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The Many Ways to Support Team Summit – 2020/2021 Edition

Written by Team Summit on . Posted in Archive 2021, Intro to Team Summit.

The Many Many Ways to Support Team Summit From volunteering to donating, to participating in virtual events, to linking your Amazon account, there are countless ways to support your athlete's team. Team Summit spends countless hours supporting our local ski and snowboarding community.  (Actually it's over 7000+ hours between December and April, but who's counting). Every year, Team Summit hosts competitions to keep travel costs down for our local and Front Range families;...

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"Winter Is Coming"

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“Winter Is Coming” – House of Stark In the Game of Thrones series, the motto of the House of Stark is “Winter Is Coming.” That is something we all long for at Team Summit. Unfortunately, on top of all the craziness in our world right now this has become the year that winter is slow in arriving. It is hard to imagine that on November first there are not any ski areas in Summit County that are open for public skiing. I went back to 2009 and couldn’t find...

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Bar Patterns: Catch, Snatch in a Full Squat

Written by Team Summit on . Posted in Archive 2020, strength training.

Snatch, Catch In A Full Squat So you’ve reached the point where you have mastered all of the bar patterns we use to warm up prior to every strength training session. Now it’s time to start adding some load slowly, then some speed to the Olympic Lifts. Let’s dive right into the Olympic Lift, the snatch. When you receive (or catch) the snatch in an upright, standing position, it’s called a power snatch. This is fine, but let’s try to be more athletic and catch...

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What is Skimo?

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What is Skimo? Skimo is an abbreviation of Ski Mountaineering.  The sport encompasses nearly every style of skiing out there.  Athletes race not only uphill, but also downhill.  Think backcountry ski touring, mixed with a downhill race. Why should I register? Like the rest of the disciplines in Team Summit Colorado, the Skimo program is aimed both at those looking to explore the competitive Skimo world, as well as improve their current standings. Jaime Brede, Skimo Head...

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