KMS and KSC/KMS Freestyle-Freeskiing Team

Killington B Klassic - short update!

2012-01-27T17:53:00.003-05:00

Hi Killington B Teamers,

It's time to kick the tires and light the fires!

We will go forward with the schedule for tomorrow (0750 to warm-up, then board the Superstar Quad at 0800). There is a chance the Superstar Quad will not start at 0800 due to the ice but there is no way to know that now so we've got to go on the assumption it will fire up on time. Get there then stay tuned for any updates.

Drive safe, plan ahead to give yourselves enough time to register, etc.

Think snow!

Coach Steve

Whiteface Bumps & Jumps

2012-01-24T13:16:00.002-05:00

Lake Placid, NY – Whiteface Bumps & Jumps

KMS Alumni Tyler Wadhams was the events overall combined winner. Wadhams led the field by over 2 points on Saturday’s competition. Showing the judges direct and fast skiing; he had the fastest time and highest turn scores of the event. Wadhams earned a 1^st on Saturday’s mogul event and 4^th on Sunday’s dual mogul event. Allison Benedict earned 2^nd place in the combined results with a 2^nd place finish in the mogul event and 1^st in dual moguls. Abe Studler earned himself a 3^rd place combined finish, his first podium finish on the ECS ‘A’ Circuit; Studler finished 3^rd in both the moguls and dual mogul events.

All KMS athletes skied well on a difficult World Cup level venue in Lake Placid. Small moguls and slick snow conditions made skiing the 225-meter course challenging, athletes that focused and trusted the technique they have been training skied well. The KMS mogul team is headed to Waterville Valley next weekend for a Mogul and Dual Mogul event.

Full Results posted here: http://services.easternfreestyle.org/results/Rpt2012/24_M.pdf

Moguls

2^nd Allison Benedict

5^th Hannah Soar

7^th Kat Spillman

12^th Christina O’Brien

1^st Tyler Wadhams

3^rd Abe Studler

12^th Alex Lewis

14^th John Lauria

22^nd Trevor Wahl

23^rd Myles Frendel

30^th Colby Fisher

32^nd Ian Beauregard

Duals: Top 8 Results

1^st Allison Benedict

5^th Hannah Soar

7^th Kat Spillman

3^rd Abe Stuler

4^th Tyler Wadhams

Follow the KMS Moguls team’s progress on Twitter: http://twitter.com/KMSMogul

and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KMSMogul

Dan showed up for training today

2012-01-24T08:11:00.001-05:00

Devon is very excited!

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Team Building Tuesday

2012-01-24T08:10:00.001-05:00

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Team stoke after the first USASA slope style at Mount Snow

2012-01-22T07:37:00.001-05:00

Rev Tour at Northstar updates

2012-01-11T10:20:00.001-05:00

Updates will be posted on the KMS Freeride Team page on Facebook, and the KMS Freeskiing Teams Twitter through out todays competition. Check it out!

You can also see scores and results at www.live-timing.com

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Great day for Tec and Ari!

2012-01-10T15:41:00.001-05:00

The boys had an awesome day! Tec finishes up with a 44.50 putting him 10th in the heat. And Ari BOOSTED today getting a score of 46.75 finishing up 8th in the heat.

Awesome day fir both of them. Definitely some of their best pipe runs this season!

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The boys focusing

2012-01-10T14:51:00.001-05:00

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Training eskimo style

2012-01-10T08:11:00.001-05:00

Rowley and Curtis are Overall Champs at the Sunday River Mogul Maine-ia

2012-01-09T14:39:00.003-05:00

Rowley and Curtis are Overall Champs at the Sunday River Mogul Maine-ia

Having the most consistent results of the weekend, both Thomas Rowley and Alta Curtis secured the overall victory this past weekend in Sunday River. Rowley took 1^st place in both days of competition, while Curtis took 2nd on Saturday and 4^th on Sunday, putting them both on top for the overall win. Allison Benedict took 2^nd place overall for the weekend.

