Full gallery located here. This weekend (February 21-22, 2009) was the USCSA Northeast Regional competitions (college alpine ski racing) held at Waterville Valley, NH. A two day competition featuring both slalom and giant-slalom events featuring racers from several states and schools. For those of you who have ever taken snow sport pictures before, you know how hard it is; for those that haven’t – count your blessings. Not only do you face the problems that you normally would with people flying by you at 40MPH, but add to that sub zero weather with 20MPH winds (cold hands + small shutter button = problems), a slippery steep incline, and limited access. Here are some tips for those of you planning on shooting and continuing to shoot perhaps one of the most challenging subject – ski racers. Read more