tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53933681108724507942024-03-19T04:58:34.195-07:00Claire and Max WheatmanClaire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-21198295333597978512013-11-17T11:52:00.003-08:002013-11-17T22:23:41.832-08:00Whistler Opening DayYes I was one of the keen people who went up for the early opening of Whistler! I wasn't one of the super eager ones who queued overnight though!!! Although only 5 lifts were open it was a good day on the whole and was useful to get my ski legs back.<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-67363101466400078562013-11-10T18:58:00.002-08:002013-11-10T19:00:14.352-08:00Someone say CANADA?I know I kept this quiet but I am spending this next season in Whistler BC!! I only arrived a few days ago but I am already amazed at how gorgeous this country is! I will be working as a kids ski instructor with Whistler Blackcomb Snow School and doing some training and hopefully some competitions after christmas!<br />
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Max has started his second year at university and is hoping to get out to quite a few races across Europe as well as visiting his big sis!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-49978173180187983032013-05-30T03:33:00.001-07:002013-05-30T03:33:29.091-07:00Claire now runs...If you know me then you know that I have never really liked running over 800m (I used to win this every year at sport day). So it will be a bit of a shock to find out that I actually quite like running now and I did the race for life earlier this month!! I completed it as part of a team and we managed to raise over £700 which is amazing!!! (<a href="http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/dynamitewolfsquadron">http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/dynamitewolfsquadron</a> if you still fancy sponsoring us...).<br />
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Now that I have the running bug I aim to do a 10k next year, a tough mudder either the same year or the year after and to then build up to a half marathon and then a marathon (if you don't know what a tough mudder is I suggest you look at this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5HdPM_QuE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5HdPM_QuE</a>).<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-44517050691521352142013-03-26T03:45:00.001-07:002013-03-26T03:45:33.261-07:00Arosa and end of season UpdateMax and myself just got back from Arosa and I would love to say that our last race of the season went perfectly but alas I cannot.<br />
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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!<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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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...<br />
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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!<br />
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We would also like to say a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> MASSIVE GIANT THANK YOU</span> to <a href="http://claireandmaxwheatman.blogspot.co.uk/p/our-sponsors.html" target="_blank">our sponsors and supporters</a> without them none of this season would have been possible, so THANK YOU!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">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!</span><br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-12098951320343592852013-03-05T01:56:00.002-08:002013-11-18T12:17:09.892-08:00Look at what my housemates and I have been up to (Max)<div style="text-align: center;">
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Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-2486465194696837002013-02-12T06:09:00.000-08:002013-02-16T08:41:51.528-08:00VIDEO FROM VERBIERSo my day has consisted of editing footage from Verbier a couple of weekends ago. I do apologise for the fact that you sometimes actually cannot see much but that is what the weather was like that weekend and why the races were cancelled!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-79632786493544536702013-02-11T07:30:00.003-08:002013-02-11T07:30:47.898-08:00Mora has more snow!This weekend saw us travelling to Mora, Sweden for two FIS ski cross races, which thankfully were not cancelled!! Although it was extremely cold with some fresh snow and low visibility the races went ahead as planned. We travelled with 3 other British FIS racers to this event and as a whole it went okay! Both Max and myself scored our first FIS points over the weekend so we are both pleased!<br />
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Unfortunately Max has "temporarily misplaced" the GoPro, so there won't be a video; however I am currently editing the Verbier video from last weekend and in the meantime here are some photos from Mora.<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-55131498801225558262013-02-03T08:18:00.002-08:002013-02-03T08:18:31.405-08:00Cancelled due to too much snowYep both races ended up getting cancelled due to the bad weather and too much snowfall for them to prepare the course. It is a massive shame but we have managed to get used to our new skis.<br />
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Due to them being cancelled we took the decision to come home 2 days early. This has saved us money and gives us all some more time to do work before we head off to Mora, Sweden on Thursday!<br />
