Alpine Skiing World Cup 1 - RP/results thread

by **Kelssek** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:48 pm

Thanks to help from Quintessence of Dust, we can hopefully get this underway quite soon. Feel free to begin RPing. Results will be posted in this thread as well. As I live in western North America, the scorinations will actually take place quite late in the days specified, if not after that day entirely, depending on your timezone.

The circuit has now concluded. Thanks to all for participating.
Summary of big shiny prizes
Men's overall: Mark Wallace (Virabia)
Women's overall: Ariadne Dromm (Zwangzug)

Discipline titles
Men's downhill: Ramon De Tortuga (Bergnovinaia)
Women's downhill: Mandy Kohl (Quintessence of Dust)
Men's super-G: Wilhelm Biber (Quintessence of Dust)
Women's super-G: Alison Wells (Kelssek)
Men's giant slalom: Daniel Richter (Quintessence of Dust)
Women's giant slalom: Ariadne Dromm (Zwangzug)
Men's slalom: Pablo Ortiz (Bergnovinaia)
Women's slalom: Rachel Joubert (Newmanistan)
Men's super combined: Sócrates Reyes (Virabia)
Women's super combined: Petra Didrikya (Delaclava)

Nations Cup: Quintessence of Dust

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Schedule

Garibaldi, Kelssek

Greschmeier, Quintessence of Dust

Ashes, Virabia

23 Jan: giant slalomBreckridge Basin, Virabia

24 Jan: slalom
Northern Hillside, Hossaim

Asanthul, Bergnovinaia

30 Jan: downhill
Juanita, Bergnovinaia

Vonluth, Quintessence of Dust

3 Feb: giant slalomKääriäinen, Quintessence of Dust

4 Feb: slalom
Tapuu, Zwangzug

6 Feb: giant slalomLexington, Zwangzug

Tivoas, Meguroko

Snowhill, Meguroko

23 Feb: downhill, giant slalom
Hargrove, Newmanistan

Lac-Gréyon, Kelssek

Neverend, Liventia

by **Zwangzug** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:57 pm

The Kerlagrad Courier
Skiers seeking Olympic glory, or dismay

The first World Cup of alpine skiing is set to get underway, and Zwangzug's skiers are excited about the new visibility for their sport. Not only will this tournament provide many more opportunities for the best alpine skiers in the world to face each other, but, in the words of Marlen Caves, "it might also give us the chance to, like, make ourselves known and get on the Olympic team. And once we're there, we could, like, win medals!

Or, you know, completely embarrass the delegation. Whichever."

Zwangzug's team features nine women and ten men, competing in all five of the disciplines on offer. "Could we all make the Olympic team? I guess it's possible, I haven't thought about it a lot," confesses Gina Morris. "I mean, it sort of depends on whether some of us will turn out to be superstars in lots of categories, or whether we'll do the vaguely-egalitarian things and enter as many people as we can once each.

Or some, like, weird twisted mixture of the two," Morris shuddered, "which I really don't like to think about."

The season begins in Garibaldi, Kelssek, with the super-G. Dolores Ribey (fifth at that race in São Jorge, and the only one on the team with any Olympic experience at all) says she's not getting ahead of herself just yet. "There will be a lot of great racers here from around the world, I'll just take it one day at a time," she said. Reflection on her Olympic experience, she noted that it was "pretty good. Maybe even too good, if you know what I mean," and suggesting she might "quit while [she was], in relative terms, ahead."

After Garibaldi, the circuit moves on to Greschmeier in Quintessence of Dust. "Hey, I've heard of that place!" points out Caleb Bree. "It's...like...a sports club, isn't it? In the mountains?

Yeah, that'd make sense." Then there's Ashes and Breckenridge Basin, both in Virabia, which seems to please (both of) Namiri's alpine skiing fans.

"It'll be tough," concludes Lily Ferguson, "but I really think we can do this. There's a lot of talent here, and I could even see us organizing the Ashton delegation ourselves if it came to that. Or bemoaning the ineptitude of whoever wound up in charge. Hey, a fifty/fifty chance, I'll take it."

by **Virabia** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:32 pm

(OOC: It's Breckridge Basin... so if'n y'all don't mind from now on... Thanks I'm a stickler about these things)
The Vonghurst Star
It's always winter...somewhere

GARIBALDI - At this time of the year, ski areas lay abandoned like ghost towns. Lifts empty as if a sudden apocalypse had just happened. Right now, Virabi's are much more concerned with the sun sports. Cycling, rugby, sailing, surfing and who could forget the Virabi classic cheeserolling. It's safe to say that Skiing may be one of the last things on all but the most dedicated of peoples minds right now. Yet, due to the immense scope of the world we live in, just because it's summer here doesn't mean it's clouds and sunshine everywhere.

Many miles away, in the foreign land of Kelssek, it is the dead of winter. Bodies are buried underneath thick coats but when the blizzards die down they try to get out and enjoy their winter wonderland. A winter wonderland that will of all things play host to the very first Alpine Skiing World Cup, where elite skiers from 15 different nations will tour some of the most famous resorts of the world, trying their damnedest to erk out the best position they can. Why, because, at stake is not only personal and national pride but, also a healthy purse that will await the victor at the end of the season.

The path to the gold will not be an easy one though, and while the complete schedule has not been released the small snippet that the Star has been able to get a hold of will be a tough one.

The competition begins tomorrow in Garibaldi with the inaugural event. The Super-G, the next day will have the downhill and super combined events. This is followed by a month and a half long hiatus that proceeds the cups move to the Greschmeier Resort in Quintessence of Dust. This resort, like Garibaldi will host downhill super combined as well as Super-G events. After this, there is a second month and a half long hiatus before the famous Ashes resort will find itself host to the first of the Giant Slalom events. The cup won't stay in Ashholme for that long, as the very next day, racers will be in Breckridge basin braving it's world famous slalom course. Unfortunately, it is unknown whether or not this is the end of the tournament, or just the conclusion of the small bit the World Cup organisers have presented.

The fact that as of yet the organisers have not published a full schedule has been rather discerning to many within Virabi Olympic High Council, who have made repeated inquiries to the organisers of the cup asking if they could publish a more fleshed out schedule. In response to these requests, the VOHC has only been denied access to a full schedule. This has led many, my-self included to question if this event will still be alive by the time it reaches Virabia. The presence of month and a half long byes in between stops as well as the lack of opportunities for GS as well as slalom skiers make this World Cup look more like a hastily slapped together event than a true gathering of the best from around the world. Sure in it's inaugural edition, you can't expect perfection but, you can atleast expect more than... this. Then again, it's highly likely that we are just not looking at the whole picture and that within the next few weeks the logistics will become more fleshed out and these questions. While they seem like life and death situations now, will be laughed at in retrospect. Like they say, hindsight is 20-20 vision and even if I am correct in my accusations, I really can't complain. It's skiing and I like skiing. Plus every event has to start somewhere.

For this event, that somewhere is Garibaldi who as I've previously mentioned plays host to the first run of the Super-G tomorrow. My prediction is that in this event, Virabi athletes will fare quite well. On the men's side, Ted Tulow as well as Mark Wallace look to both be solid competitors while on in the ladies' competition, Serafina Perez, Alfonsina Arroyo as well as the young prodigy Sofi Porter are all among the favourites to take the event. However, if previous Virabi winter sports history proves true, many of these athletes will likely place a hard-earned yet disappointing fourth.

by **Kelssek** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:56 pm

Garibaldi rides wave of excitement

After being passed over in favour of Alavaria and Caunidhrenon mountain to host the Olympics, and being knocked down to 5th spot in Powderjunkie magazine's influential "best ski resort poutine nationwide" ranking, Garibaldi is finally getting a break - a statement making a rather dubious suggestion that a global icon of upper-class alpine resort twittery and ski-bum hedonism is in need of collective cheering-up - as the first downhill, super-G, and super combined races of the Alpine Skiing World Cup are to be held there this weekend.

Caunidhrenon getting the Olympics hurt the community deeply, says president of council Harold Wiitt.

"Some people think we have a bit of an entitlement complex about it, but given the history of this place, how great a mountain we have here, the fact that the lifts were only ever developed to win the Olympics, to see some elf-loving hicks from Eryn Firith host the Olympics instead of us was utter bullshit."

However, now that an event of this calibre is now coming to Garibaldi, the general mood in the famous village is buoyant. Asked for comment, a University of Burnaby student attempting to find a length of garden hose to construct a beer bong remarked, "I'm terribly stoked, man. So stoked."

"I'm really excited that some of the world's best skiers are going to be right here!" squealed a worker at a local coffee shop who was interviewed to meet the minimum number of interview sources required by this newspaper's journalism standards policy.

by **Quintessence of Dust** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:19 am

A series of articles from the In Brief section of the QBS wobsite.

"Quodite skiers not arrogant, cockmunchers" claims Jorgen in grammatically confusing rebuttal

He's Had An Absolute Holocaust

UB Quodites (mostly) come together ahead of Garibaldi race

Biber excited to wipe out on new, foreign slopes

First day "could be disappointment" cautions Dietrich

Long wait for skill events "no problem", says Xiu

by **Kelssek** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:24 am

Garibaldi
Men's super-G


 1 Iosep Jurat (MYT)                          1:30.41
 2 Marlen Caves (ZWZ)                         1:30.73
 3 Jancarlo Ruggiero (DEL)                    1:30.81
 4 Ted Tulow (VRB)                            1:30.85
 5 Wilhelm Biber (QOD)                        1:31.17
 6 Mark Robinson (VRB)                        1:31.32
 7 Josh Hanes (KSK)                           1:31.38
 8 Frank Dos Santos (HOS)                     1:31.40
   Wilhelm Gausse (DEL)                       1:31.40
10 Evayan Meirain (VUL)                       1:31.52
11 Pauli Smirnov (DEL)                        1:31.54
12 Mark Wallace (VRB)                         1:31.60
   Toufiq Karim (AKB)                         1:31.60
14 Liam Mackay (VRB)                          1:31.63
15 Jean-Luc Lacroix (KSK)                     1:31.64
16 James Thornton (KSK)                       1:31.86
17 Simon Genereaux (KSK)                      1:32.41
18 Tomas Vetelec (MYT)                        1:32.42
19 Mickey Alva (VRB)                          1:32.47
20 Rolf Herrmann (DEL)                        1:32.52
21 Tyler Wills (ZWZ)                          1:32.53
22 Benjamin Papineau (NEW)                    1:32.62
23 Asheque Amin (AKB)                         1:32.63
24 Martin Krüger (QOD)                        1:32.70
25 Asif Saleh (AKB)                           1:32.74
26 Nathan Robins (BER)                        1:32.76
27 Tommy Mancsio (DLI)                        1:32.96
28 Jerry Smith (HOS)                          1:32.99
29 Ryland Pritchard (DEL)                     1:33.34
30 Randy Hillier (NEW)                        1:33.38
31 Jim Cross-Mann (ZWZ)                       1:33.45
32 Kevin King (LIV)                           1:33.72
33 Steve Zacharias (NEW)                      1:34.10
34 Maxwell Okna (DLI)                         1:34.89
35 Pablo Ortiz (BER)                          1:35.51
36 Bode Robert (DLI)                          1:35.58
37 Nick Nile (BER)                            1:37.29
38 Bradley Mason (ZWZ)                        1:38.42
 — Chris Forester (DLI)                           DNF
   Henri Capernicov (LOO)                         DNF
   Hubert Samson (NEW)                            DNF
   Jawad Karim (AKB)                              DNF
   Jeremy McCartney (BER)                         DNF
   Johann Jorgen (QOD)                            DNF
   Mark Rubin (DEL)                               DNF
   Mark Smith (NEW)                               DNF
   Martin Dreher (QOD)                            DNF
   Mathias Abendroth (QOD)                        DNF
   Peter Arlington (BER)                          DSQ
   Piet Mulhaney (ZWZ)                            DNF
   Rick Bracken (DEL)                             DNF
   Ryan Hauvelo (HOS)                             DNF
   Shane Tanksley (KSK)                           DNF
   Vladislav Masic (MYT)                          DNF

