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World Cup at Beaver Creek – Downhill 12/05/09

December 6th, 2009 by admin

This is the big daddy of the World Cup events at Beaver Creek Resort. It was sunny and clear, and I wasn’t alone for a second day in a row! I brought my local buddy Rhett with today. Hung out with the World Cup Banner Crew boys again, watched the races with Susan Johnson, and generally had a good time.

Here are the pix:

Rhett and the giant champagne bottle below the finish

Well before the start of the race. Serene.

Another peaceful shot before the race

Here's part of the VIP crowd. See that purple jacket. It's this season's style at Gorsuch. I give it a thumbs up.

Check out the zoom lense on the camera. I saw some even bigger ones too.

Aksel Lund Svindal from team Norway.

I had to document this well put together, but very flashy outfit. This is the top part.

Here is the bottom part. I'm still undecided how I feel about the paw-like fur mittens

I believe this is Werner Heel of Italy after the second downhill run

Team Swiss (above): Didier Defago

Spectators near the finish

Bode Miller after his run

Bode Miller suddenly turned around and flashed a smile directly at me and I already had my camera pointed at him!

Bode suddenly turned around and flashed a smile directly at me and I already had my camera pointed at him!

Marco Sullivan - Team USA

I was just above the press/athlete area, so there was a lot of equipment in front of me

Although the outfit is technically fine, this is the outfit why my "redneck" friends make fun of the Vail Valley.

Although this lady's outfit is technically fine, it is the reason my "redneck" friends make fun of the Vail Valley.

Instruments from the German band playing in the VIP tent

My friend Rhett acting normal

My friend Rhett showing me the underside of his nostrils. Just so you know, he spent hours and finally got a shot like this of me where he gleefully said he could see up my nose clear up to my brain. That photo will NEVER be seen on the web.

Now he is showing me the underside of his nostrils. Just so you know, he spent hours to get a a shot from under my nose. He finally took one that he said he could clear up to my brain. That photo will NEVER be seen on the web.

Dog booties and a dog booty

If you saw the artist working on this piece in the last post, it only had the "2" and the "0". Here's the finished 2015, which represents the fact that Beaver Creek is a candidate for the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships

Rhett insisted on getting a photo of me too.

Here's a photo of my new favorite dog at Beaver Creek. His name is Gus and he is truly a gentle giant at 167 pounds. His owners just happened to sit in the two seats next to me at a table in the VIP tent the day after I met Gus. I love Saint Bernards.