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The Johnny5: Zach Caldwell
piThe Johnny5 represents the people that changed things for skiing in the US in the last year. You wouldn’t know it from the endless whining that consumes us in the Spring, but this WAS a solid year for American Skiing. (Capitalized for a reason.) That didn’t come by accident. So here they are in no particular order the (roughly) five folks that pushed change in 08 / 09. We’ll do one a day for the week. We’ll also include some tidbits at the end of the Johnny5 from the nominations that are sure to entertain. Stay tuned.br//i/p
pZach Caldwell confounds. He frustrates, cajoles, annoys, disects and interprets. One could point at the blog Zach Caldwell has kept on behalf of Kris Freeman for the last couple years and count the “if’s” “almosts” and “so close”. One could also get frustrated that Zach is responsible for every mediocre skier from Bend to Bethel demanding a full quiver of 610s shod with ZR1’s, Q13s and YRMOM69s. (Apologies to Molly Holt.) To be honest, there may only be five or six people that can actually understand most of the things that come out of Zach Caldwell’s mouth when he’s waxing poetic on ski polemic. (Rumor is that when he took on a partnership, Nathan Schultz received a secret decoder ring that allowed him to actually grasp what the f-ck Zach is saying at all times.) Yet, to know Zach is to know that he’s captured by the sport in a way that most of us could only posture, which is to say, Zach is really afflicted. Zach writes descriptions of the minute misses that block Kris Freeman’s path to world cup domination because unlike a lot of people, Zach can see them. He gives people access to the highest levels of ski prep because he knows that skiing on those types of skis is much more pleasant. While a love of the game isn’t the precursor to landing a spot in the Johnny5, it is likely the motivation for the other bits and pieces that Zach has offerred up that made him the most nominated person to the list. So what’s he done?/p
p1. There’s the aforementioned ubiquitous ski service coverage of every skier in the US. FakeFasterSkier, the online shaman, described Zach as “ski Jesus” Face it, in the US, before Zach Caldwell, grinds only happened on skateboards, and at the Junior National mixer. (Apologies to FFS)/p
p2. ZC has elite American skiers believing. Refer back to the Johnny Klister post on the curse and realize this is a big deal. Whether it’s bravado or too much time sucking flourocarbons, Zach proceeds with very little doubt. In a recent Newsweek interview President Obama explained his leadership, “I’m going to make mistakes, but I’m going to keep going forward. I’m not going to spin my wheels with indecision.” Barry learned that from Zach./p
p3. Ski companies are calling ihim/i for -
The Final List– Weigh In
pA small but dedicated collection of ski nerds will make the final call. There are some great nominations here and some that…well…whatever. Got an opinion. You’ve got a few more hours to make it known: johnnyklister@gmail.com/p
pLiz Stephen/p
pMorgan Arritola/p
pDave Jarrett/p
pPaul Robbins (in memorium)/p
pAndy Shepard/p
pRick Kapala/p
pJan Buron/p
pMiles Minson/p
pDavid Ingemie/p
pDick Dreissegacker / Judy Grier/p
pJohn Morton/p
pYuri Gusev/p
pPete Phillips/p
pLowell Bailey/p
pTim Burke/p
pJohnny Klister (not actually a real person, FYI)/p
pMatt Whitcomb/p
pNat Herz/p
pSten Fjeldheim/p
pRoger Knight/p
pErik Flora/p
pPatrick Stinson/p
pAndy Newell/p
pJason Cork/p
pJohn Farra/p
pMiles Minson/p
pDuncan Douglas/p
pPepa Miloucheva/p
pDale Niggeman/p
pPete Vordenberg./p
pJohn Caldwell./p
pJanice Sibilia./p
pThe Men’s Nordic Combined Team./p
pMatt Liebsch./p
pBryan Fish./p
pPaul Stone./p
pKikkan Randall./p
pZach Caldwell + Nathan Schultz./p
pMatt Voisin + Topher Sabot./p
pLuke Bodensteiner./p
pMarty Hall/p
pFakeFasterSkier./p
p..this is a great start. add to it: johnnyklister@gmail.com/p -
ONE day left to nominate the Johnny5:
pNominees as of Friday Evening/p
pLiz Stephen/p
pMorgan Arritola/p
pAndy Shepard/p
pRick Kapala/p
pJan Buron/p
pMiles Minson/p
pDavid Ingemie/p
pDick Dreissegacker / Judy Grier/p
pJohn Morton/p
pYuri Gusev/p
pPete Phillips/p
pLowell Bailey/p
pTim Burke/p
pJohnny Klister (not actually a real person, FYI)/p
pMatt Whitcomb/p
pNat Herz/p
pSten Fjeldheim/p
pRoger Knight/p
pErik Flora/p
pPatrick Stinson/p
pAndy Newell/p
pJason Cork/p
pJohn Farra/p
pMiles Minson/p
pDuncan Douglas/p
pPepa Miloucheva/p
pDale Niggeman/p
pPete Vordenberg./p
pJohn Caldwell./p
pJanice Sibilia./p
pThe Men’s Nordic Combined Team./p
pMatt Liebsch./p
pBryan Fish./p
pPaul Stone./p
pKikkan Randall./p
pZach Caldwell + Nathan Schultz./p
pMatt Voisin + Topher Sabot./p
pLuke Bodensteiner./p
pMarty Hall/p
pFakeFasterSkier./p
p..this is a great start. add to it: johnnyklister@gmail.com/p -
UPDATE: three days left (nominees so far)
pAdditions for today, so far:/p
pLowell Bailey/p
pTim Burke/p
pJohnny Klister (not actually a real person, FYI)/p
pMatt Whitcomb/p
pNat Herz/p
pSten Fjeldheim/p
pRoger Knight/p
pErik Flora/p
pPatrick Stinson/p
pAndy Newell/p
