Birthday Boy Bash

28th February 2012

No Training

Today it was Harvey's birthday so we did not do any skiing, just school. I gave Harvey  my old leki poles for his birthday. Everyone did school but Harvey did not do any school today, he went skiing with his dad. They were going up the chairlift, after they did the black run and Harvey dropped his new pole, they would have gone and got the pole but you could only reach the pole by boarding. In the afternoon we all went bowling and in the evening Harvey had a birthday party in the cave and dressed up as a big leprechaun!

Harvey really enjoyed his party.

Here is a picture of a leprechaun!

Wonderful Weekend

25th and the 26th February


race weekend 


Saturday


Today we raced at Oberau. It was the championships, my rival Selena was there . It was a pretty simple coarse with a bit of a roller included, it was long and rutted today but it was very easy to ski. I think I did  very well today and there were some good results, there were two separate races the championships was the first one and the  niederau club racers one was the second. In  the championships I came second out of 6 and Charlotte came fifth, in the second race there was only two girls and I came first and Charlotte came second.


Sunday 


Today was another race day, we raced at Tierbach near kufstien a place where I have never skied before. Today was a duel gs(a duel is where there is two coarse's and you race against the other person). One of my rivals(Georgia keys) beat me on the first run, but I beat her on the second run. I do not know for sure the results  of today's race but I think there were 9 girls in my age group and I came 5th .Charlotte I think was in another age group of nine and she came 8th.


Today was a really good day and Tierbach is a nice little village.

Funny Friday guest race

24th February 2012


Friday guest race


Today was a pretty simple day with two of our coaches Ian and Marti. We did two practice runs at tenladen and we had the race. The results from today were I came first and Charlotte came second out of two girls, I won by 7 seconds (but Charlotte did really well too)!Ian and Marti are strong rivals and Ian lost to Marti by a second.  I do not know the results of Harvey's race. 

Today I have not mentioned Max as he is off skiing because of a knee injury. 


In the evening we went to karaoke and I only sang two songs! 

amazing movie night

23rd February


Training in Oberau


Today we did some gs training in oberau. We trained with Marti and Ian today although Ian did some slalom training with Max. My dad and my teacher Mr Collins both came with us today and they skied down the coarse (they did not do very well). Marti and Ian said my skiing was very good today. At the end Marti put all Ian's gear on and tried to ski the slalom coarse, it took him three runs to not ski out of the coarse.

In the evening (after tea) we all had a movie night , we watched a movie that every one liked called stardust. I really enjoyed stardust and I would like to see the movie again.

Tingling Tuesday

21st February


Training


Today we did some training with our dry slope coach Andy. We went all the way across the ski welt and then we stopped for lunch.


We stopped for lunch at the ruberts-alm (they are famous for their delicios plate of 25 ribs and a large beer for £11.50) Harvey and I ate all our ribs but we did not eat our chips.


Here is a photo of some ribs 



Today we skied through Hopfgarten, Sheffau, Westendorf and Elmau. We also did the BMW gs coarse it was the most rutted coarse I've ever skied.


We got home and had tea then I watched a movie with my mum and I then went to bed.


I did not do my blog on Monday because I was ill and I did not go skiing, but I am feeling much better now.

Silly Saturday Ski Guiding

18th February 2012


ski guiding


Today I went ski guiding with my dad at the ski welt. We do lots of trips every season but this is my first one as I has been very busy with my races and race training. We went with some people I know. We started off with 15 . Our first stop was at the twins hut but we got there  to early and they were closed so then we started skiing again. Our next stop was a lovely restaurant on the middle of the hill. Everyone had a hot chocolate(  either with or without rum) a sausage, bacon roll or a chocolate bar. We started to ski again. We went to sheffau and three people left. Then there were 12. We had 2 more runs and went to the rib shack for lunch. I had a whole plate of ribs(but did not eat them all):. We went up a chair lift and five  people were left. Then there were 7 .We went to have our last stop at the witches hut and three people accidently passed us. We ended up with four people(including the guiders).


Today was really fun and I can't wait to go ski guiding again.

Flying Friday free day

17th February


Free Day


Today we had yet another free day ( but we had to do school ). Today we had school in the morning and then we had a free afternoon. In school we first did our blogs (not this one obviously ), then we did some history ( not my strongest subject!) , then we did some maths, one of my favourite and strongest subjects last but not least German. After school, me and my mum and my dad went to Mpries to have lunch. I had a pizza and a Chocolate ice cream for pudding (they were both delicios), my mum had a latte and my dad had a hot chocolate.


We got home and at 6.30 we had dinner, after dinner I jumped in the bath and when I got out the floor was so wet I went flying and luckily I landed on my bed.


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blazing bumps

16th February 2012


Ski cross 


Today we did a ski cross race at Tenladen. I was against my other rival Selena. Today my times were 53 and 55 seconds and hers were 52 and 51 seconds. Today I came second  I was pleased with my result but I could have done better and won the race as I have done before.


