Story Of A Girl
We tend to think it’s going to be just one moment that grows us up, that changes us; that guides us to becoming that ‘better’ version of ourselves. Instead, it ends up being more like a thousand of them – and when each one happens, there’s no going back. Since the fateful day I hit […]
The Privilege of Pressure
Cracking open a fortune cookie last month in my hometown of Brandon, Manitoba I didn’t think much of it. Then I read: “Your friends will truly be helpful in your next month’s endeavour.” Those simple, and typically generic words screamed at me. My fingers instantaneously tucked it, face-up, into the back of the clear protective […]
A Frame in Focus
In my recent travels, between boarding flights and infinite cups of coffee I wandered through a bookstore. Choosing books by their cover (yes, really) I happened to open up one, in which this sentence suddenly jumped out at me, “Go where you don’t want to go. Get in luck’s path.” I stood there motionless. Some […]
Winterberg for the Win
Eat. Slide. Eat. Workout. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. When you are on this kind of schedule, your experience of time and space become intensified, amplified and distorted. It may sound obvious, but I can confirm that travel at the speed of Skeleton is anything but conventional. The final stop on the 2011/12 EuropaCup circuit was Winterberg […]
Four for Four
As my fingers tap along the laptop keys to write this latest blog installment I have to admit that I’m very pleased with myself. To the right of my desk lays a North Face waterproof duffle bag that I have managed to Tetris-style pack with ALL of my gear for our next America’s Cup trip […]
My Racing Thoughts
What speeds by you when you want it to slow down and seems to only take its sweet time when you can barely stand the wait? Life. And in my life, when things come apart, things start coming together. The 2011/12 Canadian Selection Races came and went with such incredible force that I can barely […]