Carnival season is in full swing, people are prepping for the UVM carnival/E Cup/Supertour this weekend, and there isn't much snow on the ground. This time last year campus was covered in a beautiful glistening blanket of snow and it was so cold that I was questioning my decision to move from California to Maine. Today it's 52 degrees and everyone went running in shorts and t-shirts. But this post isn't supposed to be about mother nature's decision to move to the West coast for the winter, it's about how we've all managed to stay pumped and positive despite the conditions.
If you don't currently follow our team instagram page, you should drop everything and go follow us right now, @batesnordic. This way you wont actually have to waste energy reading words, but you can still follow all of our adventures through beautiful pictures. Just kidding, don't stop reading the blog, but do start following the team on instagram. So back to my point, you can tell that the conditions aren't great based on our instagram posts, but we've still been having lots of fun and training hard.
On Tuesday, some of the team tested their downhill skills and got some great pics in the process. Below you can see Connor Gray sporting his tricks that are normally saved for alpine skiing and Britta giving us a glimpse into her future in the modeling industry.
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Source Credit: Connor Gray's Instagram
Photography Credit: Halie Lange |
Everyone has somehow managed to still be stoked to enjoy the warm weather that we've been given so far this winter. This weekend we get to travel to the great state of Vermont and race at Craftsbury (races were moved this morning from Trapp's). It will be the first carnival of the season that isn't at Quarry Road, and I think that everyone is excited for a change of scenery and some new courses. So as the hustle and bustle of waxing continues in the fabulous new and improved ski room, we are all internally doing a snow dance and hoping fro improved conditions in the coming weeks. And as a more random/general update, here are some photos I've collected from the past few weeks. Enjoy!
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The Dream Team: Halie and Helen after their amazing
performances in the skate team sprint at Colby Carnival |
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Hadley as the MVS (most valuable spectator) for the
men's race at Colby Carnival |
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A beautiful sunset from the top of Lost Valley to round out a
beautiful ski! |
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