At the end of the 2014-15 season, the U.S. Alpine Championships took place on an uncharacteristically warm day at Sugarloaf in Maine. World Cup winner and longtime U.S. Ski Team member Steven Nyman sat in first at the super G after 29 racers. The crowd at Sugarloaf, the TV audience and those watching live timing all assumed Nyman had taken yet another national title and had started to pay attention to other things. Journalists began writing the articles with Nyman as the headline. But then, bib 30 came down and the audience glanced up at the scoreboard to see young Drew Duffy slide into first place by four hundredths of a second.
The U.S. Alpine Championships win capped off a roller coaster season for Duffy--a season that started with watching two of his best friends pass away in an avalanche: Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle. Read about Duffy's surprise season and what his plans are for the upcoming winter in Vermont Ski + Ride.
