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      Another in the long line of Squaw Valley powder hounds (Julia Mancuso, Marco Sullivan, Travis Ganong), Bryce Bennett blasted onto the U.S. Ski Team in the same way he hucks cliffs at Squaw – by going big. An invite to a 2011 spring tryout camp proved to be the only opportunity he needed, as he successfully punched a ticket onto the team by showing coaches his form on the hard stuff is just as solid as it is in the fluff.

      Bennett opened the 2013-14 season with a bang, winning the U.S. downhill title on the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper Mountain in early December. He made a major play for an Olympic nod with starts in Lake Louise, Bormio, Wengen and Kitzbuehel, but with a stacked men’s speed team, Sochi was a tough ticket to punch. Bennett then refocused on the NorAm tour and delivered the downhill title, solidifying his World Cup start for the 2015 World Championship season.

      2016, though...that was Bennett's year. It began with his first World Cup downhill points at Birds of Prey when he landed in 29th. But it was in Val Gardena that Bennett really WOW'd the crowd. Starting in 57th, Bennett came down on the classic Saslong downhill track, Bennett crossed the finish line 1.04 seconds back in sixth place. The once hush crowd erupted in cheers as Bennett lifted his goggles in sheer disbelief before letting a well-deserved fist pump fly.

      “I’m still surprised. I crossed the finish and saw sixth and I was like, what? No chance! The timer is broken!” an exhilarated Bennett said in the finish. “I just got in the zone somehow. I’ve been working on it, and it clicked a little bit. I just laser beamed the whole course, just focused every section and it was fast.”

      Bennett looks ahead to the 2017 season, where he hopes to find consistency in the points. You got this, big guy.

      FIRST TRACKS
      Bennett had skiing in the bloodline before he was born. His mother worked at Alpine Meadows Resort and Dad was a former telemark racer. Both had him on skis at age two and it wasn't long before he was a regular at the Squaw Valley Might Mite program. "They had some amazing Mighty Mite coaches at Squaw," says Bennett. "They just got you so pumped for skiing, no matter what the weather was doing." By eight, he'd decided he was going to race in the Olympics.

      OFF THE SNOW
      While he may be too young to have seen the 80's classic film RAD, Bennett used to be a BMX racer and easily graduated that love to mountain biking. When not on the dirt trails around Squaw (by bike or foot), you'll find him on the golf course. "I've had some good weeks, last one I was two over for 18," he said. He’s also a big friend of the fish, as long as they're at the end of his fly rod. "My favorite spot is the Truckee River, but you'll never get me to tell you where my holes are."

       

      Highlights

      WORLD CUP
      21st, AC, Chamonix, FRA, 2016
      9th, AC, Kitzbuehel, AUT, 2016
      22nd, AC, Wengen, SUI, 2016
      6th, DH, Val Gardena, ITA, 2016
      First points, 29th, DH, Beaver Creek, USA, 2016
      10 starts in 2014-15
      Five starts in 2013-14

      U.S. ALPINE CHAMPIONSHIPS
      SG, 10th, Sugarloaf, ME, 2015
      DH, 8th, Sugarloaf, ME, 2015
      DH, 1st, Copper Mountain, CO, 2013

      OTHER
      Top 10 in both DH and Combined at Junior World Championships, 2013
      6th, Combined, Roccaraso, ITA, Junior World Championships, 2012
      Junior podiums in DH, SG, GS, SL, and combined at U.S. Championships, 2012
      1st, GS, Junior National Championships, Aspen, CO, 2009

       


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