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Last week winter finally kicked in. The lakes in Holland were frozen and it's a kind of tradition that the Dutch go crazy about ice skating. “ World Famous” in The Netherlands is the “ Eleven city's tour”. It's been the talk of the day for almost one week. Would we be able to ride the Eleven City's or not? In the end the ice wasn't thick enough so it was cancelled. Too bad but still lots of places where we could go skating. I made some tours on our beautiful lakes, even though I’m not much of a skater it was just awesome to cruise around. It works like this, first you try to find your skates. Everybody has them but as you hardly ever use them it is pretty hard to find them. Second is to dress up, don't ask me why but a braces seems to be fashion in skating.
Other fashion items on the ice are 30 year old jackets, orange “ Unox” hats and ski goggles. Probably the hardest part is trying to park your car somewhere close to the ice. To get on the ice the easiest way is to trespass somebody's property. Usually the people would call the police, but skating changes people and they just let you through. You put on your skates, make some laps and then you end up at the “ Koek en Sopie”. Here you buy some “ Snert” , hot chocolate, schnapps or wine and you go home drunk ;)
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, feel free to visit The Netherlands any time when it's freezing and you'll see the Dutch people at their best! I'm sure somebody will guide you around!
Off course I also played some games of ice hockey. So, all in all, finally some action on the (frozen) lakes!
Next week I'll go snowboarding in Austria and after that the Dutch Boat Show (HISWA) takes place in Amsterdam. This is also the start of the wakeboard season so from now on you can check my blog every two weeks.
Cheers!
Sjors
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14/02/2012
Hey!
After a great month in France, I'm back to school in Louisiana. I've been pretty busy since I came back. I have a lot of classes this semester and I had to find an internship for this semester. I finally found one, I'll start working next Saturday in a hotel. Since I'm not American, I had to fill in so many papers in order to be able to work legally in the US.
I recently received some good news, I am invited to participate at a World Cup in Australia in March. I better get ready for this tournament! Luckily the weather has been pretty nice in Louisiana, it's been around 20°C / 25°C, so I already started skiing. I did a couple of slalom and trick sets. I started jumping last week end. It feels nice to be back on the water so early in the season.
I now have 5 weeks to get ready for this World Cup, so I'm going to ski and workout as much as I can. I go to the gym 4 to 5 times a week and ski almost every day depending on the skiing conditions. At the beginning it's hard to be motivated to go to the gym but once you get the rhythm it's alright. It feels so much easier now, I don't get tired as fast as when I started working out.
I'll bring my Gopro and my camera to Australia and I'll try to show you the best moments of the tournament.
Cheers,
Nancy
08/02/2012
After a great month in France, I'm back to school in Louisiana. I've been pretty busy since I came back. I have a lot of classes this semester and I had to find an internship for this semester. I finally found one, I'll start working next Saturday in a hotel. Since I'm not American, I had to fill in so many papers in order to be able to work legally in the US.
I recently received some good news, I am invited to participate at a World Cup in Australia in March. I better get ready for this tournament! Luckily the weather has been pretty nice in Louisiana, it's been around 20°C / 25°C, so I already started skiing. I did a couple of slalom and trick sets. I started jumping last week end. It feels nice to be back on the water so early in the season.
I now have 5 weeks to get ready for this World Cup, so I'm going to ski and workout as much as I can. I go to the gym 4 to 5 times a week and ski almost every day depending on the skiing conditions. At the beginning it's hard to be motivated to go to the gym but once you get the rhythm it's alright. It feels so much easier now, I don't get tired as fast as when I started working out.
I'll bring my Gopro and my camera to Australia and I'll try to show you the best moments of the tournament.
Cheers,
Nancy
08/02/2012
Hello!!!
I’m back in France, it’s study time….! I prepared my mathematics so I could go to a good business school next year.
Nevertheless, I can’t stop thinking about water skiing! So, I went back to the fitness center to get ready for the new season. When the weather is better, I am prepared for skiing!
I do exercises with my trainer which are quite similar to water skiing. I’m going to the gym five times a week. I don’t work out too long, I think about one hour, but the intensity is really high. For my upper legs I do lot of tractions in different positions to get stronger in my back as well. I do pushups and some other exercises to strengthen my shoulders…
These muscle exercises are an important part of my training, because in our sport we use this part of the body a lot. It is really important to prevent injuries. For the legs I do dynamic exercises with a jump rope, and different exercises for the balance.
But the gym center can be really boring so I do some other sport to practice my cardio, like badminton or soccer.
See you guys!!
Guillaume.
07/02/2012
I’m back in France, it’s study time….! I prepared my mathematics so I could go to a good business school next year.
Nevertheless, I can’t stop thinking about water skiing! So, I went back to the fitness center to get ready for the new season. When the weather is better, I am prepared for skiing!
I do exercises with my trainer which are quite similar to water skiing. I’m going to the gym five times a week. I don’t work out too long, I think about one hour, but the intensity is really high. For my upper legs I do lot of tractions in different positions to get stronger in my back as well. I do pushups and some other exercises to strengthen my shoulders…
These muscle exercises are an important part of my training, because in our sport we use this part of the body a lot. It is really important to prevent injuries. For the legs I do dynamic exercises with a jump rope, and different exercises for the balance.
But the gym center can be really boring so I do some other sport to practice my cardio, like badminton or soccer.
See you guys!!
Guillaume.
07/02/2012
Just after Christmas I was lucky enough to be asked to perform Jetski Displays at The London Boat Show on the outside Dock. I was really lucky as most of the time in January in the UK there is loads of snow and ice, but the weather was bright and sunny for me. It was cold but I really enjoyed it and the crowds that watched really helped by cheering me on! It was great to catch up with Oscar, Jordy and the Jobe team at The London Boat Show as well. We all had a really successful Boat Show, Jordy even braved the cold to come out and watch me! I'm even more pleased as now here in UK its below freezing with loads of snow so I was really lucky.
While the weather is bad, I have had delivery of some new ski parts to upgrade the old ones and been busy sorting out my ski in the garage ready for the year ahead. P1 AquaX and OffShore PowerBoat Championships that travel all around the UK have asked me to be on their team again this season! This is really good news for me as I do Jetski Shows in between The racing in front of hundreds of spectators and have a really good time so I'm really looking forward to this! Their Championship starts in May so will be all up and running and ready for this!
Talk to you later!
06/02/2012
While the weather is bad, I have had delivery of some new ski parts to upgrade the old ones and been busy sorting out my ski in the garage ready for the year ahead. P1 AquaX and OffShore PowerBoat Championships that travel all around the UK have asked me to be on their team again this season! This is really good news for me as I do Jetski Shows in between The racing in front of hundreds of spectators and have a really good time so I'm really looking forward to this! Their Championship starts in May so will be all up and running and ready for this!
Talk to you later!
06/02/2012
Just got to Brazil to do some coaching and get an early start on the season. The weather here is amazing, Its their summer and its nice and hot. Not only that, but the scenery is beautiful. I started coaching in Broa Lake on Saturday, and since then have come to ride in Igarata with my friend Rodrigo. The Brazilians have so much enthusiasm for the sport. I let them try the Austin Series, and three of them bought it right away. Now, I'm learning some more Portuguese and making friends along the way. I can't believe I only have a week down here. I will be back down for sure at least twice a year. Enjoy the photos.
31/01/2012
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