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Buffs Skiers Open Season Tuesday In Utah

FChairbanks said:
probably better if you are on the mountain. you can enjoy some runs and find some good viewing spots along the course. not really a great grandstand sport from my experience...bring your cowbell...
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If you are on the mountain, you are most likely a course worker .... you get to watch people fly by you on skis and you might have to fix a gate that got knocked over etc. And then, when the race is over, you have to ski down in waning light on a steep icy hill. (No, I didn't do it but my husband did). If you are at the base of the mountain you get to see each skier come in to the finish line. If I were watching a race in person, I'd be down at the bottom.
 
BeBe said:
If you are on the mountain, you are most likely a course worker .... you get to watch people fly by you on skis and you might have to fix a gate that got knocked over etc. And then, when the race is over, you have to ski down in waning light on a steep icy hill. (No, I didn't do it but my husband did). If you are at the base of the mountain you get to see each skier come in to the finish line. If I were watching a race in person, I'd be down at the bottom.
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Interesting... I've watched World Cup downhill races on the mountain as a spectator, but it's been a while. Maybe they have limited that access now. That sucks if so, hard to really get a feel for the speed and the chatter from the base.
 
FChairbanks said:
Interesting... I've watched World Cup downhill races on the mountain as a spectator, but it's been a while. Maybe they have limited that access now. That sucks if so, hard to really get a feel for the speed and the chatter from the base.
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What I was describing was a college race at Eldora, not World Cup. Don't have a clue what is done there.
 
hokiehead said:
Anyone ever attended a collegiate skiing competition? I'm not a skier and know nothing about the sport, but having a world class team nearby is intriguing.

Is competition skiing a quality spectator sport? Is it something that can be appreciated by non-skiers, or will I miss all the intricacies and will it just look like people going downhill really fast (like taking a native Coloradan to a NASCAR race)?

January 25-26 the Buffs have an event in Nederland (assume Eldora) and I have nothing even penciled on my calendar for that Sunday.
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There is a significant SCOOP opportunity here.

Please attend and report back. CU's ski team fandom is a blank canvas around here.

It would be an amazing improvement to the Allbuffs content quality if there were an active forum that engaged the family, friends, and former ski team athletes. With as many national championships claimed by CU and as many athletes coming from foreign lands, a virtual ski community on Allbuffs would potentially be an amazing and unique Internet asset that sets Allbuffs apart.
 
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Busy morning for the Buffs. There must also be a men's cross country race going on.

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Congrats to a couple Buffs on their 1-2 finish! (The cubuff.com preview article for this Utah meet says the two young men are individually ranked 1 & 2 college Nordic skiiers in the country.)

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So, per the live scoring (again- at http://live-timing.com/race2.php?r=140688 ), looks like the Buffs final leaders in today's men's slalom were 10th (ZIKA, Adam), 11th (HIETANEN, Kasper) and 16th (GUNNARSSON, Henrik).

Also, assuming I found the right information (http://summittiming.com/live_results/data/live_results_with_splits_for_women.html), looks like the Buff women's Nordic team ended up with finishes that included 5th (SOLBAKKEN, Maja), 7th (JOHNSEN, Ane) and 8th (HYNCICOVA, Petra) in their 5K freestyle race earlier today.

So, the women's 2nd run of the slalom is the one thing I believe is still left to run today.
 
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Looks like the top women have now all raced their 2nd runs in today's slalom, and looks like a very good day for the Buff's (per http://live-timing.com/race2.php?r=140687). Top Buff finishers- 1st overall (GROSVOLD, Thea- good victory with best race times in both 1st and 2nd runs), 4th (WALES, Brooke- nice comeback, only 15th after 1st run; had 2nd fastest time (behind only her teammate) in the 2nd run), 6th (MCLEAN, Shane) and 10th (HONKONEN, Jessica).
 
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