Women's super-G


 1 Anamaria Velasco (BER)                     1:20.05
 2 Katie Lewis (NEW)                          1:20.69
 3 Alison Wells (KSK)                         1:20.78
 4 Delia Hunter (KSK)                         1:21.10
 5 Dolores Ribey (ZWZ)                        1:21.20
 6 Alfonsina Arroyo (VRB)                     1:21.22
 7 Jane Novkaks (BER)                         1:21.26
 8 Valerie Adams (VRB)                        1:21.41
 9 Julia Bell (DEL)                           1:21.55
10 Lisa Smith (VRB)                           1:21.72
11 Petra Didrikya (DEL)                       1:21.82
12 Emily Sanderson (QOD)                      1:21.85
13 Ariadne Dromm (ZWZ)                        1:21.94
14 Sofi Porter (VRB)                          1:22.14
15 Sarah Sullivan (NEW)                       1:22.59
16 Jamie Monash (KSK)                         1:22.64
17 Anna Peterson (DEL)                        1:22.69
18 Sammi Svajgar (MYT)                        1:23.74
19 Sadia Sultana (AKB)                        1:23.92
20 Serafina Pérez (VRB)                       1:24.59
21 Meredith Kane (DEL)                        1:24.67
22 Oli Canztrin (LOO)                         1:25.35
23 Mandy Kohl (QOD)                           1:25.45
24 Kayla Asivik (MYT)                         1:25.63
25 Patricia O'Riley (BER)                     1:26.42
26 Ashley Taylor (NEW)                        1:27.32
27 Lindsay Colbert (DEL)                      1:28.19
28 Anke Zimmer (QOD)                          1:28.65
 — Anne Hrudy (KSK)                               DNF
   Björk Mæja Kjartansdóttir (QOD)                DNF
   Jasmin Santos (BER)                            DNF
   Kristen Madison (NEW)                          DNF
   Liliane Barrett (LIV)                          DNF
   Maliha Nassim (AKB)                            DSQ
   Maria Townsend (DLI)                           DNF
   Rachel Joubert (NEW)                           DNF
   Rebecca Arnott (QOD)                           DNF
   Vanna Helsen (ZWZ)                             DSQ
   Vera Sokoll (ZWZ)                              DNF

by **Zwangzug** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:17 pm

"...spectacular drive my suit, Vanna, you know perfectly well I don't like cars and not even the prospect of first joyriding down--what did you say it was?"

"Douglas Adams Highway, but c'mon--"

"is going to change that."

"Come on, you clearly didn't get motion sick or anything."

"I didn't say I did, I'm just saying I'm glad to be here, finally, now can you please stop going on about the whole--"

"--fine, whatever."

*

"So, okay. First...second...third..."

"It's fourth after that."

"Shut up. Okay, si--no. Then thir...okay, what is this?"

"It's the points for the championship thing listed by placement, moron."

"I know bleeping that. But, subjectively, that's not at all how far apart they are, fourth is--"

"It's not supposed to be subjective!"

"Okay, sure, but how do they come up with it?"

"I don't know. It's not important. Just let's go do well."

"Fine, whatever."

*

Watching the others go was entertaining enough, in its way. Marlen tried guessing their times but was never particularly close. Too nervous, maybe, unable to pull himself away and think clearly--although having gone after Jurat made it easier. He thought.

There was no big fanfare at the end and that was okay, it was just the beginning, but it felt like a good start.

*

"Huh," Dolores snorted. "Nice."

"Fifth again?" Penny asked.

"Fifth again."

"How does that work?"

"It's not like I'm planning it or anything, it's just...four people finished ahead of me."

"Hmm. Well, good luck with the rest of it."

"Yeah. We'll see how it goes. Hey, if I keep coming fifth but to different people, it should work out in the end..."

*

"Vanna?"

"No, I'm Vanna. That's Vera."

"Oh. Hey. I'm Piet."

"We know."

"Awesome. So...yeah, are they just sorting the rest of us by names?"

"Looks like it."

"First names, that is."

"Yeah, that's what happens when you race against Quodites."

"Right. So...wait, but there were only twenty-eight of you that finish..."

"So probably only those twenty-eight of them get points," said the approaching man. "Face it, Piet, the whole analyzing the rankings thing is looking pretty academic for you at this point."

"Yeah, it...who are you?"

"Jim."

He almost noted that he had been having the previous conversation with Piet, but decided against it.

by **Virabia** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:04 pm

The Vonghurst Star
Theres something about Fourth

WESTON - Haven't you heard? A group of researchers based out of the Weston Institute of Technology and Corneau University announced earlier today that after years of research they have scientifically proven that beyond a doubt, fourth is the new first. This announcement has sent shockwaves throughout the scientific and mathematical community, which for thousands of years have been based around the notion that a value placing fourth is somehow worse than first but, now everyone is learning to adapt. As head of the NewFour project Herod Rodriguez put it, "What we've discovered may just usher in a new age of knowledge. One not seen in millennia.

If only this were the story gracing today's headlines. Then Virabi skiers, Ted Tulow specifically, would be in a much better position than they are in now. In the opening day of the Alpine Skiing World Cup, Virabia has seemed to pickup right where the previous Winter Olympics had left off. Just like so many Virabi's before him, and undoubtedly many after him, Ted Tulow finished fourth, missing the top spot by a mere four tenths of a second. This is especially disappointing because throughout most of the day, it looked as if he had a solid chance of emerging on top. Being the first to go, Ted was at a extreme disadvantage. He had neither good snow or as he put it "a goal" in his favour but, with the odds stacked against him the predominantly downhill skier posted an excellent run. Coming in at 1:30.85. It was a time that would last right up until when there were only ten skiers left to ski the course. Then, the eventual winner Iosep Jurat made o near flawless run to propel himself into the lead. While Tulow has expressed much disappointment at his result today, he is most certainly looking forward to the downhill competition tomorrow where he is among heavy favourites.

Also, despite their inability to crack the top three Virabi skiers, both men and women, had a solid day on the slopes. Virabia is of only two or three nations to have all of their skiers to finish the course. We are also the only nation to have their skiers finish entirely within the top twenty. Which given the size of the field is no major accomplishment but, regardless of the size of the accomplishment, this means that each skier will a fair amount of points towards the Super-G portion of the competition. Points which may make the difference where people finish when the time comes to tally the results @ the end of the season.

In other World Cup news, the organisers of the tournament have released more events. And thus, I would like to apologise for my unwarranted comments yesterday. I did not see the full picture and thus in my ignorance, I did things that I really should not have. Sometimes, ignorance is not bliss. As to where this extended schedule takes us, after the stop in Breckridge, the cup will go away for half a month before it will visit Northern Hillside in Hossaim where Slalom, Super-G and GS events will be held. After that, a shorter week long bye before a downhill run in Asanthul, Bergnovinaia. The next day it will move to Juanita, Bergnovinaia for four events spread over two days. Skip half a week and we return to Quintessence of Dust for a GS event in Vonluth and a slalom event in Kääriäinen. Two weeks later will be the tournaments first stop in Zwangzug. Tapuu specifically, where a slalom event will be run. The next day (in Lexington), will host the Super-G, slalom and a supercombined race. At this time it is unknown if more will be tacked on. But, at least now it is properly fleshed out. A man can hope though!

by **Vulshain** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:10 pm

Vulshainian Confederate News and Media Network

Evayan Meirain, a young Lobo skiier from Vulshain, was ranked 10th in the Men's super-G event. Evayan had this to say, although we caught him after he had finished skiing, and he was almost out of breath, panting. "I'm surprised that I made it in the Top 10, but barely. I pulled a muscle a while back, but it's recovered, but I have to be careful, and I think I was a little bit too cautious, which placed me in 10th place."

by **Kelssek** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:28 pm

Garibaldi, Kelssek

Downhill - men's


 1 Ramon De Tortuga (BER)                     1:54.35
 2 Josh Hanes (KSK)                           1:54.56
   Wilhelm Biber (QOD)                        1:54.56
 4 Ted Tulow (VRB)                            1:54.68
 5 Connor Ducalf (ZWZ)                        1:54.81
 6 Liam Mackay (VRB)                          1:54.88
 7 Hubert Samson (NEW)                        1:54.91
 8 Andy O'Sullivan (KSK)                      1:54.97
 9 Volya Maturri-Catan (ZWZ)                  1:54.99
10 Jean-Luc Lacroix (KSK)                     1:55.06
11 Markus Meister (QOD)                       1:55.10
   Steve Zacharias (NEW)                      1:55.10
13 Wilhelm Gausse (DEL)                       1:55.14
14 Marlen Caves (ZWZ)                         1:55.27
15 Evan Mackay (KSK)                          1:55.45
16 Sócrates Reyes (VRB)                       1:55.47
17 Mark Smith (NEW)                           1:55.54
18 Jerry Smith (HOS)                          1:55.60
19 Asif Saleh (AKB)                           1:55.62
20 Ryland Pritchard (DEL)                     1:55.65
21 Frank Dos Santos (HOS)                     1:55.72
22 Shane Tanksley (KSK)                       1:55.73
23 Vladislav Masic (MYT)                      1:55.80
24 Nathan Robins (BER)                        1:55.95
25 Joonas Vauhkonen (QOD)                     1:56.00
26 Misha Redding-Krupin (ZWZ)                 1:56.18
27 Mark Wallace (VRB)                         1:56.21
28 Caleb Bree (ZWZ)                           1:56.31
29 Todd Wojociechowski (NEW)                  1:56.78
30 Jawad Karim (AKB)                          1:56.95
31 Ryan Martell (NEW)                         1:57.38
32 Abe Hayes (VRB)                            1:57.40
33 Sebastian Eisenberg (QOD)                  1:57.53
34 Jancarlo Ruggiero (DEL)                    1:58.00
35 Evayan Meirain (VUL)                       1:58.14
36 Asheque Amin (AKB)                         1:58.88
37 Tomas Vetelec (MYT)                        1:59.02
38 Faddei Varnava (VUL)                       1:59.61
39 Chris Forester (DLI)                       2:00.05
40 Bode Robert (DLI)                          2:00.10
41 Nick Nile (BER)                            2:01.16
42 Henri Capernicov (LOO)                     2:04.05
 — Aaron Bends (BER)                              DNF
   Mark Robinson (VRB)                            DNF
   Maxwell Okna (DLI)                             DNF
   Michael Grant (QOD)                            DNF
   Pauli Smirnov (DEL)                            DNF
   Peter Arlington (BER)                          DNF
   Rick Bracken (DEL)                             DNF
   Ryan Hauvelo (HOS)                             DNF
   Toufiq Karim (AKB)                             DNF
   Vasil Genadi (VUL)                             DNF

