Fundraiser
Whew! Just coming up for air after our Ski and Tee fundraiser at Mt. Hood in Oregon. I ended up shouldering most of the burden of the organization of the event, but it turned out really well. The people who came had a great time and got to spend a lot of time close to all the athletes on the Men’s Alpine team. For a few days there, I was either coaching (more about that later) or on my cell organizing the tourney, items, other guy’s travel schedule, people dropping out, etc. I actually had a good time at the event, especially after I turned off my phone, had a beer and started to play golf on the last day. I think I finally relaxed on the 3rd hole. My group had a really fun round. I played with an old coach and friend of mine, Lloyd and his brother and nephew.
The week before the tourney, I coached up on Mt. Hood with the program I grew up with, Crystal Mountain. It was pretty fun, even though it was slalom. I wouldn’t say that my slalom technique is the freshest around, but in the end and especially with younger skiers, the basics of a good stance, turn and tactics were plenty to talk about. I was coaching with Paul McDonald as well, who has been on the national team the last few years and is one of the “invitees” to train with the team this year. Paul was putting on a clinic for the kids on how to do modified javelin turns and boot-top gates. I put on a clinic on how to ski a few gates while the courses were brand new and then take the coach’s stance or throw salt/ put gates back in. It seemed to work for everyone involved.
Paul and I had a phenomenal time coaching the kids and hanging out with the other coaches, Alan and Bill. In the end, a string of semi-late nights and really early mornings brought me into the fundraiser a bit wiped out.
I have also been talking to WCSN, which is now Universal Sports, about getting some content onto my website, www.scottmacartney.com. We are setting it up now, but it should be pretty cool in the winter to check out race runs and read the latest about me and the team on both websites.
Thanks for everyone who donated or helped with the fundraiser and I hope everyone is having a great summer!