Week 1 Recap

Week 1 of the Youth Skiing program was very successful. On Tuesday, we had 66 skiers attend our practice. From what I understand, this was a record turnout. We had several skiers attend who had never been on skis before and many others who had only been on skis two or three times. We did some drills without poles and also performed various balance drills. Our USA and Canada groups stayed on the Greely Rd side of Twin Brook while our Norway group ventured over to the B & C loops on the Tuttle Rd side of the park.

On Thursday, we had 58 skiers attend. We started the practice with some drills to recap what we learned on Tuesday. The Norway and Canada groups explored some of the longer loops. The USA group took a few minutes to sharpen their downhill and turning skills. Later, the USA group ventured onto the other side of the park where there was a middle school race. We unfortunately missed seeing recent Cumberland Youth Skiing Alumni Kellan Humphries, Ian Moore, and John Burgess who are now racing at the middle school level.

It was a great first week. The kids enjoyed themselves, we had great weather, and everyone got some good exercise. If you know of any other kids who are interested in skiing, send them our way. I’d really like to see the group grow to 75 skiers before the season ends.

A special thanks needs to go out to the coaches that made this first week happen.