Freestyle skier Jon Olsson faces sub-sub-zero temperatures and scenic road trips as he continues his 2012 season. Catch up with his latest blog entries here...
Feb 3 - Better!
Another day, another Super G race! Had a ton of fun and skied better then yesterday. I moved up from 93rd start position to 65th in the finish. The funniest part, however, was when they started rolling ski movies in the cafeteria and my face showed up on the TV in front of all my fellow race friends. I just love watching old clips, freestyle skiing was so kick ass back then. I remember when you could go out and do a switch on/switch of on a park rail and get a legit shot. Those were the days!
Feb 4 - Almost pro!
I might not be a picture-perfect pro athlete just yet, but if I look back 365 days and compare what I did then to what I do now I know I am moving in the right direction! A year ago, I was flying back and forth to Sweden during the season to record the TV show "Landskapen". Sure that was fun but I can't really think of one day that I had during the season where I had good training. Today, I had a run set up early in the morning, then a video session, followed by a training session with the EC team and then another run for the Junior FIS. I don´t think you can find a better set up - I'm so stoked to be skiing and working hard right now!
Jon Olsson
Feb 4 – The Winter Warrior
Today we had another fantastic day on the mountain, but I have to say that it was pretty f***ing cold! Minus 23 to be exact. So I guess the interesting question on a day like to day is, how does a Lambo that has slept under the stars deal with this? Well, to be honest, it did not like it at all at first - but as soon as she fired up she was good to go! I love this little warrior! It's the closest thing I get to a home in this on-the-road lifestyle I live. I'm off to Verbier tomorrow - let it snow!!!
Jon Olsson
Feb 6 – Road Trip!
After an amazingly scenic road trip, we finally made it to Verbier! I just finished up a gym session as part of my new "pro" lifestyle and I can't wait to hit the mountain tomorrow! I think I will choose the GS skis for now as they have not had any new snow in the last 7 days.
Jon Olsson
Feb 6 – Carving Verbier
Another day, another ski resort! We had a great time cruising the slopes of Verbier all day and the snow was right for extreme Euro carving - so that's what we did! I love cruising around all day working on small little details in my skiing. Today, I looked over my boot set-up and tried a high boot board, but quickly realized that it was a terrible idea as it made my already cold feet even colder! Tomorrow we are looking into some gates so I should go set that up right now!
Jon Olsson
Feb 8 - The TNT way of training!
What do you do when you don´t have a coach? You head up the lift and set off a kick-ass course with a couple of friends! I set myself a sweet 28m distance course and worked on my turns all afternoon. Unfortunately, we forgot to pack up in time and found the lift closed, so we had to go through some hassle to get our backpacks back down the mountain.
Jon Olsson
All the best!
JON
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