KMS Women's Alpine Team

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

First Day At Killington

The KMS J1/2 Women's Alpine Team put our first day of training at Killington for the 2009-2010 season in the record books today.


Birthday girl adjusts her goggles on the bluebird day.


Feef & Danielle discuss the finer points of the carved turn.


Kristie, the Birthday Girl, & Emma get stoked for November at Killington.


Brit, KRo, and KRy wait for the gondola to turn.


Lon poses for a glamor shot.



First Day ski faces on!

On Snow!

The KMS Women's Team heads to the mountain this morning for our first day of training at Killington to kick off the 2009-2010 season. See ya'll out there!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Lon & Feef Can't Stand The Anticipation

Come on, girls!! It's time to come to KMS. Lon is doing backflips into split squats just thinking about your arrival. The Women's Alpine Office is lonely. We are looking forward to everyone's arrival in the coming days. Get your skis shined up, grab a stick of Juicy Fruit, and come on up to school. Love, Feef.

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Sunday, July 26, 2009

France Camp = Verrrrrrry Niiiiiice

The KMS Women's Alpine Team embarked on Les Deux Alpes, France for two weeks of intensive glacial training in the month of July. This became our home mountain for fifteen miraculous days of technical work.


We learned to ride T-bars. Sort of. Some of us (like Ali, maybe?!) even did amazing tricks on the T-bars which may or may not have led to important pieces of equipment being temporarily lost or displaced.


Lon imparted his words of widsom on the team when we weren't busy eating Haribo gummi bears at the top of the lane.


A trip to the Venosc Adventure Parc provided an entertaining, total body workout prior to our second day off snow.


The ladies pose with Clarke the Travel Shark in front of fabulous Hotel Le Souleil Or. We will miss Alex, Nicholai, and all the wonderful croissants.

In all seriousness, our summer training camp in Les Deux Alpes proved to be crucial in the development of those athletes who attended. We accomplished more on-snow in fifteen days than many athletes and teams accomplish in an entire preparation period. Now it's time to hit the dryland extra hard so that we do not lose any athletic gains already made and so that we better condition ourselves for development at the next on-snow camp.

I had an awesome time getting to know Lon, Danielle, Ali, Kristie, and reuniting with Kelly.

See y'all at August Dryland Camp. Boo-ra-ra!

Friday, June 12, 2009

Tough Time Finding A Gym?

It can be hard to find a gym to use in order to keep up with dryland training over the summer since most private clubs are pricey and some even set age restrictions for unsupervised workouts. Chances are, your home school has a gym with a sufficient weight room and track to get the job done. If you check with your school's Athletic Director (AD) or the head coach of a team that trains in the summer (soccer & football usually do at most schools), you may be able to use your home school's gym while one of those teams are training and a coach is present. That equals free gym time and no excuse to not be following the summer dryland routine. Git 'er done.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Meet The Coaches

To kick off the 2009-2010 ski season, feel free to delve deep into the souls of your coaches by perusing our responses to some very personal questions.

Lon Brettell

How tall are you? 192cm 6'4"
What size are your feet? 10.5
Favorite movie? The Sting
Favorite musician? Jerry Garcia
Favorite food? Lon's Fig Pasta Dish
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Where is Selma Hayek?
When was the last time you stayed up all night? Working: 2001 Non-work related: 1986
Can you speak another language? Define speak. I used to be able to get by in German.



Christine Feehan

How tall? 5’5”
Size feet? 285mm shell
Fav movie? Downhill Racer
Fav musician? Bob Dylan
Fav food? Apple Strudel
If you could travel anywhere in the world? Nepal
Stayed up all night? 5.25.09 - BMA GMR Fundraiser
Speak another language? Spanish, working on German

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Next Season Started Yesterday

Are you following the summer dryland program? It's time to hustle to build core, cardio, and lower body strength in order to carry you through the '09-'10 ski season. Races are won and lost in the gym. Git 'er done.