After a bad start to the season with the snow, it has finally arrived this month in heaps!! This has made it difficult to race though, as when it snows the weather is mostly closed in and there is to much new snow on the piste, which makes it soft and therefore to dangerous for racing!
I have picked up some great experince though this month by being forrunner for two very big races! The first one was a Giant Slalom in Kirchberg where I spend most of the time training. The second was a Slalom in Westendorf where the top 30 slalom racers in the world were also competing. Westendorf was such a great experince with just under 3000 spectators watching and it being a night! I was the very first skier down the course to open the race, really did feel the nerves in the start house looking down at so many people on the side of the slope and in the finish, was a great feeling finishing both runs though!
I am now back in Kirchberg training and preparing for my next races at the end of this week on the 26th and the 27th in Flizmoos, Austria. Will keep you updated, Cheers Ben
