Monday Update

We were lucky with good weather! Sunny day! Great training! I was able to ski around with the group and give very specific advice in each basic ski area! They responded very well! Everyone is starting the turn much faster, there fore arcing more down the fall line. Nice work group! Looks like a day off tomorrow! Yeah!!! It will be nice to have a little rest! Thanks again everyone for the successful weekend! The picture is of the group asking me for " One More Run"!!!!!

Feb 20 Update

Hi!!!! It was as warm , Sunny Day!!!! It has been a long while since we have had a day like that! GS was the discipline we trained today. We worked on the basic drills and had some very good question and answer talks. That is the nice part about working with a small group. The drills are great if we are doing the right movement and if we know when to use it! No use in doing an edging drill if you are doing the wrong movement. I will do my very best to work in those areas and help you understand how to do the drill properly. If you can not do edging at slow speed in basic training, there is no way you can do it in a course! Another question was, do you have to use power? No, you do not have to use power! You will just ski slower than a person that is using it! If you have any questions please ask me! After meeting video viewing!

Doug's Update Monday

Hello !!!!! I am just resting after a day of training. We trained GS today. It snowed through the morning. Very wet snow! And because of that snow the track we skied was slower than usual. Great training conditions to improve in. We did get very wet, but all the racers focused and improved! I must say how happy I am with the season so far! I am so lucky to have so many racers that want to train with us here. Thanks everyone for your support and determination to improve! I hope to see you soon! The top of Tsubakuro today! Very grey!

Feb, 11 Update

Hello everyone, I would like to thank everyone for coming out this weekend! It was the busiest weekend of the season. Thanks for all of your support! It has been a exciting year for us so far. Many racers are skiing at new personal bests! Great job! It very rewarding to watch you all progress! Keep up the good work! We are training GS tomorrow. It has snowed quite a bit the past few days. Very icy in the rut though. Skiing is a exciting sport but accidents do happen! For those of you that have been injured we wish you all a speedy recovery! Please take care and we hope to see you soon!

Day Off! No shaving? New skis!

Oh, my first day off of the season! It was nice to have one day off the ski hill. As you can see by my fuzzy face in the picture,I did not shave my face and stayed in bed all day!!!!!!! Hee Hee! I actually did some other off hill work. Tune up some new test skis for next year. A pair of 165 cm SL, 155cm SL, and 182cm GS radius 23m. Of course Rossignols! We are training GS tomorrow. Should be good!

January 30 Update

We had GS training today! I set a course starting in the traverse run going to #'s 4,5,6! So again we had a big left hand turn going into the pitch

. Unfortunately the fog rolled in. No video and no pictures! Sorry! We are skiing GS again tomorrow. We have the whole hill to ourselves so I will set a course from the traverse once more. We have a mix of adults and kids so it should be an awesome day! Just a boring picture of me!!!! Hopefully I will have some action shots tomorrow!

Monday traianing

Hello! I hope you all had a good weekend! I enjoyed mine! Monday was a great day. It snowed for the first hour, then cleared off for the sun!!!!! We trained GS from the traverse at the top of # 4,5,6! So we had a left hand swooping turn to the left down the steeps. We were able the use 4

,5, and 6 so the set was very unique. Great day! SL training tomorrow! Bye for now!

Takeshi invades my room!

We trained GS today with all adults. A very good day. The snow was much harder, but there were a few ice balls around! Not too bad though. Tomorrow we will train SL Junior poles only! Takeshi has 2 more days of training here. He has been staying in my room because there are no other kids here. He has a lot of gear! As all racers do! See you soon!

Jan, 22 Update

Hi all, It was a wet day today. Wet snow and rain! We did train till 11am. Trained GS and did a lot of basic training drills. Takeshi did a great job going through them all! Kind of tired him out! Nice work! Did not take any pictures skiing. Too wet. Just some shots from dinner.

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!