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25 Feb 2010

Kindercup Race Action This Saturday!

It is a race of endurance, one of tradition, skill, and honor. Generations upon generations of Wood River Valley residents have raced on its course, and stood on the podium with their hands held high. It is Dollar Mountain’s famed, Kindercup. And it is taking place this Saturday, on the sunny slopes of Dollar.

Almost anyone that grew up in this valley remembers their Kindercup racing days with fondness and smiles. And this year will be no different. This year marks the Kindercup’s 54th year of alpine racing for skiers and boarders aged three to 13. The Papoose Club race takes place Saturday, February 27th with all the action based out of Carol’s Lodge at the bottom of Dollar Mountain. Head to the Lodge or Sturtevant’s (the Ketchum or Hailey location) today or tomorrow to pre-register. Free registration takes place Saturday morning from 8:30- 9:30 am at Dollar Lodge with the races beginning at 10:15 am. An awards ceremony will also take place following all the action. See you out there!

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25 Feb 2010

Wow, Amazing Olympic experience…..Thanks

2-time Olympic Gold Medalist!

Wow! Just returning home from an amazing Olympic experience. This was my 4^th Olympic Games and the most fun so far. Torino 2006 was a great a experience with Seth winning the first ever Olympic Gold medal in SBX. This year in Vancouver even trumped 2006! Seth’s victory to come from behind in the Finals to win Gold was legendary. He was surgical with the way he rode the finals. He was calm and confident all day long, telling me between every heat he could win from any lane. He rode with

smarts, patience, precision, and matched every transition. Twice he picked the right time to pass by nailing the turn before the flatter glide section. It was awesome to be part of making history again with Wescott, winning back-to-back Gold Medals in the 1^st two Olympic Snowboardcross races. He is also the 1^st male skier or snowboarder in US history to win back-to-back Olympic Gold, and the 1^st American (male or female) since Anne Marie Lawrence back in 1952 to repeat Gold.

I want to thank everyone for their support and kind words throughout the journey.

I would like to thank the following : Hansjeurg Kessler of Kessler Snowboards for designing & making his snowboards specifically for Seth’s specs. Hansjuerg was invaluable in the process and great to work with. Kenny Nault, Kevin Sweeney & Mike Wagner from Swix for all their wax, support and advice. I can’t thank you enough. You guys were awesome. Thanos Karydas & Tom Reinerth from Dominator Wax for their support, and the in-depth conversations we had at Cypress on wax & wax theory. It helped a ton. Dan Brewster & Karter Riach of Snoqualmie Ski Resorts for giving us Carte Blanche on their mountain to test Seth’s boards prior to the Games. US Snowboarding Head Coach, Peter Foley for understanding the importance of testing Seth’s boards and allowing me to go up to Vancouver 5 days early to test. He arranged hill space, first class accommodations and provided me with two test pilots. My test pilots; Bud Keene (who is also Shaun White’s personal coach) & Alex Deibold (US Snowboarding team member) for working hard, riding a flat board while testing Seth’s & Lindsey’s quiver, thus giving me great data. Big thanks to Luke Bodensteiner from USSA, Jeremy Forster & Abbi Nyberg of US Snowboarding for taking care of everything in Vancouver. You guys really took care of all of us! Including driving me to the waxroom at 5:30am. Thank you so much, I greatly appreciate it. Back home, the Sun Valley Ski & Snowboard school for allowing me to travel this winter and still come home & be able to instruct & coach.

I especially want to thank all the boys at my shop “The Waxroom” back home in Ketchum; you guys are awesome!, holding down the fort all winter long. Dan Freeman for all the pre-grinds on Seth’s, Lindsey’s & Shaun White’s boards, Dan & Nate Galpin for putting the angles on, along with Bucky Beichle doing multiple wax bag sessions on all the boards throughout the season. I couldn’t have done it with out you guys! Last but not least I want to thank my wife Debbie & daughters Payton & Zoe for allowing me to work & travel all winter. I appreciate how much you do while I am gone taking care of the girls, the house and our dog Chewy. You love and support is my rock daily.

