Food for thought

Is there a correlation between athletic pursuits and academic success? Interesting little analysis by USSA Team Academy Head of School Jory Macomber on current US Ski Team members who are taking college courses while training/racing.

It's all about finding that balance!

Nordic Athletes Join Winter Term!

A hearty welcome to our new NYSEF Nordic Winter Term athletes Abigail Chapman, Everett Sapp and Eric Houck, who will be racing and training with the NYSEF team for the next 3 weeks in preparation for Junior Nationals and NY State High School State Champs (to be held here in Lake Placid!)

Here's a little video (made by athlete Everett Sapp) of our Nordic crew in action during our Christmas Camp at Mt. Van Hovenberg and the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex!

Christmas Camp 2014 from Everett sapp on Vimeo.

Winter Term Weekend Roundup!

Just a smattering of visual highlights from an awesome weekend. Winter Term athletes threw down!

Collage from our most recent NYSEF eBlast

Speaking of which, have you read our most recent eBlast? It's awesome!

Today is Brett's 16th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRETT! (And THANK YOU to Jacquie for the beautiful cake :)

When Brett saw the cake she totally, like, flipped out 

It was Speedy's birthday too! So we doubled up on cakes!

!!! How fun is this? 

CAKEPOCALYPSE 2015! 

WT athlete Julia Schneider took top honors at the USASA SVS Skier-X event in Stratton-- way to go!

Windham GS podium: Piper 5th, Cote 4th, Palmer 8th

Hanna Petro charging out of the gate during the Windham GS. Hanna won both runs to take the title!

Riding the lift in style #WorldCupRebels

Hanna shredding

Quin Taylor ready in the gate

Blake Piper leaving the StartHaus at high velocity

Windham GS Podium: Lexi Barile (2nd), Hanna Petro (1st)

Winter Term athlete took the win during Saturday's Harry Eldridge classic race, held at Mt Van Hovenberg. Way to shred!

There's a lot that goes into skiing fast....

A little behind the scenes look at some serious ski prep:

Credit goes to Winter Term athlete Andrea Reynolds for the cool time lapse!

New Winter Term duds!

New Winter Term uniforms. Thank you to YETTI Apparel-- they look great!

The blubird conditions continue! Quick lunch date with Mikaela Shiffrin.

A Classic Winter Term Day!

Yesterday turned into a truly classic Winter Term day. Here's how it unfolded:

We woke up to our third day of stellar on-hill conditions:

Early morning view of the Great Range

Classic ADK cold weather temperature inversion! -15F at the base, +15 up top.

The athletes trained all day, had a great 3-hour study hall with tutors, and then jumped right into their strength program with Coaches Ambrose and Kurt at the OTC.

Boys rocking the warmup lunges

The girls getting some serious amplitude

Hanna demonstrating some great RDL form

Med ball hucks!

The freeride contingent looking good!

Blake getting 'em done!

In the evening, Northwood Ski Team and Winter Term athletes were treated to a fantastic lecture from Canadian ex-World Cup racer JP Roy, who has been mixing it up on the circuit with the likes of Bode, Rahlves, Hirscher, Guay and Kostelić for the past decade. He shared his life story from growing up in rural Quebec and building jumps in his backyard to cranking into the top-10 on the World Cup circuit after starting "from the back" in 59th and 66th.

Guest speaker and former Canadian National Team Member JP Roy

Commitment.

JP's message was fantastic-- he's a true student of the sport, constantly seeking new ways to adapt and prepare for the demands of high level ski racing. But JP stressed that he never dreamed that representing Canada at two Olympic Games or at World Championships was in his mind as a U14 skier. He simply wanted to improve each season, push himself by training with older skiers, and become a better athlete.

JP made it clear that even as a national team member, he spent as much time building jumps and "sending it" as he did running gates. Passion for skiing is key, and results will follow.

The audience

All in all, a great day in the life of a Winter Term athlete.

THANK YOU to Coach Roy for taking the time to speak to our group, we're inspired and eager to improve!

Mid-January photo blizzard!

U16 Winter Termer Blake Piper has been hounding us for a fresh slice of blog, and hey-- we had a whole pile of fun photos lying around so we'll post 'em here.

Winter Term athletes have been busy on the road at races and competitions, and the season is off to a really great start. Here's a sampling of some of our recent adventures:

First things first. We start our mornings off right at Winter Term!

With smoothies!

First we hit the books...

Then it's off to the 'Face

Via the van. Which is fun when it's -26 degrees F.

But at least it's sunny... and the grooming is awesome!

Did we mention we have awesome coaches?

And generally midweek there aren't a whole lot of lift lines...

Which is good, 'cause we're doing a whole lotta this!

Right?!

#SpeedFactory

Those Gore kids though!

#U16s4life (Smitty came up with that hashtag, btw)

Speedy & Nezzitronic!

Andrea is new to Winter Term! Let's just say that she's adjusted pretty darn quick

Always a good sign when the coaches are pleased

Piper!

#WarhorseTraining. The WT crew is always learning!

That's it for now. More to come. Soon!