Wrapping things up here in Saas Fee.  We managed to get 6 out of 7 days, as the snow came in last night as the forecast was calling for and the glacier closed for the day.  Tom and I were happy with the camp and the progress that was made.  We all are looking forward to our stateside return.

jb 

Strong day of training today.  We ran GS on the bottom #57.  Everyone's skiing has really come along way this camp.  Jeffry had his best day of GS, Cam, Kyle and James are skiing solid GS right now, with more fluid movements and power.  Andrew, did a better good job of keeping control of his feet, upper body and movement to the new foot.  Tomasso, has also improved since we were last together in Chile, as he has found a better position on the skis and benefited from skiing with the older guys.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, we'll see what happens tomorrow..

jb 

AHH YES, ski racing, that's what it's all about!

jb

Sometimes after a good, productive slalom block coaches have to give back and let the guys clear their mind and have some fun.  That's what we did today after training.  Another good day of slalom, our fourth on, and going back to GS tomorrow. 

Racers Ready?

Good technique!  Weird technique!

Final Score!

when traveling find Karting!

I'll get some snow action shots up soon.

thx
jb

It's one of those camps that, knock on wood, we keep ending up on the good side of the weather.  Great day of slalom and GS training today.  On lane #53, the snow was much firmer and held up great for us.  Kyle, James, Andrew, Jeffry and Tomasso trained SL and Cameron, being the fastest in GS timing the other day, got a chance to run GS with the Russian National team.  The Russian Federation is pumping their program up with the upcoming winter Olympics and have a few pretty good guys.

It's good to figure out just how aggressive you have to be to ski well.

Great Day Boys!  And some great pictures too!

Here's one for the crash file.

jb

Good slalom training today, but is anything ever bad in Saas Fee?  We were looking for volume today and the guys did great, some getting 8 runs in two sections for about 40 turns.  We have changed pistes up for tomorrow, moving down to old reliable slalom lane #53.  It should be another good day with some world cup teams training right next to us, it gives the guys a great visual.  

Due to the high load on the snow today, conditioning was a easy recovery hike up to the Kneipp.  See below, I didn't take any pics, sorry.  
Kneipp-Anlage - Saas Fee - Saastal (de)

but anyway Kneipp is a therapeutic way of recovering the bodies senses, metabolism, energies, etc.  Check it out, maybe we should build one at KMS?

Until tomorrow.....

jb

First,  A chocolate bar to anyone who can guess which course is ours??  Email your response to me. 

Yes, Saas Fee #19 GS lanes, that's where we were today.  Pretty darn good training considering they got 20 cm. night before last.  As you can see it's busy with teams here trying to get there own fall preparation in.  Tom and I are pleased where everyone is at this point, still there is work to be done but the guys are in a good place. 

We are moving to SL tomorrow and taking a crack at the short turn on the same piste.  But first Pics from today!

jb

Today in Saas Fee we needed to dodge the weather bullet.  Unfortunately, we did not and got weathered out.  A little over night storm turned into 20cm of snow and high winds and the glacier remained closed for the day.  We will have to have some good luck during the next few days as there is weather around, but we'll continue with our plan and try for GS again tomorrow. 
Great day to catch up on the studies, some computer work and a afternoon soccer game. 

jb

Nice Pics from today; Oct. 8, 2012

Really good snow in Saas Fee right now; firm, hard and tight, winter snow, just how we like it.  We had a super morning / early afternoon today as we stayed up and skied until 1:30pm.  Some of the guys jumping right into GS for a few runs after a longer morning of free skiing to get the cobwebs out, while Andrew and Tomasso reviewed some skills from the shorter ski length.  One really positive thing here is the skiing seemed to pick up right where we left off in Chile and anytime you can do that camp to camp, good things will follow.
More GS tomorrow from Piste #19, pictures will be up later.

jb