First of all I brought an European adaptor instead of a Swiss one, so on Friday evening, with 5% battery on my phone, we had a mad dash around the shops that were closing trying to find a solution, which thankfully we did 5 minutes before the last shop closed! Max then went and ate bambi the same evening, this wouldn't have been so bad if we hadn't have seen loads of deer on the way up the mountain!
Saturday was even worse. We woke up to realise that the GoPro was dead after filming our journey to Arosa and Max had forgotten to bring the cable to charge it, so unfortunately there will not be a video from these races unless you are interested in the journey from Zurich airport to Arosa?? If you remember, I injured my toes in Sweden last month (a common ski cross injury with your toes banging on the front of the ski boot when going over rollers and jumps). Apparently this injury had not fully healed, despite the nurse telling me that I had done nothing at all and they were just a bit swollen. So when taking my boots off after a long day of skiing on a course that was nothing but massive rollers and jumps I was created with a bloody sock (NICE!). I knew straight away, although I didn't admit it until the evening, that I would not be able to race the next day. Apart from that, we both enjoyed the race that day, although we may not have done as well as we wanted, we both came away from it feeling more confident given it was definitely the hardest, most technical, jam packed course we have skied so far. It was also very sunny and Max got an impressive goggle tan just from that one day!
Sunday actually went okay, I couldn't fit my foot into my ski boot so I had to walk up the hill. The weather was also very different from the day before, with low visibility and a little bit of snow. This meant that the snow was a lot harder, making it even more important that you had enough speed to clear the jumps and not to knuckle them. The hard snow seemed to take it's toll on Max as for the last 2 days he has been unable to move his back without being in pain but he finished the race nonetheless.
After dreading every time we fly anywhere that Max's skis will be too heavy (with just one pair of skis, boots, poles and a jacket his ski bag weighs 25kg), the little Swiss man at the bulky luggage area said these exact words (even before they had been weighed!). Thankfully, after his supervisor came over and we opened up his ski bag to show them just how empty it was she allowed it to go through being only 2kg overweight. The alternative was for Max to wear his ski boots on to the plane...
So that is the end of our season! We both managed to score valuable FIS points in our first season, which given we only got 3 FIS races in we are pretty chuffed! Although we both wish we could be doing The Brits and other races (although Max might still go out to the Swedish National Championships, so his season may not quite be over), we both have to concentrate on university. I have my last 3 exams of my Law degree coming up very soon and Max still has several projects to complete before his first year at university is over! Wish us luck!
We would also like to say a MASSIVE GIANT THANK YOU to our sponsors and supporters without them none of this season would have been possible, so THANK YOU!
Keep your eyes peeled for our end of season edit including never before seen footage from Stubai (as I still haven't gotten it off of Max!) and the journey to Arosa!
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