On meeting Leen this morning she was clearly suffering from painful calf muscles – so the day began with a[…]
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Leen Day 1–Beginner intro –to parallel skiing
Leen has had one previous experience on skis when at age 12 she was told to snowplough and left to[…]
Read moreAlistair Day 2 Into The Unknown!
Today’s session started off innocuously enough with a simple brief warm up run. My intention was to just do a[…]
Read moreAlistair Day 1 Time Loop
Alistair’s return to Val d’isère after an absence of err… 19 years… feels a bit weird, because not only has[…]
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Not quite Heliskiing here – the helicopter just happened to pass when the filming started. The snow was layered and[…]
Read moreBilly Kelly 2015 Alpine Tour!
Billy’s first day skiing for 5 years marking his long awaited return to Val d’Isère. This of course called for[…]
Read moreFinn Day 5
Finn appeared to be on better form today – his last day with me on the mountain. Our first run[…]
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Finn was following in the footsteps of his granduncle Andrea who is here this week. Andrea was the same age[…]
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Today Finn broke free from the nursery slopes and started to get some serious mileage under his belt. We warmed[…]
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Persistence with the ski hire shop eventually rewarded us with properly waxed skis for Finn. Thomas also decided it was[…]
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