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| Jackson Hole Tram |
Click.. Click… go my skis as I push towards to first lift to get up near the race course. Everyone is treating this race as a sort of training race so to speak so all of the racers are having a lot of fun in the lift line. My friend had his speaker in his backpack playing some pump up music all of the people were hootin’ and hollerin’. The lift ride was around five minutes long which led us to another lift which was about the same. Like I said in the earlier post right as I got off of the chairlift I saw the run that we were racing on that I know so well. Seeing the start gate and all of the officials and coaches gave me the jitters but not the scared jitters more of the excited jitters. Everyone took one or two inspections and then they were left with a couple hours of free time while the hill was prepped. I bet you can guess what I am going to go do, yah that right go ski the fresh foot of powder that fell the night before for us.
Aydon, Trey, Cassidy and I (ski racer friends) walked up to the tram which always has powder full fun all the way down no matter what. Although we were all stoked we had to stop at the notorious waffle shack at the top of the tram. After a quick pit stop we were off shredding down, face shot after face shot and cliff after cliff having the time of our lives. One thing that I really like about the tram is that after you finish one amazing run it leads down the cat track to another assortment of terrain to choose from. At the end of a tram lap you have skied at least four or five runs all together and you have that sweet burn deep inside of your legs. That is what I feel skiing should be like, whatever you want right in front of you and endless fun to experience.
Once the exhilaration and excitement left our bodies we realized that we had to go race! Jumped on the two four seater chairlifts and got in the mental zone for our runs that have yet to come. Although this race did not have a lot on the line I still like to practice getting in the right state of mind before a race run. It was only half an hour away and the energy in the start gate was unreal…
To Be Continued….
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