The Good the Bad The Ugly...

Some days just seem to be better right from the start, and some days just seem destined to be terrible.  Lately there have been plenty of both!  For example, the last two days have been polar opposite as fat as skiing is concerned.  Thursday was awesome,  I was fast I was clean, and every run felt the same as the last, really really fast.  Then yesterday I was skiing out of the course, making huge mistakes, every run was different.   Thankfully we reset the course, and I was able to string together three of four really solid runs.  Today is our first race simulation of the year, so hopefully I can put two and two together and find some fast skiing.  To break in the new year, the winter sports club is traveling off too Whitefish, Montana for our first races of the year this upcoming weekend.  This should serve as a pretty decent test for me of where my speed is at!  Hopefully I can lay down a few solid runs and come out on top!

In the meantime check out this sweet video by Charlie Dresen, filmed using a GoPro hero camera!

Steamboat!!

I was so stoked to go out to steamboat, do some training on some real nice snow....then I got here.  Theres really not any snow on the ground, and most of the snow on the hill is manmade, but the do have a lot of it made.   We trained today on the big hill for a few hours, it was awful flat, but it was good to get on my new boards and feel the pop on new skis!  I also found out that when we are in Kvitfjell racing, we will be racing on the same hill we trained on for a month last year.  It has some really good steep sections and a a really long flat, so I guess its good to get some flat training in.  On a brighter note, its SNOWING!!