Quick update from the British Championships where Zak put on Downhill skis for the first time. A couple of fantastic days in Santa Caterina saw Zak taking the u21 Downhill and Super G titles and a massive pb points score in super g.
Huge congratulations to Zak and huge thank you to you all as always for keeping this dream alive
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We don’t think emotions get tougher than at the Junior World Championships. Sport has a way of being emotional at times and this was the most emotional we’ve ever felt so far on this journey. There were definitely tears shed by many.
Slalom run 1 at the World Junior Championships and Luca is leading by over a second with Freddy in 2nd and Zak in 10th. Zak pulled his back in run 1 but managed to start 2. Freddy skied a solid run 2 and skied into runner up position behind Fux of Switzerland. With a huge advantage after run 1 Luca skied an unbelievable and very calm run 2 leading at the split time by over 2 seconds. One slightly impatient turn about 10 gates from the end resulted in a straddle. Several hearts broke at that moment including ours. Winning the worlds would have given him a start at the World cup finals next week. Today it didn’t happen but I know it will. Luca will be right up there amongst the world’s best in the next few years.
Huge congratulations to Freddy for his silver medal. Unbelievable and Zak for his incredible 7 th in the Giant Slalom. 2 Junior World Championships medals. 2cm from a third. 5 Youth Olympic medals along the way.
The support the 3 boys showed each other today made us all so incredibly proud of them
Thank you to you all for your support over the years. It means the world. Now the work begins. Onwards. @freddycarricksmith@lucacarricksmith@zakcarricksmithski
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We have never done the Far East Cups but this year some of the team have made the trip to Korea. The Far East Cups are like Europa Cup in Europe although the start numbers are better.
Zak had a belter of a start with a win on the Korean National Champs scoring his best ever FiS point score-20.
We try not to think about the points too much but the outcome of good skiing is a good point score and a good point score means a better world ranking.
Thank you as always for supporting us through the ups and downs
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Freddy has always been one of the truly creative skiers but this takes it to another level...In today's Europa Cup slalom on the World Championship course in Crans Montana an error meant some seriously quick thinking was required.
