We are coming to the finish of our New Zealand season after some great races at Coronet Peak.  The finals of the tech series of ANC Cup races saw perfect weather (although just a little warm!) blue skies, and the snow held out over the four days.  There were some top international athletes with a similar start list to the ANC races in Hotham including Adam Zampa in bib 1, four days in a row.

View from the race course over Wakatipu Basin

The races kicked off with two days of giant slalom and with my ANC points I started in a good position. I scored a points result day one with a top second run but made a few mistakes day two.  This was followed up with two days of slalom, again with some good results but just a few too many mistakes.  All up though, my technique is getting more solid all the time and I feel I’ve made some good gains this season.  For the overall ANC Cup series I won the yellow bib for slalom. Unfortunately the speed races at Mt Hutt where all canceled due to snow conditions.

Still a little more on snow training to be had over the next couple of weeks as well as getting into more dryland training before leaving to Colorado at the start of November.

On another note, our NZ Ski Team have started a Supporters Club and have held our first evening last week in Queenstown with another to be in Christchurch 18th September.  Take a read and if you would like to show your support, drop Hamish Edwards a line hamish@skiracingnz.co.nz

It’s been great to catch up again with friends from all around the world and be able to take some time out for the occasional game of frisbee golf in our beautiful part of the country.