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Despite the lack of visibility, we did manage to get some footage from the couple of days, so I will put a quick edit up of that soon.<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-50905659627474774472013-02-01T08:38:00.002-08:002013-02-01T08:38:25.817-08:00Still snowing here...The snow didn't take a break at all today!!! Although there was loads of fresh powder, there wasn't any light to be able to see it in! Every time we come to Verbier we have horrible weather, but apparently others have said that the sun does shine here sometimes.<br />
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The races are still scheduled for Sunday and besides the weather they were putting up the safety netting today so that is promising!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-17274138439988119292013-01-31T14:20:00.001-08:002013-01-31T14:20:03.157-08:00Postponed due to too much snow!!We are currently in Switzerland for our first FIS and Swiss Cup races of the season to find out that the FIS race is now being held the same day as the Swiss Cup as there has been too much snow...<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-73894948826208427692012-12-30T10:15:00.001-08:002012-12-30T10:16:46.739-08:00No pain no gain! Instead of enjoying all of the sugar and treats that Christmas usually brings, we have stepped up our game and concentrated on our fitness. This has resulted in me buying a new gym wardrobe (well trainers and a couple of tops) and Max on a hunt for a 50kg set of dumbbells.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max standing on a fit ball... nowhere near as easy as it may look!!</td></tr>
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-83041383172729791682012-12-24T09:02:00.001-08:002012-12-24T09:28:55.367-08:00Help?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After talking and planning this season full of races we have narrowed them down to a select few that comply with our university degrees and will be the best to progress further next season. After trying every single way possible we unfortunately had to exclude the races in Russia and Japan :(</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Zweisimmen (Switzerland), Verbier (Switzerland), Mora (Sweden), Pfronten (Germany), Mittenwald (Germany) and Arosa (Switzerland) are the lucky 6 that we are planning to go to so far and we wondered if anyone out there could help us with accommodation for any of these. We are very willing to sleep on the floor if you haven't got any bed space!!! Would not be the first time for a race...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">If you may be able to help any way possible, it would be greatly appreciated, please email us on cewheatman@hotmail.com.</span></span><br />
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Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-35955418937825580972012-12-20T08:27:00.001-08:002012-12-20T08:27:51.170-08:00My basketball season so far - Claire<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUln4pdgpQhuFr6TUn8u2QORsTZAqVl7U6-LntS7doz1cjY_ERYT0G5dqAzewKAyl7Vg0Ygupgvy0nQ9Gtfn_AEBmjxV-biO57oWC87zxNAcxBd1N6qH46xIVqKnDC_OlDVJQts_o4Lvs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-12-20+at+16.22.41.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUln4pdgpQhuFr6TUn8u2QORsTZAqVl7U6-LntS7doz1cjY_ERYT0G5dqAzewKAyl7Vg0Ygupgvy0nQ9Gtfn_AEBmjxV-biO57oWC87zxNAcxBd1N6qH46xIVqKnDC_OlDVJQts_o4Lvs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-12-20+at+16.22.41.png" /></a>On the side of university and skiing, I am also on the UEA women's 1st team for basketball. This is something to be VERY proud of as so far we are undefeated this season in EVERYTHING (local league, Norfolk Cup, BUCS league, BUCS Midlands Cup). This has been by far the most exciting and rewarding season so far with them and hopefully it will continue! Unfortunately, we will be a couple of players short as they were only at UEA for one semester; however we will be gaining a few players back from injury in January as well!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-30368470630091437562012-12-08T04:51:00.001-08:002012-12-08T04:51:21.988-08:00Christmas Law Ball - ClaireAmidst all of our skiing, we are of course both university students too, Max studies Graphic Communications at Norwich University Arts College and I study Law with French Law and Language at the University of East Anglia. It has proven hard at times as we have had to make many sacrifices, such as how much time we can spend on snow and taking time off university when we do go to train and compete, which makes it tougher for us in both areas to achieve our goals. Therefore, it is nice every once in a while to let our hair down and enjoy ourselves. This is exactly what I did at my Christmas Law Ball earlier this week. It was a great night with great company, food and music, as well as a free photo booth (the bit I was most excited about!!). Turns out that Max isn't the only one who pulls weird and wonderful faces in our family!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-14093108216917097832012-12-03T13:32:00.000-08:002012-12-03T13:32:00.573-08:00England Team Kit!!Our England team kit arrived last week (YAAAAYYY!!). So here are a few pictures of it!<br />
I apologise in advance, Max got a bit carried away!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-12412305831451115702012-11-28T08:42:00.003-08:002012-11-28T08:47:03.617-08:00Wild and Striped! I would like to say a massive thank you to Claire at <a href="http://www.wildandstriped.com/" target="_blank">Wild Stripes</a> for this amazing set of base layers! So cozy and snug, cannot wait to try them out on snow! Until then, our freezing student house will do nicely. They say that you will not be able to resist showing them off and they are right!! Would definitely recommend them!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-26844845979056962032012-11-19T12:51:00.000-08:002012-11-19T12:51:11.553-08:00BUDS 2012 - Claire<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Given that I am a 4th year at university and this was my first time at BUDS (British University Dry Slope Champs), it was always going to be great and having a legend of a bus driver confirmed this as soon as we got on the bus! 8 hours later and we arrived at our hostel in Edinburgh which used to be a church. After our arrival and having cooked spaghetti bolognese for 12 people we explored the hostel and found that all of the Irish were also staying there!<br />
