Top of Vail

December 3, 2011 at 2:46 pm

The Bird of Prey downhill start Exciting Talon turn.  During course inspection I’m standing on the Golden Eagle jump, the section below is called the Abyss and has a big compression. Finals words from Lake Louise This year was my first time racing the Lake Louise WC downhill in Canada.  Always a pleasure to compete

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The World Cup season has officially started.

November 29, 2011 at 3:12 pm

Kind of a cool shot.  This was heading to the hill for the first training run of the Lake Louise DH. Just putting my tips out of the start gate.  40 cm of fresh snow made it hard for the course workers.

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A day in the life of a skier racer

November 16, 2011 at 3:51 pm

This is a little look into what we are up to in Colorado.  It’s the last training camp of the year, racing is just around the corner!  We are fine tuning equipment and finding ways to create more speed.

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It’s that time again.

November 8, 2011 at 3:36 pm

Just packing up for a 6.30 am flight to Colorado, nothing new in the life of a skier. Racing season is no longer months away but days.  The Men’s team is heading to Copper Mountain in Colorado to prepare.  I won’t be home for some time so I’ll take a few extra hours to pack

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Hintertux Austria

November 3, 2011 at 9:38 am

It took some time to get organized but I have some new pictures from our last snow camp in Hintertux.  Days were lost due to weather but that seems to be the trend this time of year in Europe.  The snow needs to come eventually.  Enjoy.. I felt like a new person with all the

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Innsbruck

October 24, 2011 at 8:42 am

For the day off we decided to hit up Innsbruck.  Very cool city surrounded by mountains.   It was the perfect way to mentally disconnect from the daily training.

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The Buhel Video starting 55

January 28, 2011 at 5:28 am

THE STRIEF For those of you who have skied this run, they can relate to my experience.  Something about Kitzbuhel just makes you happy when you cross the finish line, I can’t seem to pinpoint it…Enjoy!

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Kitzbuhel

January 26, 2011 at 2:50 am

How does one get to the finish line from here?

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Back to Wengen

January 26, 2011 at 2:36 am

It had been two months since I had trained downhill, but Wengen was around the corner.  One of the few tracks that I actually have experience running.  The training runs provided me with ample confidence for a strong race.  After the Downhill portion I was disappointed by not finishing among the top 30, I settled

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Avoiding Frostbite!

November 26, 2010 at 7:53 pm

Biggs and I spent a few days at Norquay preparing ourselves for the upcoming race series in the U.S.  At -34, we made the most of the time we had!

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