12th December 2018 – Powder Day (2nd day)

Posted on December 12, 2018 by zmetheringham

Amazing two days after a few meters of fresh snow dump.

5th December 2018 – Krampus 2018

Posted on December 5, 2018 by zmetheringham

5th December 2018 – Team Evolution Schooling

Posted on December 5, 2018 by zmetheringham

Being part of Team Evolution is not just about Skiing or the Gym, is about team work, learning to live away and Schooling !

Team Evolution:
Winter term is here and the first days of school are in the bag!
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After a long and productive Autumn training block followed by a couple of weeks back in the UK, everyone is home to Austria and working hard on the slopes of Reiteralm Bergbahnen and in the Radstadt Hauptschule.
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We’re hugely thankful of our fantastic teaching team this year, and with programs like Google Drive and Google Classroom and our new Athlete Tracker, the trainees are successfully proving that they can continue studying, training, learning, and developing as student-athletes wherever in the world their classrooms are.

4th December 2018 – Back Training at Base

Posted on December 4, 2018 by zmetheringham

21st November 2018 – Slalom Training

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20th November 2018 – Slalom Training

Posted on November 20, 2018 by zmetheringham

A good couple of days slalom training working on one technique and applying that into the gates.

18th November 2018 – GS Training

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12th November 2018 – NSSA Indoor School Ski Championship

Posted on November 12, 2018 by zmetheringham

After three great (and consistent) runs on Sunday at the SMK Internal Race Series, I was hoping home advantage, the knowledge of snow conditions and slope profile, would help.

Racing with lots of SMK members and friends from other schools, it was great to be representing Akeley Wood School.

After a storming Run 1, I was placed 1st U16 and 3rd Overall Male (15:00 seconds), behind two very fast U18 racers. With the snow conditionings becoming very icy, and final race results based on fastest run time of the twi runs, Run 2 was an all or nothing charge to try to improve on his overall position.

With the race based on fastest run, it was all or nothing Run 2, however I finished with a faster time of 14.63 seconds.

I finished 1st U16 but jumped from 3rd to 2nd overall, beaten only by a very good Manchester based Under 18 skier.

Well done to other SMK Racers, Jacob B, Matthew D, Miles E, Ben C, Alex K, Sam D, Amelie D and toTeam Evolution team mates Charlotte W and Niamh T.

Looking forward to representing Akeley Wood School at the ISA Indoor Ski Championship in April next year.

23rd September 2018 – 5th Lowland Champs, Snow Valley, Peer, Belgium

Posted on September 24, 2018 by zmetheringham

First training and racing at Snow Valley, Peer, Belgium.

Good 3 days of Team Evolution training followed by 5th Lowland Champs, as organised by the Belgiums.

(no official results posted yet but from times taken from Live Timing) Saturday, finished 45th = (with Aidan) overall, 11th = (with Aidan) U16 (with only two YOB 2004 ahead of me) – So happy as YOB 2004 3rd =

Sunday finished 44th overall, 12th U16 (pipped by Aidan by 0.31 over the two runs into 4th) with only three YOB 2004 ahead of me – Again very happy as YOB 2004 4th – but still lots of work to do.

Looking forward to next years 6th Lowlands, will be 2nd Year U16 and want to add to my previous Lowlands Podiums.

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Some amazing performances from Team Evolution athletes ! Well Done !

First time GBR won the International Country Award ! – Well done all GBR Racers and massive thanks to the Belgium organisers and officials and GBR officials and Race Secretary Team !