All of the athletes skied well in the first eastern regional event of the season. Consistent top-to-bottom skiing helped most athletes achieve high scores and increase motivation as we move into this year's competition season. The single mogul event held on Saturday was a success with the KMS Women’s Mogul Team securing 5 out of the top 10 spots, and the Men’s Mogul Team did the same securing 5 of the top 10 spots.

Saturday's Results:

Alta Curtis 2^nd

Megan Moores 4^th

Allison Benedict 6^th

Kat DiMascio 7^th

Hannah Soar 10^th

Georgia Wood 14^th

Kat Spilman 16^th

Christina O'Brien 19^th

Jaclyn Eagle 29^th

Thomas Rowley 1^st

Darius Baradaran 3^rd

Colin Lang 4^th

Tyler Wadhams 5^th

Abe Studler 9^th

John Lauria 13^th

John Lanka 15^th

Ethan Chapman 20^th

Alex Lewis 21^st

Trevor Wahl 26^th

Sam Gnoza 27^th

Ian Beauregard 28^th

Colby Fischer 31^st

Myles Frendel 32^nd

Aidan Saunders 39^th

Sunday was the first duals competition in the eastern region. Some rain overnight caused the snow conditions to change considerably. Trusting their technique and skill, both Thomas Rowley and Allison Benedict were able to pull off the win skiing many impressive top-to-bottom runs on the challenging duals course.

Sunday Duals Top 8 Results

Allison Benedict 1^st

Alta Curtis 4^th

Kat DiMascio 6^th

Thomas Rowley 1^st

Tyler Wadhams 4^th

Colin Lang 6^th

Abe Studler 8^th

And don't forget to follow the KMS mogul team on twitter @KMSMogul, and take a look at the KMS Mogul Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/KMS-Mogul-Team/111932038879150

Freestyle Stars

2012-01-09T12:12:00.003-05:00

Another Freestyle Stars video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWxCSd0Zeo4&feature=email

Group effort for dinner tonight

2012-01-08T21:06:00.001-05:00

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Loading up after SUPER FUN day at Northstar!

2012-01-06T18:13:00.001-05:00

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KMS Mogul Team on Twitter

2012-01-05T18:38:00.003-05:00

Who will be the first to follow the KMS Mogul Team on Twitter?? https://twitter.com/#!/KMSMogul

Also don't forget about the Famous KMS Mogul Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/KMS-Mogul-Team/111932038879150

Yeah....

2012-01-05T17:24:00.001-05:00

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Freestyle Stars

2012-01-04T20:38:00.002-05:00

Check out this video from a Freestyle Stars helmet cam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JybibbHrVL0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sam and Tec repping their new bling

2011-12-31T08:16:00.001-05:00

Tec finished 2nd in the 14 and up group and Sam finished 3rd in the 13 and under. Not pictured is Josh killing 270s onto the flat bar all day

Almost Home!

2011-12-23T14:01:00.001-05:00

Everyone is excited for a break. Even Ari! Happy Holidays!

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Coach DJ is heading home.

2011-12-23T09:55:00.000-05:00

Loaded up and heading to Denver!

2011-12-22T18:06:00.001-05:00

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Freestyle Stars Part #2

2011-12-22T16:19:00.002-05:00

Here is Freestyle Stars part #2 from 12/17/2011, yes they are jumping over a log before the chute and sorry Ally that I missed you as you were so fast between shots.

Freestyle Stars #1

2011-12-22T14:58:00.001-05:00

Here are the Freestyle Stars in action, part #1, watch out A and B teams here we come!!

Heat 2 run 1

2011-12-22T14:54:00.001-05:00

Good showing first run from Dan and Devon. Both have some room for improvement, but a good start.

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First Heat is a Wrap!

2011-12-22T13:39:00.001-05:00

Awesome day for Ari, Cooper, and Eric! Ari had a little trouble on the first feature second run but finished the day with a 48.25. Eric stomped two great runs and added some grabs second run finishing the day with a 57.75. Cooper cleaned up his second run and improved a ton coming in with a 53.50. Great day for these guys. First slope comp runs were all a success! Now we wait for heat 2!

