PolePlantarama

Reporting to you live from the dinner room in Panorama, BC. You are reading from Becca, Jillian, Abby, Nora, and Nicole.  This morning as the sun rose we clicked on our slalom skis in anticipation of an intense and eventful day on the slopes. As we moved into full slalom gates we focused on perfecting our combinations and our pole plant.  Our fabulous coaches set up two safe environments where we could practice those skills. We skied a flush/hairpin course and one feel good course on the pitch and flats to get comfortable smashing the full gates - a few were obliterated by the always aggressive Jillymiester.

“If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.”

–     Mario Andretti

Erin Mielzynski - our slalom inspiration!

This video from Erin Mielzynski's blog of Canadian Women’s Tech Team is what inspired our combination course:

STEPS FOR SKIING FLUSHES:

1. Move towards the combination in the attack position

2. Shield up (one hand clears all gates)

3. Body stays inside corridor

4. Exit with a strong poleplant

After a short and well-earned break we returned into the frozen red and blue abyss tackling our first full-length slalom course of the 2013 – 2014 season. Some people had frustrations, while others excelled in this situation. Great feedback from our coaches helped us excel and overcome these obstacles and improve every run.

Tuning out, its fajita time here in Panorama. We need to go kick the boy’s butts at dishwashing ski trivia. They even formed a super squad tonight to try and take us down. Tonight losing (as Kat says) is not an option. 

Dinner time!

Coaches room for meeting & dinner