This has been an amazing journey; Seth has been incredible to work with the whole way. He chose to do things a little differently than the rest of the team the past couple of years with his training on and off the snow. He also hired me exclusively to work for him with his own money, instead of sharing the team’s technician. He was doubted & even criticized for his decisions, but he had a plan in place and he stuck to it. Obviously it paid off. We always believed he would do it again. I have worked with numerous World Class athletes and Olympians over the years, they are all outstanding in their own right, but this last performance by Seth was truly amazing. I compare it with a buzzer beater shot by Michael Jordan in the NBA finals, or a clutch RBI by Derek Jeter in the World Series. Seth is in that class. He will be back in the quest for a 3-peat Olympic SBX Gold, 2014 in Sochi, Russia! And so will I…….Wax-On! Curtis

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25 Feb 2010

Town Series Week Four Results

The Sun Valley Town Series, aka World Cup Wednesday, continued yesterday after a Presidents’ Week hiatus. The valley’s favorite racers were back on a fast course on Lower Cozy, completing both of the week’s two required runs. The after-party took place at one of Ketchum’s cornerstones of nightlife, the Casino. See below for this week’s results and check back next week for more updates on World Cup Wednesday!


	Sun Valley Town Series: Week 4 Results – 2010

							Rabbit:	64.70
FINISH	Bib	RDH-3	Racer	Team	1st	2nd	Combined	RDH	Var	Points
1	61	-24.9%	Rixon, Carlo	Tekasoreass’s	24.34	24.89	49.23	-23.9%	-1.02%	-
2	63	-23.2%	Sarchett, Robin	Dead Last	24.29	25.01	49.30	-23.8%	0.62%	-
3	62	-23.2%	Schwing, Nate	SVSEF	24.73	24.81	49.54	-23.4%	0.19%	-
4	64	-21.2%	Powell, Wes	Wood River Masonry	25.44	25.27	50.71	-21.6%	0.43%	-
5	65	-20.3%	Murphy, Matt	Tekasoreass’s	25.12	25.98	51.10	-21.0%	0.72%	-
6	66	-19.2%	Campbell, John	Hide The Decline	25.90	26.19	52.09	-19.5%	0.31%	-
7	68	-18.4%	Minor, Cam	Puttin’ In Is For Winners	26.42	26.07	52.49	-18.9%	0.50%	-
8	70	-17.0%	Fraser, Cam	Wood River Masonry	26.61	26.72	53.33	-17.6%	0.53%	-
9	71	-16.4%	Higgins, Ash	Drunken Blumkens	27.04	26.89	53.93	-16.6%	0.23%	-
10	8	-1.9%	Nelson, Kipp	Dead Last	27.40	26.86	54.26	-16.1%	14.21%	3.00
11	109	-19.4%	Hogan, Erika	SVSEF	26.97	27.84	54.81	-15.3%	-4.10%	2.10
12	82	-11.8%	Gowe, Mike	CBG’s Flat Out Ridiculous	27.90	27.24	55.14	-14.8%	2.98%	0.98
13	101	-12.0%	Brown, Ashley	SVSEF	27.55	28.07	55.62	-14.0%	2.02%	0.02
14	77	-12.9%	Fiaschetti, Frank	Drunken Blumkens	27.41	28.27	55.68	-13.9%	1.08%	-
15	79	-12.6%	Gouley, Chase	Wood River Masonry	26.95	28.83	55.78	-13.8%	1.16%	-
16	75	-13.4%	Kurdy, Dan	Rainbow Warriors	27.65	28.28	55.93	-13.6%	0.13%	-
