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...Harvard men’s and women’s skiing teams began their seasons this weekend at the Bates Winter Carnival in Rumford, Maine, placing ninth out of 13 teams with 124 team points. Defending NCAA champion Dartmouth won the carnival with 493 team points. Sophomore Audrey Mangan led the way for the women’s Nordic team with her 33rd-place finish in the 10K classic and her 35th-place finish in the 5K freestyle event. In their first race for the team, freshmen Alyssa Devlin and Cara Sprague placed 30th in the 5K freestyle and 39th...
...separate from the U.S. ski team? Martin Rosengreen MADISON, WIS. The team cut my funding, [so] I was going to be paying for myself anyway. There were other issues. [For example,] I thought it would be productive to have a bus with a gym in it and our own chefs so that we can control our food. Not that it's ever been an issue, [but] somebody could put a little of any banned substance in our mass pastas in our hotel, and we'd all be disqualified, no questions asked...
...seemed very stoic after the 2006 Olympics. Weren't you disappointed by the results? Philippe Bellevin, SAN FRANCISCO I'm always out to ski hard. If I get good results, that's ideal. But I feel I've been true to myself my entire career with my effort. My intensity is really second to none on the World Cup. The effort and intensity are the only things I can control. If other guys ski better, you don't get the results...
...your worst crash? Will Randle, CONCORD, MASS. I've had a lot of them. I had crashes when I was small and Gumby-like that would have killed me now. I would just fly off jumps and go 40 or 50 meters when I was 6 years old?break skis, smash my goggles and get a bloody nose and go crawl inside for a little while and then come back out and ski more in the afternoon...
Atomic has figured out how to give its Hawx ski boots (around $500; www.atomicsnow.com) "forefoot flexibility," which promises sturdy performance without crippling foot pain and leg fatigue. At the beginning of a turn, the Hawx boots flex under the ball of the foot, sending weight into the ski's sweet spot. Atomic's innovation may also ease the ungainly gait of the skier striding to the après-ski lounge...