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Sugarbush Training Day Video

no big deal, just another sweet video. don’t get too excited though, this is just an editing “warmup” – still workin out the kinks.

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Middlebury Alpine Skiing Trailer

If you love Middlebury Skiing and riveting, action pack drama, then this movie trailer is right up your alley. Get a sneak peak at the years best new flick.  Turn up your volume, put this on the big screen and get ready to have your hair blown back…. enjoy  

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Don’t really see that everyday.

Once in while you get some crazy kid out there who pushes the limit – looks like Shpall might have been that kid during our Bagel Buddies session on the Cameron the other day. What do you think?  

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Snow Bowl – Hipsta Style

You can make fun of me all you want, but I had to share this Hipsta Pic of the Snow Bowl I took this weekend on Saturday morning. It was so beautiful out – epic sun, fresh snow, and deer tracks. You just can’t beat that! Started out on the Cameron and bush-whacked to Lake [...]

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Canadian Thanksgiving

Who wouldn’t want 2 Thanksgiving feasts in one year?! We’ve been lucky enough for the last two years to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with Emma Kitchen’s family. This year they hosted the alpine team at a rented barn on Lake Champlain.  Great food, great company, and an amazing sunset were just a few things that the [...]

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Hurricane Irene

On Saturday the team went to neighboring Rochester, VT to help with the relief efforts.  We helped out a gentleman whose house and swimming pond were ruined by a small stream that jumped its banks during the storm. We put in a  solid day shoveling sediment out of his pond and  into buckets before dumping [...]

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Eastern Region Team

The names on the Eastern Region Team read like the Who’s Who of Collegiate Skiing. Dartmouth, the University of Vermont, and the University of New Hampshire all have skiers on the Eastern Region Team and of the twelve college skiers on the Eastern Team, three hail from Middlebury College. Junior Andrew McNealus, Sophomore Hig Roberts, [...]

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Bamboo Bottle Company – Mattie Ford

If you don’t have one of these pups yet, you better head out to your nearest City Market and pick one up! Here’s a video of skiing alum Mattie Ford showing us how it’s done. Bamboo Bottle

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Physical Testing

The team just finished up the first round of physical testing.  Once we start with them in the beginning of November we’ll test them again to see the gains they’ve made. This first round of testing allows the team to see where they stand in terms of last year at this time.  The tests are [...]

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New First-Years Add Big Spark

The first day of class has come and gone – the dust has settled. The anticipation of the upcoming ski season has everyone, myself included, brimming with excitement about the future success of the Middlebury Ski Team. I’ve been roster stalking other teams in the EISA – double checking to see who they might have [...]

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