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FIRST ENTRY!

Posted 1 year, 5 months ago

FIRST ENTRY!
Well here goes! I have just spent the last while skiing in Colorado, a big statement, but definitely one of the best weeks of my life so far. I managed to ski 6 resorts in 8 days, so plenty of travel, but some amazing views and quite a deal of time spent pondering life on the chair lifts admiring the view...I spent time staying with the Vincze Family in their amazing house in Breckenrige CO. I sailed 14's against John (photo below enjoying the hot tub!) last summer in California and he made the mistake of inviting me to his place to do some skiing. As I had some time to kill in between Miami regatta's I turned up on his doorstep. What I didn't count on was John and his wife Nicki's hospitality, during the course of the week I was treated as family and showed all the good runs! I was absolutely blown away by their place in Breck, 45 acres at 10 000 feet up above Breck town, with breathtaking views of the Valley and mountains, something you don't see every day, especially in Australia. I even was lucky enough to have a few runs with PK, John and Nicki's 4 yr old daughter, scary how good she is at that age! ( I hope PK remembers the golden rules I mentioned to her, like: Mummy is always right!)We managed some runs at Breckenridge, Keystone, A-Basin and Vail. I also spent a day over the other side of the hill at Aspen, I went skiing with my friend Alex who was brought up there and showed me around Snowmass. We had drinks at a really cool little bar right below Aspen mountain, then dinner with her mum and friend Cristy, great company for a birthday eve dinner... definitely a little surreal to spend your birthday in such a way, but something I will never forget. Difficult to descibe how lucky I felt! Then it was off to LA to see my 'other' family Howie and Julie.I lived with Howie and Julie last year for 5 months while we sailed the I14 in the Long Beach Worlds. We had planned to go skiing at Mammoth for the weekend and we flew up there in Howies Helicopter. Seeing California from 1000 feet really is the way to go. We flew past Mount Whitney, the highest in the US at 4418m way above anything I am used to seeing, the land goes from desert to mountains very quickly, quite different from Colorado, but breathtaking never the less....We spent two days blasting around Mammoth, and althought the snow wasn't perfect, the weather was, blue skies and people skiing in t-shirts, so very difficult to complain!This weekend it's back to Mammoth for some more fun( I think they had 6 inches of snow last night), then next week over to Florida for more Star sailing.... will keep you posted Full Story »

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