Feb, 28 Update

Winter has returned!!!!!!!!!!

It was a cold, windy, snowy day today! We skied only in the morning! 4 hours straight. Both SL and GS!

There has been guests here all week. 6 or more! it is great training during the week. If we have good weather that is!

I have heard of more wins at ski races and I am very proud of all of you for your efforts. Of course for everyone that is is in the pursuit of your personal best!! That is what we are striving for! See our goals and do the work and play to make it happen! Keep up the goal setting and vission!

Bye for now!

Doug

Feb, 22 Update

Hello from Sugadaira!

I just returned from Hakuba. It was an exciting race for the Tea clipper racers! We had mixed results. But the results came because of certain reasons. More Technical training? More Strength Training! All factors come after our goal setting and how we look at our selves! Set goals in all areas of your preparation. Then, see yourself strong, flexible, agile, a winner! It is vital you feel great about yourself! See yourself at what level you choose but set a level or goal you want! My wish for all of you is that you all confident, strong, friendly, positive, team oriented, uplifting, happy, individuals. Ski racing has taught me so much about not only sport but on how to be confident and self creative. And how important team work is. And so much more! Life is great!

The following is a picture of the winning team in points at Iwatake. For those of you that want to win. See yourself on that podium!

See you soon.

Doug

Feb, 14 Update

Hello Everyone,

I finally got my Blog account fixed up!

It has been raining here today! We were unable to ttrain because of wind too!

I was able to do a few things I have been too busy to do so it was a productive day!

Last weekend was another good one. Good race results and good training in hard conditions. It was challenging! I was sorry to see that we had some injuries. I wish you all the best!

I see the most important thing we need to keep on is how we all see ourselves. How we think about ourselves. What things do we say to ourselves in our thoughts? How do those thoughts make us feel? If the thought we are having do not make you feel good they are not productive thoughts. These thoughts and feelings are what makes the world we live in. Keep seeing and feeling the best for yourselves.

Of course we must prepare in all of the other areas. Have good skis , good tune up, Sharp smooth edges. Good boots good boot tune up and canting. The proper wax. Strong techneque. Strong bodies. able to choose a fast line in any course. And so one. If we do set high goals see great things for our selvesthat is the key for all of the other areas to fall into place.

I appreciate all of your efforts, and all of you coming to ski with us at Accel Ski System!!!! Ski Racing is such a great sport and the people involved in it are all so fun ! Keep up the Great Work.

Enjoy my pictures from Canada!

More soon!

Doug

Feb,14 Update

Hi Every one,

I have had problems with my blog. Just Testing to see if it is working!

Bye for now

Doug

Jan,25 ,Update

Hello Everyone,

Hmmm... Another sunny great day of training in Sugadaira! We trained GS on #3 and #7 in the afternoon. Great for the guys here. The course on #7 was a speed set and it was a good learning experience for all. All racers were over turning and times were slower. I believe all got the lesson.

I also skied today and found a huge difference in turn shape and feel from one day to the next! It was because I changed my cant on my ski. When I did not have enough it was impossible to get enough edge angle at the beginning of the turn and caused my timing to be late. My line dropped and my time was about 1 second slower to the correct canted ski!!!!!! Another reason was the tune up of the ski. I corrected the cant of the ski and tuned it to base bevel of 1 degree and 85 degrees on the side. It was much better today and the time was cose to the same as the other ski. Also the cant of one ski maker is different to the cant needed on another ski maker!!!! Really!!!! One ski needed more than the other!

I will continue to look for your Canting needs in your skiing to make you a stronger skier!

And please make sure your boots are buckled down very tight. Around the top 2 buckles and the second one around the top of your foot. It needs to feel overly tight to the point of discomfort! Release the buckles before you ride the lift. If not your feet will loose all circulation. That is how tight they should be.

See you soon!

Doug

Jan,24, Update

Hello Everyone,

Sorry, it has been a long time since my last Blog! I am so happy to say it has been very busy here at Sugadaira! No days off so far this season! Great! I am so happy that many of you are training so hard and improving so much!

I have my airline tickets to go back to Canada for a few days! Chrissy, Tajanna and Makaiya are excited about it too! It is a nice break half way through the season. Can you believe it is half way through already!

Last weekends line training was a grand success! We will do the same this weekend! The brushes are gerat markers for where to ski our line. Sometimes you can try a straighter line sometimes higher and compare times. The markers are a great base point. They are also gerat for setting a goal for where to do our balance shift and where to start our pressure. Keep up the great effort!

I look forward to seeing you soon!

Doug

Jan, 15 Update

Hello Everyone,

It was a great weekend with sone great training runs and great race results! Great Job everyone! I see great things to come for us all! Keep focused on what you want and see it and feel it as much as possible!

Last night went to a fire festival. It was fun and interesting for me. Also had some free Sake that went striaght to my head.

I look forward to seeing all soon!