Downhill - women's


 1 Jasmin Santos (BER)                        1:45.36
 2 Vanna Helsen (ZWZ)                         1:45.83
 3 Vera Sokoll (ZWZ)                          1:46.48
 4 Dolores Ribey (ZWZ)                        1:46.64
 5 Rebecca Arnott (QOD)                       1:46.68
 6 Petra Didrikya (DEL)                       1:46.70
 7 Delia Hunter (KSK)                         1:46.92
 8 Kayla Asivik (MYT)                         1:47.07
 9 Valerie Adams (VRB)                        1:47.24
10 Sammi Svajgar (MYT)                        1:47.27
11 Katie Lewis (NEW)                          1:47.50
12 Ariadne Dromm (ZWZ)                        1:47.54
13 Ashley Taylor (NEW)                        1:47.62
14 Mandy Kohl (QOD)                           1:47.65
15 Anke Zimmer (QOD)                          1:47.76
   Kristen Madison (NEW)                      1:47.76
17 Serafina Pérez (VRB)                       1:47.78
18 Lindsay Colbert (DEL)                      1:47.90
19 Jane Novkaks (BER)                         1:48.00
20 Oli Canztrin (LOO)                         1:48.19
21 Julia Bell (DEL)                           1:48.29
22 Maliha Nassim (AKB)                        1:48.39
23 Patricia O'Riley (BER)                     1:48.52
24 Anne Hrudy (KSK)                           1:48.72
25 Sadia Sultana (AKB)                        1:49.29
26 Anna Peterson (DEL)                        1:49.62
27 Lisa Smith (VRB)                           1:50.96
28 Alfonsina Arroyo (VRB)                     1:51.13
29 Liliane Barrett (LIV)                      1:51.59
30 Meredith Kane (DEL)                        1:52.03
31 Maria Townsend (DLI)                       1:53.48
32 Björk Mæja Kjartansdóttir (QOD)            1:56.76
 — Alison Wells (KSK)                             DNF
   Anamaria Velasco (BER)                         DNF
   Emily Sanderson (QOD)                          DNF
   Jamie Monash (KSK)                             DNF
   Rachel Joubert (NEW)                           DSQ
   Sarah Sullivan (NEW)                           DNF
   Sofi Porter (VRB)                              DNF

Super combined - men's


			Super-G	Slalom	Total
1  Roger Strofski (DEL)	1:31.40	49.83	2:21.23
2  Sócrates Reyes (VRB)	1:30.95	50.55	2:21.50
3  Jim Cross-Mann (ZWZ)	1:32.89	49.86	2:22.75
4  Hubert Samson (NEW)	1:30.84	52.04	2:22.88
5  Mark Wallace (VRB)	1:32.18	51.77	2:23.95
6  Nick Nile (BER)		1:32.44	52.05	2:24.49
7  Yurij Valatan (MYT)	1:32.24	52.27	2:24.51
8  Josh Hanes (KSK)	1:31.18	53.62	2:24.80
9  Liam Mackay (VRB)	1:30.35	54.59	2:24.94
10 Ryan Hauvelo (HOS)	1:32.30	52.69	2:24.99
11 Ryan Martell (NEW)	1:35.69	50.56	2:26.25
12 Evayan Meirain (VUL)	1:31.56	54.73	2:26.29
13 Jerry Smith (HOS)	1:34.27	52.28	2:26.55
14 Henri Capernicov (LOO)	1:33.37	53.23	2:26.60
15 Thorton Ham (BER)	1:32.30	54.31	2:26.61
16 Jean-Luc Lacroix (KSK)	1:33.16	53.64	2:26.80
17 Eamon Dinke (KSK)	1:34.93	52.13	2:27.06
18 Wilhelm Gausse (DEL)	1:30.74	56.63	2:27.37
19 Asheque Amin (AKB)	1:36.17	51.99	2:28.16
20 Mickey Alva (VRB)	1:30.73	57.74	2:28.47
21 Johann Jorgen (QOD)	1:34.07	54.68	2:28.75
22 Tomas Vetelec (MYT)	1:32.63	56.39	2:29.02
23 Tyler Wills (ZWZ)	1:32.09	57.14	2:29.23
24 Ryland Pritchard (DEL)	1:31.92	57.68	2:29.60
25 Carlos Núñez (VRB)	1:32.32	57.78	2:30.10
26 Jawad Karim (AKB)	1:34.04	57.77	2:31.81
27 Faddei Varnava (VUL)	1:30.87	62.59	2:33.46
28 Markus Meister (QOD)	1:33.15	61.48	2:34.63
29 Jeremy McCartney (BER)	1:32.54	62.22	2:34.76
30 Steve Zacharias (NEW)	1:31.24	79.86	2:51.10
 — Wilhelm Biber (QOD)	1:31.61	DSQ	
   Vitaly Lenko (MYT)	1:31.62	DNF	
   Toufiq Karim (AKB)	1:32.28	DNF	
   Gareth Delano (DEL)	1:33.32	DNF	
   Terry Splein (HOS)	1:34.63	DNF	
   James Thornton (KSK)	DNF		
   Bodrick Bastmon (HOS)	DNF		
   Asif Saleh (AKB)	DNF		
   Bradley Mason (ZWZ)	DNF		
   Rick Bracken (DEL)	DNF		
   Peter Arlington (BER)	DNF		
   Mark Smith (NEW)	DNF		
   Nathan Robins (BER)	DNF		
   Rudi Tojasik (MYT)	DNF		
   Frank Dos Santos (HOS)	DNF		
   Shane Tanksley (KSK)	DNF

Super combined - women's


					Super-G	Slalom	Total
1	Geneviève Lachine (KSK)		1:21.03	52.89	2:13.92
2	Lauren Volk (QOD)		              1:21.22	54.25	2:15.47
3	Angelica Doubts (BER)		1:22.39	53.12	2:15.51
4	Ammeline Christianson (DEL)	1:22.81	52.73	2:15.54
5	Angéline Couche (KSK)		1:21.65	54.37	2:16.02
6	Shandin Rams (BER)		1:23.50	52.58	2:16.08
7	Ariadne Dromm (ZWZ)		1:24.02	52.11	2:16.13
8	Celina Månsson (QOD)		1:21.09	55.27	2:16.36
9	Delia Hunter (KSK)		              1:20.51	56.10	2:16.61
10	Lindsay Colbert (DEL)		1:22.43	55.80	2:18.23
11	Aniya Dosiesia (VUL)		1:25.31	53.25	2:18.56
12	Ashley Taylor (NEW)		1:26.91	52.86	2:19.77
13	Gina Morris (ZWZ)		               1:26.27	53.68	2:19.95
14	Sadis Sultana (AKB)		1:22.46	58.42	2:20.88
15	Maliha Nassim (AKB)		1:22.45	58.65	2:21.10
16	Brittany Olsen (NEW)		1:21.06	61.19	2:22.25
17	Petra Didrikya (DEL)		1:22.86	59.73	2:22.59
18	Katie Lewis (NEW)		               1:24.11	62.72	2:26.83
19	Lisa Smith (VRB)		            1:21.40	   DNF	
20	Dolores Ribey (ZWZ)		1:21.58	   DNF	
21	Julia Bell (DEL)		            1:22.13	   DNF	
22	Meghan Robinson (NEW)		1:22.35	   DNF	
23	Valerie Adams (VRB)		1:22.61	   DNF	
24	Rebecca Arnott (QOD)		1:24.38	   DNF	
 —	Anamaria Velasco (BER)	  	 DNF		
	Liliane Barrett (LIV)	  	 DNF		
	Mary Neilson (VRB)	  	 DNF		
	Alfonsina Arroyo (VRB)	  	 DNF		
	Björk Mæja Kjartansdóttir (QOD)	 DNF		
	Emily Sanderson (QOD)	   	 DNF		
	Oli Canztrin (LOO)	   	 DNF		
	Anna Peterson (DEL)	   	 DNF		
	Kristen Madison (NEW)	   	 DSQ

Individual standings
Note that tie-breaker by first places, second places, etc. has not been applied.

Men

				DH	SG	GS	SL	SC	Total
Josh Hanes (KSK)		80	36	0	0	32	148
Wilhelm Biber (QOD)		80	45	0	0	0	125
Ted Tulow (VRB)			50	50	0	0	0	100
Ramon De Tortuga (BER)		100	0	0	0	0	100
Roger Strofski (DEL)		0	0	0	0	100	100
Iosep Jurat (MYT)		0	100	0	0	0	100
Marlen Caves (ZWZ)		18	80	0	0	0	98
Sócrates Reyes (VRB)		15	0	0	0	80	95
Liam Mackay (VRB)		40	18	0	0	29	87
Hubert Samson (NEW)		36	0	0	0	50	86
Mark Wallace (VRB)		4	22	0	0	45	71
Wilhelm Gausse (DEL)		22	32	0	0	13	67
Jim Cross-Mann (ZWZ)		0	0	0	0	60	60
Jancarlo Ruggiero (DEL)		0	60	0	0	0	60
Jean-Luc Lacroix (KSK)		26	16	0	0	15	57
Evayan Meirain (VUL)		0	26	0	0	22	48
Connor Ducalf (ZWZ)		45	0	0	0	0	45
Frank Dos Santos (HOS)		10	32	0	0	0	42
Nick Nile (BER)			0	0	0	0	40	40
Mark Robinson (VRB)		0	40	0	0	0	40
Jerry Smith (HOS)		13	3	0	0	20	36
Yurij Valatan (MYT)		0	0	0	0	36	36
Andy O'Sullivan (KSK)		32	0	0	0	0	32
Volya Maturri-Catan (ZWZ)	32	0	0	0	0	32
Markus Meister (QOD)		24	0	0	0	3	27
Ryan Hauvelo (HOS)		0	0	0	0	26	26
Steve Zacharias (NEW)		24	0	0	0	1	25
Ryan Martell (NEW)		0	0	0	0	24	24
Pauli Smirnov (DEL)		0	24	0	0	0	24
Mickey Alva (VRB)		0	12	0	0	11	23
Tomas Vetelec (MYT)		0	13	0	0	9	22
Toufiq Karim (AKB)		0	22	0	0	0	22
Ryland Pritchard (DEL)		11	2	0	0	7	20
Asheque Amin (AKB)		0	8	0	0	12	20
Asif Saleh (AKB)		12	6	0	0	0	18
Tyler Wills (ZWZ)		0	10	0	0	8	18
Henri Capernicov (LOO)		0	0	0	0	18	18
Evan Mackay (KSK)		16	0	0	0	0	16
Thorton Ham (BER)		0	0	0	0	16	16
James Thornton (KSK)		0	15	0	0	0	15
Simon Genereaux (KSK)		0	14	0	0	0	14
Mark Smith (NEW)		14	0	0	0	0	14
Eamon Dinke (KSK)		0	0	0	0	14	14
Nathan Robins (BER)		7	5	0	0	0	12
Rolf Herrmann (DEL)		0	11	0	0	0	11
Johann Jorgen (QOD)		0	0	0	0	10	10
Benjamin Papineau (NEW)		0	9	0	0	0	9
Shane Tanksley (KSK)		9	0	0	0	0	9
Martin Krüger (QOD)		0	7	0	0	0	7
Joonas Vauhkonen (QOD)		6	0	0	0	0	6
Carlos Núñez (VRB)		0	0	0	0	6	6
Jawad Karim (AKB)		1	0	0	0	5	6
Misha Redding-Krupin (ZWZ)	5	0	0	0	0	5
Faddei Varnava (VUL)		0	0	0	0	4	4
Tommy Mancsio (DLI)		0	4	0	0	0	4
Caleb Bree (ZWZ)		3	0	0	0	0	3
Jeremy McCartney (BER)		0	0	0	0	2	2
Todd Wojociechowski (NEW)	2	0	0	0	0	2
Randy Hillier (NEW)		0	1	0	0	0	1
Martin Dreher (QOD)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin King (LIV)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Rubin (DEL)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Bracken (DEL)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathias Abendroth (QOD)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Piet Mulhaney (ZWZ)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Forester (DLI)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Arlington (BER)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Mason (ZWZ)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Bode Robert (DLI)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Vladislav Masic (MYT)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Maxwell Okna (DLI)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Pablo Ortiz (BER)		0	0	0	0	0	0

