High School Racing
The teams Thetford Academy competes against during the regular season.
Who are Rutland, Burr and Burton, Woodstock, Rivendell, Mount Saint Joseph, Middlebury and Mill River. (Any three are correct)
Bonus - What division are they in?
Racer who is known as RCS
Who is Ryan Cochran Siegle?
Most important decade for TA ski team music
What are the 80s?
The term for the difference between the width of the ski at its widest and narrowest
What is sidecut?
Where the ski team practices.
What is Storrs Hill in Lebanon, NH?
The amount it costs the public to ski at Storrs Hill on Friday evenings and the weekend.
What is zero dollars?
The four mountains where the ski team has regular season races scheduled.
What are Pico, Saskadena Six, Bromley and Middlebury?
This skier has won the most World Cup races held at Killington
Who is Michaela Shiffrin?
Traditional song played between I-91 and Academy Road, upon returning to TA from meets and practice
What is Take on Me by A-ha?
The piece of fabric stretched between gates in a giant slalom course
What is a panel?
Nearby ski area where you can buy a hamburger made from cows that graze the ski trails in the summer
What is Northeast Slopes?
The town where Storrs Hill is located.
What is Lebanon, NH?
One thing you must never do at a ski race.
What is (any of these is correct) miss your start, swear or make inappropriate comments, say you don't care, forget important components of your gear, not return your race bib or embarrass your coaches in any way?
The four main disciplines of alpine racing
What are slalom, giant slalom, super-G and downhill?
Two-word phrase, called to other team members in the starting gate.
What is send it?
The term used to describe the length of turn a ski can make.
What is the radius?
Three things you must be able to do at the practice hill.
What is get ready on your own, spend the entire time outside, ski in control, help setup and break down the course, hit the biggest jump you are comfortable with? (Any three are correct)
The super-nice guy who drives the groomer and wears shorts all winter.
Who is Cory Grant?
Three things that distinguish TA from other teams at our meets.
What are visit the terrain parks, eat many cookies, ski until the lifts close, no whining, and wear flannel? (Any three are correct)
Three things that are different in World Cup racing from high school racing.
What is the length and difficulty of the courses, the speed of the racers, the distance between the gates, the crowd size, media coverage, number of races per season, the amount of cow bells? (any three are correct)
The Thetford Academy team has practiced at this Lyme NH ski area.
What is the Dartmouth Skiway?
The term given to the relative softness or stiffness of a ski boot.
What is flex?
The location of the Vermont Alpine Alpine State Championship.
What is Burke Mountain?
Four things you cannot do at the practice hill.
What is ski out of the lift track, bounce the lift, get off at the mid-point, release the Poma incorrectly, ski a closed trail, play on the nordic ski jumps, ride a snowmobile, or embarrass your coaches in any way? (Any four are correct)
Add up the places in finish order of each racer on a team and see whose is lowest.
How do you determine the winning team in a ski meet?
Something that is not allowed in world cup racing that is allowed in high school racing.
What is hiking to clear a gate on a giant slalom course?
The end of the season race hosted by Storrs Hill.
What is the Flannel Classic?
BONUS, what was the first year it was hosted?
Something that your skis hate.
What are rocks and surprises?
The location of Corbett's Coulair.
What is Jackson Hole, Wyoming?
Vertical drop of Storrs Hill.
What is 300 feet?