@brady thank you for the words of encouragement. I wish it was that easy. After more than 25 years of tournaments, I am pretty sure that the tournament set is done for me. I still enjoy the tournamnet scene, the friends made along the way, and supporting others in the quest for success.
@tbrenchley There is nothing wrong with the guy who skies against his friends each week for bragging rights. They are skiers also. My point was towards the author of the first post, who stated that "after the best month of skiing in his life, he went to a tournament and failure erupts." All skiers who have walked to a tournament starting dock knows the feeling. Many years ago I read a artical where Kris Lapoint said that the tournament butterflys never go away, the best you can hope for is to try and get them to fly in formation.
My first post was to reinforce the concept that tournament skiing, and practice skiing, are two very different animals. And that the results for most skiers are also.