our other favourite golden boy....seth wescott wins gold in Vancouver

From camp chaos

as you may remember we happen to be fans of our fellow sugarloafer, Seth Wescott. Seth is a snowboard cross racer (sbx) and when the sport made it's Olympic debut in 2006, Seth took gold after a dashing hole-shot. Camp Chaos was very excited to cheer Seth on in Telluride at the World Cup SBX race in December, two of the last 3 X Games in Aspen and other events here in Telluride.

From x games 2009

I'd been watching the Today Show and waiting for clips, Seth has been on the show a fair amount and is always well spoken. Check out his pre-race interview with Matt.

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Yesterday I was a wreak. I was nervous and tried to plan my day so I could watch the races. I checked the web during qualifiers to be sure time trials were ok- the first run- not so much but the second ensured a spot in the race.  I posted happy thoughts on facebook and a friend sent over a link so I could watch the race live. My stomach was in knots as I watched the small figures zoom on my laptop.

Four races. That's it- that's all. Mess one up and it's over. There's a lot of skill in sbx but there's also a lot left to chance. One racer can get clipped by another or hit a rut and spin out. 

Chaos wasn't sure what was wrong with me as I watched the semifinals. Seth and Holland had kept moving forward by taking the top two spots and both progressed to the final medal round. In less then two minutes it was over, Seth had come from behind and slowly picked off the three other races until he sped across the finish line just a half a snowboard length ahead of the Canadian. I was beside myself and wished at that moment I could be back in Maine and celebrating at The Rack like I did in 2006 with all my 'loafer friends. I tossed my favorite golden boy a treat and dug out my "Congrats Seth" button that Sugarloaf had made for Seth Wescott day in 2006. My golden pup posed for some photos.

 I really did try not to tell Dave but it wasn't possible to hide the good news that our other favorite golden boy had done it again.

Just watch it...

Congrats Seth, camp chaos is proud of you!

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From one golden boy to another....

a long december....

I have to say that I'm ready for 2009 to be over. It's been a busy year and I'm hoping to slow down a bit more in 2010.... but with an October event and the craziness of Telluride I think a slow 2010 is just a dream.

I've been trying to spend more time cooking and baking. I've been playing with a few gluten free flour blends and perfecting my street noodles. In case you didn't know I also am a gluten free blogger.... but have fallen even further behind there!

Dave's been busy snowmaking and starts grooming next week when the roll up the snowmaking hose for the season. He'll be working nights all winter so Chaos will have a buddy to nap with during the day.

Telluride hosted the 2009 Snowboardcross World Cup event and we cheered on two Sugarloafer. Seth Wescott won the gold in the 2006 Olympics and we've cheered him on in a few events. This year Alex Tuttle joined in on the fun... he even stayed here at campchaos and managed to make it through Dave's entire collection of the Simpson's.  Alex is 19 and graduated from CVA last year and this was his first world cup race. There are 60+ racers that come to town for this and they only have 32 spots for race day so they do a qualifier the day prior. SBX is a lot of fun to watch as it's 4 races flying down the course at one time and egging each other on. The qualifiers are a grueling process where each races gets two solo runs down the course and the top 32 times advance to the next day's races.  Alex had a great showing and hit 43rd (did I mention this is his first World Cup event.... and not his last!) and Seth hit 2nd and went on to the next day. The bonus for us was getting to watch the finals with Alex and knowing that when he said Seth was solid that things were ok and when he got nervous there was a good reason!  This is a race that is helping to secure spots at the 2010 olympics. It was on NBC last week and that was Dave and I rocking the Go Wescott Banner.... you could safely call us his biggest Telluride fans.

Work has been insane and I'm on day 11 straight.... 'nuff said. Plus my crackberry is on the fritz... it thinks I want to take photos instead of making calls or sending emails. At one point it wouldn't even let me pick up phone calls. I ordered a new phone and as soon as I did the old crackberry started working again.... arugh. I also changed my mind and am going to move away from the crackberry and find a new model..... I've been asking around and everyone seems to love the droid.... thank goodness for a 30 day return policy. This is the hard part about working too much and not having a good cell phone store around us.

2009 X Games

this weekend chaos hit mako's house for some serious doggie time. Chaos was cleared at the vet on friday morning to start using his leg more. He is cast free and we are just waiting for the cast sores to clear up. While at Mako's he forgot that he was a gimp and really started using his leg more. Upon his arrival home he tried to go back to gimping and we called him out on it.

while chaos was enjoying doggie time we hit the road with jess and jared for the 2009 winter x games. I like that we are the official seth wescott cheering committee and we take our role seriously even standing in the rain and cold to show our support. SBX is a tough event... not only do the racers have to hit big features and maintain speed but they have to avoid other snowboarders. Seth ruled his first heat but his goofy stance was knocked down when he knocked butts with a regular boarder. This was the first time in 12 years that seth didn't make the finals. We were proud regardless especially since seth is rocking the world cup circuit this season.
We made a big weekend out of the event and stayed in Glenwood Springs, home of the famous hot springs, and enjoyed tubby time, a good brewery, late night in aspen and more. We even made it back on time sunday to celebrate big dave's birthday at fat alley.

X games

Camp chaos went for a road trip this weekend and hit the x-games in
aspen. We watched fellow loafer Seth wescott rock the snowboard cross
and loved cheering him on! He killed the competition in the semi's but
had some challeges in the final. He walked away with a 5th place
finish overall and carried himself with honor. We saw other racers who
had challeges throw things & attitude but wescott was full of good
sportsmanship. It's a bummer that the sport does not focus on this
more. So if you happen to catch the reruns of the race look for us in
the crowd as we cheered on our hometown hero!
Camper
Sent from my iPod

Yeah Wescott!

So our Sugarloaf buddy had a fine showing here at the Jeep King of the Mountain Race here in Telluride. Seth took home the silver and had fun doing it. We had a nice crew of sugarloaf exiles on the finishline cheering him on. At first Dave & I took the banner to the start and Seth was in the gate along with 3 others.

We yelled "go wescott" but he was in race mode and tuning out the world. Someone saw our banner and yelled "Sugarloaf" and Wescott broke his trance and looked around and spotted us and pumped his fist in the air. We then moved to the finish to watch the rest of the heats and cheer him on.

the ski tour hits telluride

The Jeep King of the Mountain Ski Tour has hit Telluride. It's a pretty big thing and we're busy making sure everyone knows about it here in town. Dave and I will be attending some shows and watching the races on Sunday afternoon. We're gonna cheer for Seth Wescott who is also a sugarloafer. Tonight we made a banner to show our support!

So when the Snowboard cross airs on TV check it out and look for us! I have to say I'm pretty happy with the way the banner came out. I think it's the best Sugarloaf logo I have ever done.
The Telluride Skier Cross will air on CBS 12/29/07 5:00-6:00pm Eastern Time
The Telluride Snowboard Cross will air on CBS 1/12/07 4:00-5:00pm Eastern Time