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Paul Simister of Massachusetts prepares for an ice cross training run Thursday at Lost Valley in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Close to 100 skaters will compete Saturday in races consisting of four athletes skating down the ski area on a course made from ice. Time trials are Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. Racing starts at 11 a.m. Saturday with a junior race. Adult racing starts at noon. There is no fee for spectators.

Joe Perryman of Lewiston skates through a turn Thursday during training for the ATSX Ice Cross World Championship series race at Lost Valley in Auburn. This weekend’s race will be Perryman’s first ice cross competition. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Athletes on skates start the course Thursday during training for the ATSX Ice Cross World Championship series race at Lost Valley in Auburn.  Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Steve Ross of Alberta, Canada flies down the course Thursday during training for the ATSX Ice Cross World Championship series race at Lost Valley in Auburn. “Pretty quick and a lot of fun,” he said of the course that makes its way down the Squirrel Run ski trail. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
David Pereira of Quebec flies down the course Thursday during training for the ATSX Ice Cross World Championship series race at Lost Valley in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Athletes start the course Thursday during training for the ATSX Ice Cross World Championship series race at Lost Valley in Auburn. Close to 100 will compete Saturday in groups of four racing down the ski area on a course made from ice. Time trials are Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. Racing starts at 11 a.m. Saturday with a junior race. Adult racing starts at noon. There is no fee for spectators. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Ice cross athletes from Canada, France, Germany, South Africa, Latvia and other countries will compete Saturday during the ATSX Ice Cross World Championship series race at Lost Valley in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Justine Zonne traveled from Latvia to compete during Saturday’s ATSX Ice Cross World Championship series race at Lost Valley in Auburn. Zonne, 21, is fifth in the ATSX world rankings. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Ice cross racers take off their gear Thursday following training runs at Lost Valley in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Athletes skate through the course Thursday during training for the ATSX Ice Cross World Championship series race at Lost Valley in Auburn. Close to 100 will compete Saturday in groups of four racing down the ski area on a course made from ice. Time trials are Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. Racing starts at 11 a.m. Saturday with a junior race. Adult racing starts at noon. There is no fee for spectators. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...

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