Busy Weekend Part Two

Well, the busy weekend worked out quite well. Some absolutely great skiing conditions for the Building Excellence race camp on Whistler last Saturday, and then an award-winning Sunday for Cory.


He picked up an award for High Single, by bowling 205 in his first of the 3 games he played at a tournament in Chilliwack, BC.



And a couple of his strikes during the day:

Just misses the strike, but nicely picks up the corner pin for the spare:

And a few more strikes:

including a double:

And one last one:

Now onto some serious ski race training! This is a "Building Excellence" race camp for the Disabled Skiers Association of British Columbia. This was a two-day camp, but due to Cory's bowling tournament, we were only able to participate for one day. Gate training was to take place the second day, so Cory missed out on that, but still did get some excellent training runs in, including one on the Dave Murray Downhill which is where the Olympic Downhill will be run in 2010.

So we start with a gloriously gorgeous morning at Whistler Blackcomb on Saturday, April 4, 2009:

Cory with Jesse on the Whistler Village Gondola:

and a video view of the ride up:






Cory and fellow Blue Streak Mark taking instructions from guest Coach Paul at the top:



and what a spectacular view, with Whistler peak above and to the left of the Canadian flag:







Cory, fellow Blue Streaks Alex and Jesse, and guest Coach Paul:












What a day! Lots of snow, hard-packed for racer speed but soft enough for good control, and at one of the world's best places to ski.


Cory on a short warm-up run:

And a nice long run here, being videotaped by me and Coach Paul, who will review it with Cory later:

And a couple of fun videos here, with me filming while skiing a run called Highway 86 with some of the Blue Streaks, eventually catching up to Cory, who then gathers more speed and disappears from view until I get back to the chair:

We catch up to Coach Carley here:

And after a lunch break, Blue Streaks Cory, me, Mark, Jesse, and Alex ready to hit the Dave Murray Olympic Downhill:






At the top of the Olympic Downhill, the starting area just ahead:











Blue Streaks getting their instructions from guest Coach Paul:





And Cory on a short part of the Olympic Downhill - it was just too much fun to ski it, didn't want to stop to film it!!






And some group shots to end the day:

Jesse, Cory, Mark





Jesse, Cory, me, Alex, with Tamika in front:





Kyle, Jesse, Cory, Mark, Alex, and Tamika







Next weekend, possibly back to Whistler for just a fun day of skiing if the weather and snow conditions are good, then Whistler again on April 24 for race training, and the big race to end the year on April 25 at Whistler - the Disabled Skiers of BC Provincial Championships.

We'll definitely be posting after that race - so see you all again soon, and please, leave us a comment so we know there's somebody out there reading all this!!