BBSEF kids had a busy weekend. We had kids at three different venues.
The BBSEF hosted the 61st annual Cranston Cup. This event is one of the longest standing races in the country. It has been a race for all ages. It started out in the 50’s as a local event that attracted skiers from as far away as Sun Valley and Mc Call. It was started by a group of local skiers with local auto dealer Walter Cranston as the race benefactor. To this day, the Cranston Family supports the event. It was staged as a Downhill, slalom combined event with the Downhill run off Majestic and down the gully to Chair Three. Later it was a PNSA elite event. In 1985 Bogus Basin joined the Intermountain Division and the Cup was part of our Intermountain J1.2 series IM Cup. It remained a DH/SL combo until the late 80’s when it became a GS SL combo. About 2000 the event was turned into a north series event and has found a home there ever since. This year the trophy went to BBSEF skier Caton Langston. Caton had a second Saturday and a third Sunday which was good enough for the combined. Sun Valley’s Pilar Pennell was the girls winner.
The J3’s were at the Sean Nurse Memorial race at Snow King Resort. This is a J3 qualifier for the WR J3 Championships. Lance Gary, Stockton Troyer and Dave Heil all made the front page (top 15) with Stockton taking 3rd in the slalom. Jessica Kochaver also made the front page at Snow King – 14th in GS.
At Sun Valley the J1 and 2’s were facing some tough competition from some U of Montana FIS kids. Graham Black had another good GS showing and his brother Garrett showed some spunk riding the ruts to a great finish in the last GS. Way to go Blaster!!
All in all, the team is healthy and strong. This is due to the early training we had in Colorado, Sun Valley and Snow King.
This weekend, mist of the team will be at Bogus Basin training. We all are looking forward to some good skiing and a shot at the new lift. See all there.
Kenny