Ups and downs of ski racing...

Sorry for slacking on my blog, but I was staying at a lodge cabin in the middle of the mountains so internet was not really high speed. To be honest it was nice (for a few days) to have limited internet access.  

The past few weeks have been hard and did not go like I planed, that is the way it goes though in this sport. One day you are up and the next you can be at rock bottom. I have to say that even though the results were not good, I still had some amazing turns. I was just not able to put it all together from top to bottom.  

Working on my skis...

Alex and my self

Me during the GS run.

Me still looking at the bright side of life!!

Talking about the ups and downs of skiing , My buddy Hans Olsson is on fire!!! He won both World Cup training runs at the Val Gardena DH... I am so happy for him. Yes it is "only" training but still it's amazing. Tomorrow he will be racing the SG and then on sunday it will be the official DH race.

Cross your fingers for Hans.

He has also been going through the ups and downs..... and now it seems like he's got a grip on the good!!! No matter what his result is this week-end, this pass week is a definite confidence boost for team TBS!

I hope I will see Hans on sunday in the TV as happy as he was after this training day at Stubai in October.

We just went for dinner to a Chinese place and I opened a fortune cookie, and this is what my fortune red. :-)

I thought it would be cool to share with you guys.

Now I am flying back to Quebec, I will relax and finalize my christmas shopping, before I will start training in Mont Tremblant next week. I am looking forward to get back to Tremblant, see my friends and family tank some energy and get ready for the races in January. 

Later,

Jeff

Ronny in the Rockies

The last few days I was racing at Nakiska. I am touring the Noram circuit with my friends Alexander Koell from Ost Tirol / Sweden and Arjan Wanders from Holland. 

We were not the fastest in Nakiska but at least we are the ones that are having the most fun, I am sure though, the results will come soon, as I am skiing good. Best advice to kids: Remember to ALWAYS HAVE FUN!!!!!

Yesterday we travelled here to Panorama and we are lucky to be able to stay at Alexanders uncle Roko, who is one of the best mountain guides here in Canada at CMH Heli-Skiing. 

His log cabin is in the middle of no where and his next door neighbors are cougars and elks. 

We are enjoying a day off before we start racing the next Nor - Am series here in Pano.

Check out our video for the latest ski equipment changes.

Ronny and Friedl in action.

Hope you enjoyed it. Talk to you soon.
Friedl the schimen.

Hi there...

So I did not really ski the way I can in the last few days. 

I raced the World Cup SG at Beaver Creek, but did not make top 30 which was my goal. 

Now I am in Calgary and I am racing at the North-American Cups at Nakiska. Today was the first SG race of the series and lets just say I am not happy about how I skied. 

But hey, life keeps on going and it is all good as long as I get my good feelings back.... sooner than later that is. 

I am already looking forward to the next race tomorrow.  Skiing is a hard sport, one turn you have it and the next turn you've lost it.... now it's all about how to get it back. After talking to TBS coach Luis and getting some words of wisdom from Larry and Julie, tomorrow I am going to approch it with a different attitude and try to find my touch again.

Julie and her brother Vince lost their dad 8 years ago today...... let's just say that their outlook on life helps me see my bad days on the hill in a different perspective. It's all about having a positive attitude. 

Big hugs to the Langevin family :)

 A shot of me at the Beaver Creek SG.

 In the chair on the way to the top of the run.

Focusing during inspection.

What a cool scenery!!

Keep your fingers crossed for me and talk to you soon.

Ciao 

Jeff

New gear - Aspen.

Getting closer to my first race this season and I am really looking forward to it! 

Yesterday I arrived here in Aspen and I love this place. I am lucky to stay with Warner Nickerson at one of his family's friends home.  Wow, what a place. Thank you very much!!

Actually Warner Nickerson, Jon Olsson his girlfriend Janni and my self are all staying here together. So I am hanging out with Team TNT this week. Looking forward to that. 

For whoever does not know the term Team TNT...well it means TEAM NO TEAM.

So this year I am sponsored by this high class Italian clothing company called VIST. I have got to say, they have great stuff and it looks awesome. So if you are interested in quality winter gear, you definitely need to check out their website.

Just click on vist and it will take you right there:

A little while ago I got my new personal Jeffrey Frisch DH race suits  tested by F.I.S., and it looks good. The race suits passed the test and I am good to go.  

F.I.S suit tester making sure that my suit fills all the requirements. 

On monday the races will start here in Aspen.

I will talk to you soon.

Later,

Jeff

Still no camera...

Yesterday we traveled from Sun Peaks to Lake Louise. As most of you may know the World Cup speed season is starting this weekend.
I am not really sure why but, I will not get the chance to qualify for the races in Lake Louise this year.  But hopefully I will get the chance to qualify for other upcoming Speed World Cups.

I am still here in Lake Louise though, as an official tester for HEAD and HANS OLSSON. But for a closer look at that, I really think you should check out his website.

http://hans-olsson.com/a-good-friend/

So since I am in Lake Louise for the ski testing,  I though I might as well forerun as well.  I will be forerunning for the first two training days, before I head out to Aspen for the first Nor - Am cup GS of the season.
I still have not received my camera which I forgot last week in Montreal, I thought I would share a song which we kept playing over and over during the car ride yesterday from Sun Peaks to LL....

Sun Peaks.

So yesterday was a free ski day here at Sun Peaks. It gave us some time to check out the injected hill and to feel out the set up on our skis and boots. 

I got to say, I did not expect such a great training hill, it has a bunch of terrain changes and even though it snowed, the training hill is quite icy because of the great injection. The coaches from Team TBS and some local helpers injected 200.000 liter of water into the hill to get perfect ice conditions. Tomorrow afternoon, they will keep going with more water :-)

So today we trained GS in the morning on the ice, and in the afternoon we tested a bunch of skis. 

Andy and my self on the way to the start.

Getting towed to the start of the ski testing track...

One of the best gliders in the world. Hans Olsson!!

Later,

Jeff

Long drive....

Today Hans, Andy, the phyiso Conny and my self, drove from Canmore to Sun Peaks BC... Wow, was it ever a long drive. I got to say though we had a lot of fun. We played good music on our amazing sound system,  had a techno party in the car, played games and so on... So the time past quite fast.

Just so you get an idea where we drove through and where we are now.

I was in charge to drive for the first 4 hours.

All of us just chilling during the drive...

Hans checking out my new logo on my hat.

So this afternoon we made it to Sun Peaks and it looks like we will have a great few days here.

This is the view from our room.

I am still a bit jet lagged, so I have to try and stay up a few more hours before I can head off to bed. If not, I will wake up again at 4 am ready to go.

Later,

Jeff