The intention was to begin the day working on pivoting because I felt that it might be too soon for[…]
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Brian Day 3
Warm Up Despite all of the pain yesterday Brian’s leg was no worse. The test today would be to[…]
Read moreBrian Day 2
Despite stretching and major changes to the ski boots it seemed that the damage was already done to the muscle[…]
Read moreBrian Day 1
Today was Brian’s first day on skis since March so we started off with a couple of runs just to[…]
Read moreTignes / Val d’Isère in high winds
High winds at altitude caused the snow practically everywhere to become wind packed and challenging to ski. There was still[…]
Read moreNew Ice Age – one excellent reason to increase your carbon footprint! (Get carbon skis!)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ski season start with such a complete covering of snow – both on[…]
Read moreTignes – First Day of a New Season
First of all I almost left home without my ski boots and helmet. This is typical of the first day[…]
Read moreRunning against Entropy
Entropy is the single most defining feature of the universe so it’s utterly unavoidable. The best description I’ve heard is[…]
Read more9th Semnoz Hill Climb (2013)
Thunder and lightning were forecast for the race morning but in reality it was was probably raining far too heavily[…]
Read moreBarefoot Pain Elimination
The minimalist shoes allow the feet to feel the ground and we simply aren’t used to that. We don’t really[…]
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