Chris Smylie
Chris Smylie
Christopher Bradley Smylieis a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the scrum-half position for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and Taranaki in the ITM Cup. He was born in Greater Auckland and attended Massey High School. In 2002 he made his professional debut for North Harbour against Auckland in the National Provincial Championship. Smylie then went south and had one season for the Highlanders in 2006, off the back of a hugely impressive debut season for Otago in...
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth22 March 1982
group kids learn mainstream racing ski team teamwork time
Because ski and snowboard racing is an alternative sport to the mainstream football, baseball, basketball, etc., it allows a whole new group of kids to participate in a team sport and to learn responsibility, respect, teamwork and time management.
afternoon caused change conditions course early fast run seconds several slower snow spring
Spring conditions caused the course to change between runs. The early run was icy and fast while the afternoon run was several seconds slower because the snow was a little slushy.
few hard key motivator none remain team train
For some students, this is a key motivator for working hard at school. None of the team's racers are seniors, so they have a few years to train and if the team can remain viable, we could have some super-stars in years to come.
fun smoothly
Things went smoothly today. Everyone is working together, and we're having fun now.
began came changing cold course finished front held ice lots morning race second throughout tight warm
The course was changing throughout the day. It was warm in the morning and the course was soft, but as the second race approached, the cold front came in and the course began to ice up. There were lots of spills in the course of the second run, but they held tight and finished nicely.