All five Grand Prix races have now come and gone. After the lack of any challenging courses at Norwich, a trio of races at Pendle, Sunderland and Rossendale yielded courses worthy of Grand Prix status to sort out the talented technical skiers from the blasters. If these were motoring Grand Prix races then the track would be littered with wrecked cars which would not reflect too well on the drivers. A Grand Prix or International race is not just a test of speed, it needs to test ability and speed and any winner needs to have the right balance of both vital elements.
Ipswich yielded two good courses that had balanced on the verge of being inappropriate. Some last minute tweaking saved the day but they could well have taken more advantage of the natural challenges of the Ipswich terrain.
Full marks to the lads from up North in having the conviction to set great challenging courses and not wimp out as has happened too many times before. Some may well crticise these courses whereas they should reflect on where they went wrong and work hard at addressing their weaknesses and be up to the challenge of exciting courses that hold the attention of the spectators from start to finish.
Let's hope the International races live up to the standard and test our greatest skiers to entertain us with their skills in rising to the challenge.
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