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In typical Scottish style, it rained almost all weekend, this made walking up the side of the hill to where we were based difficult and interesting! With regards to the racing, I wasn't expecting much as I had skied on dry slope for the first time in 2 years only the week before. However, I managed to finish 40th in slalom and 47th in GS out of 203 females, so it wasn't too bad! The weekend also meant that I got to meet loads of people who I haven't seen since I have been at university, which was really amazing!<br />
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The BUDS Ball was a perfect end to the whole event, any reason to get out a posh frock! Even if we did see far too much of all the "true scotsmen" who were there!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-77225082403756322722012-11-03T16:09:00.000-07:002012-11-03T16:09:00.665-07:00London Ski and Board Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiTbF2n8LfcolQJIkpd5bKSiO8IRcpceYo5-jubYLrhFfreD7r2lOfJMcbpKaRooKBObFeLwnK1jTdjgIBBImjlZpBigP7miJeqRIugD5mhs5PN__VuUDxYyIvQCDffDdUL3b8MIt2zg/s1600/IMG_0385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiTbF2n8LfcolQJIkpd5bKSiO8IRcpceYo5-jubYLrhFfreD7r2lOfJMcbpKaRooKBObFeLwnK1jTdjgIBBImjlZpBigP7miJeqRIugD5mhs5PN__VuUDxYyIvQCDffDdUL3b8MIt2zg/s320/IMG_0385.JPG" width="320" /></a>It is quite unbelievable that today was the first time we have ever been to the London Ski and Board show (unless you saw how lost we were then it was pretty believable). So many ski related things in one big room!! We got quite excited at the beginning and made mental notes of all of the stands we wanted to go back and visit, but when that time came, we had trouble finding most of the stands again.<br />
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We did however manage to find <a href="http://www.forskiersbyskiers.com/" target="_blank">FSBS</a> to have a meet and greet, little chat and to collect some gear to start properly repping, as well as Rubix Kangaroo (look out for more of them next year!!) and the Verbier stand to pick up our free day lift passes (Swiss Ski race here we come!) and to meet some lovely gorgeous dogs!<br />
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We are both home, safe and wanting to go straight back out!<br />
After our last post with photos of gorgeous blue skies and a big bright sun, the weather took a turn with non stop snow (yaaayy!), -20something temperatures and low light and visibility (boo!). This meant that training within the course and on the jumps wasn't an option due to how dangerous it would be. Therefore, we did a lot of free skiing as well as digging out the start gate and doing laps practicing our starts and hiking back up the slope. This practice was much needed and very valuable, especially for Max as he is quite tall our coaches came up with a different starting position for him, as well as saying that he needs longer skis. It was also a prefect opportunity for everyone to get some funny video footage.<br />
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We were both gutted that we couldn't do any more jump training, but looking back at it we were so lucky with the weather and snow conditions at the start that we were even able to get some in for an October camp.<br />
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Despite the cold weather, we continued with fitness as well with our usual recovery jogs, as well as a press up session and a watts per kilo bike test. The weather seemed to make these long days even more tiring, resulting in me going to bed at 9pm every night (apparently I'm still in that routine as I went to bed at 8:30pm last night too).<br />
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Although we are back home now and straight back to university, skiing hasn't left our heads. Competition dates are starting to be announced now, so we are planning which ones want to do (all of them!) and which of them we are actually able to do (not all of them). We are also off to the London Ski and Snowboard Show on Saturday to have a look around and go and spend some time on the <a href="http://www.forskiersbyskiers.com/" target="_blank">FSBS</a> stand, so come say hey to us!! In addition, I am off to Edinburgh next week, embarrassing myself whilst trying to do slalom and GS on dry slope for BUDs, it will not go down well! I'm getting some much needed last minute coaching tomorrow from Max to try and decrease the level of humiliation.<br />
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Max is currently editing his video footage to create an amazing video for you guys, so keep your eyes peeled, we will premier it on here first! Until then, <a href="http://vimeo.com/52531383" target="_blank">here</a> is a video that a team mate from the camp made, so you can see what sort of things we got up to.<br />
