This past weekend, Beaver Creek hosted its annual Birds of Prey race. This race is the only United States stop on the men's World Cup tour. We were so excited to have so many world class racers in our valley for the week. Racers competed on Friday, Saturday, Sunday in the Downhill, Super G, and Giant Slalom respectively. On Saturday my friend, Megan, and I watched the Super G competition. Equipped with our cameras and cowbells we made our way to the finish line where we were able to secure outstanding spots! It was so exciting to watch the racers on the giant screen but also have the opportunity to look up and to the left a bit in order to watch the racers in real time! I really enjoyed some of these athletes in the Olympics but watching them in person on a mountain that I can see from my neighborhood is even better!!! To think that later this season I might ski down the same run as these world class athletes is quite a humbling thought.
We chose to stand on the ground near the finish line but this is the crowd people might have seen when the race aired on NBC this past weekend.
It was fun to watch people from around the world tape interviews with the winners and athletes from their country.
We were as close to the action as we could possibly get! This is the finish area. Once athletes made it down the hill they posed for the camera (logo promos) then exited to the left.
The race course from my vantage point. We were able to watch the athletes on the screen or we could watch them make their way down the mountain.
Just finished...evaluating his time and position.
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