The next leg of the tour is in sight!

Hey guys i hope all is well and that you are all taking the oppotunity to get out and shred some of this fantastic powder!

At the end of my last blog i had just finished training on the course in Les Contamines. The course was brilliant with fantastic features flowing nicely into each other and jumps that actually had landings! The next day was suppose to be qualifying but instead we stood on the mountain for 7 hours whilst course officials deliberated if the weather was good enough to run the race. At about 3.30pm the officials postponed qualifying until the next morning.

The next morning i was woken by my alarm screaming at me telling me it was 6am and that i had to get up. We rode the gondola up to the to the bottom of the race course in the pitch black. As we got to the top of the course the sun was just poking its head over the mountain. Still in mid darkness all the racers tried to inspect the course. By the time training had started it was light but the visability again was poor.
As i pulled out of the start gate for my qualifying run the clouds desended even further. I knew the course but unfortunately i couldn't see any of the features. I launched off of jumps that i could not see the take off's or landings for and hit roller packs that were invisible. To say the least my time was not exceptional by any means. The last few racers to come down suffered to with all the times being at the back of the field. Even the other racer agreed i was exceptionally unlucky.

We left Les Contamines yesterday morning stopping in Bourg D'Oisans at my coach's friends house for a lovely cup of english tea! Just what the doctor ordered. We are now in Alps D'huez but unfortunately my ankle is playing up so i will not be racing which is a massive shame. So tomorrow i will be departing Grenoble at 10 am for Gatwick airport. This coming week i will be prepping ski's and making sure i am in the best shape i can be for my trip to the USA and Canada.

So for now all i shall say is take care and remember KEEP SHREDDING!!

Xx

P.S here are some photos from the last few races hope you enjoy