tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54610869797927647032024-03-13T04:21:05.845-07:00Jared "Cowboyslider" OrensteinUSA Luge Crowns Youth National ChampionCowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-20305795191371037442009-12-10T21:23:00.000-08:002009-12-10T21:43:18.929-08:00Training at OTC<span style="color: #bf9000;">Jared is training hard at OTC. Finally got snow today and he and his Team mates are having fun sledding in the snow. They are getting to do a lot of night sliding. Have uploaded a new video of this with some of his other Team mates. Jared is the last slider on the video. (4.23min). You can also see it on YouTube under Devo Luge 2009-2010. It a great way to see what they do. Jared will be home in 2 wks. We go to his cousin wedding the next day. He is looking forward to seeing his extended family. Then Xmas and family. Back to OTC and more training. He has 3 to 5 races this year. We will be there to see him on the 1 st set of races. Burrr. Cold...in Feb and March...His nephew will see his first snow then and Jared can not wait to take him sledding. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Thanks for everyone who helps him with his Gold Dream.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"> Happy Holidays and Wonderful New Year. </span>Cowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-63562076656337303602009-11-06T18:26:00.000-08:002009-11-06T18:32:09.980-08:00Vist To Lake PlacidGot to vist Jared and the team at the end of Oct. Was great to see him and meet the others. Scary to watch them slid on that track. These kids are up early and then off to breakfast,starthouse,gym,track,lunch,school,dinner,study hall,bed. Then do it all over again. Lake Plaid is so beautiful. The fall colors and mountains where wonderful. We went to Whiteface one day and then over to the mall in Plattsburgh NY for some shopping. Going back in Feb for his National races. BURRRR it will be cold. We are all going then.<br />Jared will be home in 2wks for Thanksgiving break.<br />More pic's later<br />Thanks everyone for all your support.<br />Love<br />KymCowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-41958537032654937742009-11-06T18:23:00.000-08:002009-11-06T18:25:34.609-08:00Training at the Olympic Sports Center<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5449794e7a49354e54513d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook: Training Oct.2009" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5449794e7a49354e54513d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/scrapbooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox scrapbook</a></td></tr></table>Cowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-32829831701882529062009-09-20T16:48:00.000-07:002009-09-20T17:14:14.612-07:00Mountain DayJared went hiking today on 'Nippletop Mountain". No I am not making up the name, it is real. He gets to back on Thursday with the school & the other students. They call it Mountain Day.<br />We were on the Web cam with Jared yesterday. It was so good to see his smile.Braxton (his nephew) was so excited to see his uncle. He kept hugging the laptop and trying to kiss it. He talked to him for a hour. Jared wants me to bring him with me in Oct.<br />Saw his room,does it need to be cleaned! Glad I can not smell it. Those boys are messy.<br />Will hope it's better by the time I get there.<br />Later<br />KymCowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-91863309542060042882009-09-10T16:18:00.000-07:002009-09-10T16:25:52.438-07:00Jared got a new pod today. This is the sled that he uses to slide down the track. <br />Say's that he will get better times with this one. <br />It getting cold up there at night.<br />Big change from Austin. Added some new pic's from the ice house. Kinda of hard to see since they are from the WebCam.<br />Will update more later.<br />KymCowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-69870070953596500132009-09-08T18:21:00.000-07:002009-09-08T18:40:39.639-07:00Jared made it to OTC. Today was his 1st day of highschool. He likes his teachers. Taking French and says that he has a test on Monday.School is from 1.00pm to 9.00pm.<br />His boxes did not arrive until today so he did not have his helmet,shoes,gloves..So he did a pulled a start in his cowboy boots. Luckly they showed up this afternoon,so he will be good.Cowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-82765213308749209062009-08-18T17:11:00.000-07:002009-08-18T17:12:13.375-07:00LUGE DREAM START<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5441354d7a41334e6a513d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: START OF MY LUGE DREAM" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5441354d7a41334e6a513d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table>Cowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-49573137318190425602009-08-06T20:48:00.000-07:002009-08-06T21:01:27.629-07:00I AM BACKhay everyone this is Jared. I just got back today. I had to wake up at 2:00 and had a 2 hour drive to the airport and had to wait for 6 hours :p. And didn't have anything to eat. Then once i got on my plain i had a 45 min flight to Network new jersey and had to wait for another 2 hours and i still hadn't ate any food. Then i had a 4 hour flight to AUSTIN TEXAS were i met up with my mom and gave her a hug and and grabbed my suit case and went home and ate almost all the lasagna she made. when i was done i saw my sisters boyfriend who had just got out of the marines for the first time in over a month. Then i just lay ed back and relaxed and that was my first day back.Cowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-40337948991253906222009-07-27T19:46:00.000-07:002009-07-27T20:17:20.995-07:00Gone againHi it me Kym<br />Jared is off again to OTC. He has been home for almost 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">wks</span>. He hung out with his buddies.