Schedule, Mitch Gagnon's victory, GDHL Slalom, Ted Ligety training at Sochi and more

GDHL race 1, Interclub race 1, Lindsey Vonn slow motion slalom, inspection video,SL pointers, link to training video

Teams and bibs published;  schedule for the first weekend; video etc. regarding starting technique.

First details of the new interclub series, reminders, World Cup video, diversions

Details of auction items and more for the Calcutta, reminders for the busy start of the season, and Fashion News

Last minute reminders, opportunities to contribute and have fun too, images and video of Ted, Bode and Aksel.

Tracy Dort-Kyne, new GDHL bib allocation rules, GDHL schedule and courses, Interclub changes, Sun Peaks highlights, training video from a drone, rumor-mongering

 Registration, Website and Sponsor Updates, Doreen Davenport Profile, World Cup and Whistler Chairlift Construction Videos

 Sign up by the 31 October early bird deadline.  Be envious of your competitors' tuning benches.  And watch the big boys training in the southern hemisphere.

 Reminders for Sun Peaks camp and survey, Videos of CAST men in Zermatt, Swiss skiers' strongman competition, proprioception training and more!

 Special Offer for Michel Pratte Training Camp at Sun Peaks, Michel Pratte Sponsorship, Mental Training Articles, Diversions

 Introduction to gdhl.org, Late Season Results, Self Improvement, Fashion and Social News, Diversions

Hard to believe that this is the last racing and training weekend of the nine-week season at Craigleith.  Let's make it a good one!

At the risk of having less to discuss in next week's missive, I'm moved to bring you news from the front.  Craigleith 430, Peaks 413, Osler 385, Jozo Weider and Caledon also ran!!!

Here we are, heading into the penultimate weekend of our program!  If you were kids, we would be busy polishing up your new Step level pins and finalizing your report cards.  As it is, I guess the GDHL results are something of a proxy.

Not sure where everyone was last weekend.  We had super snow and weather, giving us great training with little waiting.  This will be a busy weekend, with the last two GDHL races, followed by the Family Day opportunity to recover and begin mental preparation for the Interclub finals next weekend! 

A little respite from GDHL before the big final weekend, and an opportunity for good training to prepare for the final push.  Hopefully the snow will have ended by the time most of us are able to drive north and will be timed so as to be groomed out, rather than side slipped.  Not that we should be fussy about snowfall, but I think we’re entitled to a bit of consideration from the weather for a change.  See the side slipping reminders at the bottom of this message just in case!

Sorry for the publication delay.  Here we are at the midway point of the program, and at least the third round of building or rebuilding our snow pack.  Thank goodness for snowmaking technology and people to manipulate the output.  Thanks also to those of you scheduled for Sunday who co-operated with our crowd control requirements last Saturday.  Sunday turned out to be an excellent training opportunity, with better snow conditions than Saturday and very few participants on hand.

Here we go for the biggest race weekend of the season – Kitzbuehel World Cup downhill and the GDHL Super G and long Slalom!  (Chris Clark has apparently forsaken GDHL and his own training to watch Kitzbuehel live.)  Plus added bonuses of an interclub race on Sunday afternoon and the Snow School Adult Apres-Ski on Saturday in the Loft of the South Lodge, right after our training.  Have a beer and munchies on Cindy after you sideslip!