Busy Weekend!

Cory has a busy weekend coming up - he's participating in his second "Building Excellence" ski racing camp at Whistler, BC on Saturday, April 4 with the Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports (VASS) Blue Streaks and then in a Special Olympics bowling tournament in Chilliwack, BC on Sunday, April 5. This tournament will be Cory's last bowling competition before he goes to the Special Olympics BC Provincial Games in July.

In between, there'll be a 5 hour drive from Whistler to Chilliwack on Saturday night.


Here's Cory in action last Saturday with VASS on Grouse Mountain in Vancouver. Doing a good tuck and getting some positive feedback from his coach:




Here he is working on body position, making wider turns, driving his downhill ski, and some great interaction with his coach:

And some stills from that last turn, quite possibly the best turn I've ever seen Cory make:

starting to transition from end of previous turn, by releasing pressure on his right (downhill) ski:

Shifting his weight from his right ski to his left:

starting to put pressure on his left ski and beginning his left leg extension, and looking far ahead

keeping his upper body still and his shoulders facing down the hill, left leg extending:

Starting to carve his turn by applying more pressure to the inside edge of his left ski, keeping his shoulders pointed towards the bottom of the hill, hands in front of his body, and eyes forward:

Really extending his left leg, driving that downhill ski into the snow and starting to really carve a great turn into the snow:




Still driving that downhill ski, upper body still pointed downhill, eyes and hands forward:

finishing his turn, still driving that downhill ski:

releasing pressure, in transition to his next turn:



total pressure release:

now starting the next turn by moving weight to his right ski:

extending his right leg, putting pressure on the inside edge to carve into the snow:

coming to a stop:

So off to Whistler tomorrow to be there first thing Saturday morning - with sunshine forecast - and we'll post again next week hopefully with photos and video from both his "Building Excellence" camp and his bowling tournament.

So till then, hope you're enjoying our blog and leave us a comment eh? We love to read what you all think.