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I've not seen much press about this, but I'm super happy that Zak Carrick-Smith has won gold at the Youth Olympics in Korea in the Alpine Combined event.
I've been skiing with his Mum and Dad for the last 20-odd years with Snoworks and have seen the three boys, Luca, Freddy and Zak, grow into awesome skiers. They are all competing for Team GB and will smash it in the future.
I'm so pleased for Emma and Phil, who have put everything into the kids living their dreams with little support from the establishment.
https://olympics.com/en/news/gangwon-2024-zak-carrick-smith-history-great-britain-men-alpine-combined
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@Bod, Brilliant result. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Terrific!
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Definitely with a thread on its own, tremendous result.
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A great result for nice people!
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 Great stuff, congrats.
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Glad to know there is a future for the downhill events for GB.
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I did some Snoworks courses when the kids were still small, and I used to love the videos of them skiing at that age. Stylish, fearless and incredibly cute.
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Go Zak! It only seems 20 minutes ago they were knee high (and better at skiing than me then !).
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Zak has just taken Silver in the GS, complementing Gold in the Combined! Slalom is his strongest discipline…
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Wow!
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| Layne wrote: |
| Glad to know there is a future for the downhill events for GB. |
In other news from GB Snowsport, Molly Butler came 10th in giant slalom, the best result in 50 years for Great Britain at an Olympic event. She moved up 11 places in alpine combined after claiming 6th best time in the 2nd run in slalom, and in her second start in super G in two years, finished 27th out of 61 competitors.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@rob@rar, what a delightful young man
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Poster: A snowHead
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If anyone would like to support Zak with a small financial donation this is the GoFundMe account. There's great potential shown by Zak, along with his twin brother Freddy and elder brother Luca, and with very little support available for GB snow sports any donation you could offer I'm sure will be much appreciated.
https://gofund.me/bc01150a
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Zak has just taken Gold in the slalom. Brilliant results for him across the Youth Olympic Games, two Golds and a Silver.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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The "catapult to stardom", absolutely fantastic!
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My goodness! How brilliant.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Zak has just taken Gold in the slalom. Brilliant results for him across the Youth Olympic Games, two Golds and a Silver. |
Astonishing. Massive congratulations on a quite stunning achievement.
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Fantastic achievement. Let's hope for some WC medals in the future!
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This is some performance.
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Zak and his twin brother Freddy will participate in the Junior World Championships next month.
Freddy is ranked No.1 in FIS for his age group. Zak was chosen for the Olympics on their early season rankings, so there is much more to come from both.
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This really is an astonishing achievement! Congratulations to the whole team, let's hope Team GBR get right behind them.
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Freddy was top u18 at the Junior Worlds on the weekend
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Kooky wrote: |
| This really is an astonishing achievement! Congratulations to the whole team, let's hope Team GBR get right behind them. |
I think it's Phil and Emma, not team GB, that we have to thank.
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| I did some Snoworks courses when the kids were still small, and I used to love the videos of them skiing at that age. Stylish, fearless and incredibly cute. |
Same here, Emma brought their tiny kids to St Anton with us punters. Couldn’t have had two better coaches.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hi everyone.
Late to the party as had missed this. Phil, Zak and Freddy presented at an event last night and it was really inspiring.
A group of us decided to donate to help them with their journey so their GoFundMe has been updated.
I hope that I'm not violating any of the rules of the Forum but if anyone else would also like to support them then the link it here ...
GoFundMe Link
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| rob@rar wrote: |
If anyone would like to support Zak with a small financial donation this is the GoFundMe account. There's great potential shown by Zak, along with his twin brother Freddy and elder brother Luca, and with very little support available for GB snow sports any donation you could offer I'm sure will be much appreciated.
https://gofund.me/bc01150a |
Sorry rob@rar, I managed to speed-read the forum and missed that you'd already posted the GoFundMe link. Still can't help to reiterate ...
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Blackblade, no worries, always good to highlight ways in which the Luca, Freddy and Zak can be supported as they make their way towards top flight competition.
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