“As skiers you want a fair race, and I don't know if that's really the case at this point.” "Conditions have changed a lot, so I think it's a very different race now with changing wind and light,” he said, as a few more racers came down. As clouds rolled in, even Cochran-Siegle suspected the race might be cancelled. “I feel lucky to have been able to have had the opportunity.”Īs soon as the race started, American fans were treated to more excitement: the fifth racer down the course, Ryan Cochran-Siegle from Vermont, skied into third place, and stayed there-even after Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Swiss Marco Odermat, the two best speed skiers in the world, took their runs.īut it was not to be. “It was an incredible experience,” she said after her run. Her coaches at the Club had asked her two weeks earlier if she wanted to ski the course before the race, and she answered with an enthusiastic, “Hell yeah!” And in keeping with a community-focused theme that permeated the entire weekend-there were racers signing posters for young fans around every corner-one of those forerunners was Cheyenne Brown, who trains with the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club. But before the speedsters took the course, the forerunners gave the downhill track a test. Mill regularly uses his social platforms to raise awareness of BTT’s mission within the angling community by demonstrating his dedication to conservation in the flats fisheries.And with that, it was time to race. The Curt Gowdy Memorial Media Award is presented annually to those who advance saltwater conservation through writing, entertainment, and social outreach. We are proud to have him as a Hardy Ambassador and are excited that he is being recognized with such a prestigious award.” says Jim Murphy, Director of Fly Fishing for Hardy. He is not only an excellent angler but also a passionate speaker who engages his audience and encourages them through his actions to get involved and make a difference. He is an avid conservationist who loves to fish and protect the species he loves. “Andy is the epitome of what a saltwater tournament angler should be. Mill will be honored at the Florida Keys History & Discovery Center in Islamorada, Florida on October 6th, 2022. A pillar in the fly-fishing community, Mill has served on the board of the National Atlantic Salmon Fishing Federation and is an honorary Trustee of the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. Through his love of tarpon fishing, he became an avid conservationist for tarpon and spends much of his time teaching tarpon fishing seminars and emceeing International Game Fish Association events. He is the only angler to win a tarpon, bonefish, and permit tournament on the fly. Mill is a tournament angler and has won more invitational fly tarpon tournaments than anyone including five Gold Cup Tarpon Tournaments and Trip Crown victories in the Gold Cup, Don Hawley, and Golden Fly. Mill is also the author of the award-winning book, A Passion for Tarpon, which is widely considered the most concise and complete book about tarpon angling and conservation of the species ever written. The former Olympic skier retired from skiing in 1981 and moved on to host the acclaimed series Sportsman’s Journal with Andy Mill before curating the Mill Podcast alongside his son, Nicky. Mill will be presented with the Curt Gowdy Memorial Media Award. “Hardy Fly Fishing Ambassador Andy Mill will be inducted into the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust Hall of Fame.
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