With jumping gear, you need a lot more balance, a lot of coordination.

Usually that little kicker in the flats we have them go down, that's the starting point. That's to kind of get them mentally prepared to go through the motions of keeping the skis underneath them, getting into that in-run position, that crouch position.

That's basically the distance jumpers strive for.

It's not easy to lose, but I'm proud of the boys. We know we've got to keep playing hard and getting better if we want to keep playing basketball.

It really depends on the talent and determination of the athlete. If you have someone who starts and 8 or 7 years old, you could see someone ski the K-90 within four years.

We pretty much have an open invitation to any athlete that would like to try it, free of charge.

We didn't really do anything different; they didn't really do anything different. Shots just wouldn't fall. We turned the ball over a little bit and we let them get to the offensive glass.

We just turned the ball over too many times, especially in the fourth quarter. We played really well in the second and third quarters, but in the fourth quarter they started making their perimeter shots and we couldn't score.

There's a lot of excitement of going fast and going straight down an in-run. Once you push off that bar you're committed to a flight.