17	83	-11.5%	Stevenson, Peter	Pulling Out Is For Quitters	27.86	28.51	56.37	-12.9%	1.40%	-
18	92	-9.2%	Hart, DJ	Crazy About Racing	28.44	28.27	56.71	-12.3%	3.13%	1.13
19	80	-12.0%	Mazzola, Sarah	SVSEF	27.91	28.87	56.78	-12.2%	0.24%	-
20	81	-11.9%	Cordeau, Christine	Tekasoreass’s	28.55	28.52	57.07	-11.8%	-0.15%	-
21	87	-10.4%	Erlanger, Phil	Ski Tek Trainwrecks	28.67	28.58	57.25	-11.5%	1.08%	-
22	89	-10.2%	Roth, Will	Drunken Blumkens	28.60	28.89	57.49	-11.1%	0.98%	-
23	93	-9.1%	Masur, Mark	Ski Tek Trainwrecks	29.03	29.44	58.47	-9.6%	0.50%	-
24	86	-10.8%	Hovey, Will	Hide The Decline	29.04	29.67	58.71	-9.3%	-1.53%	-
25	95	-7.1%	Zuck, John	Scott USA	29.60	29.29	58.89	-9.0%	1.90%	-
26	99	-4.2%	Haase, Jason	Wood River Masonry	29.48	29.51	58.99	-8.8%	4.59%	2.59
27	97	-6.9%	Williams , Curt	Three Dicks and a Chick	29.72	29.32	59.04	-8.7%	1.81%	-
28	90	-10.0%	Reagle, John	Scott USA	30.19	29.31	59.50	-8.0%	-1.92%	-
29	88	-10.4%	Stevens, Mike	Drunken Blumkens	30.09	29.81	59.90	-7.4%	-3.01%	1.01
30	94	-7.1%	Arnett, Toby	Scott USA	30.16	30.06	60.22	-6.9%	-0.22%	-
31	85	-11.1%	Richardson, Tommy	Grateful Shred	29.87	30.43	60.30	-6.8%	-4.34%	2.34
32	100	-4.1%	Rothgeb , Taylor	Puttin’ In Is For Winners	30.57	30.43	61.00	-5.7%	1.63%	-
33	98	-6.7%	Jessen, Neil	Casino Dancing Bears	30.76	30.64	61.40	-5.1%	-1.63%	-
34	7	-2.1%	McNeal, JP	Puttin’ In Is For Winners	30.65	31.10	61.75	-4.6%	2.46%	0.46
35	96	-7.0%	Doyle, Kevin	Casino Dancing Bears	31.21	30.80	62.01	-4.2%	-2.87%	0.87
36	4	-2.9%	Hagfors, Kirsten	E = MC2	30.58	31.76	62.34	-3.6%	0.77%	-
37	2	-3.4%	Vorm, Meg	CBG’s Flat Out Ridiculous	30.65	31.92	62.57	-3.3%	-0.12%	-
38	12	0.9%	Moss, Kevin	Hores to Culture	31.22	31.67	62.89	-2.8%	3.75%	1.75
39	10	-0.1%	Joseph, Lenny	Four By Fours	31.15	31.77	62.92	-2.8%	2.60%	0.60
40	3	-3.4%	Griffith, Harry	E = MC2	30.85	32.26	63.11	-2.5%	-0.92%	-
41	14	1.5%	Vorm, Erik	CBG’s Flat Out Ridiculous	31.61	32.12	63.73	-1.5%	3.01%	1.01
42	16	2.2%	Shannon, Jim	Rainbow Warriors	31.20	32.82	64.02	-1.1%	3.27%	1.27
43	6	-2.2%	Page, Jeff	Scott USA	31.38	32.75	64.13	-0.9%	-1.28%	-
44	1	-3.7%	Neely, Clifton	Lick My Bowls	31.72	32.66	64.38	-0.5%	-3.24%	1.24
45	18	2.7%	Cook, Billy	Pulling Out Is For Quitters	32.42	32.24	64.66	-0.1%	2.79%	0.79
46	5	-2.8%	Kaufman, Matt	Lick My Bowls	31.86	32.83	64.69	0.0%	-2.80%	0.80
47	11	0.1%	Marie, Mitra	Crazy About Racing	31.96	32.75	64.71	0.0%	0.13%	-
48	27	5.6%	Molter, Barrett	Four By Fours	32.25	32.47	64.72	0.0%	5.57%	3.00
49	20	3.7%	Harder, Coleman	Lick My Bowls	31.90	32.87	64.77	0.1%	3.60%	1.60
50	23	4.1%	Edwards, Ken	Three Dicks and a Chick	31.95	33.03	64.98	0.4%	3.72%	1.72
51	29	7.1%	Golden, Brian	Roosevelt	33.58	32.95	66.53	2.8%	4.28%	2.28
52	13	1.1%	Winkler, Mark	Cosmic Cruisers	32.43	34.15	66.58	2.9%	-1.81%	-
53	15	2.0%	Tuma, Ted	Four By Fours	31.62	34.96	66.58	2.9%	-0.89%	-
