Euros training

First of all, apologies for not having uploaded last week, and too late this week. Last week I was training at Vincent Soubiron ski school in order to prepare for the upcoming European and African championships, but the wifi broke, so I was unable to upload.

The training with Vinney was going really well. I ran my 13 meter pass for the first time since I did it in Nemours, so I was really happy! I had another slalom set that day, so Vinney told me I had to run the 13 meter passs again, but this time 'off the dock', like in a competition. I ran 18 and 16 no problem, then came 14, and Vinney said oke no pressure, but.... you have to run it. So then I did, and after came the real pressure. I really wanted to run that 13, but then again, I'd only done it twice before. I just thought how easy both of the 13s that I ran felt and that I should be able to do it. And I did. I only got to half or maybe 1 bouy at 12, but it felt great to be slalomming  like this just before Europeans. Once I got to the site of the Europeans, I ran 18, 16, 14 easily, even though the water did feel quite different than before. I haven't done 6 bouys at 13 in the training here, but if I am able to at least ski into 13, I should be happy with the results.

In tricks, we decided to change my run back to what I was doing last year, because the 540s I was trying wouldn't be credit in the competition and thus a waste of time. I want to go over 3000 points, so I couldn't do the exact same run as last year. I added a WO, which is a wake 360 at the beginning, to start with some extra points. I normally never train this trick, so I had to get used to starting with it, but luckily the trick that follows is so easy for me that it doesn't matter if I get out of the WO a little bit sketchy. My toe run stays the same, but hopefully I do wrap in wrap out at the end for an extra 200 points. When training in Spain, there was a different boat and my WO wasn't credit anymore. This caused quite a bit of stress. Talisa thought that making my rope a bit longer would help, but I didn't have more practise time to test it. I ended up giving my jump training to Tycho in return for his trick training, because his tricks are so good that he doesn't need more practise than the official 5 minutes. I also wanted my jump training to gain more confidence and figure out the timing, but it is more important to PB in trick than in jump, and also more realistic.

Finally the jumping: at Vinney's, it was going quite well. Sadly on the second to last day before training, I landed with my skis facing inward. I got kicked out of my skis into a front flip and twisted my left leg. Everything from my pelvis, knee and ankle was hurtng and it took the ostheopath quite some time to try and fix it. Still it hurts a bit, but I jumped the day after just to see. I lost a lot of confidence in that fall and when I got to Spain and had jump training, I passed my first 2 jumps. I was in good body position and the timing was oke, but I was just still too scared to go over. After, I really forced myself to go over with a single and a 3/4 straight after. I would have liked to jump more before, but if I jump over my score at worlds, I will be content. I still have the official training for jump, so 2, maybe 3 jumps to figure out the timing of my 3/4, because I was really early the one I did in practise.

Aside from the skiing, the team spirit is absolutely great and we're having a lot of fun together. I can't wait for the competition to start and I really hope everyone skis their best!