End of the year

Well it has been another great ski season. It was quite a journey that I very much enjoyed.

My Team

I made lots of new friends and have lots of new memories. It has been a journey that I will never forget.

Top of the mountain

We started off the season at SunPeaks which was a great experience.






It was so nice to get skiing on some great mountains before we had to worry about racing. After SunPeaks we got right into skiing. When we got to Collingwood there was great snow and we were out skiing before Christmas.
Click here to view my race results for the year. To sum it all up it was great year and I can't wait to kick butt next year.

SunPeaks Day Nine

Day nine started off cold...really cold. In the morning we did about a hour and a half of drills/warmups. We had to wait until our lane space opened at 10:00. When our lane opened at 11:00 we had a full gate GS course all the way down the hill. It was really fun because you got going pretty fast. There were brushes in the course to get you to turn above the gate. Towards the end of the morning I got news that a teem mate(Max) had fallen and hurt him self. I later found out that he had broken his leg... The team and I feel really bad for him and hope he feels better. It lunch it was a relief to be out of the cold. In the afternoon we went tree skiing and it was a lot of fun. It was a great second last day of skiing.

SunPeaks Day Eight

This morning we did the same as every morning. On the lift by 8:30 did drills than when our lane opened on OSV we did gates. We did full gates speiss and then another drill. It was really cold and the frost was biting my face... It was a relief to go in for lunch because my hands, feet and my face was freezing. In the afternoon we went to the “back country”. It was really cool because there was powder and jumps and a lot of stuff. On our way in team mates Graydon and Max and I were in the back. Max went off a jump and he landed in a ditch but he was ok. Than I went off the jump and the tips of my skies landed in the ditch and I face planted. After that Graydon went flying off the jump and went flying over Max and landed it. We caught it all on video. I will post the video later. At the end of the day I was really cold and had some frost bite but I covered my face and it was good.

SunPeaks Day Seven

Our day started REALLY EARLY... We got up at 6, run at 6:15, get dressed, breakfast at 7 and chairlift at 8:00. Than we do our drills/warm up. We got to do gates all morning. It was our first time doing full gates this season. It was really cold today. It was -28 at the bottom and at the top it was -30. I was really cold at the top. I had to go in for a break every third run. By the end of morning my hands, my feet and everything was freezing! In the afternoon we got to go the very top of the mountain. It was really cold but really fun up there. The chairlift ride on a bad day is about 45 minutes. At the end of the day I way freezing and ready to go to bed...

SunPeaks Day Six

Today we had a late start. We had to be on the hill by 10:00. In the morning we did our warm up it was really cold out today so we were suppose to layer our clothes. I had about 5 layers on . After warmup we got to go in for a really long break, After that we trained on OSV for the whole morning. In the afternoon we got to shred some gnar gnar (powder). We went to the top of the Crystal Chairlift. On the first run one our team members, Max, found a 10 foot cliff. On the second run all the boys went off the cliff. I was really cool. After that we went tree skiing. Tomorrow we have to wake up really early and it's suppose to be colder...!

SunPeaks Day Five

Today we had to wake up really early. We had to wake up at 6:15 to go for a run at 6:30 then breakfast at 7:00. We had to be on the hill by 8:00 and when we got to the top, we had to do our warm up. We had to do drills by our self this time. When we were done our drills I was really cold; we took a break and we got to go  inside. When I was all warm we went to go train on OSV. We trained on OSV the whole morning but then skied only a half day. So when we were done training we went inside and we did dryland. For the rest of the day we just got to chill.

SunPeaks Day Four

Today we split the team into boys and girls. Rookie team members were paired up with a third year on the team. I was paired up with Will for some drills. We did hockey stops, hand on the hip, the picture drill, and a lot more that helped us with lower body separation. You  want  lower body separation in skiing because you want your feet moving under you and moving around the gate while you upper body is looking down the hill. After that we were lucky and we trained gates on the only hill that we can train on. We did a picket fence, speiss and a mini GS course. In the afternoon we did some one skiing all afternoon switch was really fun.

Day Three At SunPeaks

The third day of Sun Peaks was amazing. We switched up coaches so I was with "Sharpie" this time. Matt Sharpe is one of the other coaches that we have. He is a great coach. We headed over to the highest peak of one of the mountains. Even though it was really windy and really cold up there we got through it. It was also really bumpy but we still managed to do a drill.  The drill was to put your polls on you hands and too keep them balanced there while skiing down the hill. This drill helps with upper and lower body separation. Another good drill for separation is to put your hands together as if you were taking a picture. You look at a place down the hill and keep your hands locked on that focal point while skiing down the hill while your hands have to be in front of you face.

It was also my team mate Steffi Ralph's Birthday yesterday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEFFI!!!!!!!!!

Day Two At Sun Peaks

Day two at Sun Peaks was great. We skied all over the mountain today. There was a lot of powder which was really great for training. By the end of the day all the good powder was in clumps all over the hill which was practically mogul  skiing. We did a drill today that was a no poll drill. It was putting your up hill hand facing strait down the hill. Than you put your downhill hand on your downhill boot. In between the turns, when you stand up, you put your hands together. This drill is really good because it helps you with separation. It also helps you stand up between the turns (just like the small mouse big house drill). Its a really good drill and it really helps.

Day One At Sun Peaks

The first day here was amazing. I forgot how good it felt to be flying down a mountain at top speed. Today we split into two groups. In my group was me, Graydon Taylor,Scott Sellery,Stefan Zivkovic, Grace Raymond and Annika Caswell. Our coach is Bennet Carter. He was amazing; he is so fun as a coach and was amazing with all of us. I can't wait to start the ski season with him.

Sun Peaks Travel Day

The travel day of Sun Peaks started early. I had to wake up at 5:00 am to leave the house by 5:30 am then be at the airport by 6:00 am!. After I checked my bags at the airport and put my skis in the over-sized luggage check-in, I met my new team outside Security.  The terminal staff threatened to call security because we were such a big group with a LOT of gear, so we headed inside to the waiting area. Than we waited, and waited, for a couple hours. Finally we boarded our flight. We finally took off from Toronto at about 8:40 am. We flew to Calgary, then from Calgary to Kelowna, then bused from Kelowna to Sun Peaks.

By the time we got to Calgary it was around noon Calgary time and I was starved.  We had an hour and a half to chill between flights, so of course we (the boys and I) went to Subway. Finally we boarded our flight to Kelowna. At 1:55 pm we took off and were on our way to Kelowna, one more step closer to Sun Peaks. When we got off the plane to Kelowna I realized that it was a really short flight. The flight had been 40 minutes long. When we got to the carousel I got all my bags and was really to  go. We headed out to the coach bus that was waiting outside. We loaded all our stuff in and were ready for 2 and a half hour drive to Sun Peaks. After that two hour drive we arrived in Sun Peaks!!!!! We had dinner and got settled into our room. I am rooming with two people: Graydon Taylor and Stefan Zivkovic. On the planes I sat with Norman Struthers and Max Wisemen. I can’t wait to get started skiing. And I can’t wait to shred some POW POW!