Double Gold for Carl Murphy at the USASA National Championships
A note from Carl Murphy:
It has been an up and down few days since I last sent an update.
It started off on Tuesday with a mixed result in the WSF Adaptive Snowboardcross World Cup at Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA. After a great build up and placing 2nd in the Canadian World Cup, the USA World Cup proved to be challenging on many levels. Variable weather conditions and a talented international field was tough work and I came home in 4th position. I just missed the podium by 0.01 sec, so close yet so far. It was very hard to swallow, especially after all the hard work I have put in and the dedication Adam Dooney, my coach, has contributed towards my development. I would like to congratulate Tyler Mosher of Canada for coming in first, closely followed by Evan Strong, USA and Ian Lockey, Canada in third.
Over the next day or so I regrouped and focused on the next two races at the USASA (United States of America Snowboard Association) National Championships. In the Slalom I raced against some of the best adaptive riders in the world. I woke up in the morning feeling fired up after the last race result, confident and ready for the challenge. I ended up winning GOLD with a combined time of 52.77 seconds, almost 3 seconds ahead of second place, Evan Strong, USA, with a time of 55.62 and Tyler Mosher, Canada, in 3rd with a time of 55.77.
Today I lined up for Giant Slalom hoping to continue the moment from the day before. After coming in 0.07 seconds off first place after the first run I knew in the second run I would have to step it up. I lined up in the gate with some insightful advice from Adam, "smooth and fast". A fast clean run saw me finish with a combined time of 77.54 sec enough to win my second gold of the USASA National Championships by almost 2 seconds over Tyler Mosher, Canada, with a time of 79.49 sec. Ian Lockey, Canada, had the bronze medal with a time of 80.49 sec.
To sum up, it has been a great Northern Hemisphere campaign with a silver medal in an able-bodied event at Crested Butte, Colorado, second place in the WSF Adaptive Snowboard World Cup at Mont Tremblant, Canada and two gold medals at the USASA National Championships along with a 4th place in the World Cup at Copper Mountain, Colorado USA.
I can not thank everyone enough for all their support and help in getting me to North America this season. I am so happy with my results and can't wait to improve on them for next year.
I also would like to give a huge thanks to Adam Dooney, my coach and good friend for helping me out and taking his own time to work with me and my riding. Without his coaching and friendship my goals for the 2009/2010 season would have been so much harder to achieve.
I have attached a couple of photos from my podium results and look forward to seeing you all very soon.
It has been an up and down few days since I last sent an update.
It started off on Tuesday with a mixed result in the WSF Adaptive Snowboardcross World Cup at Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA. After a great build up and placing 2nd in the Canadian World Cup, the USA World Cup proved to be challenging on many levels. Variable weather conditions and a talented international field was tough work and I came home in 4th position. I just missed the podium by 0.01 sec, so close yet so far. It was very hard to swallow, especially after all the hard work I have put in and the dedication Adam Dooney, my coach, has contributed towards my development. I would like to congratulate Tyler Mosher of Canada for coming in first, closely followed by Evan Strong, USA and Ian Lockey, Canada in third.
Over the next day or so I regrouped and focused on the next two races at the USASA (United States of America Snowboard Association) National Championships. In the Slalom I raced against some of the best adaptive riders in the world. I woke up in the morning feeling fired up after the last race result, confident and ready for the challenge. I ended up winning GOLD with a combined time of 52.77 seconds, almost 3 seconds ahead of second place, Evan Strong, USA, with a time of 55.62 and Tyler Mosher, Canada, in 3rd with a time of 55.77.
Today I lined up for Giant Slalom hoping to continue the moment from the day before. After coming in 0.07 seconds off first place after the first run I knew in the second run I would have to step it up. I lined up in the gate with some insightful advice from Adam, "smooth and fast". A fast clean run saw me finish with a combined time of 77.54 sec enough to win my second gold of the USASA National Championships by almost 2 seconds over Tyler Mosher, Canada, with a time of 79.49 sec. Ian Lockey, Canada, had the bronze medal with a time of 80.49 sec.
To sum up, it has been a great Northern Hemisphere campaign with a silver medal in an able-bodied event at Crested Butte, Colorado, second place in the WSF Adaptive Snowboard World Cup at Mont Tremblant, Canada and two gold medals at the USASA National Championships along with a 4th place in the World Cup at Copper Mountain, Colorado USA.
I can not thank everyone enough for all their support and help in getting me to North America this season. I am so happy with my results and can't wait to improve on them for next year.
I also would like to give a huge thanks to Adam Dooney, my coach and good friend for helping me out and taking his own time to work with me and my riding. Without his coaching and friendship my goals for the 2009/2010 season would have been so much harder to achieve.
I have attached a couple of photos from my podium results and look forward to seeing you all very soon.
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