Snow King Race 1

So today didn't go quite as well as I had hoped, but I'm not too down on the race. I drew bib 4, which I was excited about. In soft conditions like this, a little chatter to push against but not enough to be rough is what you want. I was happy with the way I skied, and ended up 7th after the run, but I really wanted to punch it second run and put myself on the podium. Running 24th, the track was much rougher than the previous run and I had a much tougher time. I leaned in on the third gate and struggled the rest of the way down, especially with the bottom section, where I seemed to jam every gate I saw. I lost most of the time down there and ended up 25th on the run and 14th overall, not even close to scoring. I hate blowing second runs more than anything, mostly because I pride myself on moving up in rougher courses where others falter. I also don't think it's a good sign to be messing up when it really matters. But I'll move on to tomorrow, and hopefully ski as well as I did today, minus the mistakes. I think if I do that, I'll like the result. I'd like to give a shout out to fellow Sugar Bowl athletes Mark Engel and Ty Sprock. Mark won the race and scored a 29, and Ty, in his first year of FIS, scored a 51. Enjoy the video!