A few weeks ago I recounted how I coached a skier who was spending the ski season in Chamonix. As I was based in the UK we used the power of the internet & email to facilitate the coaching process. … Continue reading
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ACL recovery and rehab. 1 year Diary. Below are the diary entries I made while documenting my recovery and return to skiing after my ACL operation 1 year ago. Immediately after the accident I struggled to find accurate information on … Continue reading
Chamonix Coaching. Winter 2013. This ski season has seen me helping a skier spending the season in Chamonix. As I’ve been based in the UK this year we used the power of the Internet to facilitate the process, communicating by … Continue reading
A quick edit of the footage shot during my walk up The Caradoc during February 2013’s snowfall in Shropshire. … Continue reading
Caer Caradoc \ The Lawley nr Church Stretton. The overnight forecast had hinted that there would be more snow towards South Shropshire so I decided to hear over to Church Stretton in the hope that some of the gullies on … Continue reading
After the recent snow fall I couldn’t resist hiking up our local ‘Hill’. As luck would have it snow had fallen overnight to give a couple of inches of powder to ski in. Unusually condition allowed skiing to the bottom … Continue reading
Bad times. On the 4th afternoon of my last trip out I managed to snap my ACL while skiing an off piste gully. I’ll cover the circumstances of the ACL injury and try and draw on any lessons in another … Continue reading
Inspired by my ‘Shropshire Skiing’ on Friday afternoon I was minded to see how conditions were in Wales for a trip the following day. I’d already scoped our the Berwyns for possible skiing opportunities but in the end I was … Continue reading
Trip 2 The following Monday night and Tuesday day saw a fresh fall of snow across Shropshire. We had enough to cover the Dendex at Madeley giving a brief period of floodlit, lift served night skiing which I took full … Continue reading
Trip 1. By the start of January 2010 Shropshire had been in the icy grip of Winter for weeks. Finally it had snowed and the temptation to see of Shropshire Skiing was possible was too much. In the Summer I’d … Continue reading