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Heat 1 first run

2011-12-22T12:36:00.001-05:00

Great first runs from Ari, Cooper, and Eric! All three boys had clean first runs. All landed the runs they were looking for. Looking forward to second run! Keep you posted with scores as I get them.

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A smooch for good luck

2011-12-21T16:17:00.000-05:00

Finals training.

2011-12-21T15:51:00.000-05:00

Kelski616 warms up the heli while Coach Matt and teammate Nick Keating, also in finals, look on.

Cooper run 2

2011-12-21T15:18:00.001-05:00

Cooper had great amplitude an clean trick, but ran into some trouble on his last hit. Great day for Coop finishing up with a score of 63.75.

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Dan run 2

2011-12-21T15:16:00.001-05:00

Dan laid down a pretty nice second run. Got a pretty good score but it doesn't look like he's in the final.

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Dan first run

2011-12-21T14:36:00.001-05:00

Dan had some trouble but ready to lay it down second run!

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Cooper run 1

2011-12-21T14:35:00.001-05:00

Cooper laid down an awesome first run! Came in with a score of 63.75.

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Men are underway...

2011-12-21T14:32:00.000-05:00

Thomas in 5...

Ari run 2

2011-12-21T13:14:00.001-05:00

Another good run for Ari! A little improvement in his score with a 46.50. A little trouble in the flair but did the runs he wanted to and skied great!

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Ari dropping in!

2011-12-21T12:34:00.001-05:00

Ari had a good first run! A little hiccup in his flair but a good first run. Score of 45.75.

Sorry no pic...

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Meggie in 3!

2011-12-21T12:30:00.000-05:00

Rev Tour Halfpipe Comp today!

2011-12-21T11:05:00.001-05:00

Ari, Cooper, and Dan will be shredding the halfpipe in Copper today at the Rev Tour Halfpipe event!

Ari will be running 2nd in the Heat 1 which starts at 10:30. Cooper and Dan will run 13th and 9th in Heat 2 which starts at 12:25.

Follow the score at www.live-timing.com!

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KMS still owns bottom jump...

2011-12-21T10:31:00.000-05:00

Without Jim Wadhams on the bottom jump we were unsure what would happen, but good news....KMS Alumni, Rob Burden '07 has got it covered. Thank you, Birdman!

19 and Snow

2011-12-21T10:07:00.000-05:00

Course is ready for training.

Getting Ready to Hitch the Wagon

2011-12-21T10:04:00.000-05:00

Day 2 US Selection Events.

35 and Rain...

2011-12-21T08:09:00.001-05:00

Lil Cold Stone

2011-12-19T22:16:00.000-05:00

Lil Cold Stone while we await results from today's event with the rest of the freestyle community--no rush, URTUR.

Colin in the gate

2011-12-19T15:18:00.000-05:00

D in the gate.

2011-12-19T14:08:00.000-05:00

Grand Prix and Dew Qualifier wrap up

2011-12-19T13:09:00.001-05:00

Over the past two weeks Dan Rosenblum has been in Colorado training and competing in two very high level halfpipe events. The first event Dan competed in was the FIS US Grand Prix. Competitors from all over the world came to compete in this World Cup level event. Dan had two great runs placing him in the middle of his heat against a very competitive field.

The next stop that Dan competed in was the Nike 6.0 Open, or more commonly know as the Dew Tour Qualifier. Dan once again went up against a tough field competing for 11 spots in the first stop and qualification into the Dew Tour. Dan once again threw down two great runs adding some new tricks, a left 720 into a switch right 720. Added into Dan's usual big amplitude, Dan finished the event with a first run score of 61.0 and a second run score of 62.0 to put him in 10th place in his heat and 19th overall. Dan only missed the Dew Tour by a few athletes. Dan's finish however earned him a spot at the Dew Tour Last Chance Qualifier which is being held at the Killington stop of the Dew Tour. This is another great opportunity for Dan to crack into competing with some of the best pipe skiers in the world. And how much better can it get competing in your home resorts halfpipe in front of family and friends. Dan is really stepping his game up to compete with the big boys. His next step is adding a little more degree of difficulty to his run. We are looking forward to Killington to unleash a double flip.