Women

				DH	SG	GS	SL	SC	Total
Katie Lewis (NEW)		24	80	0	0	13	117
Delia Hunter (KSK)		36	50	0	0	29	115
Dolores Ribey (ZWZ)		50	45	0	0	11	106
Geneviève Lachine (KSK)		0	0	0	0	100	100
Jasmin Santos (BER)		100	0	0	0	0	100
Anamaria Velasco (BER)		0	100	0	0	0	100
Vanna Helsen (ZWZ)		80	0	0	0	0	80
Lauren Volk (QOD)		0	0	0	0	80	80
Ariadne Dromm (ZWZ)		22	20	0	0	36	78
Petra Didrikya (DEL)		40	24	0	0	14	78
Valerie Adams (VRB)		29	32	0	0	8	69
Angelica Doubts (BER)		0	0	0	0	60	60
Vera Sokoll (ZWZ)		60	0	0	0	0	60
Alison Wells (KSK)		0	60	0	0	0	60
Rebecca Arnott (QOD)		45	0	0	0	7	52
Ammeline Christianson (DEL)	0	0	0	0	50	50
Julia Bell (DEL)		10	29	0	0	10	49
Jane Novkaks (BER)		12	36	0	0	0	48
Ashley Taylor (NEW)		20	5	0	0	22	47
Angéline Couche (KSK)		0	0	0	0	45	45
Lindsay Colbert (DEL)		13	4	0	0	26	43
Alfonsina Arroyo (VRB)		3	40	0	0	0	43
Lisa Smith (VRB)		4	26	0	0	12	42
Shandin Rams (BER)		0	0	0	0	40	40
Kayla Asivik (MYT)		32	7	0	0	0	39
Sammi Svajgar (MYT)		26	13	0	0	0	39
Sadia Sultana (AKB)		6	12	0	0	18	36
Celina Månsson (QOD)		0	0	0	0	32	32
Mandy Kohl (QOD)		18	8	0	0	0	26
Maliha Nassim (AKB)		9	0	0	0	16	25
Aniya Dosiesia (VUL)		0	0	0	0	24	24
Emily Sanderson (QOD)		0	22	0	0	0	22
Oli Canztrin (LOO)		11	9	0	0	0	20
Gina Morris (ZWZ)		0	0	0	0	20	20
Anna Peterson (DEL)		5	14	0	0	0	19
Anke Zimmer (QOD)		16	3	0	0	0	19
Sofi Porter (VRB)		0	18	0	0	0	18
Kristen Madison (NEW)		16	0	0	0	0	16
Sarah Sullivan (NEW)		0	16	0	0	0	16
Jamie Monash (KSK)		0	15	0	0	0	15
Brittany Olsen (NEW)		0	0	0	0	15	15
Serafina Pérez (VRB)		14	0	0	0	0	14
Patricia O'Riley (BER)		8	6	0	0	0	14
Meredith Kane (DEL)		1	10	0	0	0	11
Serafina Pérez (VRB)		0	11	0	0	0	11
Meghan Robinson (NEW)		0	0	0	0	9	9
Anne Hrudy (KSK)		7	0	0	0	0	7
Liliane Barrett (LIV)		2	0	0	0	0	2
Rachel Joubert (NEW)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Maria Townsend (DLI)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Björk Mæja Kjartansdóttir (QOD)		0	0	0	0	0	0

Nations Cup standings

Kelssek			604
Virabia			508
Delaclava		463
Bergnovinaia		412
Newmanistan		401
Zwangzug		393
Quintessence of Dust	327
Mytannion		158
Akbarabad		112
Hossaim			104
Vulshain		76
D Land and Isles	4

by **D Land and Isles** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:24 pm

SPORTING DAILY

COACH FIRED AFTER DISSAPOINTNG START

Caden, Dland And Isles

Mark Johnanssen Directorate of the Dland and isles Natl ski team was fired today after a dissapointing start to the World Cup(skiing). The Ministry of sport issued a statement earlier today sayin, "He (johnanssen) was just not a right fit for the Team and will be fired before the olympics" D Land and Isles sits in last in the team standings. The top male is Tommy Mancsio and the top female is Maria Townsend.

by **Zwangzug** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:11 pm

The Kerlagrad Courier
Women's downhill prospects encouraging

The Alpine Skiing World Cup proceeded in Garibaldi, Kelssek, with downhill and super combined races. Ramon De Tortuga and Jasmin Santos (both of Bergnovinaia) won the downhill races, while Roger Strofski and Geneviève Lachine won the super combined. There was a tie for second in the men's downhill, with both Josh Hanes and Wilhelm Biber finishing twenty-one hundredths of a second (well, not the same second) behind De Tortuga; Hanes is first in the individual standings based on results in other points.

"We're still getting a feel for the system," said Dolores Ribey, third in the women's standings. "As far as that whole thing goes, well, I'm...competing in every race. In the women's competition, that is, obviously, but I mean that's, uh, going to put me at an advantage.

I'm not ashamed of it, though," she added challengingly.

Despite posting the seventh-best time in the Super-G component of the super combined, Ribey crashed on the slalom and did not finish. Her points, however, were boosted by a fourth-place finish in the downhill...though that was only good enough for third among Zwangzug's contingent, as Vanna Helsen and Vera Sokoll both edged her out for second and third respectively. "If we knew each other better I suppose this could start, like, a friendly rivalry thing," mulled Sokoll. "But we don't, I mean I know Vanna well enough to know she's a crazy daredevil but in the grand scheme of things we all do hurdle down hills covered with snow, very quickly, so it's not my place to judge." Helsen, in reply, noted she'd be up for such a rivalry "provided we're actually finishing close together in the standings, by which I mean finishing together in the standings and not just being listed at the end because we got disqualified, or crashed."

After such a performance, there's hope that somebody on this team can put it together in Ashton and become the third different Zwangzugian in a row to take gold in the women's downhill. Or not. "Hey, first things first," said Ribey, "none of us have won a race here yet."

by **Vulshain** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:37 pm

Vulshainian Confederate News and Media Network

Vulshain's skiiers are off to a rough start. So far Vulshain is next to last in the current standings. "I'm just out of practice, that's all," Aniya Dosiesia commented on her missing tenth place by only several seconds. She lost it to Lindsay Colbert of Delaclava. "Those skiiers from Delaclava sure can ski!" This was Aniya's comment about Colbert's time.

The skiiers are hoping to improve, but they're going to need a miracle to improve their nation's standings.

by **Quintessence of Dust** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:08 am

Sorry for lack of input, have been having computer problems. But I went to see The Social Network last night so now I'm pretty sure if I can get it fixed, I can (a) get some RPs going and (b) get a really hot Asian girl to set my bed on fire.

The New Cleethorpes Enquirer
Shock ahead of Greschmeier as Biber disqualifed for being "too awesome"

Despite two typically courageous individual event runs that placed him tied him for second in downhill and fifth in super-G on the Garibaldi course, Wilhelm Biber faced the humiliation of entering his home race at Greschmeier with no points in the super combined after being disqualified for being way, way too awesome.

Citing health and safety concerns for the spectators flocking to the course to witness Biber's second run, only to be turned away disappointed as news of his disqualification filtered through the sound system - momentarily interrupting the steady stream of remixed synthpop renderings of Juche glory hymns to the wheat harvest - officials barred Biber from taking part in the slalom.

"Quite honestly, we were surprised he had completed three races without crashing and/or dying, which is something of a first when it comes to Mr. Biber," said one official. "Nonetheless, the fact remains - his awesomeness levels were just off the roof, and without wishing to jeopardise any ongoing investigations, it is questionable whether someone could really be that awesome without artificial aid."

Meanwhile some technical experts speculated that Biber may have been disqualified for other reasons, such as his trademark oversized bobble hat, worn over his ski helmet, which has sometimes landed him in trouble with sticklers for regulations. "However, if that is the reason," said Alyssa Banana, host of Schi Schunday, "Then it should be noted his bobblehat is, itself, pretty awesome."

QUEEF, an overseas student group, said they were disappointed. "Watching his slalom run was going to be the highlight of our party," said one mellow QUEEFer. "But we still had a pretty good time, and it was nice to see Beccy [Arnott] doing well. If the ASWC comes back to Garibaldi, we hope Wilhelm will be back - but we hope he doesn't tone down the awesome just yet!" wooed another QUEEFer wearing a lampshade - covered, of course, with a bobblehat - over their head.

by **Virabia** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:07 pm

The Vonghurst Star
Pewter and Gold, Pewter and Gold

GARIBALDI - If medals were handed out for fourth place, Virabia would have a treasure trove of valuable metals, and perhaps the Pound could even be reattached to the gold standard. Unfortunately, this is not the case. There is no prize for fourth and no matter how close you were to first place, you will forever look at the podium longingly. Your flag never flown, your anthem never played.

Such has been the case for Ted Tulow who, yesterday, continued his series of of pewter medal finishes by finishing a scant thirty milliseconds behind the eventual winner Ramon De Tortuga of Bergnovinaia. Ted, who once again departed from the gates first had similar comments about his performance in the downhill yesterday as he did reguarding his performance in the super-g.

"It's just disappointing that once again, I have to be the first ones out on the slopes. As I said yesterday, it really deprives you of chances to do well. Sure, you can win when you depart first but, it's so much harder. Much much harder," said Ted regarding his performance in the downhill event, "I just hope that, when we get to Greschmeier, I don't have to leave the gates first."

Despite, Ted's (as well as the rest of the Virabi team's) disappointing performance in the downhill competition, Virabi skiers found some luck in the Super Combined where after a solid super-g run, Sócrates Reyes was able to finish in a close second place to the Delaclavan Roger Strofski. Mountingshire natives Mark Wallace and Liam Mckay also perfoemed quite well. Both clenching top ten spots.

