During the warm up run I skied behind Eve and Connie to watch them carefully for a while. Connie was[…]
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Connie, Eve – Wind Tunnel Day
Arriving in Tignes at 8am the blue morning sky held a moon that was surrounded by a unique halo. Somehow[…]
Read moreConnie, Eve Day 1
During our warm up I watched both Connie and Eve and was really pleased by their skiing in general. They[…]
Read moreBrian Day 4
The intention was to begin the day working on pivoting because I felt that it might be too soon for[…]
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Warm Up Despite all of the pain yesterday Brian’s leg was no worse. The test today would be to[…]
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Despite stretching and major changes to the ski boots it seemed that the damage was already done to the muscle[…]
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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[…]
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