<br />Also went to his first wedding that he can really remember. (His other mother) Kelly was married this weekend to Rudy. This is his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BFE</span>(best friend ever) mom. Daniel and Jared looked so great.<br />They are still just teenage boys running around in Texas,, Kelly had to find them in a corn field playing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">soliders</span>..Do not ask me Why..or What...They play rough...<br />He said Kelly looked so pretty. His smile made up for all the problems Daniel and he put Kelly & Rudy though when he said it.. For me anyway..Kelly may have a different view.<br />We were up at 3.30am to get him to the airport by4.30 to catch his flight..<br />This make for a long day for Jared. Since he was up talking to some of his team mates until after 12.00 that I know off, I went to bed.<br />I could not get a pass to walk him to the gate, due to the line.<br />It is hard to watch him leave, since he is still my little boy.<br />But watching him in line to get pass <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">security</span>, I was struck how I could see him because he is as tall or taller them most in line. It is hard to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">believe</span> that he is only 14yrs old.(I wonder will he be as tall as my father??) 6'6, He has his feet..he is a size 13.<br />I can not even begin to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">image</span> where his dreams will take him. Or will he will take us (family, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">believe</span> me,there a bunch of us.) as we watch him grow.<br /><br />Slide Cowboy Slide..Own that Ride.<br /><br />KymCowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-60364941736105934102009-07-13T16:53:00.000-07:002009-07-13T17:09:47.006-07:00(Kym)<br />What a great day for Jared.<br />Opened the Austin American Statesmen and there he was on the front page.<br />Thanks John Mayher and Jay for the article.<br />Jared was grinning from ear to ear when he saw it after waking up this morning.<br /><br />He came home last night after being up since 3.00am to leave OTC to get down the mountain to the airport. Flight was delayed, so he sat in the airport for 6 hrs. Bored and tired..but he made it home. Order his return dinner, on Friday, before he left. Had to have smoked brisket,bbq beans,mashed potatoes, (real.not powered) gravy & texas toast. This kid can eat.! He was up with his sisters, watching movies, eating, catching up. He is excited about being home, but really looking forward to going back in late July. Of course he has left to hang out with his buddy Daniel today. So I got him for 1 day a least.<br />He seems to grow another inch everytime he leaves.<br />Wonder how much he is going to change in the fall for months at a time.<br />Thank goodness for WebCams. At least I will see him every week.<br />Bye for now.<br />KymCowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-88613523426345406062009-07-11T16:41:00.000-07:002009-07-11T16:47:48.963-07:00Living at OTCHey Everyone.<br />I just found out that I am going to be able to live and train year round at OTC. I will go to National Sports Academy. (NSA). for school.<br />Flying back home to Austin on Sunday. Mom says it is hot.<br />I have to leave here at 3.00am. Man that sucks.<br />Will write about everything that has happened.<br />Later Dude,<br />Jared.<br />"Semper Fi"Cowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461086979792764703.post-70538198428664294532009-07-03T12:30:00.000-07:002009-07-12T08:17:59.064-07:00Hello All<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5o6W87LaqCA/SlbBrNdzBuI/AAAAAAAAABc/Yu_Mslxxet4/s1600-h/IMG_0218.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356681754896959202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5o6W87LaqCA/SlbBrNdzBuI/AAAAAAAAABc/Yu_Mslxxet4/s320/IMG_0218.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hello. My name is Jared and this blog is about how I went from the heat in TEXAS to the ICE at <em>OTC.</em> (?) Read on to see what this means..</div><br /><div><br />I have never done any blogging, so any ideas, or tips is always welcome.<br />My Mom (Kym) will be helping me on this and will take all the blame if I get something wrong...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>(Mom)<br />Jared is a member of the USA Olympic Luge Team Jr. Development Team.<br />He got started on this course by chance and his love for a new challenge.