Unfortunately, Virabia has not had the same consistency in the woman's races. Their luck having trailed off from the super-g competition the day before. In the downhill, Valerie Adams (along with Serafina Pérez) was among only two Virabi women to place within the top-twenty and she was the only one to finish in the top ten. Yet, somehow, our ladies' were able to outdo this with their dismal performance in the Super-Combined. Zero out of the four women entered into the race managed to finish the course and two crashed on the super-g course. These crashes hit Lisa Smith especially hard. She was two flags from the end of the slalom course, on pace to unseat Geneviève Lachine from the lead, when she caught an edge and was sent tumbling to the snow. After she recovered she told reporters in tears, "I'm just glad this wasn't the Olympics."

As a result of the relatively modest results that Virabi Women have been posting, none of them find themselves in a good position in the overall standings. Even Valerie Adams, who is the highest placed of the Virabi women is out of the top-ten and she is a long ways away from the lead. This is a stark contrast from the men, where Ted Tulow (whose consistent pewter placings have him in third overall), Sócrates Reyes, Liam Mackay and even Mark Wallace are all in pretty good position, which they all hope to improve when the same events are run a month and a half from now in Quintessence of Dust.

So, after the inaugural leg of the Alpine Skiing World Cup, where does Virabia stand in the overall battle amongst the nations? Well, despite what their disappointing performances may lead you to believe, we are in a pretty solid position. Currently we are about 100 points behind Kelssek and around 40 points above Delaclava. Granted, this is nowhere near the cushion that is desired but, the tournament is still in it's opening stages so there's alot of runs still to be skied. Couple this with the fact that we have yet to see a GS or a Slalom event, and we could very well see Virabia emerge as one of the top nations of this World Cup. 'Till then, we'll keep you posted.

by **Kelssek** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:48 pm

Greschmeier, Quintessence of Dust

Downhill - men's

1 Michael Grant (QOD)                        1:54.36
 2 Josh Hanes (KSK)                           1:54.44
 3 Jancarlo Ruggiero (DEL)                    1:54.51
 4 Evan Mackay (KSK)                          1:54.74
 5 Nick Nile (BER)                            1:54.86
 6 Jean-Luc Lacroix (KSK)                     1:54.90
 7 Liam Mackay (VRB)                          1:54.97
   Mark Robinson (VRB)                        1:54.97
 9 Mark Wallace (VRB)                         1:55.16
10 Hubert Samson (NEW)                        1:55.18
11 Rick Bracken (DEL)                         1:55.22
12 Wilhelm Gausse (DEL)                       1:55.26
13 Asif Saleh (AKB)                           1:55.30
14 Volya Maturri-Catan (ZWZ)                  1:55.39
15 Marlen Caves (ZWZ)                         1:55.56
16 Shane Tanksley (KSK)                       1:55.64
17 Misha Redding-Krupin (ZWZ)                 1:55.73
18 Sebastian Eisenberg (QOD)                  1:55.78
19 Wilhelm Biber (QOD)                        1:55.88
20 Andy O'Sullivan (KSK)                      1:56.07
21 Tomas Vetelec (MYT)                        1:56.26
22 Evayan Meirain (VUL)                       1:56.33
23 Frank Dos Santos (HOS)                     1:56.34
24 Nathan Robins (BER)                        1:56.40
25 Ryan Martell (NEW)                         1:56.54
26 Jerry Smith (HOS)                          1:56.82
27 Ramon De Tortuga (BER)                     1:56.88
28 Bode Robert (DLI)                          1:56.89
29 Pauli Smirnov (DEL)                        1:56.98
30 Todd Wojociechowski (NEW)                  1:57.02
31 Sócrates Reyes (VRB)                       1:57.43
32 Toufiq Karim (AKB)                         1:57.58
33 Mark Smith (NEW)                           1:57.61
34 Abe Hayes (VRB)                            1:57.79
35 Vladislav Masic (MYT)                      1:58.26
36 Ted Tulow (VRB)                            1:58.30
37 Henri Capernicov (LOO)                     1:58.39
38 Joonas Vauhkonen (QOD)                     1:58.49
39 Markus Meister (QOD)                       1:58.65
40 Jawad Karim (AKB)                          1:58.67
41 Asheque Amin (AKB)                         1:59.44
42 Faddei Varnava (VUL)                       1:59.69
43 Maxwell Okna (DLI)                         2:00.48
44 Aaron Bends (BER)                          2:00.74
45 Connor Ducalf (ZWZ)                        2:01.14
46 Vasil Genadi (VUL)                         2:01.59
47 Ryan Hauvelo (HOS)                         2:02.24
 — Caleb Bree (ZWZ)                               DNF
   Chris Forester (DLI)                           DNF
   Peter Arlington (BER)                          DNF
   Ryland Pritchard (DEL)                         DNF
   Steve Zacharias (NEW)                          DSQ

Downhill - women's

 1 Mandy Kohl (QOD)                           1:44.93
 2 Vanna Helsen (ZWZ)                         1:45.46
 3 Dolores Ribey (ZWZ)                        1:45.91
 4 Anne Hrudy (KSK)                           1:46.10
 5 Alfonsina Arroyo (VRB)                     1:46.18
 6 Anke Zimmer (QOD)                          1:46.22
 7 Delia Hunter (KSK)                         1:46.31
 8 Emily Sanderson (QOD)                      1:46.52
 9 Alison Wells (KSK)                         1:47.10
10 Ariadne Dromm (ZWZ)                        1:47.40
11 Björk Mæja Kjartansdóttir (QOD)            1:47.44
12 Serafina PÃ©rez (VRB)                      1:47.91
13 Sarah Sullivan (NEW)                       1:48.03
14 Lindsay Colbert (DEL)                      1:48.09
15 Oli Canztrin (LOO)                         1:48.23
16 Kayla Asivik (MYT)                         1:48.54
17 Petra Didrikya (DEL)                       1:48.72
18 Kristen Madison (NEW)                      1:49.06
19 Sadia Sultana (AKB)                        1:49.39
20 Maria Townsend (DLI)                       1:49.48
21 Liliane Barrett (LIV)                      1:49.97
22 Jane Novkaks (BER)                         1:50.05
23 Valerie Adams (VRB)                        1:50.96
24 Sofi Porter (VRB)                          1:51.52
25 Patricia O'Riley (BER)                     1:51.95
26 Anna Peterson (DEL)                        1:52.26
27 Maliha Nassim (AKB)                        1:52.53
28 Vera Sokoll (ZWZ)                          1:53.37
29 Lisa Smith (VRB)                           1:53.54
30 Jasmin Santos (BER)                        1:53.58
31 Katie Lewis (NEW)                          1:53.72
32 Jamie Monash (KSK)                         1:55.62
33 Rebecca Arnott (QOD)                       1:56.18
34 Meredith Kane (DEL)                        1:56.28
35 Anamaria Velasco (BER)                     1:57.29
36 Julia Bell (DEL)                           1:58.59
37 Ashley Taylor (NEW)                        2:02.67
 — Rachel Joubert (NEW)                           DNF
   Sammi Svajgar (MYT)                            DNF

Super combined - men's


				Super-G	Slalom	Total
1  Jean-Luc Lacroix (KSK)		1:33.53	49.87	2:23.40
2  James Thornton (KSK)		1:34.07	49.70	2:23.77
3  Mickey Alva (VRB)		1:32.66	52.13	2:24.79
4  Sócrates Reyes (VRB)		1:32.84	51.97	2:24.81
5  Thorton Ham (BER)		1:33.51	51.93	2:25.44
6  Faddei Varnava (VUL)		1:33.36	52.24	2:25.60
7  Bodrick Bastmon (HOS)		1:36.05	49.94	2:25.99
8  Steve Zacharias (NEW)		1:33.56	52.79	2:26.35
9  Yurij Valatan (MYT)		1:34.58	52.11	2:26.69
10 Bradley Mason (ZWZ)		1:34.75	53.12	2:27.87
11 Wilhelm Biber (QOD)		1:31.33	57.33	2:28.66
12 Rick Bracken (DEL)		1:35.76	53.02	2:28.78
13 Peter Arlington (BER)		1:35.27	53.86	2:29.13
14 Henri Capernicov (LOO)		1:38.31	51.31	2:29.62
15 Eamon Dinke (KSK)		1:39.40	51.30	2:30.70
   Ryan Martell (NEW)		1:36.68	54.02	2:30.70
17 Toufiq Karim (AKB)		1:34.78	55.98	2:30.76
18 Asif Saleh (AKB)		1:33.82	57.25	2:31.07
19 Gareth Delano (DEL)		1:34.20	58.41	2:32.61
20 Mark Smith (NEW)		1:31.78	61.37	2:33.15
21 Evayan Meirain (VUL)		1:35.70	58.19	2:33.89
22 Liam Mackay (VRB)		1:32.59	62.68	2:35.27
23 Nick Nile (BER)			1:36.24	60.18	2:36.42
24 Mark Wallace (VRB)		1:39.22	61.09	2:40.31
25 Rudi Tojasik (MYT)		1:32.99	72.26	2:45.25
26 Jeremy McCartney (BER)		1:36.74	72.44	2:49.18
 — Tomas Vetelec (MYT)		1:32.52	DNF	
   Markus Meister (QOD)		1:32.71	DNF	
   Shane Tanksley (KSK)		1:32.72	DNF	
   Asheque Amin (AKB)		1:33.71	DSQ	
   Frank Dos Santos (HOS)		1:34.30	DNF	
   Hubert Samson (NEW)		1:34.46	DNF	
   Carlos Núñez (VRB)		1:39.19	DNF	
   Josh Hanes (KSK)	  	 DNF		
   Jerry Smith (HOS)	   	 DNF		
   Johann Jorgen (QOD)	   	 DNF		
   Ryan Hauvelo (HOS)	   	 DNF		
   Terry Splein (HOS)	   	 DNF		
   Roger Strofski (DEL)	   	 DNF		
   Jim Cross-Mann (ZWZ)	    	 DNF		
   Nathan Robins (BER)	   	 DNF		
   Ryland Pritchard (DEL)		 DNF	
   Wilhelm Gausse (DEL)	   	 DNF		
   Vitaly Lenko (MYT)	    DNF		
   Tyler Wills (ZWZ)	    DNF		
   Jawad Karim (AKB)	    DNF

