JP Parisien Memorial Race
2025 - 33nd Annual JP Race
Dates To be Determined:
Thank you to all who attended our 2024 races!
32nd Annual
JP Parisien Memorial
Sample Schedule
Lost Valley, Auburn, Maine
(Subject to change due to many race factors)
7:30 am Registration Opens
8:45 am Coaches Meeting – Finish Corral
9:00 am Registration Closes
9:05 am Course open for First Run inspection
9:45 am Course closed to inspection.
9:55am First forerunners leave start.
10:00am First Racer Start U Female
Followed by U Males, U Females then U Males.
11:30 am Course closed for re-set.
11:45am Course open for Second Run inspection.
12:30pm Courses closed to inspection.
12:40pm Second Run forerunners leave start.
12:45pm Second Run Start U Female – then U Males,
Then U Females then U Males.
2:30pm Race Results and Awards Ceremony.
Notes:
• Times may be pushed up or delayed
• Both runs will be in bib order.
• Racers who DSQ or DNF in run 1 will get a 2nd run in same order.
The JP Parisien Memorial Race is a slalom ski race held Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn, Maine. The JP competitors include racers from Maine Alpine Racing Association (MARA) clubs, racers who participate in the Maine Junior Ski League and racers from the general public. A stubby slalom course is set using the shorter 70-cm-long (28-inch) Hero gates that will bend easily and always return upright. This allows young and developing racers to to take a closer line, as they “clear” the gates without colliding with the more solid pole used in adult slalom. Hero gates may be cleared with just the racer’s shins. Pole guards for the ski poles and slalom bars for the helmets are not needed. This race is open to anyone who meets the age requirements—you do not need to be a United States Ski Association (USSA) member to enter, making this many young racers’ first event.
The day’s competition consists of two races run on the Big Buck race trail. The times are added together, and the racer with the lowest total time wins. A racer who does not finish the two runs correctly is disqualified. There is a break between the first and second runs. This allows time for the racers to get some food and warm up as well as time for the race crew to reset the course before second run inspection.
Register early and receive a complementary JP Memorial tee shirt at registration. The event ends with participants gathering for an awards ceremony with medals for the top three in each category. In keeping with Race tradition, the winners in U8 are each awarded a small gift, as well as a medal. Finally, the top three names in each category are engraved on a plaque with past champions of the event that is displayed in the lodge for all to see for years to come. It is lots of fun to look back at the past champions or to see your or a family member’s name among the winners from years ago.