Best Regards

Doug

January 11 Update

Hello Everyone,

This weekends race is coming up! All of you that are competing I wish you the best! I hope all of you see yourselves doing well! The one thing You must do to win is see your victory, or see you 10th place finish. Before it happens! See the result, see how you will ski the line of the course, see your stacked, balanced position! See and feel what it will be like when you see the time board and your name and time is in the first place position, or 10th or what ever you choose. Thinking and feeling that is what seperates the you from doing your best! You will get what you think and feel that is true!! So do your best to control your thoughts!!!!!!!!!!! PLease!!

I believe in all of you!

Have a fun Weekend!

Doug

January 11 Update

January 10 Update

Hello Everyone,

Well, that was a busy New Years season! I am very happy to see so many of you! I feel it was a great camp and saw all racers make positive steps forward! Much better stacking, and balance. I will continue to push you towards a good, basic, powerfull, balance postion.

I also hope you all have written goals of what you want this season. For technique, race results fun, what ever you dare to write down think about and feel! See it , feel it and it will come! You are all poewerfull individuals!

I hope to see you again!

I believe in all of you!

Bye for now!

Doug

January 1 Update

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

I hope all of you hada fun and happy new years celabration! we did up here in Sugadaira!

We still do not have alot of natural snow but it has been cool enough that it can be made . They are preparing the #7 run. They made alot of snow on it last night! I hope it will be ready soon! We will keep you posted.

I am happy to see many peolpe improving in thier basic stance and Balance. It will pay off in the near future for those of you that are doing so!

I hope that many of you are seeing great results for your futures. I believe in you guys! All you have to do is see what you want to achieve, believe it will come to be and feel what it would be like to have the result come!! Happiness, Excitment, powerfull! YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Bye for now!

Doug

Dec, 26 Update

Hello everyone!

Merry Christmas! I know it is late!

It has been raining all day here but it was still a good day of training for all! Some doing free ski some pole trainng. Although there is not alot of snow and pole training is limited it is a great chance to work on our basic position and balance! It is a blessing maybe we can not train poles. More basic skiing!

Next year I hoipe more come to the Sun Peaks camp to work on our basics though. We can hopefully get a better base for the season and start pole training ealier!

Bye for now! I hope to se you soon!

Doug

Dec,10 Update

Hello!

Another day in paridise. It was a great here. The snow was hard and the sky Blue. The guys that were skiing today had a super day! Everyone had a strong basic stacked position and had a good balance shift between turns. I believe we are all going to reach new levels that will excite us all!

Think of it! Feel it! It will come to be! No doubt!

I look for ward to seeing you again!

Doug

Dec 18 update

Hello!

Good news! it finally snowed here!! About 10 cm or so. It is very nice to see everything White!

This past weekend was a good training session. Great job guys! Even though it was so crowded you focused very well!

I hope the mental training talk will help you perform better! We hope to do more talks on the topic in the future! I believe it will lift you all to a new level!

I hope to see you all soon!

Best Regards

Doug

Dec, 15 Update

Hi !

I am just getting ready to pick Ono SAn up from Ueda Station. It was a very warm day today! 3 guests skied today ! Yes, still working on the basics. Improvements are coming at a staedy rate though. It is going to be a great year for you guys ! I know It!

See you soon!

Doug

Dec,, 14 Update

Hi again,

Check out the new gate wrenches for Ono San and the people on run #7. It should be a much esier process to set the courses.

Bye for now.

Doug

Hi agin,

Dec, 14 Update

Hello everyone,

Well this weeks training has been great for the people that have been here! There is only man made snow but the run that is open is very good. Plus during the week there are not so many people!

I feel the results of doing our basic training, making a strong stacked position and a strong balance shift when we recenter our hips is going to shot your race results throught the roof. That along with a trust in our techniche and a strong belief in your selves. This is going to be the best year ever for our race results and we are going to have fun doing it! Keep thinking positive thoughts and feel it too! I believe in all of you!!!!!!!!!!

More later!

Doug

Dec, 12 Update

Hello !

It was a great day of training. The snow is hard and icy. Those of you that may want ski tune up please send your skis to the hotel and e-mail Miho to let her know that they have been sent for tune up.

So far I have had all guests work on Yes, the basics! Good stance , recentering of the hips, at the same time of the recentering a strong balance shift from one ski over to the new outside ski. This seasons theme is basics , basics , basics!

See you soon!

Doug

Dec,10 Update

Hi Everyone,

Today was a preparation day.

Prepared the GS poles for the season.

Oh, did I tell you I have 2 new gate wrenches for #7 training. You remeber last year those yellow wrenches that did not fit the bases properly. Well, I got a friend of mine to make 2 new ones. All is ready now all we need is more snow.

Also did some tune up. If you need your skis done please send them to me soon with information of how you want them tuned and when you need them.

Bye for now.

DOug