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 moreLast Day Of Winter Season 2013
Skiing steeps is always challenging. Practice is the only way to avoid anxiety but technique is the only way to[…]
Read moreGoing Homer
Horrible snow on top of irregular ice on steeps – with a headache – not ideal! At least that’s Gareth’s[…]
Read moreMore Sandstorms
Overnight the sand blowing over from the Sahara turned into a real sandstorm – but when it cleared up that[…]
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