In the evening we had a young adults disco in the cave bar, it was really fun and really loud.

15th February 2012 


 Race day number 2


Today was Charlotte's birthday and at breakfast she had a birthday meal. Today Charlotte's bib number was 17, Lucy's was 6, Harvey's was 65 and I was number 2. The result was much better than yesterday I only know my result we think I came forth and the person who came 3rd beat me by 0.07 of a second. We left after the race for the staffler and had a burger king on the way back.

racing with my rivals on valentines day

14^th February 2012

Race day number 1

Today we did our first race in Bormio.  I thought the course was very tight for my long skies. Charlotte’s bib number was 1, Lucy ( one of our ski racers) bib number 36, Harvey’s was 29 and mine was 13. In today’s race charlotte came 15^th, Lucy came 14^th and I came 10^th. I was disappointed with today’s result so I hope to do better tomorrow.   

Tricky Training

13th February 2012


Training in Bormio


Lucy and I went to get the lift passes for the minis (it was a nightmare). We went up the gondeler and Lucy had to show us the way down because the rest of us didn't have a clue! We then met up with Dad and Will at the top of the gondeler by the children's race course. We then went right to the top of the Bormio ski resort and skied down with my dad. We did a couple of runs then had lunch. After lunch we went to watch Max and Morgan race slalom. We then called it a day. On our way down we skied down a famous super-G slope called Chuck. We managed to find our way back to the hotel with a long uphill walk!

Racing for Bormio

12th February 2012


Racing and travelling


Today we did a ski cross at Ebbs but we couldn't find the slope so we missed course inspection by 2 minutes! In the course we went through some tunnels and jumped over a jump! Harvey's bib number was 92, Charlotte's was 63 and mine was 91. In the race I came 8th out of 18 people and my friend/rival on the slopes Georgia Keys beat me by 100th of a second. 


We left Ebbs and went back to the hotel. We had about 15 minutes to get everything ready before we left for Bormio, Italy. It was a long journey!

Lollies lovely lazy day

11th February 2012 


Lazy day 


Today I had a lazy day for the first time this season.  

freezing and ferocious GS

10th February


GS training and Hochtal cup (guest race) with our coach Marti. First we did some GS training on my new skies (I really like my new skies), I improved a lot that day.Then we did the guest race, it was quite an icy coarse. My first run time was 49.74 seconds and my second run time was 50.89 seconds. I came 2nd in the girls all ages and my friend Charlotte came 3rd. 


In the evening I did some karaoke at O'mally's 


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gate whipping GS

8th February 2012


GS training 


Today we did some gate whipping GS training with our coaches, George and Marti. I  was on my new skies  today (they are longer than my dads), my new skies are 165cm long a whopper length. I need to improve on keeping on my edge and making my turn rounder, although  it was very icy today. 


I now can officially pronounce, that I am the girls captain of Elite Snow Sports.


In school we are writing a news paper article for English, doing 2d shapes for maths and rocks and soils in science. 


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 The people in the photo are Marti and George, my two coaches.

cold and crazy slalom

7th January 2012


slalom training


Today we did some slalom training with our coaches, Marti and George. 
It was very cold today especially when we were out of the sun. We used full slalom gates today on the top coarse and stubbies at the bottom, I preferred the top coarse as we could hit the gates. I still need to improve on keeping my upper body straight and letting my legs do the work and letting the gates come to my hand by not reaching my arms out.


Today me and the boys went to O'Malley's and played the nail game ('the nail game' is a game where you have a nail per person and you have to hammer them into a log the first person that gets the nail in to the log wins), I thought the nail game was really fun but Harvey struggled to hit the nail.

slippery slalom

7th February  2012


Today we did some full  gate slalom training at affach. We skied with our coach George today, George thought I did very well today especially when I came over the finish line.
I went in a tuck position and let myself glide over the finish line.
I need to improve on keeping my upper body straight and letting my legs do the work.


I really enjoyed today especially the top coarse.

fear of the jump

3rd January 2012


Today we did some GS with our coach Ian. In our GS coarse there was a jump, I was scared to go off this jump so I skidded before I went off the jump. This GS coarse included rollers as well as jumps.


I didn't like today because of the jump but if we do this again i would like to conquer my fear and go off the jump.

free skiing at affach

6th January 


free skiing


Today we did some free skiing at the amazing  affach. We skied with a group today, I  skied with the girls Jane, Ruby, Yana and Emily.I really enjoyed today especially going off-piste with a snow boarder called Beau.

I can't wait to go to go again.      


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powder day

2^nd February2012

 Powder day

Today we did some school in the morning and some powder skiing in the afternoon. We skied with our other coach Ian, on our first run we cut of a black run and skied down under the chairlift. Second run we went on and off piste and then we went down the Ten Laden run before going home.

I really enjoyed the skiing today, especially going under the chairlift, as I enjoyed knowing people were watching me ski.

I still need to improve on jumping as I turn, I am hoping to master it tomorrow as I am getting better at it each day.