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I knew that I wanted to continue sailing competatively so I attended St. Mary's College of Maryland, which has one of the best college sailing teams in the country. At St. Mary's Alex and I sailed together on the same team-racing team. Team racing is a 3 vs 3 style of racing which requires all 3 members of a team to work together to have a better combined score than the other team. We had sucess sailing together, then when we won the Yale Team Race and tied for 3rd at the Friis trophy, where we were competing against the best college team racers in the country.

One of our favorite activities at college was windsurfing. Alex and I are both avid windsurfers. Windsurfing and 49er sailing have a lot in common. Both are very fast, and require a lot of balance and practice to do effectively. Also the sails themselves are set up very similar, so if you know how to make a windsurfer go fast, you can make a 49er go fast. This windsurfing connection is why Alex and I decided to sail together in the first place.]]> http://c0179261.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/551886_HHRugKb0E5VG09O9jXmH_m.jpg http://www.sailgroove.org/rss/speaker/3623-Val-Smith en-us Sun, 27 May 2012 06:37:50 GMT Sun, 27 May 2012 06:37:50 GMT http://www.sailgroove.org/speaker/1612-Erik-Storck/video/477719-49er-Clearwater-Camp Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:27:48 CDT http://www.sailgroove.org/speaker/1612-Erik-Storck/video/477719-49er-Clearwater-Camp http://www.sailgroove.org/coverage/237560-Kitesurfing-for-Sailors/video/384079-Kite-vs-Moth-vs-49er Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:47:00 CST http://www.sailgroove.org/coverage/237560-Kitesurfing-for-Sailors/video/384079-Kite-vs-Moth-vs-49er http://www.sailgroove.org/coverage/237560-Kitesurfing-for-Sailors/video/375439-Kite-vs-Moth-vs-49er-Trailer Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:10:15 CST http://www.sailgroove.org/coverage/237560-Kitesurfing-for-Sailors/video/375439-Kite-vs-Moth-vs-49er-Trailer http://www.sailgroove.org/speaker/3623-Val-Smith/video/365614-SF-Onboard-Sailing Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:36:00 CST http://www.sailgroove.org/speaker/3623-Val-Smith/video/365614-SF-Onboard-Sailing http://www.sailgroove.org/coverage/234176-Technique-Tuesdays/video/180424-Exploiting-Fetching Tue, 19 May 2009 09:40:00 CDT http://www.sailgroove.org/coverage/234176-Technique-Tuesdays/video/180424-Exploiting-Fetching