Beaver Creek, Colorado

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Sunny, temps rising to the low 40s. FIS SL day.

They ran everyone on the same course to get us done quicker. Not ideal for ruts, but it held up okay. I was skiing well in the warmup on the 24SLs, but decided to race R1 on the 22SLs since the top flat was so turny.

I did ski the top flat well, but the pitch was brutal. Couldn’t get the ski tracking in the ruts and I didn’t have any power.

2nd run, even though it was also super turny, went with the 24SLs. Really happy with how I skied the top, and was way more aggressive on the pitch, even though I still made big mistakes. Have to stay square with the shoulders down the hill. Good fight though, proud of that if not the skiing generally.

8 1st, 5 2nd, 8 overall. Less than 1.5 out of 3rd, which hurts a little.