We have passed the mid-point of our GDHL Season and are now coming into the home. Last weekend was our inaugural Dual Slalom and Après Ski event, and we’ve got another Big John GS this coming weekend. For those of you looking to enjoy some ski racing during the week, the World Championships are currently taking place in Are, Swede, and Friday is the ladies Alpine Combined event. You’ll find a full write up on all these items and more
Retro Attire was on Full Display on Saturday Afternoon
Sunday’s GS Race will be on Big John
This Sunday we have our GS Race at 1 pm. The location has changed, and it will take place on Big John. This is a great opportunity for those of you who love the 40 second hill to score more points on our flagship piste. As usual, please be ready to inspect at 12 15.
Greg Cavers - one of the GDHL Committee members to contribute many late hours to last weekend, enjoying a well deserved drink at the Apres event!
Dual Slalom and Apres Ski Event
Our inaugural Dual Slalom event was an absolute blast to host. Thank you to the racers, the cheering squad, the helpers, the videographers, the announcers, the COYOTES, and the GDHL Committee!
The event began at 1 30 pm (ish), with an impressive dual slalom set on Comet. Both Red and Blue Courses were running well, and the first 32 racers took two runs to determine the who would go forward onto the next round. The next round of 16 was an exciting display of lots of our top talent in the GDHL. The round of eight became increasingly competitive as the four races were each determined by hundredths and small tenths of seconds. Going into the semi-finals, Andrew Athey raced Alec Libert, and Gordon Bruce raced Duff Isberg. The Big final was Duff Isberg up against Alec Libert, with the former taking the win! The two races were tight and the winner was separated by less than 6 milliseconds. The small final was won by Gordon Bruce, in a similarly exciting fashion.
The Apres Ski event was wonderfully fun with the live band and awards. The entire committee is so excited by the success of the entire event.
Even with all the excitement going on, we weren’t oblivious to some areas of improvement. This being our initial year, we missed a couple things here and there, and we definitely want to expand the racer selection. All ideas and suggestions are welcome from the GDHL Community and we will work to building a bigger and better event for next year!
Final Four Racers Celebrating a Great Day with a ShotSki!
LR: Andrew Athey, Duff Isberg, Alec Libert, Gordon Bruce
World Championships
The World Championships in Are Sweden began on Monday. The races will finish up at the end of Family Day weekend, so take some time to watch the best in the world. Just as we tried to recreate last weekend, the Dual Slalom will take place next Tuesday, February 12th! Aksel Lund Svindal and Lindsey Vonn will both be handing up their racing boots following their respective downhill races, on Saturday and Sunday. Make sure you check out the schedule here for timing!
Looking forward to another great race weekend ahead!
-Doug Jarvis