<br /><br />We are from Texas, were this is not much ice or snow for long around here.. Luge is not something kids here in Texas know a lot about. (Football..yes..Luge?)<br /><br />I showed him a site about the USA Luge Slider Search in Lake Worth TX in the summer of 2007. </div><div>That was being sponsered by my company Uhaul.</div><div><br />He said that it looked like it would be fun and he was willing, if I would drive him to DFW to try out. We thought it would be a fun day trip for us and a fun experience for Jared to try something so new to him, he wanted to test his skills. He loves new challanges.<br /><br />Arriving, Jared saw a huge hill with a large ramp on the top of the hill.<br />Standing with him and looking down that steep hill, with orange cones down the middle, I had second and third thoughts about this.<br /><br />He did too.<br /><br />I told him that if he did not want to do this, we could leave and go find something else to do in the area. Jared almost changed his mind, but said <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">"Mom, I can do this!" </span><br /><br />About that time a member of the Luge Team pulled a start (more on what this means later) and FLEW down that ramp onto the road. We watched as he laid flat on the sled, and without showing any effort, slide with such control and grace between those cones. I was in AWE!<br /><br />I remember thinking <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">'OK. This is going to be more than Jared can do</span>.' Skateboarding he is great at, but this is a whole different level of skills.<br /><br />Jared eyes were on every move that the<em> slider</em> was making and turned to me and said.<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">"Oh. I want to do that”.</span> I ask him if he was really sure about this. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">“Mom, its closer to the ground then my skateboard, and no steeper than Yupon</span>." (A big hill where we live that he has skated down)<br /><br />He took off to the sign up tent and got in line to try out.<br /><br />The Luge Team took each kid and showed them how the sled worked. How to control it with your ankles and how to mold your body while they slide. They had them practice on the level ground, then took them ¾ of the way down the hill and lined them up.<br />Down they went, it was interesting. After 2 try’s each, up the ½ halfway mark they went. Again down they went with the coaches making sure that no one went to far off the road and telling each kid what they need to do to stay straight.<br />Then almost to the top they went. Down the came. (Gravity more than control) but speed was picking up and hearts were beating a little faster on the sidelines.<br />These kids where sliding down the hill and then picking up a very heavy sled and walking it back up to the top. (its Hot here)<br /><br />Next up.. The ramp. After showing all the kids how to use the start ramp and understand how the sled would react. ...These kids were at it again, to the top of the hill they went. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">WOW,</span> what a difference a start can make.<br /><br />A few kids had to be chased by the coaches to stop from going into the ditch, but over all, they did well.<br /><br />Next came the physical that each one had to do. (About 100 F. here and NO shade.)<br /><br />After everything was said and done the coaches told all the kids how well they had done and that this was the last stop for the Slider Search that year. It was explained to them that they we would be informed if they made it to the next round. Only a few kids would be selected and not to be discouraged, that most had to try several times to make it the training camp.<br /><br />So we waited, School started, Football season was in full swing and still we had not heard a word.<br /><br />In November we received a letter stating that more than 700 children ages 11-14 tried out and approximately 80 were chosen to participate in a training camp in Lake Placid, N.Y.<br /><br />Jared was one of those selected. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">New York here Jared comes.</span><br /><br />In April he flew for the 1st time by himself to Albany NY and the screening camp began.<br />This is where the kids showed their skills and ability on a real Luge track.<br /><br />Jared also got to try Skelton & Bobsled while he was in New York. He really enjoyed his time and was so excited that I couldnt even get him to pick up the phone and call me, but twice!<br />He flew home after 10 days and again was told that only a few, if any would be chosen.<br />Now the wait was going to be harder and feel much longer. He had found a sport he enjoyed and was just as good at as Football.<br /><br />In May he received another letter.<br /><br />Stating that Jared had performed well again, which led to him becoming one of just eight chosen to join the Junior Development Team<br /><br />Next up. Summer 2008 at OTC (Olympic Training Center) and how you cannot swim in June on a mountain lake if you are from TEXAS. ..Burr!</div>Cowboysliderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475733935097124380noreply@blogger.com0