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Thought I'd start my own thread.....however....if you want to see a phenomenally good technical skier watch this......

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Now compare it to the British style of "technical" turns......

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Our Women's National Development Team in Europe.......

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This is an EXCELLENT video of the men's downhill course in Sochi by Graham Bell of the BBC......

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I quite enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I became obsessed with two things: watching curling; and holding on for fit birds wearing skin-tight leggings to bend over.
 
Barnsleyspur - 5/3/2014 21:30

I quite enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I became obsessed with two things: watching curling; and holding on for fit birds wearing skin-tight leggings to bend over.
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Well at least you've finally turned the right way... :10:
 
Chemmy Alcott announces her retirement from competitive skiing
• Britain's No1 to step down after British Championships
• 'I will give my body time to heal, time to rest'
• Donald McRae's interview with Chemmy Alcott

The Guardian, Tuesday 25 March 2014 13.42 GMT

Chemmy Alcott has announced her retirement from competitive skiing on a video on her website. Photograph: chemmyalcott.com
Chemmy Alcott has retired, citing continued wear and tear on her body. Britain's No1 female skier will step down after the British Alpine Championships in Méribel from 30 March to 7 April.

The 31-year-old finished 19th in the downhill at the Winter Olympics in Sochi after fighting her way back to fitness following a broken leg in August. In a video on her website she said that in order to prolong her love of the sport, she would have to discontinue racing.

"I am not going to retire – by definition to retire means to withdraw from one's profession – and I'm a skier and I will always be a skier," she said. "However it's with a really heavy but happy and proud heart that I relinquish my role as a ski racer.

"When you talk to past athletes and you ask them how they knew it was time to leave their sport, most of them say that if you're honest with yourself you just know when the right time is. And I know it's my time, both physically and mentally and I also believe that fate stepped in a little bit too." She said that Sochi was "my proudest performance and greatest achievement".

She added: "This season after breaking my leg in August I knew it had to all be about the Olympics. I was no longer in a position to race in enough World Cups to improve my world ranking so I literally put all my eggs in one basket to do the Olympic thing. In Sochi I threw myself down that mountain with a confidence I had managed to create from absolutely nothing."

She hopes to use her experience to coach young skiers. "Now I will give my body time to heal, time to rest. It's ironic that bowing out from being a ski racer is the only way I can continue to be able to ski for the rest of my life and I'm not prepared to abandon my love of that sport."

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/mar/25/chemmy-alcott-retires-alpine-skiing-great-britain
 
Never met her but she was friends with Kelly VanderBeek who I know and respect.
 
Last time I spoke to her we were 9 years old I think.. Her family went on skiing holidays regularly which was unusual of any of the kids at my school.

Imagine my surprise years later when ski sunday comes on the tele with the awesome music that show has and Chemmy appears on my screen as the great british hope.

Couldn't believe it, always been proud that she made it.
 
Dimitar Edertov - 26/3/2014 15:51

Last time I spoke to her we were 9 years old I think.. Her family went on skiing holidays regularly which was unusual of any of the kids at my school.

Imagine my surprise years later when ski sunday comes on the tele with the awesome music that show has and Chemmy appears on my screen as the great british hope.

Couldn't believe it, always been proud that she made it.
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She was extremely popular among the Canadian team. She trained with them pretty much all the time along with the Norwegians. I found out through Alpine Canada that she had retired.

19th at Sochi is very very respectable.
 
Thanks USAF. Unfortunately ski season is now over. I did find a new use for adult incontinence products. I hit 92KMH on an icy slope a few days ago. That is WAAAAAYYYYYY too effing fast for me with little control.

Lots of spectacular pictures from the top of Whistler and Blackcomb.
 
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