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A massive thank you to James and Craig at <a href="http://www.jjc-training.co.uk/" target="_blank">JJC Training</a> for absolutely everything, Stubai for the snow and <a href="http://www.noteam.at/" target="_blank">No Team</a> for the course!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-69539893014826248782012-10-23T10:05:00.001-07:002012-11-01T02:32:39.566-07:00Austria Update <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Hallo! We have been in Austria for 4 days now, almost halfway through the camp with JJC Training, so crazy! My head thinks we have only just arrived but my body definitely feels like I have been here 10 days already. After a little trouble with my boots/bindings I got to ski with my new boots today, they are so responsive and comfy, love it!!<br />
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We have had some much needed jump training over the last 2 days which has been good and helped build our confidence and technique, as well as some start training and video feedback, which is essential as it is tough to get back into the race after a bad start! As you can see from the photos, the weather is lovely here, so hot! A bit of snow soon would be great though as it is starting to get quite thin in places (our skis have taken a bit of a beating from rocks and stones recently).<br />
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As a plus, the French, Swedish, Austrian and Italian national skiercross teams are out here at the moment! So getting to see them train in person is a great opportunity!<br />
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LOTS of GoPro footage has also been taken, so when we are back and rested we will have a go at editing it for you all and then post it up on here.<br />
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Although the 4* hotel where we are staying is amazing, we have to pay for the internet; therefore we will do another update in a few more days time.<br />
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Bis bald!<br />
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<br />Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-73711795610831591822012-10-19T12:59:00.001-07:002012-10-19T12:59:52.502-07:00Off to Austria we go!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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After a hectic day packing (my new boots don't fit my skis without redrilling my bindings, etc) we are off to the Stubai glacier in Austria for 10 days training with JJC Training! Excited does not express our emotions right now! GoPro is packed, so get ready for some great action photos, videos and stories!<br />
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It also turns out that I have gained some arm muscle as the "see if Claire can lift it" test no longer works to determine if our ski bags are too heavy.<br />
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Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-264236071583499922012-10-03T09:04:00.001-07:002012-10-03T09:04:13.214-07:00Look what we just bought! In preparation for our training camp later this month we went and bought a Go Pro HD Hero 2!<br />
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So keep a look out for some amazing videos coming your way soon! Max has taken it home to try it out on his local bmx course, so you could see plenty of crashes!Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-81404979623289871952012-09-23T07:27:00.002-07:002012-12-25T09:48:28.760-08:00The rainy land of the leprechauns - Claire<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP532IFTLMYUPexcJEDMCQjY59x1xA1Fv_WoLHiUVgKXnEIVfefkCgH55fFEZhzw4xbRIivZyNzShD9OsMKF8MUlpJUlwESdNqgUuUD6NzaXBZLLke7lUE_ut4QF3IfRO2oatYJzf4r70/s1600/P9190142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP532IFTLMYUPexcJEDMCQjY59x1xA1Fv_WoLHiUVgKXnEIVfefkCgH55fFEZhzw4xbRIivZyNzShD9OsMKF8MUlpJUlwESdNqgUuUD6NzaXBZLLke7lUE_ut4QF3IfRO2oatYJzf4r70/s320/P9190142.JPG" width="320" /></a>Last year I was studying French law at Strasbourg university and after promising my mum that I would make loads of French speaking friends, the majority of the friends I made were Irish... So after a long summer apart we all decided to meet up in Dublin (it was quicker for my friend to get there from London than it was for another who came from Cork).<br />
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All in all it was an amazing week and our England reunion will hopefully be taking place in February as long as my month isn't packed with competitions!Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-61892621140637332032012-09-21T09:29:00.001-07:002012-12-25T09:49:14.856-08:00New Sponsor!We are excited to announce that <a href="http://www.forskiersbyskiers.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>For Skiers By Skiers</b></span></a> (FSBS) have welcomed us to their team!!<br />
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Keep your eyes peeled on their <a href="http://www.forskiersbyskiers.com/" target="_blank">website</a> and thier <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ForSkiersBySkiers" target="_blank">facebook page</a> for our posts, pictures and videos!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks FSBS!</span> Claire and Max Wheatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842446293117831532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393368110872450794.post-60904153668551331272012-09-13T12:11:00.003-07:002012-09-13T12:12:20.741-07:00Uvex Equipment ArrivalI would be lying if I said that I wasn't pretty excited about our latest parcel through the post: a helmet for me and a selection of goggles and lenses for both of us! It took a lot of will power not to put them on in the house.<br />
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We would both like to say a MASSIVE thank you to Uvex for putting us on their Athlete Programme!<br />
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