Blog Februari 2012
It’s been a long times since I’ve been on the water, as it’s still pretty cold over here. I haven’t been able to ride because I am taking the winter off the water to rest my ankle injury. So I have been trying to find ways to keep myself occupied through the winter. As well as the usual working out in the gym and practising my tricks on the trampoline I have discovered adult gymnastics! My boyfriend and I have been heading off to the adult class at Woking gym every Monday. Although I’ve been and played about in a gym before I’ve never actually done a structured class.
The warm up is really good, you do all kinds of stretching which is great because as a wakeboarder I’m really inflexible and stiff, although my attempt at splits is pretty embarrassing! We’ve been learning to do a bunch of gymnastics skills and I can now do a 1 handed cartwheel, a flick onto a matt and walk across half of the gym floor on my hands which I’m sure isn’t very impressive if you are actually a gymnast but for me it was quite good. You also get some free time to try whatever you want at the end of the session which I have spent mostly doing double front somersaults off the trampoline into the foam pit. It’s the best bit of the session and I can nearly land them onto a crash matt now!
Before I started wakeboarding I used to be a competitive diver. This week the Diving World Cup was being held in London as a test event for the Olympics and I was lucky enough to get tickets to go and watch. We saw the men’s 3m final and the women’s 10m synchro final. The level was just crazy especially the Chinese divers who are like robots and nailed their dives for the highest scores every time. We saw the British Women’s synchro team make history winning a Bronze medal being the first female divers to ever medal at this level and the home crowd just exploded. It was pretty inspiring to see and made me want to get back on the water and start training again.
28/02/2012
The warm up is really good, you do all kinds of stretching which is great because as a wakeboarder I’m really inflexible and stiff, although my attempt at splits is pretty embarrassing! We’ve been learning to do a bunch of gymnastics skills and I can now do a 1 handed cartwheel, a flick onto a matt and walk across half of the gym floor on my hands which I’m sure isn’t very impressive if you are actually a gymnast but for me it was quite good. You also get some free time to try whatever you want at the end of the session which I have spent mostly doing double front somersaults off the trampoline into the foam pit. It’s the best bit of the session and I can nearly land them onto a crash matt now!
Before I started wakeboarding I used to be a competitive diver. This week the Diving World Cup was being held in London as a test event for the Olympics and I was lucky enough to get tickets to go and watch. We saw the men’s 3m final and the women’s 10m synchro final. The level was just crazy especially the Chinese divers who are like robots and nailed their dives for the highest scores every time. We saw the British Women’s synchro team make history winning a Bronze medal being the first female divers to ever medal at this level and the home crowd just exploded. It was pretty inspiring to see and made me want to get back on the water and start training again.
28/02/2012
Still no wakeboard stories, but you know what people say: Snow is just frozen water. That's why I went snowboarding last week. Sorry, no stories about crazy tricks that I did. Usually I try to visit the fun park and I'll do my best to break a leg. To be honest: I'm just not that much of a snowboarder ;) I know how to work my way down but doing tricks is a different story! Basically we just went touring through the beautiful mountains of Austria (Sölden) and one day I made a free ride trip with a friend and a guide. It was my first time freeriding and I can tell you it's beautiful!!! Since I’m a beginning freerider I went up with the lift instead of hiking. On top our guide knew were to leave the slopes to go in the backcountry. Beautiful untouched powder fields were our reward!
Back in the Netherlands the first boats are already in the water and the cable parks will open in the course of March. Finally some action on the water! I can't wait! Next is: the Dutch Boat Show called HISWA in Amsterdam. See you there!
28/02/2012
Back in the Netherlands the first boats are already in the water and the cable parks will open in the course of March. Finally some action on the water! I can't wait! Next is: the Dutch Boat Show called HISWA in Amsterdam. See you there!
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28/02/2012
Hello People,
I know you guys haven‘t heard of me in a long time. But why? I can tell you... Nothing happened in good old Germany. A lot of work out to get fit for the season and some studying, hanging out with friends and helping my parents where I can. THAT‘S IT! Boring isn‘t it?
But soon something important will happen. I will fly back to the states in two weeks. And the best thing: I‘m part of the GRAND OPENING of the first Jobe Sports store in the U.S.A. in Orlando.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
It‘s going to be so exciting and I am happy to be there and help where I can.
After that I will be at the Franz Ski School where I ski and train with Coach and friend Franz Oberleitner. It will be a fun time, because it is the life I want to live for the rest of my life. I hope there will be nice weather and I will make some progress in my skiing.
I also compete in some competitions and hope that I can get a wild card for the U.S. Masters which is one of the biggest events in water-skiing.
So people! When you are in Florida around March to April come around and see the store and if you want to have some skiing practice in deep Florida, just text me on Facebook or Twitter and write me an email.
Keep in touch! Bojan
23/02/2012
I know you guys haven‘t heard of me in a long time. But why? I can tell you... Nothing happened in good old Germany. A lot of work out to get fit for the season and some studying, hanging out with friends and helping my parents where I can. THAT‘S IT! Boring isn‘t it?
But soon something important will happen. I will fly back to the states in two weeks. And the best thing: I‘m part of the GRAND OPENING of the first Jobe Sports store in the U.S.A. in Orlando.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
It‘s going to be so exciting and I am happy to be there and help where I can.
After that I will be at the Franz Ski School where I ski and train with Coach and friend Franz Oberleitner. It will be a fun time, because it is the life I want to live for the rest of my life. I hope there will be nice weather and I will make some progress in my skiing.
I also compete in some competitions and hope that I can get a wild card for the U.S. Masters which is one of the biggest events in water-skiing.
So people! When you are in Florida around March to April come around and see the store and if you want to have some skiing practice in deep Florida, just text me on Facebook or Twitter and write me an email.
Keep in touch! Bojan
23/02/2012
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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
