Week 2 Recap

Week 2 of Cumberland Youth Skiing was great! After a huge storm on Monday we had great conditions for Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, all three groups went over to the Tuttle Rd side of Twin Brook and skated the B & C loops. We had 59 attendees. Our new skiers, Team USA, no longer has any fear on the downhills. Canada and Norway discovered the jump that was being built by some of the Yarmouth Middle School Skiers. All of the kids demonstrated an amazing ability to manipulate the coaches when told that we needed to ski rather than jump. One skier told me that she left something at the top of the hill. I watched her ski up the hill, she picked up nothing, and proceeded to take the jump. They love the jump. On Thursday, we classical skied for the first time. We started a little late as we were busy applying kick wax for 51 skiers. Bill Landis set some great tracks for us and the kids got a taste of kicking and gliding. A few of the kids really enjoyed it but the majority of the kids like the speed of skating. With that being said, many of the kids will have kick wax remaining on their skis. If attending the race Saturday, its a skating race, rub some wax remover over the kick zone of the ski. I gave Ted Hall, the Saturday race director the heads up, he'll have some wax remover at the race as well. For week 3 we will skate ski on Tuesday and Thursday. Have a great weekend!