On U.S. Ski Team Day at Windham Mountain, U.S. Ski Team Athlete Steven Nyman tried mono skiing. Out for the season with an Achilles injury, Steven took the opportunity to make a few turns, and gained an understanding of what it takes to mono ski.
“You’ve spent 40, maybe 50 years working, raising families, participating in the community. Now you’re faced with the challenge of what do I do now? Retirement? This is a whole new game…” Click here to find out all about John Grave’s new book the 7% Solution. Click here to order your copy of the 7% Solution. Author John [...]
This week I got to spend two days snowshoeing with Michael, the son of ASF indoor volunteer and hot cocoa queen Pat Bozzone and brother of Race Team coach Mary Bozzone. Michael walks all day in New York for his job as a messenger, so he was fit and ready to hit the trails on [...]
Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? Our Race Team members have already begun to make strides towards a better 2012 by following the goals defined in the Slide4Life program. Slide4Life is a four-pillared program that encourages participants to develop good fitness and nutrition habits and meshes with the ASF’s mission. ASF is working together with [...]
A fine art gallery nestled in the Catskill mountain resort town of Windham, WFA is neither “white cube” nor “quaintly cluttered.” The atmosphere is casual, local and intimate. The contemporary artists we represent work in diverse styles and subjects: Contemporary Realism, Impressionistic, Classical/Traditional, and Abstraction. In addition to the traditional “Opening Reception” for each exhibition, [...]
The ASF family was dealt a tragic blow this week when Bob Cooperman lost his valiant and courageous battle with cancer on Friday, December 2. Our hearts and prayers go out to Donna and his children, Dan and Jennifer, and the many grandchildren. It’s no surprise to any of us that Bob defied all the [...]
We’ve just returned from Soelden where we got to watch the men’s GS. Ted Ligety won! As the crow flies, Soelden is probably about 30 miles from here. As the van drives, it’s almost three hours. Because almost 30,000 people are all trying to make their way up an extremely tight mountain pass to the [...]
We finish up with our slalom training tomorrow. We had an unplanned day off yesterday as it started snowing Weds night and continued through the day Thursday. On top of that, the fog stuck around to make visibility zero. We got to do a little shopping and then did a CrossFit workout with the coaches. [...]
…and we’re hanging tough. The weather is absolutely gorgeous (I have lots of pics, just can’t get them posted, Internet is too slow and spotty). It’s been completely clear with lots of sun and the snow is good. We free skied and did drills the first two days and trained GS today. We had some [...]
We’ve just returned from dinner and are preparing to hit the slopes tomorrow. It would have been too much to expect for my flights to work out as planned. For the first time, we were trying out having me fly from Albany to meet up with Staci in Newark (her home airport). Yeah, how’d that [...]
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