Super combined - Women's


					Super-G	Slalom	Total
1  Geneviève Lachine (KSK)			1:23.62	52.97	2:16.59
2  Rebecca Arnott (QOD)			1:23.16	53.49	2:16.65
3  Alfonsina Arroyo (VRB)			1:23.44	54.55	2:17.99
4  Anna Peterson (DEL)			1:23.29	55.21	2:18.50
5  Valerie Adams (VRB)			1:22.66	56.81	2:19.47
6  Celina Månsson (QOD)			1:27.84	52.81	2:20.65
7  Emily Sanderson (QOD)			1:22.09	60.08	2:22.17
8  Gina Morris (ZWZ)			1:29.29	53.62	2:22.91
9  Meghan Robinson (NEW)			1:23.88	59.21	2:23.09
10 Kristen Madison (NEW)			1:29.95	53.62	2:23.57
11 Lauren Volk (QOD)			1:26.11	58.21	2:24.32
12 Lindsay Colbert (DEL)			1:27.70	56.73	2:24.43
13 Mary Neilson (VRB)			1:22.80	61.84	2:24.64
14 Anamaria Velasco (BER)			1:27.09	57.95	2:25.04
15 Lisa Smith (VRB)			1:31.82	53.53	2:25.35
16 Katie Lewis (NEW)			1:28.29	57.18	2:25.47
17 Petra Didrikya (DEL)			1:26.46	59.58	2:26.04
18 Aniya Dosiesia (VUL)			1:25.13	61.08	2:26.21
19 Dolores Ribey (ZWZ)			1:25.83	60.82	2:26.65
20 Maliha Nassim (AKB)			1:27.66	59.86	2:27.52
21 Julia Bell (DEL)			1:29.52	59.91	2:29.43
 — Brittany Olsen (NEW)			1:22.43	 DNF	
   Sadis Sultana (AKB)			1:23.24	 DNF	
   Oli Canztrin (LOO)			1:24.20	 DNF	
   Angelica Doubts (BER)			1:25.23	 DNF	
   Liliane Barrett (LIV)			1:25.61	 DNF	
   Ariadne Dromm (ZWZ)			1:26.32	 DNF	
   Ashley Taylor (NEW)			1:27.16	 DNF	
   Angéline Couche (KSK)			DNF		
   Ammeline Christianson (DEL)		DNF		
   Delia Hunter (KSK)			DNF		
   Björk Mæja Kjartansdóttir (QOD)		DNF		
   Shandin Rams (BER)			DSQ

by **Kelssek** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:30 am

BEING PRESIDENT WOULD BE "BORING": LACROIX
Friday, 21 January 2011

A bizarre campaign to have alpine skier Jean-Luc Lacroix elected president in the federal elections set for this May has picked up steam following his World Cup win in the Greschmeier super combined, according to political watchers.

The campaign began for apparently satirical purposes during parliamentary elections last year, after Lacroix was used in Liberal Party advertisements attacking public funding for national sports associations, a move which backfired after Lacroix said he felt insulted by the billboards, which in an example of a spectacularly horrendous oversight, were run mainly in his home city of Saint-Rémy. The billboards, which appeared in Métro stations, featured a photograph of Lacroix and read, "you shouldn't need to be paying for his ski trips".

The originator of the campaign, Grégor Hergey, said the number of people who said they would sign Lacroix's nomination almost doubled following Lacroix's victory on the Quodite mountain. Hergey suggested it was somehow a sign many voters are disenchanted with the political process, apparently.

"Or it could also be that people have a good sense of humour about it, actually. That makes more sense. I'm not even sure what the whole joke is anymore, to be honest."

One significant stumbling block to the campaign, which has mainly been conducted over social networking websites, is that Lacroix has declared himself completely uninterested in being a ceremonial figurehead embodying the popular sovereignty and unity of the nation while holding immense constitutional powers in reserve so as to safeguard the commonwealth.

"I think it would be very boring. You never hear about the president doing stuff. And I'd have to live in Neorvins, and I don't know any good mountains near there. Getting to training sessions would be very hard, I don't think I'd like it."

Lacroix also admitted that he knew little about what the president actually does as he had skipped the relevant social studies class in school to go skiing.

by **Kelssek** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:49 pm

Greschmeier, Quintessence of Dust
Super G - men's


 1 Johann Jorgen (QOD)                        1:30.75
   Tyler Wills (ZWZ)                          1:30.75
 3 Mathias Abendroth (QOD)                    1:30.80
 4 Wilhelm Biber (QOD)                        1:30.93
 5 Martin Krüger (QOD)                        1:31.00
 6 Jean-Luc Lacroix (KSK)                     1:31.01
 7 Jawad Karim (AKB)                          1:31.19
 8 Ted Tulow (VRB)                            1:31.40
 9 Mark Robinson (VRB)                        1:31.43
10 Benjamin Papineau (NEW)                    1:31.46
11 Bode Robert (DLI)                          1:31.53
12 James Thornton (KSK)                       1:31.73
13 Shane Tanksley (KSK)                       1:31.90
14 Vladislav Masic (MYT)                      1:31.94
15 Jancarlo Ruggiero (DEL)                    1:31.95
16 Ryan Hauvelo (HOS)                         1:31.98
17 Liam Mackay (VRB)                          1:32.11
18 Bradley Mason (ZWZ)                        1:32.12
19 Steve Zacharias (NEW)                      1:32.16
20 Pauli Smirnov (DEL)                        1:32.25
21 Evayan Meirain (VUL)                       1:32.28
22 Martin Dreher (QOD)                        1:32.44
23 Tommy Mancsio (DLI)                        1:33.19
24 Asheque Amin (AKB)                         1:33.25
25 Wilhelm Gausse (DEL)                       1:33.30
26 Maxwell Okna (DLI)                         1:33.32
27 Hubert Samson (NEW)                        1:33.39
28 Jerry Smith (HOS)                          1:33.51
29 Kevin King (LEN)                           1:33.71
30 Mark Smith (NEW)                           1:33.78
31 Piet Mulhaney (ZWZ)                        1:33.79
32 Mark Wallace (VRB)                         1:33.80
33 Asif Saleh (AKB)                           1:34.04
34 Ryland Pritchard (DEL)                     1:34.67
35 Peter Arlington (BER)                      1:34.85
36 Tomas Vetelec (MYT)                        1:35.06
37 Toufiq Karim (AKB)                         1:35.23
38 Jim Cross-Mann (ZWZ)                       1:36.18
39 Simon Genereaux (KSK)                      1:36.43
40 Rolf Herrmann (DEL)                        1:37.15
41 Mark Rubin (DEL)                           1:37.24
 — Chris Forester (DLI)                           DNF
   Frank Dos Santos (HOS)                         DNF
   Henri Capernicov (LOO)                         DNF
   Iosep Jurat (MYT)                              DNF
   Jeremy McCartney (BER)                         DNF
   Josh Hanes (KSK)                               DNF
   Marlen Caves (ZWZ)                             DNF
   Mickey Alva (VRB)                              DNF
   Nathan Robins (BER)                            DNF
   Nick Nile (BER)                                DNF
   Pablo Ortiz (BER)                              DNF
   Randy Hillier (NEW)                            DNF
   Rick Bracken (DEL)                             DNF

Super G - women's


 1 Vera Sokoll (ZWZ)                          1:20.23
 2 Maliha Nassim (AKB)                        1:20.44
 3 Emily Sanderson (QOD)                      1:21.00
 4 Sadia Sultana (AKB)                        1:21.15
 5 Dolores Ribey (ZWZ)                        1:21.28
 6 Alison Wells (KSK)                         1:21.42
 7 Mandy Kohl (QOD)                           1:21.92
 8 Anna Peterson (DEL)                        1:21.98
 9 Anke Zimmer (QOD)                          1:22.00
10 Anamaria Velasco (BER)                     1:22.15
11 Liliane Barrett (LEN)                      1:22.16
12 Lisa Smith (VRB)                           1:22.19
13 Delia Hunter (KSK)                         1:22.24
14 Alfonsina Arroyo (VRB)                     1:22.39
15 Ariadne Dromm (ZWZ)                        1:22.70
16 Valerie Adams (VRB)                        1:23.01
17 Jane Novkaks (BER)                         1:23.03
   Rebecca Arnott (QOD)                       1:23.03
19 Patricia O'Riley (BER)                     1:23.30
20 Rachel Joubert (NEW)                       1:24.19
21 Sarah Sullivan (NEW)                       1:24.60
22 Anne Hrudy (KSK)                           1:24.64
   Björk Mæja Kjartansdóttir (QOD)            1:24.64
24 Petra Didrikya (DEL)                       1:25.40
25 Julia Bell (DEL)                           1:25.48
26 Ashley Taylor (NEW)                        1:25.86
27 Jasmin Santos (BER)                        1:26.15
28 Oli Canztrin (LOO)                         1:26.72
29 Jamie Monash (KSK)                         1:26.92
30 Kayla Asivik (MYT)                         1:28.17
31 Meredith Kane (DEL)                        1:30.44
 — Katie Lewis (NEW)                              DNF
   Kristen Madison (NEW)                          DNF
   Lindsay Colbert (DEL)                          DNF
   Maria Townsend (DLI)                           DNF
   Sammi Svajgar (MYT)                            DNF
   Serafina Pérez (VRB)                           DNF
   Sofi Porter (VRB)                              DNF
   Vanna Helsen (ZWZ)                             DNF

Standings

Men



				DH	SG	GS	SL	SC	Overall
Jean-Luc Lacroix (KSK)		66	56	0	0	115	237
Josh Hanes (KSK)		160	36	0	0	32	228
Wilhelm Biber (QOD)		92	95	0	0	24	211
Liam Mackay (VRB)		76	32	0	0	38	146
Sócrates Reyes (VRB)		15	0	0	0	130	145
Jancarlo Ruggiero (DEL)		60	76	0	0	0	136
Ted Tulow (VRB)			50	82	0	0	0	132
Iosep Jurat (MYT)		0	122	0	0	0	122
Tyler Wills (ZWZ)		0	110	0	0	8	118
Hubert Samson (NEW)		62	4	0	0	50	116
Marlen Caves (ZWZ)		34	80	0	0	0	114
Johann Jorgen (QOD)		0	100	0	0	10	110
Mark Wallace (VRB)		33	22	0	0	52	107
Mark Robinson (VRB)		36	69	0	0	0	105
Ramon De Tortuga (BER)		104	0	0	0	0	104
Michael Grant (QOD)		100	0	0	0	0	100
Roger Strofski (DEL)		0	0	0	0	100	100
Wilhelm Gausse (DEL)		44	38	0	0	13	95
James Thornton (KSK)		0	15	0	0	80	95
Nick Nile (BER)			45	0	0	0	48	93
Mickey Alva (VRB)		0	12	0	0	71	83
Evayan Meirain (VUL)		9	36	0	0	32	77
Steve Zacharias (NEW)		24	12	0	0	33	69
Evan Mackay (KSK)		66	0	0	0	0	66
Yurij Valatan (MYT)		0	0	0	0	65	65
Thorton Ham (BER)		0	0	0	0	61	61
Mathias Abendroth (QOD)		0	60	0	0	0	60
Jim Cross-Mann (ZWZ)		0	0	0	0	60	60
Asif Saleh (AKB)		32	6	0	0	13	51
Frank Dos Santos (HOS)		18	32	0	0	0	50
Volya Maturri-Catan (ZWZ)		50	0	0	0	0	50
Ryan Martell (NEW)		6	0	0	0	40	46
Rick Bracken (DEL)		24	0	0	0	22	46
Connor Ducalf (ZWZ)		45	0	0	0	0	45
Faddei Varnava (VUL)		0	0	0	0	44	44
Jerry Smith (HOS)		18	6	0	0	20	44
Shane Tanksley (KSK)		24	20	0	0	0	44
Andy O'Sullivan (KSK)		43	0	0	0	0	43
Jawad Karim (AKB)		1	36	0	0	5	42
Ryan Hauvelo (HOS)		0	15	0	0	26	41
Bradley Mason (ZWZ)		0	13	0	0	26	39
Pauli Smirnov (DEL)		2	35	0	0	0	37
Toufiq Karim (AKB)		0	22	0	0	14	36
Bodrick Bastmon (HOS)		0	0	0	0	36	36
Henri Capernicov (LOO)		0	0	0	0	36	36
Benjamin Papineau (NEW)		0	35	0	0	0	35
Tomas Vetelec (MYT)		10	13	0	0	9	32
Eamon Dinke (KSK)		0	0	0	0	30	30
Bode Robert (DLI)		3	24	0	0	0	27
Asheque Amin (AKB)		0	15	0	0	12	27
Markus Meister (QOD)		24	0	0	0	3	27
Mark Smith (NEW)		14	1	0	0	11	26
Peter Arlington (BER)		0	0	0	0	20	20
Ryland Pritchard (DEL)		11	2	0	0	7	20
Nathan Robins (BER)		14	5	0	0	0	19
Misha Redding-Krupin (ZWZ)		19	0	0	0	0	19
Vladislav Masic (MYT)		0	18	0	0	0	18
Simon Genereaux (KSK)		0	14	0	0	0	14
Sebastian Eisenberg (QOD)		13	0	0	0	0	13
Gareth Delano (DEL)		0	0	0	0	12	12
Tommy Mancsio (DLI)		0	12	0	0	0	12
Rolf Herrmann (DEL)		0	11	0	0	0	11
Martin Dreher (QOD)		0	9	0	0	0	9
Jeremy McCartney (BER)		0	0	0	0	7	7
Martin Krüger (QOD)		0	7	0	0	0	7
Carlos Núñez (VRB)		0	0	0	0	6	6
Rudi Tojasik (MYT)		0	0	0	0	6	6
Joonas Vauhkonen (QOD)		6	0	0	0	0	6
Maxwell Okna (DLI)		0	5	0	0	0	5
Caleb Bree (ZWZ)		3	0	0	0	0	3
Todd Wojociechowski (NEW)		3	0	0	0	0	3
Kevin King (LEN)		0	2	0	0	0	2
Randy Hillier (NEW)		0	1	0	0	0	1
Piet Mulhaney (ZWZ)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Rubin (DEL)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Pablo Ortiz (BER)		0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Forester (DLI)		0	0	0	0	0	0

