Matt Savage, M1; who all wontheir respective classes. Other podium fin-ishers were Ingrid Braun, Mike Braun, JimDugan, Marietta Frinell, Sandy Hogan,Deb Lewis, Marcie Pettigrew, and BuckThys.

As we write this article (on a day welost two downhill races to more snow), weare beginning our season finale and end ofthe year banquet. The end of the year ban-quet is also a big fundraiser for the FarWest Scholarship Fund. Last year, one ofour racers, Jeff Wattenmaker, bequeathedto the Scholarship Fund $100,000 to bespent on collegiate scholarships for ourjunior athletes in the Far West division.While we never would have forgotten Jeff,this generous gift will ensure that he liveson in the hearts and minds of the nextgeneration of Masters racers.

In closing, we have just found outthat the International Criterium will beheld in the Far West at Mammoth Moun-tain next season. So please come visit usand all of our friends from around theworld next year.

Dana Alexandrescu (IM)

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Michael Braun (FW)


Mt Hood is action central for the ski in-dustry during the summer. Race campsand ski reps with all next season gear ar-rive from all over the world. MastersSummer Fun Nationals in right in themiddle of it all. This is THE time andplace to be to get the scoop on next sea-son’s gear as well as try it out at the Sum-mer Fun Nationals. Half way between lastseason and next, it is time to remindthose old muscles what to do on skis.Sign up for a few days of race camp priorto the race then race on the weekend.Summer Heaven for a ski racer! Bringyour younger racers to race with you for a fun family affair.

2011 USSA Masters Summer Fun Nationals • Timberline/Palmer Glacier, Oregon • July 22–24, 2011DNS refund requests must be in writing.

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22nd Masters Summer Fun NationalsJuly 22–24, 2011 • www.SummerFunNationals.com

Friday, July 22Racer Welcomeand Check-in

Saturday, July 23Giant Slalom

Sunday, July 24Slalom

Register Here!

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Giant Slalom Ryan Donovan, AKTim Hill, PN Franz Fuchsberger, RMWilly Scroggins, PN Dennis Wilhelmsen, NO Paul Koetke, PN Paul Caruso, RM Rob Cravens, PNJoseph Mucci, PN Knut Olberg, PN

2010 SUPERSEEDSSlalom Scott Veenis , IMTim Hill, PNRyan Donovan, AKPaul Koetke, PNDennis Wilhelmsen, NOWilly Scroggins, PNFranz Fuchsberger, RM Jesse Scroggins, PNBill Skinner, IM Cal Baker, NY

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USSA Masters Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . .

The VISION of the USSA AlpineMasters is to provide adult skiers with alifelong opportunity to enjoy the chal-lenges and rewards of alpine ski racing.

The MISSION of the USSA Alpine Masters is to make this vision a reality by developing,promoting, organizing and coordinating the highest level of alpine ski racing throughout

snow country in the United States and internationally, and to fulfill our passion for and loveof nature, the outdoors, mountains, freedom, self-challenge and accomplishment.

P.O. Box 100Park City Utah 84060

National Masters ChairmanSteve Slivinski

tel: 208.726.3442email: [email protected]

USSA Masters ManagerBill SkinnerP.O. Box 100

Park City, UT 84060tel: 435.647.2633fax: 435.649.3613

email: [email protected]

DIVISION CHAIRPERSONS

Alaska: Gary Randalltel: 907.243.4259


Central: Ryan Fullertel: 612.501.3268


Eastern: Bill McCollomtel: 802.234.9561


Eastern/New England: Nadine Pricetel: 802.746.8850


Eastern/New York: Jack Eisenschmidtel: 585.288.4554


Eastern/Southern: Horst Lochertel: 540.856.2121fax: 540.856.8567


Far West: Mark Mirvisstel: 530.583.6971


Intermountain: Amy Lanzeltel: 435.649.5751


Northern: Rick Murphytel: 406.471.1573


Pacific Northwest: Ann Ozunatel: 509.455.7944


Rocky Mountain: Jennifer Kaufmantel: 720.855.8427


2012 Major EventsIf you ever have a good year,

2012 would be the time to have it.Skier’s Edge Masters NationalsPark City, Utah, March 19–23

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Skier’s Edge Western ChampionshipsVail, Colorado, February 2–4

SC/SG/GS/SL

Eastern: TBA

Skier’s Edge National DownhillSki Cooper, Colorado, Mar. 10–11

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2012 FIS Masters World Criterium (proposed)

Mammoth Mtn, California, Mar. 26–31SG/GS/GS/SL

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