Monthly Archives: January 2009

Outdoor Retailer Show Concludes Today

SNOWBASIN, UT – GOODE Ski Technologies exhibited its latest gear at the Outdoor Retailer (OR) Show.

The Outdoor Retailer Show brings retail buyers of outdoor and wintersports centric stores from all over the world to Salt Lake City each January for its Winter Market . 

Buyers looking for new products for the upcoming selling season know that the Outdoor Retailer Show is a powerful buying event.

The OR show started with an on-snow Backcountry Basecamp at Snowbasin Ski Resort.  The four day indoor show, which follows the on-snow demos, was held in Salt Lake City and concluded today.

“It was a great show!”, said Dave Goode. “Our customers come here to see the most innovative new gear. I was  pleased to overhear a dealer say, as he was leaving at the end of the show, that the GOODE Skis were the best skis he had tested at the entire show.”, concludes Goode.

Comments from COSMIC Race Winner – Brian Smith

Hey Dave, I was meaning to get an e-mail out before now but I have been busy at work. 

The GOODE skis are the best randonee skis I have skied so far.  They ski like a big board not an 875 gm race ski.  They are predictable and solid from tip to tail.  I have never gone as fast as I did on a 160 ski before!

As for the race:  I had my binding ice up on the start.  I lost like 5 minutes to the leaders (Bryan Wickenhauser for 75% of the race) before I got the ice cleared and the pack was out of sight.  I just about waited till the leaders came in for lap two to have people to race with.  I got really mad and just went as hard as I could.  After two climbs and some crazy fast descending I got within a minute of Bryan with about 30 minutes left in the race.  I took over the lead at the start of the boot pack and never looked back.  I won by 1 minute 40 seconds!  My first randonee win to date!

All in all I was blown away by the big ski performance of such a light ski.  Very snappy and stable at high speeds.  Being an alpine ski racer growing up I can appreciate a good stiff ski.  You have really helped to bring my randonee racing to a new level.  Thanks, Dave!
                                                                                                     – Brian Smith

GOODE Skis is a proud sponsor of Brian Smith. Brian also won the 2008  Xterra Winter World  Championships. Brian uses the GOODE Rando 160cm. Click here for more info.

COSMIC – Sunlight 1/18/09

We’re going to need a miracle this year….

The first race of the year for Team Crested Butte was the opening stop on the COSMIC Tour, at Sunlight Ski Resort near Aspen.  Everyone was sporting the newest gear, with our team on the new GOODE Skis, SCARPA F1 race boots and Low Tech bindings. 

The race opened up with 1711ft of climbing to the top of the resort at 8AM under beautiful “blue bird” skies and 13F degrees. 

With a mix of groomed slopes and off piste climbing Wick lead the race to the top by about 10 seconds over the packing containing 2-6th place, but where was Brian Smith (GOODE)?  The sound of skins being ripped was all you could hear at the top and then soon it was finding the perfect tuck for 20 seconds before throwing the brakes on for the long technical descent down the double diamond run, The Heathen.  The 2nd climb retraced the route of the opening climb with Wick still hanging on to a 10 second lead, Brian Smith was still no where to be found. 

The second descent lead us down another off piste double diamond for the final skin change at the bottom.  As Wick and Max Tam were heading up for the final 1831ft climb, Brian Smith finally showed his face.  Binding issues at the start forced him to battle back through the pack and now 85 minutes into the race he found the lead group. 

This technical last climb found us negotiating 32 switch back kick turns (thank GOODE-ness for light, short skis) and then into a 5 minute boot pack.  The boot pack is where Brian Smith ultimately took the lead and never looked back as he skied away to the top.  It was now a race for 2nd.  At the top of the final climb Wick had a 10 second lead over Aspen ski patroller Max Tam, but that lead was whittled down near the end of the descent to a dead heat.  With Max taking a more aggressive line he pulled through the finish line 3 seconds in front to grab 2nd, with Wick settling for 3rd.  Coming in 4 minutes later was Jon Brown (GOODE) and 24 Hour World Record holder Sully (GOODE) coming in another 5 minutes later for 8th.  With Brian Smith coming from behind and passing the entire field, it may take a miracle to beat him!

In the woman’s race it was Jari Kirkland (GOODE) coming in 3rd for her first race of the season, only a minute plus out of 2nd. So close!!

