Davos FIS and Val d Isere World Cup

Did a couple of Fis slaloms in Davos on my way to Val d Isere this week, the races were a really high standard with the the likes of Herbst (world no 1) Gini, Matt and Schoenfelder (all world cup winners) racing. The weather was pretty shocking, on the 1st day I had a big crash on the 2nd run and only 16 racers finished from 116 starters!!!! Brutal!!! 2nd day I drew no 1 and wanted to take full advantage of it, I skied pretty solid and finished 4th but my runs were a bit scrappy with some costly mistakes however it was encouraging to keep up with the pace of those top racers.

Val d Isere was as awesome as always. Each time I go there I like the place more. The face d bellevarde was as tough as ever, its such a huge mental challenge to push out of that start gate and actually attack that slope. I was fully pumped up and gave it my best shot!!! The top section was chopped up and loads of guys were struggling big time, I probably held back a bit much up top and thats what cost me my place in the 2nd run, when I found my rythym I put some great turns together and finished in 38th only 0.46sec from 30th place, not too bad from start no 67 but not good enough to take any world cup points home with me :)

Here are my split times from the 1st run...... definitely lost it up top.

67 BAXTER Noel

Rossignol

GBR Run1: Int1: 20.04 (52) 1.68

I1−I2: 16.79 (40)

Int2: 36.83 (45) 2.34

I2−Fin: 17.24 (20)

Fin: 54.07 (38) 2.63