Ed Guigonnet: End Of Season Blog
This seasons has been quite difficult in all different aspects, but mainly result wise where throughout the whole season, I didn’t manage to ski at my best in races resulting...
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This seasons has been quite difficult in all different aspects, but mainly result wise where throughout the whole season, I didn’t manage to ski at my best in races resulting...
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This season has been a tough one for me. I’ve been struggling with an ongoing, undiagnosed illness that has stopped me from being able to compete this winter. As much...
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Unfortunately, halfway through February just before one of my Europa Cup Competitions, I was skiing in a small rail park in Innsbruck. I was having some fun with some friends...
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March was a very busy month with the Laax Europa Cup and the Silvaplana World Cup back to back. Laax was amazing as always with the same course as the...
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At the end of March I finished the Europa Cups for the season in Reiteralm. We were only able to race one of the two race days due to weather...
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Lots of training for me this month between competitions. I spent my time learning some new rail tricks; learning my fourth direction of spin (switch right) and perfecting, tweaking and...
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We had around 2 weeks until our next block of races, so this gave me some time to have a few days off at home to rest and go and...
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Here we go, my first World Cup of the season. Arguably the biggest World Cup of the season with all the big names coming to compete. The course had me...
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From the middle of January I had two weeks off at home, due to the crash which I had in the FIS race in Reiteralm. The first week I spent...
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My 2024 skiing started mid way through January due to my previous shoulder injuries. It was amazing getting back out in Austria! I mainly trained in Mayrhofen and Kaltenbach, two...
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My season started right at the beginning of December where I moved into our base in Austria. We were very lucky this year as there was lots of snow really early...
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Unfortunately, the UK seems to lack access to 70ft+ massive Snowpark jumps. While it’s possible to use Dryslopes and indoor Snowdomes to practice rail tricks, to be able to compete...
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For the past month, we’ve been in full racing mode. Despite some really good form in training, I struggle to apply the same skiing in races, so my races often...
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