2017Championships Recap

We had another successful Championships Weekend at Giants Ridge March 3-5.  The weather was fabulous and the conditions were awesome!  We had a total of 603 racer starts during the three days.  The Ski Challenge OPEN Team Race was held on Friday.  Divisional Team Racing was held on Saturday and Sunday.  And, the new “King of the Hel” race was held on Saturday afternoon.  Scroll down to see more about each race.


Ski Challenge Friday OPEN Team Race on Innsbruck

“NoWax” team was the winner out of 18 teams again for the third year in a row!  The team included Mark Cater, Bill Christopherson, Jukka Mahonen, Doug Nordmeyer, Terry Lutz, and Pat Hiller.  We had 101 participants in the race.  An awards ceremony was held Friday night at the new chalet next to the Burnt Onion Bar.

To see all results click here:


TEAM RACING

Team racing took place on Saturday and Sunday of the Championships Weekend.  Divisions 1, 3 and 5 were on Saturday and Divisions 2, 4, and 6 were on Sunday.

Winning Teams: ALL RESULTS

Division 1:

  1. RE/WAX – Buck Hill Wednesday DAY
  2. Bud Bunch – Wild Mountain Sunday DAY
  3. Premature Release- Buck Hill Thursday

Division 2:

  1. Team Brew Ski –  Buck Hill Thursday
  2. RUdoneW/that? – Buck Hill Friday
  3. The Young & Edgeless – Buck Hill Sunday AM

Division 3:

  1. Tasmanian Snow Devils – Buck Hill Sunday PM
  2. GoPro – Buck Hill Saturday
  3. Sunday Screamers – Buck Hill Sunday AM

Division 4:

  1.  Buhler Blizzard – Buck Hill Sunday AM
  2. Parabolic Furs – Buck Hill Sunday PM
  3. Buck Naked – Buck Hill Wednesday DAY

Division 5:

  1. The Rookies – Buck Hill Thursday
  2. Drunkin Skidiots – Buck Hill Tuesday
  3. Special Ed Racing – Wild Mountain Wednesday

Division 6

  1. The Cruzin Wild Bunch – Wild Mountain Sunday DAY
  2. Flat Tire – Buck Hill Monday
  3. Bucket Boys – Buck Hill Sunday PM

To see all results CLICK HERE


KING OF THE HEL RACE

This was the first time for the King of the Hel race held on Saturday on Helsinki.  This race was open to all Ski Challenge members and non Ski Challenge members.  If you were a Ski Challenge member, we took your “rated Handicap” going into the race and compared what your earned handicap was in the race.  We then determined a % improvement (or un-improvement).  We crowned a King and a Queen of the Hel based on the best % of improvement.  We also gave prizes to the fastest racer in various age groups.

An awards ceremony was held on Saturday night in the new Chalet next to the Burnt Onion Bar.  Gina Tester was crowned Queen of the Hel.  Eddie Overholt was crowned King.  To see all the results for this race follow these links:

King of the Hel – 2017

This was a fun race that gave racers who enjoy racing on Helsinki a chance race on that run.  We had about 25 people pre-registered for this event.  We ended up with 84 participants.  It was an open running order allowing participants to run when they wanted.  We did not anticipate that this race would be so popular.  We plan on having a King of the Hel next year, but will probably go to a set running order based on when you sign up for the race.


PHOTOS

To see photos from the weekend you can find links on our website here:  PHOTOS.  Or you can find the photos on our facebook page here:  PHOTOS