{"id":801305,"date":"2019-11-13T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/u-s-alpine-skiers-preview-season-ahead-of-thursday-fundraiser-in-vail\/"},"modified":"2019-11-13T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T19:24:00","slug":"u-s-alpine-skiers-preview-season-ahead-of-thursday-fundraiser-in-vail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/u-s-alpine-skiers-preview-season-ahead-of-thursday-fundraiser-in-vail\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Alpine skiers preview season ahead of Thursday fundraiser in Vail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VAIL \u2013 River Radamus is feeling blue, and he\u2019ll tell you all about it on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Ski Team is hosting one of its most exclusive fundraisers in Vail on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.; Yama Sushi will host the event and a suggested donation of $500 or more should get you in the doors.<\/p>\n

The team is about $150,000 short of being fully funded for the season, which is not bad considering they have a packed schedule this year on several continents \u2013 44 men\u2019s events at 22 venues and 41 women\u2019s events at 21 venues.<\/p>\n

Vail ski racer Kyle Negomir is set to compete in his first full season on the circuit as a member of the U.S. Ski Team\u2019s B Team. By winning the North America Cup overall title last season, Negomir earned invites to every World Cup event this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all new to me, but there\u2019s also a lot of events that will be new to everyone this year,\u201d Negomir said. \u201cThere\u2019s a speed event in China and a tech event in Japan. All sorts of cool places.\u201d<\/p>\n

Getting around won\u2019t be cheap, but this year the ski team is better funded than in years past. U.S. Ski Team veteran Tommy Biesemeyer is helping to organize the event; he said while the $150,000 goal sounds steep, the team is feeling good about its situation this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what the ski team needs in order to fund the athletes on the A through C teams,\u201d Biesemeyer said. \u201cThe D Team is also funded. They have a capped fee of $10,000, which is actually a huge improvement from my time on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Moving in the right direction\u2019<\/p>\n

Twelve years ago, when Biesemeyer was on the U.S. Ski Team\u2019s D Team, the development team, the fee for him to compete was $30,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that they\u2019re just paying a fixed price of $10,000 \u2026 It\u2019s moving in the right direction,\u201d Biesemeyer said.<\/p>\n

Biesemeyer said guests to Yama Sushi on Thursday will hear a few stories from his early days, as well as stories from some of the other veteran competitors on the team. Ted Ligety and Steven Nyman might be there, and Mikaela Shiffrin could show up, as well, Biesemeyer said. Shiffrin\u2019s 2019 Alpine World Championships slalom suit, which she was wearing when she won the gold, will be up for auction, along with several other high-value items.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity to get to know each other and get an idea of who you\u2019re supporting,\u201d Biesemeyer said. \u201cI think once you get to know us, hear our stories, the passion and determination is very clear, and it\u2019s contagious, and I think people really feed off of that energy. And visa versa, the support from the ski community is huge. It makes this dream possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Radamus said during his first full year of World Cup competition last season, he saw in the U.S. Ski Team a group of determined young men who took nothing for granted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is their dream job,\u201d Radamus said. \u201cAnd they don\u2019t take that lightly. \u2026 We go out there and work our butts off because we\u2019re representing our nation and we\u2019re representing everyone who supports us along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

And getting there, to the bulk of the World Cup events, is just a little more difficult for Americans, something Radamus said he also saw first hand during his World Cup experience last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re in Europe, you\u2019re a four-hour drive from basically every World Cup,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re from the U.S., you have two events in North America and then you\u2019re over in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

And when you\u2019re in Europe, you\u2019re really in Europe, visiting some of the nicest places imaginable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in Val d\u2019Is\u00e8re, France; Kitzbuhel, Austria, and all these amazing places, and we\u2019re really lucky, but it\u2019s not cheap,\u201d Radamus said. \u201cWe work really hard for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Radamus said heading into this season, after all his time spent among the Euro-fashionistas abroad last year, he was ready to change up his look.<\/p>\n

He said he\u2019ll tell you all about it on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The event takes place from 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Yama Sushi is located in the Solaris Plaza in Vail. For more information or to make a donation to the team, visit: one.bidpal.net\/alpinefundraiser.<\/p>\n

This story is from VailDaily.com<\/p>\n

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