What a day yesterday at Boyne Highlands for the umteenth (more than 20, I think) annual Tecnica Cup. First, talk about a big weather error in our favor. We happily took the partly sunny and 30° over the rain and 39° that had been predicted. If my bank would make an error like that, I'd be rich.
Once again, the hundreds of kids and their families grabbed the opportunity and made the most of the great venue and well organized events - by the end of the day all available fun had been had. When the dust settled after 100 individual awards had been handed out, it was the Grand Traverse Ski Club taking the 'Cup'.
There was one disturbing thing to me though - it was that gang of 7 & under boys at the start who, instead of polishing their edges or stretching out their quads like normal ski racers, insisted on building snow forts and wrestling in the snowbank on the other side of the fence. Clearly, this is no way to prepare for the most important race of the year? It's obvious that their coaches haven't done an adequate job of showing these kids exactly how fun should be had . . . and I applaud them for that.
