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Show SPORTS The Park Record. Editor: Ben Ramsey sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15704 Twitter: @ParkRecSports SNOWBOARD, FREESTYLE AND FREESKI WORLDS Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort and Solitude Mountain Resort will host the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships from Feb. 1-10. All events are free to watch. For more information, visit 2019WorldChamps.com B-1 WHO ARE THE BEST OF WHEN AND WHERE TO THE BEST IN THE U.S.?, B-3 CATCH FIS ACTION, B-6 www.parkrecord.com SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, FEBRUARY 2-5, 2019 Championships take flight HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER MEETING The Park City High School Boys Soccer Team will hold an informational meeting for players and parents on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. in the high school lecture room. The meeting will be an opportunity to meet the coaches and field questions regarding the upcoming season. Contact coach Tom Merchant, CoachPCSoccer@ gmail.com, for more information. BIATHLON WORLD CUP Soldier Hollow is hosting the IBU BMW Biathlon World Cup on Feb. 14-17. The event will include biathlon races featuring some of the best biathletes from around the world, as well as live music, food and activities. The event is free to the public. For more information go to biathlonworldcuputah.com. ADULT VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE The six vs. six Winter Coed Volleyball League at the PC MARC is scheduled to begin on Feb. 13 running from 6 to 10 p.m. at the MARC Gymnasium. The round robin league has a Feb. 6 registration deadline. Players ages 18 and up are welcome. Visit parkcityrecreation.org or contact 435-615-5400 to register. COURTESY OF STEVEN EARL PHOTOGRAPHY/U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD Lindsey Jacobellis catches air over a roller during a qualifying round of the snowboardcross competition at Solitude Mountain Resort on Thursday. What, and who, to watch for as the FIS competitions unfold BEN RAMSEY The Park Record The FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships are here. Just as Hollywood begins to wrap the Sundance Film Festival, make the most of the Wasatch’s biggest sports event since the 2002 Winter Olympics with our guide of how the finals event of each sport will work, what it takes to win and a small sampling of likely medalists. team snowboardcross, a male and female competitor from each nation will race, with the male group going first. As soon as the male snowboarder from one team finishes, their female counterpart’s gate is released via transponder, and she will then race to the bottom. The first Please see Guide, B-4 For Williams, ‘powder highway’ is calling The world champ’s dream has always been making ski films BEGINNER TENNIS AND SUPER DRILL The PC MARC is hosting a four-week adult beginner clinic on Mondays from 9-10:30 a.m. beginning Feb. 4. The tennis professionals at the MARC will teach tennis basics. PC Tennis is also hosting a SuperDrill Ball Machine clinic that begins Feb. 5 and will be held every Tuesday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more information or to register, please visit parkcityrecreation. org or contact our front desk at 435615-5400. BEN RAMSEY The Park Record LACROSSE REGISTRATION OPEN Park City Youth Lacrosse has opened registration for the 2019 spring season. To get information about the upcoming season and to register, go to parkcitylacrosse.org and click on “Youth Registration.” The deadline to register is March 11. PHOTO BY SARAH BRUNSON/U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD For more sports briefs, please visit www.parkrecord.com/sports Ski- and snowboardcross Ski- and snowboardcross are, essentially, races over obstacle courses. Four racers will race down the course at any given time, contending with varied terrain where the jumps aren’t so much launch pads for stylish tricks as they are challenges to be overcome quickly. Whoever crosses the line first wins. In McRae Williams competes at the AFP freeski slopestyle finals in the 2018 Toyota U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado. As a young freeskier, McRae Williams’ goals never included reaching the World Championships. Growing up in the early 2000s, the X Games, Dew Tour, and other events were the gold standard of competition and exemplified the lifestyle that he and other freeskiers thought of when they ruminated on their sport. “We never even thought we would be in the Olympics,” he said. “And going into it, the question I got asked over and over again by reporters was, ‘When did your Olympic dream begin?’ I never had an Olympic dream.” That all came later. Growing up in Park City, his dream was to build a name for himself in competition, show his talent among his peers, then PHOTO BY SARAH BRUNSON/U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD McRae Williams competes at the AFP freeski slopestyle qualifiers in the 2018 Toyota U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado. Williams says competing in events like the World Championships was not part of his original vision as a freeskier, but a means to an end. say “goodbye” to the intense, often-stultifying world of competition and “hello” to the filmmaking life. Making a living from ski films is a tough way to go, but for those who can do it, it’s the zenith of the ski bum lifestyle. The 28-year-old has a Palamino pop-up camper, a truck to pull it, and a snowmobile at the ready, waiting for that moment to pack his bags and drive north. That dream is still the one he thinks about as his next frontier, even if it’s been deferred a couple of times. 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