54	34	10.0%	Campbell, Chris	Ski Tek Trainwrecks	33.82	32.99	66.81	3.3%	6.79%	3.00
55	19	3.6%	Shapiro, Shea	Crazy About Racing	33.32	33.77	67.09	3.7%	-0.14%	-
56	102	6.5%	Hansen, Brent	Ski Tek Trainwrecks	33.85	33.49	67.34	4.1%	2.39%	0.39
57	21	3.8%	Buchanan, Bob	Four By Fours	33.27	34.08	67.35	4.1%	-0.27%	-
58	39	13.7%	Keegan, Pat	Hores to Culture	33.95	33.95	67.90	4.9%	8.75%	3.00
59	30	7.5%	Rogers, Kim	Crazy About Racing	33.49	34.95	68.44	5.8%	1.75%	-
60	32	9.3%	Brown, Lizzy	Lip Service	34.39	34.19	68.58	6.0%	3.34%	1.34
61	28	6.1%	Nolan, Herb	Geriatric Junkies	34.69	34.36	69.05	6.7%	-0.59%	-
62	25	4.6%	Griffith, Paige	Casino Dancing Bears	34.23	35.02	69.25	7.0%	-2.41%	0.41
63	46	15.8%	Thayer, Troy	E = MC2	34.48	35.19	69.67	7.7%	8.09%	3.00
64	38	13.4%	Floyd, Alex	Pulling Out Is For Quitters	35.38	34.58	69.96	8.1%	5.27%	3.00
65	33	9.4%	Ward, Frank	Geriatric Junkies	34.08	36.04	70.12	8.4%	0.99%	-
66	22	4.1%	Byerly, Annie	Blog.SV.Com Blog Chicks	35.41	34.80	70.21	8.5%	-4.43%	2.43
67	35	11.1%	Lumpkin, Ned	Geriatric Junkies	34.22	36.18	70.40	8.8%	2.33%	0.33
68	37	12.5%	Noone, Tom	Grateful Shred	35.41	35.29	70.70	9.3%	3.20%	1.20
69	31	8.0%	Baxandall, Matt	Cosmic Cruisers	35.32	36.44	71.76	10.9%	-2.88%	0.88
70	48	16.5%	Lofgren, Don	Geriatric Junkies	36.19	35.85	72.04	11.3%	5.19%	3.00
71	40	13.9%	Weisz, Madeleine	Blog.SV.Com Blog Chicks	36.23	35.88	72.11	11.5%	2.48%	0.48
72	42	14.5%	Appleton, Janet	Lip Service	36.08	36.08	72.16	11.5%	2.93%	0.93
73	47	16.2%	Matteson, Katie	Blog.SV.Com Blog Chicks	36.19	36.07	72.26	11.7%	4.47%	2.47
74	44	15.4%	Goodwin, Dianne	Cosmic Cruisers	35.67	37.14	72.81	12.5%	2.91%	0.91
75	43	15.1%	Shields, Ginger	Roosevelt	36.33	36.69	73.02	12.9%	2.26%	0.26
76	104	21.3%	Anderson, Dave	The Mad Scientists	37.42	36.51	73.93	14.3%	7.05%	3.00
77	49	17.7%	Rowley, Stephanie	Lick My Bowls	37.21	37.22	74.43	15.0%	2.63%	0.63
78	103	21.2%	Porter, Russ	Uber Schnell	37.77	37.74	75.51	16.7%	4.51%	2.51
79	76	-13.2%	Rickers, Alan	Rainbow Warriors	47.27	28.60	75.87	17.3%	-30.51%	3.00
80	51	21.3%	Brett, Teresa	Uber Schnell	37.94	38.25	76.19	17.8%	3.49%	1.49
81	52	23.0%	Shipley, Larry	Three Dicks and a Chick	38.17	38.30	76.47	18.2%	4.84%	2.84
82	45	15.6%	Key, Chris	Tekasoreass’s	38.10	38.55	76.65	18.5%	-2.91%	0.91
83	41	14.1%	Siebert, Abby	Science is Cool	38.52	38.23	76.75	18.6%	-4.49%	2.49
84	55	26.7%	Hjort, Franny	Casino Dancing Bears	38.94	38.67	77.61	20.0%	6.78%	3.00
85	54	25.9%	Daniels, Julie	Lip Service	39.27	38.98	78.25	20.9%	4.99%	2.99
86	105	26.4%	Keegan, Bob	Hores to Culture	38.90	39.68	78.58	21.5%	4.99%	2.99
87	57	28.5%	Williams, Annelie	Three Dicks and a Chick	40.20	38.38	78.58	21.5%	7.00%	3.00
88	50	20.3%	Orr, Ali	Lip Service	40.03	39.18	79.21	22.4%	-2.12%	0.12
89	59	36.5%	McQueen, Ashley	Blog.SV.Com Blog Chicks	40.87	40.12	80.99	25.2%	11.37%	3.00
