"Mike" wrote in message
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"snoig" wrote in message
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pigo wrote:
I have friends who have been to the Beaver Creek downhills and they
enjoyed it.

Any one going to Beaver in less than two weeks now?

Yup. Me and several of my old ski racing buds from MN will be there. We
were there last year as well. Watched the SG and DH from the Pump House.
We had a start list, so we knew who was coming down for each run. For the
GS and SL, the pump house area was closed to spectators because I believe
that was about where they stated.

Nothing beats watching these skiers come at you and then fly away from you
from a great point on the hill. At the finish, they had stands and a huge
monitor to watch the racers from the top. The announcers were very good.
You miss a lot of what the race is really like when you view it on the tube.

We did plenty of skiing on top of getting to watch the races 1st hand. We
sat with Aksel Lund Svindal at lunch on the GS day and we were surrounded by
ski racing legends. Aksel WILL be a legend one day. Hermann Maier spoke to
me. He said, "Dank You.", after I said, "Have a good one Hermann." I'd
sacrifice any day of skiing for that. But, I didn't have to.

It was a great 4 days.
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Marty