Mark, It lacks the vert of Wachusett, but Nashoba is in the general vicinity and does offer something like that: http://www.skinashoba.com/racing/masters.html Bob --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Mark P. Renson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Mark P. Renson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [SKIVT-L] A Legend Is Dead To: [log in to unmask] Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 7:15 AM As any knowledgeable skier knows, most of the top so-called "extreme" skiers have racing backgrounds.   I'd like to learn how to run some gates not because I'm interested in racing, but rather improving my skiing.  TEO, does Wachusett have any good after-work race training programs?   Mark P. Renson From: Matthew Kulas <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 4:52:26 PM Subject: Re: [SKIVT-L] A Legend Is Dead Not surprisingly, the other recent ski great to die recently, Shane McConkey, also grew up in a race program.  In fact, he even went to Burke Mountain Academy.  What were you saying, M1? On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Brad McCusker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ---- Alex Friend <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> What a bad parent I've been compared to hers: >> 'Her parents reared Andrea and her brother, Peter, under a principle the children heartily supported: ?If the weather?s good, you ski; if it?s bad, you go to school.?' > > Get your kids into a race program.  There's plenty of coaches who'll be happy to help you be more like Andrea's parents. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html