Thank you for a GREAT season!!!!!!!!

Hi Everyone!

I am in Narita now waiting for my flight. I am excited to go home but I am also sad to leave all of my friends here in Japan! I feel so lucky that you all choose to train with us at Accel!!!!!!! Thank you so much! I enjoyed the season very much! It is always fulfilling for me to see you all improve!

Please set high goals for yourselves for next season! You can achieve what ever you choose to picture in your mind! Why not choose to be the ultimate racers, Champions!!!!! Once you picture that, then go to work and play hard, and work hard to achieve that. Prepare in as many areas as you can. Be fast , strong, powerful, flexible, tune you ski equipment properly, choose the equipment best for you, eat right, rest when needed and so on! To make extra ordinary results you must do extra ordinary preparation!

Bye for now !

You are all Champions!!!!

Busy Spring Camp

Hi All!!!!

Whao! It has been a great spring break camp. Lots of kids training, steady improvement, good weather!

Yesterday we were on Grand Prix, race hill. Today SL on White Peak.

Super G training!!!!

Hi !!!!

It was a great weekend! Super G training on both Saturday and Sunday! Very fun to see the group ski with some speed!

I have heard of many great race results! Great job!

I am looking forward to seeing you this weekend! Those of you going to races, have fun and ski the course line powerfully!

Bye for now!

Team Accel Canada!

Your Naked without an Accel T-shirt!

See you next week!

Good luck in your races this week

Be a Champion!

The First step to being a Champion is choosing to be one!

You can do it!!!!!!

Great skiing from the group! Very proud of all of you!

Super G Training!

Hi Everyone!

We will have Super G Training on 2/14 and 2/15 from 8:30 to 10:30 at Tsubakuro! I Looking for ward to seeing you there!

Feb, 4 Update

Hi Girls and Guys!

All good here in Sugadaira! The snow is compact, icy in the rut! Sunny day and a group of 8 racers! Perfect day! Perfect because the racers really ripped it up! I am proud of the focus and dedication of all Accel racers! I have witnessed a solid jump in all of your levels!

Good luck to all of you in Races coming up this weekend. Just look for your max power, carving line, in any course! Moving quickly and powerfully! See yourself as a strong, confident, smooth, winning racer! You are the Best!

See you soon!

Great Race results!

Good work group!

I have heard of many awesome race results this past weekend!!!! We are very proud of your efforts!!!

See you soon!

GS Day!

Hi All!

The snow has firmed up slightly! It was warm today so it maybe even better tomorrow.

We trained GS on #6 today and SL on #3 tomorrow.

See you soon!

Thanks for a great weekend!

Thank you all for visiting us !!!

It was such a great weekend! Icy snow for the first 2 days and new snow for the last. Training was good though and our group was very large! Thanks for choosing us for your gate training! We appreciate your support!

Have a great week!

Great snow conditions!

Hi all!

This week has been great for snow conditions! The first ice of the season is here, thanks to a warm, rainy day during the first part of the week.

If you are training with us this weekend be ready and have your edges sharp and smooth!

See you soon!

New years group picture!

Thanks for a great New Years Camp!

Be a Champion!

I know, I'm a little late! BUT Happy New Year!!!! I wish us all the best for the New Year!

Thank you all for an amazing holiday camp! I am very proud of your efforts!


Races coming up for many. Please stay focused on your own pre race plan. Keep your minds activity focused on your day only! Positive self talk! Fast, clean, smooth skiing! I believe in all of you!! Rock and Roll!

Great skiing conditions!

Hi everyone!

It has been such a great season so far for snow!

Our racers have been really performing great too. Great job !!!!!!

Of course it has been very busy at the ski hill, with long line ups! We really appreciate your patience, as well as your support!

Races are approaching fast. Stay focused and strong! Please watch not to over train. Focused means to keep your thoughts POSITIVE and on your own performance and goals! I believe all of you can create great results!

See you soon!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas Every one!!!!!

I hope you all have a great day!!!!

Training as usual today. Free skiing GS first then in to the GS gates. SL from 2:30pm.

Conditions here are superb!!!!

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Great snow conditions!!!

Hi All!

Snow conditions a super at Sugadaira!!!! Runs # 1,2,3 will open soon!!!

Have a great weekend! See you soon!

Dec, 15 Update

Hi Girls and Guys!

It was great to see many of you this past weekend! I am so impressed with your focus on the ski hill. All of you performed the basic drills very well! All were able to transfer balance solidly from foot to foot, and initial edging skills looked good too! Nice work!

Snow conditions here are getting better daily. Small amounts of natural snow are falling and it is cold so snow making machines are working daily. The free ski run and pole training runs #4 and #5 are open from top to bottom at Tsubakuro.

We set our first brush course of the season. Just on the flats. Tomorrow we will set GS on #5 from 10:30am. Free skiing will start before that from 8:30am.

I hope to see you soon.

Doug

Weekend Update

Hi!!!

I hope you are all well!

It was a good first week! The guests that were here did very well working on solid balance changes and sharp, early edging. Great work!

It did rain yesterday and froze last night! It will be very icy for tomorrows training so make sure those edges are sharp!

Those of you that have seasons tickets please go early to the main office to activate them for the season. It was very slow going today! It will be busier tomorrow because of the weekend volume and the Rossignol cup is also tomorrow. Good luck! Please drive carefully when you come here.

See you at Tsubakuro!

Doug

First weekend Update!

Hi all!

I am back in Japan and very much looking forward to the upcoming season!

It was good see those who came to the camp! It was a great start to season. I can tell many of you have trained hard in the off season. It shows in your skiing!

They have been making more snow in the Sugadaira area. Hopefully we can start skiing here soon.

We are going to Yunomara ski area tomorrow with a small group.

See you soon,

Doug

First fire of the year!

Hi All,

It feels like winter here finally. It has been abnormally warm till now. So Makaiya made our first fire of the winter season! We really love the feel that a fire adds to the room of our house!

Last weekend I went into the forest, (with a fire wood permit) and cut up dead trees for our fire wood. It took 2 full days to do this. We should have enough for the winter though.

It looks like many of you have been preparing for the up coming season. Great work!

I look forward to seeing you all soon!

Bye for now!

Doug