Monday training

It was a sunny and warm day today. I had three junior racers training. We skied GS in the am. SL in the pm. The sets were tricky. The guys did great! It is suppose to snow tomorrow. Maybe even rain! UUGGHHH! That would be bad. We will see what happens! Bye for now.

Camp Update

Hi Everyone, More races scheduled this weekend! Good luck to everyone! Just focus on simple things. Good course inspection, imagery of the course and your basic movements And FULL POWER!!!!!! All of you have been so focused in training! I am so proud of all of you! Keep up the good Work! We did get more new snow! No thank you very much!!!!!! I sure miss those icy conditions. But the soft snow is much easier to ski on to improve basic skills. With that hard icy snow comes more speed and less time to react. So in reality the conditions have been perfect! Only 4 trained today so again the racers got lots of runs in! See you soon!

Last nights fire festival

It was the fire festival last night. Fun to watch! Japanese culture is so interesting!

Gs training Tuesday!

Hi!! It was another awesome sunny day. We trained GS! The conditions were very good! Hard snow with lots of grip! We had mostly adults today! I felt all racers improved in some way! A successful day! Enjoy the pictures!

Busy opening weekend

Hi every one! I am happy to say I am in Japan! I looking forward to seeing you all again! It is nice to see Japan has good early season snow! The opening weekend was good! Very busy but good basic training! It has been warm the last few days. The forecast is for cooler temperatures though. Today's GS training was the first of the season. The guys and girls all achieved their goals of the day. Bye for now. Doug

Early Chrismas dinner at the Ito's

We are celebrating Christmas before I depart this week, for Japan. All of my immediate family and Chrissy's! See you soon!

World Cup in Canada

It was exciting to see the World Cup races in Canada! Canadian racers were solid in the first speed events of the season. Nice! It was been mild where I live British Columbia. No snow in Kelowna, but some snow up in the hills. I know there is skiing in Japan and that many have already started skiing. Exciting! Try to get lots of runs in. Work on the basics! Good balance on your skis, smooth balance changes from foot to foot, edging drills, powering the ski, pole plant and look down the hill! I am looking forward to the season. Sorry I will be arriving in Japan late! I have family responsibility's I must follow through on! Be prepared , be strong! Bye for now. Doug

New DVD's

I am excited to write I have the new World 2013 and the Winning Runs 2012. Great DVD's!

More Christmas decorating

Chrissy is so creative! She did this today!

Hi all, Christmas is on the way. Since I am always in Japan for Christmas we decorate the house early. It was fun to do with the family!

Hi everyone, I am so sorry for my lack of Blogging! I hope you have all been motivated over the summer to improve your fitness levels! Snow has been falling here in Kelowna. I am very excited to start the ski season. Halloween was fun this year. I went out with Chrissy, Makaiya and friends, instead of giving candy out at our house. Thank you to all of our Veterans for keeping our country safe and for fighting for what we have today!!!!!! Incredible sacrifice! Remember!

Summer Work

I have been busy installing Kitchen cabinets all summer. I have had to drive every day to a town called Penticton. I have been working in a 11 floor apartment.

October Fest in September

We had a fun dinner at a restaurant called the " Gast Haus". Lots of Friends and too much food and drink.

Hello everyone, I hope you all have had a good summer. I has been a good one here in Canada. Last weekend Makaiya and I went to a LPGA event. We saw Mika Miyazato. It was amazing that a 15 year old won the event! Lydia Ko! Congratulations! They are all such great golfers. Chrissy's younger sister was in Kelowna for most of the summer. So it was fun for Makaiya. Lots of fun times. We went to an area call the Othello tunnels. Very beautiful!

Day on Okanagan lake.

Hi all, We were invited to go boating with an old ski racing friends family yesterday. They live in a town called Vernon. At the North end of the lake. We drove from one end to another. 240 km in 8 hours. We did stop for swimming, tubing and snack breaks. It was a perfect day for it, Sunny and 34 degrees Celsius.

Makaiya's First concert

Makaiya has been in singing lessons. The school had a concert with all of the students. She was very nervous but did great! She sang a Milely Cyrus song. "I miss you"

Visit to Ostrich Ranch

Our family visited an Ostrich Ranch. Very interesting. It is an area around 2 and a half hours from Kelowna in an area called EdgeWood.

Trampoline fun

Hi! Last year we bought a trampoline. Around 30 000 yen. It has been great fun! And a good work out. Makaiya and her cousin Taya love it.

Spring hiking

A few weeks ago Makaiya and I went on a hike up at Big White ski resort. Our local ski area. We hiked up the ski lift and found many electronic devices on the way up. 4 Kei tai, 2 i pod shuffles, All worked but one. Nice!

Sun deck renewal

Hi All, I hope you are all well! We have been well here in Canada. I has been busy here with my summer work, coaching soccer, and working on our house. We have had some fun weekends going to some fun social events. Kelowna Ski club Reunion, wedding party, dinner party's, and so on. Renewing our sundeck has taken time too. Chrissy and I have done all the work on our own. We tore off all old wood and replaced it, Replaced the old posts with new bigger ones, installed a new ceiling with v- grove Douglas fir, and renewed the support beams! The weather has been very rainy so we have had to wait to surface the deck. Not much time for golf. I hope to play a little more soon. Enjoy the pictures!