pDuncan Douglas/p
pPepa Miloucheva/p
pDale Niggeman/p
piibr//i/i/p -
see the nominees so far- four days to nominate…
img src=”http://6.media.tumblr.com/COiZNt422olfpxu39gXV3IHHo1_400.jpg”/br/br/see the nominees so far- four days to nominate…
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Jaime arrives to Methow
div style=”text-align: center;”Jaime Bronga, a training partner from Alaska arrived in the Methow a couple days ago. She will be spending June and July with the MOD team. Jaime is from Anchorage where she attends University of Alaska Anchorage. She is excited to have the opportunity to have some training partners and excellent coaching over the summer months. Jaime and I will be working together to gain experience and boost each other to new levels. It is great to have her here. Thanks to Heidi Dexter and her husband, Dave, for hosting her for the summer. Here are some pictures and videos from our recent training. br //divdivbr //diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjFI18-3vEI/AAAAAAAAAEE/LL5nDi2BE4Y/s1600-h/Erik.png”img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjFI18-3vEI/AAAAAAAAAEE/LL5nDi2BE4Y/s320/Erik.png” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346134324405582914″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”Espan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”rik Double Poling /spanbr //divdivdivdivbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”object width=”320″ height=”266″ class=”BLOG_video_class” id=”BLOG_video-873556b88e077776″ classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAADbdx0ctBZ6r0jjgHMEoxaagYatYdnNIKbaiCCRLh9YUSfzps1XX-cVkmuKf4f_CUOJcQfK6_40nrg66bdG9ttEXyxqotumkZdS3BoY20sXvBZsoMAp8XBm8K5tD-rmxS0uXIZl7a_6DeY8gZbdZu3KoDbmnqnVxu0JpQY_J-hTZb8_hzEo5hmIKKnF571cxhvJWqL43uVT5XRh1BEHsNidk_AT5SfACG4xtz9zUCR33%26sigh%3DNRWXva7vPylwx_xpKx4sG2V1FrM%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0amp;nogvlm=1amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D873556b88e077776%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3Dg_96Gumyb_LHcE3gQkuH4WHJ4QUamp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den”param name=”bgcolor” value=”#FFFFFF”embed width=”320″ height=”266″ src=”http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAADbdx0ctBZ6r0jjgHMEoxaagYatYdnNIKbaiCCRLh9YUSfzps1XX-cVkmuKf4f_CUOJcQfK6_40nrg66bdG9ttEXyxqotumkZdS3BoY20sXvBZsoMAp8XBm8K5tD-rmxS0uXIZl7a_6DeY8gZbdZu3KoDbmnqnVxu0JpQY_J-hTZb8_hzEo5hmIKKnF571cxhvJWqL43uVT5XRh1BEHsNidk_AT5SfACG4xtz9zUCR33%26sigh%3DNRWXva7vPylwx_xpKx4sG2V1FrM%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0amp;nogvlm=1amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D873556b88e077776%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3Dg_96Gumyb_LHcE3gQkuH4WHJ4QUamp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”/embed/object /span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”Jaime and Sadie Rollerskiing/span/divdivbr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjE-hx0pEiI/AAAAAAAAAD8/UkAqInZQcjg/s1600-h/Jaime.JPG”img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjE-hx0pEiI/AAAAAAAAAD8/UkAqInZQcjg/s320/Jaime.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346122982696227362″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; ” //a/divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”Jspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”aime Bronga skiing up the hill./span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjcOW2AIx4I/AAAAAAAAAEU/LIc-KgIgAfo/s1600-h/discos.jpg”img src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjcOW2AIx4I/AAAAAAAAAEU/LIc-KgIgAfo/s320/discos.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347758868141754242″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold; “Gym Work- Sadie and Sam/spanbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/diva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjcOlpMZW1I/AAAAAAAAAEc/RhjD-L1VYwE/s1600-h/windshield+wiper.jpg”img src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjcOlpMZW1I/AAAAAAAAAEc/RhjD-L1VYwE/s320/windshield+wiper.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347759122401549138″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; ” //adiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold; “Windshield Wipers/spanbr //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”br //span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”Sam working on his V2 technique/span/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: normal; “a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjFJdT8aPVI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Rk8P4_6gQf4/s1600-h/Sam.png”img src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l4L_01UOs1s/SjFJdT8aPVI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Rk8P4_6gQf4/s320/Sam.png” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346135000584174930″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //a/span/span/div/div/div/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2910103639238326543-2562817072941459522?l=methowolympicdevelopment.blogspot.com’//div