Dan is now heading to Copper resort to compete in the Revolution Tour where he will defend his title of overall champion from last season.

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Men's training to start in a couple

2011-12-19T13:06:00.000-05:00

Kelsey to represent KMS in finals...

Ready to Bring It at the Boat

2011-12-19T11:38:00.001-05:00

Lizzy will start the day for KMS Freestyle! Tune in on www.urtur.com!

Ktown showdown

2011-12-19T10:20:00.001-05:00

Congrats to Tec Calcagni and Sam Ganoza for placing first and third at the first Ktown showdown of the year.

Video of the KMS weekend program. Edited by Tec Calcagni

2011-12-19T10:12:00.002-05:00

Click here

Just a little shoveling this morning.

2011-12-18T09:41:00.001-05:00

Thank you Alpine team!

KMS Freestyle Women's Team

2011-12-17T14:34:00.000-05:00

US Selections - Day 1 Training in the books.

Three Bugs in a Rug!

2011-12-16T23:19:00.001-05:00

Movie Night...Day 1 Training tomorrow!

Tec and josh swapping the box while CJ hypes the stoke

2011-12-16T16:20:00.001-05:00

Nice View From The B Course.

2011-12-16T15:34:00.001-05:00

The Seagull has Landed.

2011-12-16T13:20:00.000-05:00

This is how we build moguls.

2011-12-16T11:34:00.001-05:00

KB is on her way!

2011-12-16T06:13:00.000-05:00

Made it to the Granite State.

2011-12-15T17:18:00.001-05:00

It is a little warm here...

Back to VT.

2011-12-15T09:21:00.001-05:00

Big Foot?

2011-12-14T21:11:00.000-05:00

At Woodward with the boys, and Devon is here!

2011-12-14T20:50:00.001-05:00

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Back in the USA

2011-12-14T17:12:00.000-05:00

Cj going hard at the rehab

2011-12-14T08:49:00.001-05:00

Burgers at Kenosha with the boys

2011-12-13T18:46:00.001-05:00

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See you Thursday!

2011-12-13T17:18:00.001-05:00

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Lunch Break

2011-12-13T16:00:00.001-05:00

Dew Tour Halfpipe, so sick!

2011-12-13T12:28:00.001-05:00

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Heading up the finding for a beautiful day at Breck.

2011-12-13T10:46:00.001-05:00

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The Athletes Plan For Day 11

2011-12-13T10:20:00.001-05:00

The coaches awoke this AM to find today's plan was already set, and we
have the day off.

Dew Tour Registration....this could be a while.

2011-12-12T18:04:00.001-05:00

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2 Training Days Left in Apex.

2011-12-12T17:11:00.001-05:00

Workout Time!

2011-12-11T19:55:00.001-05:00

Working late.

2011-12-11T19:51:00.001-05:00

Here I come Colorado!

2011-12-11T13:26:00.001-05:00

Tec's givin' it

2011-12-11T13:08:00.001-05:00

On the mogul jump...

Hmmm....

2011-12-11T13:05:00.000-05:00

Mouse Trap 2

2011-12-11T09:50:00.001-05:00

Jump number 2 on the Trap this season

Off Today in Apex

2011-12-10T14:03:00.001-05:00

Yesterday's photos.

Rails to Riches

2011-12-10T12:22:00.000-05:00

Goin' down in 5 minutes. Get stoked, KMS Freeskiing!

