Chris Smylie Quotations

Because ski and snowboard racing is an alternative sport to the mainstream football, baseball, basketball, etc., it allows a whole new group of kids to participate in a team sport and to learn responsibility, respect, teamwork and time management.

For some students, this is a key motivator for working hard at school. None of the team's racers are seniors, so they have a few years to train and if the team can remain viable, we could have some super-stars in years to come.

Spring conditions caused the course to change between runs. The early run was icy and fast while the afternoon run was several seconds slower because the snow was a little slushy.

Things went smoothly today. Everyone is working together, and we're having fun now.

The course was changing throughout the day. It was warm in the morning and the course was soft, but as the second race approached, the cold front came in and the course began to ice up. There were lots of spills in the course of the second run, but they held tight and finished nicely.