at my school (northern VT)  we have an alpine ski team, but its gay. I raced last year and a friend of mine took a pretty shitty fall, slid off the trail onto crust (it had rained the night before)  and about 200 ft down he hit head first into a tree; coma 4 days; ICU 2 weeks; rehab 3 months; paralysis to the left side of his face permanent. And my coach has the balls to say that they shouldnt have canceled the race that day...ski racing blows