Video Refresh During Breakfast

2011-12-08T21:44:00.001-05:00

Great Work From Everyone in Apex Today

2011-12-08T18:54:00.002-05:00

First comp is in the books

2011-12-07T11:52:00.002-05:00

Dan had two great runs! First run came in with a score of 49.0, second run score is a 51.6. Putting him 11th in his heat.

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Finally!

2011-12-07T11:46:00.001-05:00

Bring it on.

Dan in the start

2011-12-07T11:16:00.001-05:00

Great first run from Dan, comes in the a score of 49.0 which puts him currently in 8th place in his heat. 1 more run to go!

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Early start for the Grand Prix

2011-12-07T08:37:00.001-05:00

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Grand Prix World Cup Halfpipe live webcast

2011-12-06T21:58:00.002-05:00

Check out KMS Freeskiing Team athlete Dan Rosenblum compete at the Grand Prix World Cup Halpipe event in Copper Colorado tomorrow at 8:30 mountain time, 10:30 east coast time. Dan will be competing in Heat #1 running 24th (which is last in his heat). Dan will be competing against two time X-Games gold medalist and Dew Cup Champion Kevin Rolland, and World Champion Mike Riddle in his heat. It's going to be a great show!

Please watch Dan give these guys a run for their money at http://www.urtur.com/live.html

AFP Judges Clinic

2011-12-06T20:07:00.001-05:00

AFP Judges Clinic hosted by Josh Loubek and Steele Spence.

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Nice Weather in Apex Today.

2011-12-06T19:48:00.001-05:00

Bib Toss at the Grand Prix

2011-12-06T19:38:00.001-05:00

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Eco-Friendly Knee Stability.

2011-12-06T19:33:00.001-05:00

If you can dodge a wrench....

2011-12-06T18:51:00.000-05:00

At least its warm today...

2011-12-06T10:59:00.001-05:00

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Vicky Knees

2011-12-05T23:07:00.000-05:00

Apex Report #1

2011-12-05T17:18:00.001-05:00

The first training block in Apex is complete with 4 great days of on snow training on a 220-meter long mogul course with 6 lines! Yes, that means 12 jumps to be shaped and chopped at the beginning and end of each day! But there are many teams here making the venue maintenance manageable.

During this first block all of the athletes were focused and stuck to the training schedule, which included both moguls and flats skiing.

Coach Sam's group focused on keeping the speed at 50% in the moguls to work on proper form and ski pressure, as well as top air entrance and exit tactics. Day 3 was a jump day were we saw the first back flips from Abe and John, Cork 720 from Sam G, as well as some impressive 360's and takeoff work from Georgia and Jia. The athletes were eager to put the whole package together and we saw some great top to bottom skiing at 80% yesterday to finish up the 4-day block. Day off of snow today to catch up on homework and we will continue working hard in the next training block starting tomorrow.

Coach Matt's group skied a mix of flats and moguls most mornings then turn the focus to takeoffs and air in the afternoon session. The double sessions have proven to be a great way to prepare for the up coming season. Nick has been working on a higher hip position in the moguls, Darius and Lizzy have been thinking about driving the up hill hip to remain square to the fall line. Megan and Colin are starting to ski with an open stance, which is allowing them to be more powerful in there skiing. Thomas has got all his tricks up to speed having already warmed up cork 10 and Back Full. Kelsey is skiing with higher hand position, which is allowing her to ski a more direct path. Also joining us for a season tune-up is USFST member Bryan Zemba.

Study Hall in Apex

2011-12-05T13:49:00.001-05:00

Breakfast with Slurpee

2011-12-05T12:43:00.001-05:00

Off day in Apex

2011-12-05T12:24:00.001-05:00

A Run in the Pipe

2011-12-04T20:41:00.002-05:00

Instead of another post about how good the pipe is, Dan will show ya!

Good Day in Apex.

2011-12-04T19:10:00.001-05:00

Much needed day off....

2011-12-04T14:43:00.002-05:00

Dan Rosenblum - catching up with his studies.

Fueling Up For The Day

2011-12-04T11:49:00.001-05:00