Stay Tuned
As the sun begins to shine with a little more ‘oomph’, Skeleton/Bob tracks morph into their (literal) concrete summer identities – and sliders around the world return to a life that is the yin to their yang. Personally, I wrapped up my season with a few more runs in Calgary – at Canada Olympic Park […]
Connect The Dots
Tossing and turning, I catalogue the thoughts in my rolodex-style psyche; closing my eyes, I wait to exhale. There’s a real shift in focus as Russia invites the world to their backyard to challenge for Olympic Gold. Less than a year before what has already transformed from, as I’ve been told, what was literally empty […]
Reign Over Me
A very small but dark area of space exists in my psyche – right between my desire to perform at my highest level imaginable and my ability to execute that performance on-demand. It is my belief, that all elite level athletes possess this dark area. Much like a room with no light, it can be […]
Higher Ground
Like a mess of moments – learning a new track can have a tricky way of cluttering up my brain. Memorizing the corners, building a game plan, reviewing video, reviewing more video, and trying to ignore/handle the pressure I place on myself to “know what to do” sooner rather than later. I remind myself once […]
Moments of Greatness
Whistler – deemed (appropriately) the fastest, most technical track in the world – a true test of a pilot’s ability to react and respond. So, despite the fact that many of my Canadian counterparts have hundreds and hundreds of runs on this 2010 Winter Olympic venue, and the reality that MY first time sliding The Whis […]
One-Hundredth of a Second
One one-hundredth is faster than the blink of an eye; it’s faster than a flash of lightning … and it’s the smallest margin of time measured in our (and many different types of) sport. We will scratch and claw and even obsess … all for that practically unseen extra moment of time. There are many […]
A Debut to Remember
Time alone with my thoughts is rarely absent of distractions – the buzzing of texts and emails — phone calls, to do lists or “helpful” all-knowing voices. The issues become muddy and I often struggle to focus on just one thing. I have discovered however, two instances in my life where it’s entirely different. Interestingly, […]
Learning How to Fall
When I first moved to Calgary, Alberta in July 2009 I found myself constantly looking up. Looking up at the skyscrapers. Looking up at the ski jump tower . Looking up at the mountains. It was as if I was looking at everything for the very first time. Shiny and brand new – life was […]
Strength Through Passion
As the world turns it’s attention to the XXX Summer Olympic Games, it’s hard not to be entirely captivated. Not only because the triumphs and tribulations of our world’s best athletes are featured on every channel and social media venue, but because watching someone challenge their passion is truly incredible. The beautiful images of sculpted […]