Hi Katie (and other lurking CBC newcomers),<div><br></div><div> As I'm sure you know, a safety certification is a strict pre-requisite for racing. But if you're just interested in learning more about the sport, come out and watch a race. Our last race of the season will be held at Snow Mountain Ranch on Saturday March 13. Schedule and details will soon follow (and they will be posted on our web page, <a href="http://www.coloradobiathlon.org">www.coloradobiathlon.org</a>). We will always welcome volunteers to help run the events (and there are many positions that can be staffed with little or no actual race experience), but we have lots of cow bells too if you just want to watch and cheer.</div>
<div><br></div><div> For an e-introduction, if you have been assimilated by the Comcast machine, you can watch re-runs of all of the Olympic biathlon races to date on-line at NBC.com (follow the links to the Olympic video section). The reruns include "encore" presentations of the races NBC actually covered with commentary plus full replays of the raw, un-commentated Olympic TV feed (cool to watch, but perhaps less educational). I'd also recommend a visit to <a href="http://www.biathlonworld.com">www.biathlonworld.com</a> or <a href="http://www.usbiathlon.org">www.usbiathlon.org</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div> Finally, if anyone else out there is interested in helping out with our last race, please let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>thanks, and hope to see lots of you at the races!</div><div>Walter, CBC President<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Katie Niedergeses <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:katieibex@gmail.com">katieibex@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div>I am in the exact same position! A newbie who's been on skis a total of twice,just moved out from the midwest, but am interested in learning more. Any info on how to get started would be appreciated.</div>
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<div>~Katie<br><br></div>
</font><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Stefan Jansson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:theswedesj@hotmail.com" target="_blank">theswedesj@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hello, <br> <br>My name is Stefan, I live in Denver, and I'm completely new to this sport. I am eager to learn and eventually participate in a Biathlon. What would you recommend as a first step to facilitating this goal, I've contacted Elizabeth Pike re: a safety certification clinic but wanted to see if there was anything else I could do, (i.e., attend your next race as a spectator, volunteer etc...)?<br>
<br>Regards,<br><font color="#888888"> <br>Stefan<br></font>
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