Once the snow came in NZ, I basically skied a lot. This took up most of the day because I had to go back and forth from Hawea to the SnowFarm. I’d be up at 7, drive in to Wanaka or the base of the SnowFarm road, and then hitch up the hill. Often I [...]
Here are more pictures from our BKL camp. They are a bit out of order, but you can get the idea of what is going on.These first 5 are from our post-lunch talks. We once again split the groups based on age and each group rotated through 3 stations.Poppe...
Team "P^3" The "Possums". "2012" Team "Italy" The "Giggling G's". The "Pickles", attempting to look serious. ooooops... There we go... team "World Cup". The camp "drill". Gotta score before breakfast. ahhhhh.. Breakfast time. Does he do this at home too?
I use the term ‘Junior’ fairly loosely here. Mainly I’m referring to folks who are young enough to be at the very start of their (hopefully long) career. I basically just grabbed the names of the skiers with some of the best FIS points results last season who are no older than ~23 (although that’s [...] Related posts:
Yesterday I mentioned the "Ski Like Landgraf" tassel hats that we're doing to generate some money for Landgraf's "Ski Strong" foundation. However, that's just one of the things we have planned in order to celebrate David's legacy. Back in December of 2010, I interviewed David about his experience in the first Birkie. It seemed to me that this was a story that needed to be recorded and
Yesterday I mentioned the "Ski Like Landgraf" tassel hats that we're doing to generate some money for Landgraf's "Ski Strong" foundation. However, that's just one of the things we have planned in order to celebrate David's legacy. Back in December of 2010, I interviewed David about his experience in the first Birkie. It seemed to me that this was a story that needed to be recorded and
Yesterday I mentioned the "Ski Like Landgraf" tassel hats that we're doing to generate some money for Landgraf's "Ski Strong" foundation. However, that's just one of the things we have planned in order to celebrate David's legacy. Back in December of 2010, I interviewed David about his experience in the first Birkie. It seemed to me that this was a story that needed to be recorded and
On my way home from Alaska, I made a stop in Seattle for some family time. In the past couple years it has been hard to get our whole family together at the same time so we wanted to make sure it happened this summer. Eben and Elsa both live in Seattle , it was [...]
Here are a few more pictures of todays activities. Click on any picture to enlarge it.
Our BKL Camp had a busy first day with check in, meetings, technique drills, ski walking and bounding, dinner, various name games and other games and then three short talks on Nutrition, Opportunities for BKL skiers and Training.Now everyone is in bed....
Gavin was an automatic qualifier to the camp by competing at Junior Nationals and finishing the week being ranked in the top 20 in the country. Opportunities such as qualification to the USST J2 camp is yet another reason competing at Junior National...
Gavin was an automatic qualifier to the camp by competing at Junior Nationals and finishing the week being ranked in the top 20 in the country. Opportunities such as qualification to the USST J2 camp is yet another reason competing at Junior National...
Gavin was an automatic qualifier to the camp by competing at Junior Nationals and finishing the week being ranked in the top 20 in the country. Opportunities such as qualification to the USST J2 camp is yet another reason competing at Junior National...
Gavin was an automatic qualifier to the camp by competing at Junior Nationals and finishing the week being ranked in the top 20 in the country. Opportunities such as qualification to the USST J2 camp is yet another reason competing at Junior National...
Gavin was an automatic qualifier to the camp by competing at Junior Nationals and finishing the week being ranked in the top 20 in the country. Opportunities such as qualification to the USST J2 camp is yet another reason competing at Junior National...
Alaska Adventures soon to come... Photo Credit: Zachary Hall It's hard to believe that August is already here and the "travel" season is beginning for me. I'm heading out to Europe for a three week A-team camp in Ruhpolding and Oberhof, Germany. It...
Alaska Adventures soon to come... Photo Credit: Zachary Hall It's hard to believe that August is already here and the "travel" season is beginning for me. I'm heading out to Europe for a three week A-team camp in Ruhpolding and Oberhof, Germany. It...
Alaska Adventures soon to come... Photo Credit: Zachary Hall It's hard to believe that August is already here and the "travel" season is beginning for me. I'm heading out to Europe for a three week A-team camp in Ruhpolding and Oberhof, Germany. It...
Alaska Adventures soon to come... Photo Credit: Zachary Hall It's hard to believe that August is already here and the "travel" season is beginning for me. I'm heading out to Europe for a three week A-team camp in Ruhpolding and Oberhof, Germany. It...
While we have been basking in the sun, the USST men's squad has been training in New Zealand. Yesterday they had a 15 km classic mass start and today they had a freestyle sprint.SMS is well represented down there with alums Andy Newell and Skyler Davis...