Stats for the race totaled 5,253ft of climbing and 5,240ft of descent in under 2 hours for the top five men and under 2 ½ hours for the top 3 women.  Next stop for the COSMIC Tour is the Crested Butte Rando Rally February 7th.  www.cosmicski.com

- Bryan Wickenhauser     www.teamcrestedbutte.com

Pre–Sunlight COSMIC Race

With the anticipation of Pete Swenson’s first COSMIC randonee ski race this weekend at Sunlight Ski Area, the buzz is super high here in Crested Butte for Team Salomon/Crested Butte consisting of Jari Kirkland, Bryan  Wickenhauser, Jon Brown and Eric “Sully” Sullivan. 

 

Thanks to GOODE Skis, the team is outfitted with the new and improved 160 cm GOODE Rando skis freshly mounted with Dynafit’s Lo-Tech race bindings.  The team is ready to go do battle with the fastest skiers all looking for a shot at dethroning last years series champion Bryan “Wick” Wickenhauser.  After winning last years series and proving he can get er’ done, I guess the question is can he once again bring the skill and speed to stand on top of the podium.  There’s no question as to whether or not the gear is up to the task.

 

After a lot of “preparing” or modifying as some might say to shave ounces and even grams to the boots, skins, and even skis the team is ready for anything.   The ski modification involved dremel tooling out a ¼ inch wide by ¾ inch deep slot at the tip of the GOODE Rando ski to accommodate the quick release skin clip, which consists of a little bungee chord and plastic washer for easy skin stripping.  Then a little epoxy and a split wine cork for the forefoot and heel block and the new skis are race ready. 

 

With all of the modifications done, now I guess it’s just who wants it the most since the GOODE skis, Dynafit bindings, and Scarpa F-1 Race boots are simply the best set-ups that will be lining up at the COSMIC series this year.  See ya at the starting line!!

 

More results to follow after the race.

 

Eric “Sully” Sullivan

 

 

Hensley Gold, Ambrosi Silver at Junior Worlds

LIMA, PERU – GOODE Skier and USA athlete, Caroline Hensley, won the gold medal in slalom by running 2 @ 38’off at the 12th Junior Water Ski World Championships, January 7-11, at the Bujama Lacus Lakes in Lima, Peru. In the preliminary round earlier in the week, Hensley tied the women’s junior world slalom record with a score of 3 buoys at 38 off to earn the top seed for the finals.  

Hensley won two gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze medal. She also won the gold medal in women’s overall with over 2,810 points.

GOODE Skier and Mexican athlete, Sandro Ambrosi, earned the silver medal, scoring 3 @ 38’ off.

The US Junior Water Ski Team won the gold medal with 8,053.97, France earned the silver medal with 7,801.4 points, and Australia earned the bronze medal with 6,673.16 points.

Costa Rica Awaits!

Dawn and I just returned from a great adventure to Water Ski Costa Rica. Jim Kilsdonk is a great host and really knows how to treat his guests.

During our week stay in Costa Rica, we made new friends, saw many things, experienced many adventures, laughed a lot, and skied a ton.

I was really happy with the performance of the PowerVest. Dawn had not skied since late September and I had not skied in 5 weeks. In past ‘off-season’ skiing scenarios, I would always feel as if my arms, shoulders and back were being hit with a sledgehammer for the first week of skiing. I was happy that the PowerVest worked perfectly! I only felt a nice ‘glow’ to my upper body muscles!

Many of the guests tried the GOODE 9900SL WIDE RIDE during their stay in Costa Rica. Everyone who tried it either set or tied their Personal Best! The general comments are that the ski is very predictable, stable and turns on a dime!

You can learn more about Water Ski Costa Rica at: http://www.waterskicostarica.com

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2008 Water Ski Junior World Championships Begin

The Bujama Lacus Lakes, located in Lima, Peru, is the home of the IWSF Water Ski Junior World Championships.

The tournament began on Wednesday, January 7th 2009, and runs through Sunday the 11th.

Skiers and teams from more than 20 countries are competing in this biennial event for the World Team Title and World Individual Titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall.

GOODE skier, Caroline Hensley, has alredy won the qualifying round in Under 17 girls slalom. Click here for more info….