近距离内射合集

 Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that two shovel racers in the 1997 Winter X Games suffered serious injuries as a result of crashes that year.

ANGEL FIRE 鈥� As another ski season winds to a close at one of northern New Mexico鈥檚 most popular winter resorts, another set of champions has been crowned the kings and queens of what might be one of the world鈥檚 most curious snowsports: shovel racing.

More than 100 participants turned out for Angel Fire鈥檚 Championship Shovel Races this weekend, with finalists flying down the hill in speed suits atop shimmering aluminum shovels Saturday, reaching speeds of 60 mph or higher.

This year saw two returning champions on the women鈥檚 podium as sisters Nadia and Paloma Gonzales claimed the first- and second-place trophies in their category, respectively.

Nadia Gonzales, whose family is from the high-altitude Moreno Valley where the village of Angel Fire sits, set the fastest time of the day in either the men鈥檚 or women鈥檚 competitions, crossing the finish line at the end of the straight-line course in 16.99 seconds.

Noelle Comtois, another Angel Fire native, came in third with a time of 18.79.

鈥淚鈥檝e been racing since I was a little scoop,鈥� she said as she celebrated at the finish line on Saturday. 鈥淚 love it out here. I love how dedicated everyone is. I just placed third. I can鈥檛 wait for tonight at the awards ceremony.鈥�

Rob Tibljas topped the men鈥檚 podium in the finals with a time of 17.00, just a hair under Nadia Gonzales' record-setting time on the day. Gavin Millette and Boots Heffner came in second and third, respectively, logging times of 17.25 and 18.12.

Onlookers who gathered in the sunshine on the unseasonably warm, 60-degree day alternated between gasps and cheers as the racers zoomed across the finish line 鈥� or didn鈥檛, sometimes spinning like tops as they lost control of their shovels and sent slush flying.

鈥淚t's been around since the 鈥�70s in different formats,鈥� Angel Fire Marketing Director Wolfe Ashcraft said of the event. 鈥淚t started out with the lift operators riding their shovels down at the end of their shift. It turned into a competition in the 鈥�80s and 鈥�90s, with modified shovels that would go like 75 miles per hour. We took a bit of a hiatus and then brought it back with regular shovels.鈥�

Angel Fire Resort, which claims to have invented the sport, reinstated the annual event last year after a five-year hiatus, partly due to the dangers it poses to contestants.

, but was removed from future competitions after two racers suffered serious injuries, according to John Strader, one of the competitors who crashed at the event.

"Two of my team had terrible crashes, and one was the Gold Medal winner," Strader said. "My crash was the worst, and I had many injuries but none were life threatening."

But Ashcraft said shovel racing is also unique, given its accessibility. He said it was important to restore the annual competition as part of the resort's identity.

鈥淚t鈥檚 part of our history and to be able to do something unique like this that鈥檚 just us is really fun,鈥� he said.

John Miller is the 近距离内射合集鈥檚 northern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at jmiller@abqjournal.com.