90	58	28.9%	Fogg, Joyce	Cosmic Cruisers	42.67	43.87	86.54	33.8%	-4.83%	2.83
91	107	41.8%	Hagberg, Deron	Roosevelt	44.29	43.65	87.94	35.9%	5.93%	3.00
92	60	116.9%	Guzik, Jamie	Roosevelt	66.54	60.94	127.48	97.0%	19.86%	3.00
93	9	-1.3%	DuBois, Randi	Grateful Shred	31.65	DNF	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
94	17	2.6%	Funsten, Bryan	E = MC2	30.82	DNF	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
95	24	4.2%	Bunce, Jack	Hide The Decline	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
96	26	4.7%	Dreyer, Nancy	Grateful Shred	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
97	36	11.3%	Cook, Crist	Science is Cool	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
98	53	25.5%	Parker, Mollie	Science is Cool	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
99	56	27.3%	Karrys, Janit	Uber Schnell	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
100	67	-18.9%	Lee, John	Dead Last	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
101	69	-17.9%	Hegewald, Jan	CBG’s Flat Out Ridiculous	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
102	72	-16.0%	Brown, Steve	Dead Last	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
103	73	-14.9%	Minor, Hank	Puttin’ In Is For Winners	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
104	74	-14.1%	Moss, Greg	Hores to Culture	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
105	78	-12.7%	Summers, John	Rainbow Warriors	DNF	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
106	84	-11.3%	Corrock, Tyler	Pulling Out Is For Quitters	29.11	DNF	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
107	91	-9.7%	Jones, Rod	Uber Schnell	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
108	106	33.6%	Aldricer, Matt	The Mad Scientists	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
109	108	77.0%	Hoskins, Trent	The Mad Scientists	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
110	110	52.1%	Dore, Sylvie	The Mad Scientists	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
111	111	198.4%	Kuhlmann, Jenn	Science is Cool	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00
112	112	198.4%	Reidinger, Kirk	Hide The Decline	DNS	DNS	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	3.00

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22 Feb 2010

Award-Winning singer EMIKO plays Sun Valley Feb 21 – 27.

Award-winning singer/songwriter EMIKO and her band the GeminiStation Project will play the Sun Valley Boiler Room, Friday & Saturday February 26 & 27. Doors open at 9pm, Cover $10. First 10 people at the door get in Free!
Emiko and GeminiStation Project will also perform apres ski from 2-5pm at Warm Springs Lodge Feb 21 – 27. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see EMIKO and her band live in concert in the Boiler Room.

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