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Show SPORTS The Park Record. USSA SETS SIGHTS ON SUSTAINABILITY, B-2 www.parkrecord.com B-1 MINERS SWIM TEAM DIVES INTO SEASON, B-3 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, NOVEMBER 11-14, 2017 Freeskier Alex Hall could see new heights Editor: Ben Ramsey sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.104 Twitter: @ParkRecSports ALL-STATE HONORS Several members of the Park City High School golf team were recognized by the Professional Golfers’ Association of America as outstanding athletes in the state of Utah. Parker Cutt, Dean Tsandes, and Jack Wright all earned All-State recognition, while Jack Hanskat was nominated to the All-State second team and Wyatt Petersen and Zane Schemmer were given honorable mention. The Miners won state for the 10th consecutive year this season. HIKE WITH BASIN REC Basin Recreation will host the Turkey Blaster Hike on Friday, Nov. 24 to “blast away your holiday Feast,” a press release stated. The hike will start at Spring Creek Trail Head at 10 a.m. on Friday morning for a “moderate” 4.5-mile hike. Those attending should dress warmly and bring water and a light snack. Depending on the trail conditions, boots and Yak Traks are recommended. Dogs are welcome with a leash so long as they are cleaned up after. Register online at http://www. basinrecreation.org/guided_hikes. html#top or contact Angie Greenburg at agreenburg@basinrecreation.org for more information about free guided hikes throughout the year. THANKSGIVING DAY FITNESS AT THE FIELDHOUSE Basin Recreation is hosting a Turkey Cycle from 7-8 a.m. and Turkey Yoga from 8-9 a.m. Classes are $10 per participant or $5 with a canned goods donation. Online registration will be available on Nov. 1. Please see Sports briefs, B-4 With Olympics looming and an X-Games invite, it could be his best year BEN RAMSEY The Park Record Alex Hall is taking it easy. The 19-year-old freeskier and part-time Park City resident is sleeping in these days and waking up in his parents’ home in Zurich, Switzerland. He said it’s good to be there now after spending months away from friends and family to train with the U.S. Freeskiing team. A few weeks ago he was in Stubai, Austria, competing at a World Cup event. In two weeks he will go back. But for a few days, his calendar is as clean as a fresh powder day. Just a few years ago, Hall would have said this life was a distant dream. He had never even had a skiing coach, and had only been seriously competing in freeskiing events for about a year. All that changed in 2014 when, at the age of 16, he accepted an invitation to join the U.S. Ski and Snowboard training academy in Park City and enrolled in the Winter Sports School. He started competing in larger events and making more edits (freestyle ski videos). This year, he is a dark horse for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team that will compete in the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February. That’s because, since coming to the States, he has been making waves in the skiing scene. For example, his 2015-2016 season edit was lauded by skiing media for its bold tricks. Essentially, the video splits time between Hall hitting ramps with his friends in the Wasatch backcountry, and sending serious park jumps in Verbier, Switzerland, on a shoot with PHOTO BY TRISTAN SHU/FACTION Alex Hall skiing at Verbier resort in Switzerland. Hall, 19, is preparing for what could be his biggest season yet, which includes a chance at a spot on the U.S. team going to Pyeongchang, South Korea, and an invitation to the X-Games. one of his sponsors, Faction Skis. His technique is smooth and stylish, and he shows a broad range, but one of the edit’s most arresting shots is compelling because of its simplicity. Hall hits a park ramp at high speed, skips the intended landing area in favor of a natural slope farther down the mountain. The slope of the ski run descends as he falls, extending his air time almost like a true ski jump. The result is a six-second, slow-motion flight. “I’d been looking at this jump the whole shoot and never knew if I really wanted to hit it,” Hall said in a call from his home outside Zurich. “It was a little park jump but there was a landing really far away -- it was probably 150 feet away -- and I was just wondering if I could make that landing.” To get enough speed, Hall had to ski nearly the entire ski run in a straight line leading up to the jump. “It was, for sure, scary,” he said. “Mainly just because of how fast I’m going into it.” Hall again showed his affinity for big air when he became the first person to complete a switch triple cork 1800, a world record he set at the One Hit Wonder competition at Thredbo Resort in Australia. The trick breaks down like this: “Switch” means he entered the trick skiing backward, “tri- ple” denotes three distinct flips, cork means he was spinning off-axis (not a straight front or backflip), and 1800 means he spun laterally five times. “There wasn’t a ton of preparation leading into that,” he said. “It was in the back of my mind, but I hadn’t tried it anywhere else.” Hall said he warmed up with smaller versions of the trick, feeling out the circumstances. “But it was a really big jump, so I felt like I had enough air to do that trick,” he said. “So I gave it a go and landed it first try. I got pretty lucky.” Hall said he was spinning so quickPlease see Season, B-4 TAKE-HOME THANKSGIVING DINNER THANKSGIVING DINNER MENU: 12 lb. and 17 lb. 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