As promised / threatened yesterday, there are more details surrounding the Super G than our usual races. It's on Sunday afternoon on Landslide. Check out the new start hut, which has been constructed with the financial support of GDHL and our generous sponsors. Two key things right up front:

If the weather doesn't cooperate, we may need extra slippers to help maintain the race track. Please be prepared to help with side slipping between racers if you're not on deck yourself, and follow instructions from the Coyotes carefully when doing so.
Whatever the weather, the nets lining the course for our safety need to be removed after the race. Please don't leave without rolling a few.

Now for a bunch more important things to absorb:

1. You must have a helmet with full, hard ear covering. It may not have a camera or camera mount attached. Your ski poles must have baskets and may not have slalom guards attached.

2. You must inspect the course or you will not be allowed to race. Inspection is from 12:10 to 12:40, but you must start inspection by 12:30. You must check in with the appropriate race official at the start, who will check you off on the list. Inspection ends promptly and early in order to allow sufficient time for final course preparation before the race starts. We have at least one past would-be participant who knows this rule is for real.

3. The ski patrol must be on site before racing starts.

4. Only authorized people may be inside the netting that has been erected around the race course. This means racers, officials, coaches, ski patrol, Coyotes and racers who are asked to side slip. It doesn’t include friends, family and other spectators. The Coyotes will try to identify and announce an appropriate place for spectators who want to watch from above the finish line.

5. Movement on the course will be controlled by race officials using radios. If there is any unauthorized movement on the course, racing will be stopped.

6. Racers will be started at regular intervals. This will likely mean every 30 to 45 seconds, but will be adjusted as appropriate. The spacing will probably be longer at the start, shorter in the middle and then longer for the last few racers to try to avoid waiting for reruns at the end of the race.

7. If a racer falls, the following racer(s) may be flagged down with a big yellow flag. During your inspection, watch for "yellow zones" where flagging may happen. If you are flagged, stop racing immediately. You will get a rerun. Even if you aren't flagged, you should stop if you come upon a crash, and you can ask for a rerun.

8. If you fall, miss a gate, come to a stop etc., you must abandon your run and leave the course immediately. Getting up, hiking etc. is not permitted.

9. If you are watching the race and see a racer fall, don’t enter the course. The ski patrol and others will assist as soon as race officials have made sure that the course is clear, for the safety of those assisting. Please spread the word on this to spectators.

10. We hope to be able to complete two runs, but time is limited and this race takes longer to run than usual. Therefore, it may have to end without two runs for everyone who wants them. The ability to offer two runs depends on avoiding delays with inspection, being lucky in avoiding delays for crashes etc. and having the course stay in good condition. If it isn't possible to offer two races for everyone, it's possible that only those who didn't finish their first runs will be allowed to attempt a second one.

11. The top of the course is narrow and there isn't a lot of room in the start area. If you can avoid being there during the race, other than for your run, that's best. Otherwise, please pay strict attention to the Coyotes concerning egress.

Understood? Good! See you there!

James Mathers