CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Danijel Andisilic didn’t stand on a podium at the U.S. Alpine Championships this week. He didn’t hold up a gold-plated hatchet, or coast into the finish corral to a round of adoring adulation. Drew Duffy, Alice McKennis, Nina O’Brien, Tim Jitloff and Mikaela Shiffrin have done that. But they wouldn’t have, without […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Duke ducks out on her own terms
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Hailey Duke is calling it a career, and she is going out on her terms. The Sun Valley, Idaho, native skied competitively for the final time Saturday in the women’s slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships, placing fourth. Duke is hanging up the skis and going to Westminster College in Salt Lake City, […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Shiffrin dominates in Sugarloaf debut
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Mikaela Shiffrin has given her fans plenty to cheer and smile about during her short time at the U.S. Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf. The Olympic gold medalist slalom skier arrived at the Carrabassett Valley mountain early Thursday morning, signing autographs and taking pictures with her ever-growing fan base later that night. Friday, […]
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March is a funky month when it comes to weather
As I have noted in previous ramblings, March can bring us anything in terms of ski conditions. Some years we have rapidly deteriorating conditions when the first day of spring arrives, and other years we get a blast of winter. This year the temperature in my car registered 7 degrees when I went out to […]
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U.S. Alpine Championship notebook: Layman laid back for second event
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Skiing in his first U.S. Alpine Championships, Brooks Layman, formerly of Auburn, is trying to exercise patience and measure his progress in small steps. Friday morning at Sugarloaf was a giant leap. From starting 74th in a field of 80 men, Layman outperformed his seeding by more than two dozen spots, posting the […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Nationals brings siblings together
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Like so many other sports and hobbies, skiing tends to run in the family. The love of the slopes is handed down from generation to generation. For most skiing families, the kids are put on skis the moment they learn to walk. The U.S. Alpine Championships have displayed just that, as brothers […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships notebook: No time, no medal, but Vonn leaves mark
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — It wasn’t difficult to separate the youth forerunners from the special guest at Thursday’s U.S. Alpine Championships. Four boys — Carrabassett Valley Academy students Devereux Thomas, Eli Pangburn, Nicholas Beliveau and Sean Sullivan — performed the duties prior to the women’s giant slalom. Nerves were apparent. There was a missed gate, maybe two. […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Auburn’s Layman on home turf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Auburn native Brooks Layman was a little late to the party. Unlike many top skiers who seem to be placed on skis before they know how to walk, Layman went the first nine years of his life without strapping into a pair of skis. He opted for a snowboard. When Layman was 10, that […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Home game for CVA grad, Casco native Leavitt
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — If Sierra Leavitt stopped skiing or studying long enough to rank the months in her 21 years of life, March 2015 would be an odds-on favorite for No. 1. Two weeks after representing Colby College with a ninth-place finish in giant slalom at the NCAA Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., good for All-American […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Vonn’s comeback tour concludes at Sugarloaf
Thursday’s appearance at Sugarloaf is part victory lap, part motivational speaking tour for Lindsey Vonn. Not that she requires the adulation, and not that she needs to say a word. Vonn, 30, is coming off a season in which she cast out the demons of two surgical reconstructions of her right knee, adding two World […]