A little something new!

Having spent the last week freesking big stuff in Chamonix, I am wiped! So instead of typing, heres a little something new!

veldig bra!!!

Todays results don't scream awesome, but it was really really good, solid skiing for me, minimal mistakes and some top split times, make me a really happy skier, plus 10th in the final world cup of the season isn't too shabby either!  13th overall for the season, 12th in the classic, 13th in the sprint, and 17th ish in the parallel with only two starts makes me a very happy man, big improvements in all of my skiing this year!  Way better in the gates first...making jump lines, and landings...as well as much better skating and endurance we all huge factors in the season.  My offseason training with Angela Figallo was pretty clutch in making that possible...ANGELA YOUR A BOSS!!  I can't wait to get back at it!

From españa this is C. Snyder checking out!

ikke bra...

Today was not my best skiing, pretty good, but not the best.  Today was a broken day, in the first run of junior parallel, I broke a pole on the third gate, raising my season total of broken poles to five poles...leaving me with one pole...oops.   I managed to make up some time in the second run, but not nearly enough, so race number one, down the drain.   In the afternoon I had two pretty decent runs, but with two penalties in the first run, I was pretty much out of contention right off the bat, but thats ski racing so I am looking forward to tomorrow mornings sprint classic, bib 17!  Our coach Ty has the first run course set so hopefully I can take advantage of some familiar setting!

Let em rip

The Classic!

A wild day here in Espot!  The course here was pretty long, with an especially challenging skate section.  The middle was SUPER STEEP, like really really steep.  I did a pretty good job staying ahead of the course and lost a minimal amount of time in the skate to finish with a nice little 10th place.  Not my best classic result, but still a good one.  I am happy with how I skied, especially after looking at the GS split times, top 5 ski time so super happy with that.  Unfortunately, 10th in a world cup is only good enough for 4th in the junior world champs category...but in the afternoon parallel qualification, I was fast enough to qualify for both the junior and senior races, 6th and 13th respectively.  So tomorrow could be a really really really long day!  Im looking forward to racing some parallel!  Should be a ripping time!

Gonna go SHRED!!

ESPANNNAA

 I think that Spain is without a doubt my favorite race series of the year.  Although the 12 hour drive from Chamonix to Espot is quite a tough one.  I drove with Jack Harvard Taylor and Jasmin Taylor of the British team, quite the ride.  I drove for about two hours, IN A RIGHT HAND DRIVE CAR!! So strange, changing lanes and lane positioning in general was just really strange.

But now that I am here, is 60 or 70 degrees outside, sunny, and beautiful.  The skiing is interesting, but it is still fun.  We have been tuning our ski's outside shirtless, playing soccer in the street, I love it here...its so relaxed, the race hill is so nice, and its in generally amazing.

Tomorrow is the Classic, I'll be getting after it!!!

CHAMONIX!

We have been in and out of good internet and the last three days have been crazy, but We are all happy mostly after the three races here in france.  We have had unreal weather here, warm and sunny everyday, but the racing has not been quite so good.  Madi and I both struggled a bit in the classic, 13th, and 16th respectively.  Mediocre skiing, and good skating, on a perfect course. Sad day though as Shane our north of the border friend went down with a reoccurring ankle injury.  Hopefully a speedy recovery for him.  Last night was the night sprint here in Chamonix.  Madi skied well, but had some trouble with the slippery snow conditions.  I was really slow in the first run, 20th, but some good strategy and SUPER HIGH intensity in the second run bumped me up to 12th.  Today we raced a sprint just across the mountains at Les Contamines, where madi shredded her way to 7th on an absolutely banner day, I on the other hand, had some trouble finding speed and wound up in 17th...such is life! Tomorrow we travel to spain to meet the rest of the US team!!



I am making a few changes in my boot to give me a more aggressive stance, I played around with some things in the second run to see what felt good, and I really liked it, so lets see what I can do!

Le Vallée Blanche!

Today was without a doubt one of the most spectacular days of skiing that I have ever had in my life.  Jack Harvard Taylor of the British team and a Chamonix local took Madi, Roy, and Myself, as well as two of his friends, both former top British Alpine Team members, out on the spectacular slopes of Mt. Blanc and the Aguille de Midi...more to come on this later, but this place is without a doubt one of the most spectacular places on earth.  I have some amazing photos of the day, and honestly I am a bit speechless!  Tomorrow is a tough tough classic across the valley at Les Houches, I start bib 8!  Attach from the front!

Chamonix!

After some very very very stressful situations at the Denver airport, I made it to Chamonix via the Geneva  airport! I had a very nice dinner in the Montreaux Jazz Café in the Geneva airport.  Serenaded by the likes of B.B. King and Ray Charles!  I then shuttled my way over to Jack Harvard Taylor's chalet in Chamonix!  A stunning drive, and a stunning place to be!  Today was a stunning day here and we had a good day of training up on the hill!  We trained with some of the french team along with the local british folks!  Tomorrow a day off with a quick ski down the Vallee Blanch!