[FWM News] National Championships and FIS Masters Criterium

Far West Masters news news at lists.farwestmasters.org
Tue Jan 9 22:08:57 PST 2018


This season, US masters have the opportunity to compete in two major events. The annual Masters 
national championships will be held at Okemo VT on Feb. 6-10. The unusually early scheduling of our 
nationals in February was an adjustment made because in March the US will be hosting the FIS 
Masters World Criterium, the international masters "world championships", at Big Sky MT on Mar. 
19-24. Both of these will be first-class events at proven venues known for offering outstanding 
masters racing conditions. 

The national championships at Okemo VT will have SG, AC (Alpine Combined, formerly called "Super 
Combined"), GS and SL. The Chief race hill where the SG and GS races will be held is a fantastic 
race hill - those who competed in the 2014 Nationals or in the Eastern championships in the past 
few years know that this is a great race hill for masters, with rolling terrain and plenty of 
speed. The SL races will be held on the adjacent Wardance race hill, also a good venue.

While the Western US has had a slow start to the winter ski season, the East has been gotten a 
major dose of winter and has outstanding snow conditions. (And they've promised it will warm up 
over the coming weeks!) Registration is open on SkiRaceReg.com and the New England masters have 
provided great information on their web site to help visitors make travel plans.

http://ussamasters.org/news/2018/Okemo_2018_Nationals_Schedule.pdf
http://nemasters.org/masters-nationals
https://skiracereg.com/ussa/national_championships

The FIS Masters World Criterium is *THE* big event on the international masters calendar and it is 
a privilege to host this event in the US. Big Sky is a proven and popular venue for masters and 
they are working hard preparing to host hundreds of masters from around the world. This is going to 
be a really fun event and interest is very high, so get your registration in and make your travel 
plans early! 

Note: there is a US entry quota of 200 athletes, which has already been reached. Entries from Group 
A (younger men 30-55) and Group C (all women) are still being accepted; additional signups for 
Group B (men 55+) will be put on a wait list in order of registration until we have final entry 
estimates from other national federations in early March. We hope to be able to get all interested 
US competitors into the event. 

http://ussamasters.org/news/2018/Big_Sky_2018_Criterium_Schedule.pdf
http://ussamasters.org/news/2018/Big_Sky_2018_Criterium_Lodging_and_Travel.pdf
https://skiracereg.com/fis

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