The Race Squad is a great way to get more involved in the club, meet lots of like minded people, and have some of the best times you will have at Uni. Southampton is a really competitive race team (both skiing and boarding) and we often come away with lots of prices from all the competitions. We do a competition called Kings, which cumlinated in an epic finals day in May, with an epic ball in the evening to round everything off. Last year, we came third in the team parallel slalom and got a couple of individual podiums too. Most of the competitions involve team slalom events and we try to enter 2 or 3 mixed teams (5 in a team) and a ladies team. BUDS is a large dryslope competition at the beginning of the year where we compete during the day and have some epic nights out. Lots of these competions also involves freestyle (see freestyle page). Don't worry, it's not all dry slopes, the Alpine Championships take place in the Easter Holidays, this year they will be in Alpe D'Huez, France again. It's a great opportunity to compete on snow. We also attend a number of indoor ski and snowboard competitions in the UK. Training is once week on Tuesday evenings at Southampton dry slope. It is taught by qualified race instructors and after a few sessions you'll be surprised how much your technique improves. Snowboarders, don't think racing is just for skiers, we also enter board teams in most competions and I'm really keen to develop the board teams this year. Don't be put off if you have never competed or tried racing before (I hadn't before I came to Uni). You just need to be fairly competent and be able to link parallel turns. Feel free to come to the bunfight and chat with me or any of the committee, or send me an email at racing@sussc.com. You will have such an awesome time with the race team.. SO GET INVOLVED!!! SUSSC Love Freshpants
Race Team Results 08/09 British University Dryslope Champs (BUCS) British University Alpine Champs (BUCS) Gemma Harris - Individual Ski Slalom - Gold Medal Gemma Harris - Individual Ski Giant Slalom - Gold Medal Gemma Harris - Individual Ski Super G - Gold Medal
Kings Ski Club - London and Southern Region Kings Ski Club - National Collegiates Kings Ski Club - National Finals Team Parallel Mixed Ski Slalom - Bronze Medal Gemma Harris - Individual Ski Slalom - Silver Medal Kathryn Barber - Individual Ski Slalom - Bronze Medal Pete Baksh - Individual Ski Slalom - 4th Place Amy Davies - Individual Snowboard Slalom - 4th Place
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