Here’s our monthly 2010 Winter Games update:



LOCAL ATHLETES

Crystal Mountain skier Scott Macartney continues to train as he recovers from a nasty crash that cut last season short.

"It’s been good to get back on snow with all the guys and for me it’s been good to be back since it’s been a while," Macartney, an ’04 Olympian, said in statement released by the U.S. Ski Team.

Macartney is staying pretty active off the snow, too. He’s surfing, cooking salmon and might take a European vacation. He says Kitzbuhel, the ski area where

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From the U.S. Ski Team’s media relations staff:

With less than five months to go before he’s back on the slopes of the World Cup circuit, Scott Macartney (Crystal Mountain, WA) is so deep into his summer training, one has to wonder if he has time for much else. According to the man himself, Macartney still has time to fit in some cooking, language critiques, and even a little bit of hockey.

You were in a pretty bad crash at Kitzbuhel last season, what was that like for you as an athlete and how has it been coming

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