Our first session started off with a warm up run so that those who hadn’t skied for a year could[…]
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Derin–Astrophysical Skiing
It turns out that Derin and I actually have something in common other than being on skis in Tignes/Val d’Isere.[…]
Read moreBritish Schoolboys Races – Wengen
Congratulations to Alex (age 12) for winning gold in the Under 14 combined slalom, giant slalom non FIS category –[…]
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Final day for Derin but unfortunately the afternoon brought bad weather. The slalom training was not available and the snowfall[…]
Read moreDemet 3
Today we began the session by using a real wall and moving the body against it. Standing side on to[…]
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Demet is at a fragile stage in her skiing development and it requires lots of patience. There are two important[…]
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Keeping in mind that Derin is small and could get cold easily in the high winds with no sunshine we[…]
Read moreKerim, Alp, Lal, Iram day 5
Today it was windy and humid, which means “cold”! It is important to continually be active when outside in weather[…]
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Slalom Following our warm up run Derin was taken straight to the slalom course and introduced to slalom for the[…]
Read moreKerim, Alp, Lal day 4
Perpendicularity During our warm up run I decided to try to help both Alp and Lal get off the backs[…]
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