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Coach's Notes
Nov. 19, 1998
Sweden
by US Team Coach Peter Foley
We're in Sweden, but it was no easy task getting here. After Kaprun we
spent an afternoon in Zurich, Jacoby flew in the Vertical wind tunnel,
Sondra and Jan drove go carts and the rest of us went to see a
movie in English.
In the morning when we checked in for our flight,
SwissAir, wanted to charge us $8000 for excess baggage. We tried every move
we could to get a break, but they wouldn't do it so at the last second we
sent the athletes to the plane. Cooper and Kyle went in to the baggage area
and grabbed enough of our gear to make weight, Jan and I gathered maps,
directions, phone numbers, cell phones, cash credit cards, van keys etc, and
set Kyle and Coop up to drive to Sweden while we ran to the plane.
Peter haggling over baggage. |
Thirty hours later after driving straight through, our bags and Coop and Kyle are here.
Training here has been incredible here. Great man made snow clear and cold,
but not too cold. The Halfpipers arrived last night. The halfpipe is nice,
steep enough that everyone's going huge. It's great to be all back together
again. Parallel GS on Friday, Parallel SL Saturday, Halfpipes Sunday and
Monday.
Jan and Sandra ready to race. |
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