Ski Racing - March 29, 2010

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MARCH

Madness

EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

SARAH TUFF

SENIOR EDITOR

HANK MCKEE

ASSOCIATE EDITORS SHAUNA FARNELL ERIC WILLIAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITERS PETER Q. GRAVES BRYCE HUBNER BILL MCCOLLOM JACK MOORE

SALES/MARKETING
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
NANCY MERRILL
SALES AND MARKETING
COORDINATOR
AMY DOXEY

ART ART DIRECTOR RAND PAUL PHOTOGRAPHERS JONATHAN SELKOWITZ JULIE SHIPMAN

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GARY BLACK JR.
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KRISTIN FARRELL

Madness in March is mostly associated with basketball’s big dance. But while NCAA roundball gets all the press, for ski sport, March is just as mad if not more so. The hoop guys represent only college-level sport. In skiing, the March madness level goes from J6 ( 9-10 years old) to the World Cup. And in some disciplines such as masters, age is just a number.

This issue is a record for Ski Racing — some 80 pages of pure snow sport, surpassing the banner years of the 1970s when skiing was growing annually at multiples of 10 times year over year. All of this coverage is made possible by technology (in short, digital reproduction) bringing Ski Racing to you via the Internet. Technology allows our editors to provide more expansive coverage and our art director, Rand Paul, to capitalize on terrific photos and videos.

Our editor-in-chief, Sarah Tuff, has put together what will be the largest Ski Racing issue in the publication’s 42-year history by working with the traveling editors and writers; the features begin with the seasonal World Cup wrap-ups. And what a season it was. What more can be said about the diva of snow sport, Lindsey Vonn? Bruised, sore, banged up, she just goes out and wins it all — for the third time! And in the middle of Finals, she finds time to text recovery advice to a black-and-blue J4 in Snowbasin, Utah. Oh yes, she also broke every record in the U.S. book. But she was not alone; Ted Ligety put it all on the line to balance out his mantlepiece with another crystal GS globe. And in Lake Placid at the U.S. Alpine National Championships, triple Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso demonstrated again why she earned four (yes, four) Ski Racing Junior of the Year awards by winning the GS for her 11th national title, breaking a 55-year-old record held by the legendary Andrea Mead Lawrence.

Vancouver hosted one of the strongest Paralympics Games ever. Eric Williams, who spent a month in Canada during the Games, chronicles the efforts of the U.S. squad. In college skiing, Denver’s skiers, under coach Andy LeRoy, pulled off a rare “three-peat” to win the coveted NCAA crown. LeRoy, a former University of Colorado alpine star, hasn’t been allowed back to the Buffs alumni festivities since he took the DU helm. Might be time for the Buffs to rethink that one. Sierra Nevada took the USCSA alpine title and Wyoming the cross country gold. But at least the East was representative in the USCSA meet. They were nowhere to be seen in the NCAA title chase. Across the country young racers participated in the Junior Olympics. For the first time in six years, digital delivery has allowed the editors to post JO results from around the country. And as veteran editor Hank McKee reports, while there are a lot of good J3 skiers there is one who really stands out. Read about her on page 54. Spring is just around the corner. While there are still many last-chance and spring-series races to come, it is also time to consider camps. As has been its tradition, Ski Racing has listings of the best available. National Competition Director Walt Evans shares some thoughts on summer camps and what they mean. Take a look and plan to go, or to send your young racer. It will do a world of good.

This season has to go down as the best ever, at least in the eyes of this author. Just take another look at Ski Racing’s cover. What else is there to say? — G.B. Jr.

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SR UPDATES

It ain’t over yet. We have one more spring issue still to come this season. Keep your eyes out for our awards issue (out mid-April) packed with this year’s best and plan to stay tuned to SkiRacing.com for more news all summer.