Women


				DH	SG	GS	SL	SC	Overall
Dolores Ribey (ZWZ)		110	90	0	0	23	223
Geneviève Lachine (KSK)		0	0	0	0	200	200
Delia Hunter (KSK)		72	70	0	0	29	171
Alfonsina Arroyo (VRB)		48	58	0	0	60	166
Vera Sokoll (ZWZ)		63	100	0	0	0	163
Mandy Kohl (QOD)		118	44	0	0	0	162
Vanna Helsen (ZWZ)		160	0	0	0	0	160
Emily Sanderson (QOD)		32	82	0	0	36	150
Rebecca Arnott (QOD)		45	14	0	0	87	146
Anamaria Velasco (BER)		0	126	0	0	18	144
Valerie Adams (VRB)		37	47	0	0	53	137
Katie Lewis (NEW)		24	80	0	0	28	132
Alison Wells (KSK)		29	100	0	0	0	129
Maliha Nassim (AKB)		13	80	0	0	27	120
Ariadne Dromm (ZWZ)		48	36	0	0	36	120
Petra Didrikya (DEL)		54	31	0	0	28	113
Anna Peterson (DEL)		10	46	0	0	50	106
Jasmin Santos (BER)		101	4	0	0	0	105
Lauren Volk (QOD)		0	0	0	0	104	104
Sadia Sultana (AKB)		18	62	0	0	18	98
Anke Zimmer (QOD)		56	32	0	0	0	88
Lindsay Colbert (DEL)		31	4	0	0	48	83
Lisa Smith (VRB)		6	48	0	0	28	82
Celina Månsson (QOD)		0	0	0	0	72	72
Jane Novkaks (BER)		21	50	0	0	0	71
Anne Hrudy (KSK)		57	9	0	0	0	66
Julia Bell (DEL)		10	35	0	0	20	65
Angelica Doubts (BER)		0	0	0	0	60	60
Kristen Madison (NEW)		29	0	0	0	26	55
Kayla Asivik (MYT)		47	8	0	0	0	55
Ashley Taylor (NEW)		20	10	0	0	22	52
Gina Morris (ZWZ)		0	0	0	0	52	52
Ammeline Christianson (DEL)	0	0	0	0	50	50
Serafina Pérez (VRB)		36	11	0	0	0	47
Sarah Sullivan (NEW)		20	26	0	0	0	46
Angéline Couche (KSK)		0	0	0	0	45	45
Shandin Rams (BER)		0	0	0	0	40	40
Sammi Svajgar (MYT)		26	13	0	0	0	39
Oli Canztrin (LOO)		27	12	0	0	0	39
Meghan Robinson (NEW)		0	0	0	0	38	38
Aniya Dosiesia (VUL)		0	0	0	0	37	37
Liliane Barrett (LEN)		12	24	0	0	0	36
Björk Mæja Kjartansdóttir (QOD)	24	9	0	0	0	33
Patricia O'Riley (BER)		14	18	0	0	0	32
Sofi Porter (VRB)		7	18	0	0	0	25
Mary Neilson (VRB)		0	0	0	0	20	20
Jamie Monash (KSK)		0	17	0	0	0	17
Brittany Olsen (NEW)		0	0	0	0	15	15
Meredith Kane (DEL)		1	10	0	0	0	11
Rachel Joubert (NEW)		0	11	0	0	0	11
Maria Townsend (DLI)		11	0	0	0	0	11

Nations Cup

Kelssek		       1406
Quintessence of Dust	1202
Virabia			1128
Zwangzug		857
Delaclava		852
Bergnovinaia		667
Newmanistan		655
Akbarabad		363
Mytannion		242
Hossaim			171
Vulshain		158
D Land and Isles	55
Liventia		42
Loonertarian		31

by **Quintessence of Dust** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:30 pm

The following is a briefing submitted to Quintessence of Dust's intelligence agency, the Central Signals Service, by the intelligence attache at the Quodite embassy in Kelssek, because - notoriously immune to foreign humour as we are - he has failed to note the satirical nature of Lacroix's "campaign".

Expected political impact:

Environment -

Foreign Affairs -

Economics -

Domestic Politics -

by **Zwangzug** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:03 pm

Greschmeier.

by **Virabia** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:46 pm

from skionmyfairbrother.vr

The closest I've ever been to believing in a god was when it was announced that there would be a world cup circuit for alpine skiing, and as you may recall from my earlier posts, when it was announced that not only Virabia but my home town would be hosting the world cup I had Father Maxie on speed dial. One button push away from salvation. Well, to update you on that front; Say hello to Virabia's newest Christian. The mere fact that it is possible to ski year round proves with out a doubt that there is a god up there, and that god is not only a forgiving god but, the most benevolent motherfucker to ever grace this planet. If only I could go back to my self twenty years ago, when I first fell in love with the sport, and tell myself that skiing year round was with in my reach. I just feel like I've wasted so much time in the summer.

Oh, and before I forget, I just wanna thank god that I'm a ski journalist.

Anyways, the real reason for todays post is that once again SkiV has asked me to do two articles concerning the areas that will play host to the first and unfortunately only Virabi leg of the competition. So, for all of you who read my blog, here's a sneak preview of my first article, which gives an overview of the first resort. Ashes.

___

Ashes

Steep, narrow, snowcovered streets wind up a hillside, on both sides are buildings which seemingly vie to be the cheesiest of them all. Faux gold lettering over dark green signs hang from wodden pegs placed above entrances to stores littered of stock images of mountaineers, extreme skiers and *shivers* snowboarders. Next door, a middle aged couple with two kids sit down to £6 tea. Each of them clad in fleeces bearing titles like, 'Provent' and 'NevarCold'. Surely, if you wear the same jacket as an athlete then you must magically gain the skills of one.

The town is a monument to everything Virabis hate. Capitalistic greed, tourist trapiness and bombasity seem to all converge in Asholme. As the popular quote goes, "If hell were gold plated. Then Asholme would be hell!"

The actual mountain isn't much better. Like the town at it's base, it was made to appeal the tourist. Expansive eating areas with over priced food are filled with people who are just warming up. Real adventure seekers they are. Those highways are mighty dangerous. Outside, ski racks seem to be continously full of "skis" which appear to be named by the exact same people put in charge of naming the fleeces that those warming up seem to wear. In my experience, the presence of Uranium Hydro-Flex has never been a key ingredient in a ski. These skis which are little more than short stubby boards of Fibre Titano-Carbon also bare an amount of curves that would make even the hottest of models of jealous. Among these bastardised things, which are supposedly skis stand something much worse. Snowboards. Hated by skiers worldwide, and only accepted in two areas in Virabia they are a symbol of the mountain punk image. The foreign teens who ride them clad in jackets which sport designs that a fashion expert would shriek at.

As for the actual slopes, they are average at best. Due to it's status as a tourist attraction, there is plenty of terrain for all levels of skier but, it is clearly skewed in favour of easier runs. Out of 90 runs only 20 are Reds or Dueds (some foreigners may know these as Blacks and Double Blacks respectively), and even those are thought of as being easy. Another attraction is the so called terrain park. Metal railings and jumps serve as proving grounds for skiers (and boarders) who would fail when put on a proper ski run. They probably think of Slalom as some kind of fish or the name of a long lost tribe of people.

The snow is also, with out fail, disappointing. It's either too fast or too slow, and unless you're there early, all but the most difficult runs are skied out, and even the difficult ones get in to non optimal condition. Sure, it's not a problem when a run is legitimately skied out but, when I see a snowboarder go down on his edge, seemingly making it his mission to scrape up all the good snow, I just want to tackle them. This kind of carelessness is exactly why snowboards should be and are banned.

It's because of these (and a plethora of other reasons) that I can't understand why anyone would ever want to ski Ashes. It's representative of nearly everything Virabis despise, and is the worst representative of Virabi skiing. A sect of the sport that has avoided the mass corporatisation which we've begun to witness. However, Ashes has been swept along with that trend. From other Virabi ski resorts it sticks out like a 205 would at that (Ashes) resort. I just hope that it is not the beginning of a trend.

by **Kelssek** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:15 pm

Ashes, Virabia

Giant slalom - men's


 1 Joseph Bengtsson (QOD)                     1:17.68
 2 Daniel Richter (QOD)                       1:19.17
 3 Mark Wallace (VRB)                         1:19.36
 4 Tim McNeil (QOD)                           1:19.75
 5 Bradley Mason (ZWZ)                        1:20.32
 6 Mickey Alva (VRB)                          1:20.86
 7 Marat Masic (MYT)                          1:21.22
 8 Chris Forester (DLI)                       1:21.38
 9 Jean-Luc Lacroix (KSK)                     1:21.67
10 Nathan Robins (BER)                        1:21.69
11 Carlos Núñez (VRB)                         1:21.73
12 Lucas Huber (QOD)                          1:21.92
13 Aaron Bends (BER)                          1:22.86
14 Bodrick Bastmon (HOS)                      1:23.29
15 Mark Rubin (DEL)                           1:24.09
16 Jyri Kortesmäki (QOD)                      1:24.53
17 Hubert Samson (NEW)                        1:24.64
18 Randy Hillier (NEW)                        1:24.76
19 Roger Strofski (DEL)                       1:25.11
20 Jeremy McCartney (BER)                     1:25.73
21 Gareth Delano (DEL)                        1:26.50
22 Rick Bracken (DEL)                         1:26.59
23 Eamon Dinke (KSK)                          1:26.65
24 Dima Waunder (ZWZ)                         1:26.81
25 Nick Nile (BER)                            1:26.84
26 Josh Hanes (KSK)                           1:27.74
27 Liam Mackay (VRB)                          1:27.76
28 Benjamin Papineau (NEW)                    1:28.30
29 Asheque Amin (AKB)                         1:29.03
30 Forii Hurstretten (MYT)                    1:29.07
31 Jawad Karim (AKB)                          1:29.63
32 Todd Wojociechowski (NEW)                  1:29.65
33 Tommy Mancsio (DLI)                        1:29.70
34 Henri Capernicov (LOO)                     1:29.87
35 Piet Mulhaney (ZWZ)                        1:29.97
36 Ryan Martell (NEW)                         1:31.04
37 Bode Robert (DLI)                          1:31.09
38 Thorton Ham (BER)                          1:32.21
39 Rolf Herrmann (DEL)                        1:33.26
 — Evan Mackay (KSK)                              DNF
   Faddei Varnava (VUL)                           DNF
   Ferris Alkaev (ZWZ)                            DNF
   Jim Cross-Mann (ZWZ)                           DNF
   Ryan Hauvelo (HOS)                             DNF
   Terry Splein (HOS)                             DNF
   Toufiq Karim (AKB)                             DNF

Giant slalom - women's


 1 Katri Laitinen (QOD)                       1:12.11
 2 Rachel Joubert (NEW)                       1:13.72
 3 Kate Smith (DEL)                           1:13.85
 4 Lara Carlsson (QOD)                        1:13.92
 5 Anna Peterson (DEL)                        1:14.53
 6 Penny Beeckles-Ulewa (ZWZ)                 1:14.73
 7 Gina Morris (ZWZ)                          1:15.08
 8 Dolores Ribey (ZWZ)                        1:15.43
 9 Lily Ferguson (ZWZ)                        1:15.59
10 Zhu Chu (QOD)                              1:15.77
11 Tekla Angelina (VUL)                       1:16.08
12 Lisa Smith (VRB)                           1:16.10
13 Valerie Adams (VRB)                        1:16.17
14 Karen Kapinsky (KSK)                       1:16.22
15 Elizabeth Bafunta (BER)                    1:16.23
16 Hisayo Kotani (QOD)                        1:16.38
17 Michelle Eckhoff (QOD)                     1:16.56
18 Sadia Sultana (AKB)                        1:17.34
19 Ashley Taylor (NEW)                        1:17.44
20 Kyla Peterson (BER)                        1:17.81
21 Patricia O'Riley (BER)                     1:17.86
   Sarah Sullivan (NEW)                       1:17.86
23 Ariadne Dromm (ZWZ)                        1:18.03
24 Isabelle Rochecter (DLI)                   1:19.72
25 Maliha Nassim (AKB)                        1:19.84
26 Lindsay Colbert (DEL)                      1:20.00
27 Vanna Helsen (ZWZ)                         1:20.01
28 Julia Bell (DEL)                           1:20.35
29 Oli Canztrin (LOO)                         1:21.15
30 Angelica Doubts (BER)                      1:21.29
31 Jamie Monash (KSK)                         1:21.62
32 Meghan Robinson (NEW)                      1:22.84
33 Katie Lewis (NEW)                          1:23.01
34 Lyuba Natalka (VUL)                        1:26.79
35 Tanya Pearson (KSK)                        1:32.96
 — Ammeline Christianson (DEL)                    DNF
   Angéline Couche (KSK)                          DNF
   Brittany Brooks (VRB)                          DNF
   Geneviève Lachine (KSK)                        DNF
   Liliane Barrett (LEN)                          DNF
   Natalya Anzser (MYT)                           DNF
   Shandin Rams (BER)                             DNF
   Tua Flornjetten (MYT)                          DNF
   Tua Ritagern (MYT)                             DNF

by **Kelssek** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:16 pm

Eamon Dinke got himself into a spot of bother during his freeski session today, when due to the differences in the Virabian difficulty rating system what he thought would be a good intermediate groomer to get in some turns on turned out to be an interminable "least difficult" traverse clogged up with families going 4 abreast and blocking the entire run. Subsequently some mountain safety guy yelled at him for trying to overtake and threatened to have his lift ticket revoked if he kept up his "freestyle-punk" antics. According to sources he was also really pissed off with the unsatisfactory hot chocolate at the daylodge. Let's hope he gets his head into the game for the season's first slalom race tomorrow.

POSTED BY FESTER AT 4:54PM

Following two straight World Cup race wins, Geneviève Lachine has been awarded a lifetime season lift pass by Mont-Tremble, meaning she'll never have to pay to ski there again. Obviously, it's a great gift to anyone but surely that would've been a lot more useful for before Lachine won anything. Now, if they really want to give out a prize, how about refunding the thousands of dollars she and her family must've spent on those passes all these years? Also, note they haven't given one to Jean-Luc Lacroix just yet. Does this maybe have something to do with the fact that Lacroix lives in nearby Saint-Rémy and Lachine lives over 2000km away in Coldstream, Etnier?

POSTED BY CYNICISM BOT AT 11:35AM

by **Zwangzug** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:32 pm

(OOC: Sandra Bruen-Coar - S7 T3 - DH* and Ekaterina Lenn - S6 T4 - DH* seem to have been missing from the previous downhill scorinations, could you add them in for future ones? Thanks.)

This could become habit-forming.

by **Virabia** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:54 pm

from skionmyfairbrother.vr

Yesterday, I had posted a near rant about what I thought were the many shortcomings of the Ashes resort and how it is a representation of the increasing commercialisation of the sport. Well, I'd like to apologise. Compared to how it was the past few days, I'd be honoured and privileged to ski Ashes as it is normally. At the base of the mountain almost every ski manufacturer had set up a small tent, Each claiming that their ski was the sole thing separating Señor and Señora Nevarcold from being elite skiers. What's worse is that they fell for all the sales pitches that the guys behind the booth made. Those who went to the mountain with every intention of skiing their Fibre Titano-Carbon boards ended up skiing away with a whole new set of skis. But, I can't blame them. FTC is so last year.

The lines were nearly endless. While it was only November, the Alpine Skiing World Cup had brought a large influx of people. Nearly all of these people were foreigners (no surprise here) who had made a special trip to Virabia because of the World Cup. On one of my lift rides (yes I skied Ashes. Was part of my deal with SkiV. Luckily they paid), I was even asked by a young Kelssekian why my skis were so long. Have you ever had to explain the concept of straights to someone who only 3 minutes ago had no idea what they were. It's real hard. After I had finished he said a line that really killed me though, "So THATS why your country is doing so horribly. I swore I was about to kill him. Luckily for him, I calmed down real quickly. No sense in getting mad over someone you've only met on a lift. No matter how daft they are.

As for the primary reason for this blog post; I write today because I will be featuring the second part of my article on the Virabi Ski Resorts that are playing host to the Alpine Skiing World Cup. This one on Breckridge Basin, who tomorrow will feature the first slalom competition.

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Breckridge Basin
LL.
Ten gondolas. Ten freaking gondolas. TEN GONDOLAS. THE BEGINNER HILL HAS A GONDOLA. THE FREAKING BEGINNER HILL. IS HE MAD. IS FOKKS MAD.

Good! Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I feel well enough to continue with this article. Which is on the famous Breckridge Basin ski resort. Only 30 kilometres away from the city this resort is a favourite of those in the Breckridge area and with good reason. For the price (£20), Breckridge is a pretty good deal. Sure it's no Blackbird or Peak but for what it is it gets the job done. It's easy to get to and once you're there it's easy to get around. Friendly staff are happy to help you and the base lodge is simple but spacious. No extra frills here. Just some benches and a ticketing area and on the second floor a picnic area which has a nice view of the bottom part of the mountian. It's no frills approach to skiing has some people complaining but I rather enjoy it. It reminds you of what a ski area is supposed to be. A place of sport not a mountain amusement park like Ashes.

As for the slopes them selves, their actually not bad. Across 70 runs there is a nice vareity of runs so that everyone will be happy. Barring the Beginner lift and the Highest Point lift, each gondola serves terrain of all difficulty so groups can ride up together, ski down what they want and then meet up at the bottom for their next run. One of the things I particularly like about this area is the owners affinity for glades, of which the resort has 10. They range in difficulty from Squirrel Run, which is a Yellow (foreigners may call this a Blue) to Bunny Hill which is regarded as one of the toughest runs in the country. Aside from the glades, another thing I like about this resort is that without exception the Reds are left ungroomed but, some of the yellows are left ungroomed. This allows intermediate level skiers to get accustomed to skiing bumps in a venue which isn't as steep. The only downside to this is that the troughs will often get skied out to the point where the run is massive mounds of snow and grass. Which I have seen happen once 10 years back.

Not everything is beautiful about this resort. Due to it's proximity to Breckridge, the weekends see the resort get extremely crowded and despite the gondolas all being 12 seaters, the lines can sometimes be excruciatingly long. The runs will also get skiied out fast and after 13:00 it is sometimes hardly worth skiing. This problem will only get worse in the days surrounding the arrival of the Alpine Skiing World Cup where my best advice is to go another 20 km down the road to Baltik Peek. Sure it's smaller but, if you're looking for the traditional Virabi Ski Experience look no further. The stringy owner won't even allow curved skis on his slopes.

All and all, my word on Breckridge is that it's a great place if you can go during the week. It's near empty and it's real easy to hop on the train in downtown Breckridge and within minutes be at a pretty good place. If you're looking to go on the weekends, it's best to look for an alternate place. The crowds aren't worth it but, if you're one of those people who like skiing with people. Lots of people. Go right ahead.

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From my time at Ashes, I've noticed that people are unused to the Virabi Ski Rating System so here's a quick explination:

The Virabi Ski Rating System, is administered by the VSC (Virabi Ski Council) whose task is to send raters to each resort so that they can rate each run in a more absolute manner than a system where resorts themselves administer the ratings. The primary categories looked at is the width, steepness, groominess and the presence of obsticles. A short outline of what each means is below.

Green
Greens are the easiest runs. They are wide and lack steepness. They are always groomed and never have obstacles that can't easily be avoided. Great for beginning skiers and those looking to practice technique.

Yellow
Yellows are runs of moderate difficulty and they can occupy a large range of run styles. Thus, the rule is, the more obstacles, the narrower and the less groomed it is the less steep it is for it to be considered a yellow.

Red
Reds are the more difficult than Yellows and are almost always left ungroomed. They can be steep and contain obstacles that require quite a bit of negotiation to get around while still keeping it's high gradient.

Dued
Chutes Couliers and other hard stuff OH MY! Only the best of the best or the most foolhardy should attempt these. Often times, the two aren't that different though.

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