World Cup
After having spend 3 days in the Hyatt it was time for some action. The first two world cups snowboardcross of the new season are in Valle Nevado.
After a seeing how the guys were riding the cool course it was our turn. The cours that the shaper put down for us was technical, good and a lot of work. It started off with al couple of mini Wu-tangs, 6 narly rollers and then you arrived at the first curve. After that there were a lot of jumps, turns, a step-up and more rollers. By the end of the cours you’re gasping for air and on that alititude it’s not easy.
The second day was a little bit of training and qualifing. Bell was riding very good keeping lines, speed and accelerating where she could. Unfortunatly it was not enough to get a place in the top 16. Bell came in at place 24. But that didn’t keep us from a little party. Jacobellis and a Norweagian guy won the first cup.The next quali would be in two days.
They put in some new features at the start for the 2nd race and they changed a little bit in the rest of the course. We had 3 traingruns and right after that qualifing. You had to get used to the new course really fast. Bell had it down after 2 runs so she headed up to the qualifyer ready to go and full of confidence. She was a little bit too eager to go and messed up the new features at the start in her first run. In het 2nd run she made a couple of little mistakes and that cost her top 16. She ended up 23rd and was a little disapointed.
The closing party of the World Cup was awesome, the french and americans having foodfights, a lot of beer and crazy dancing.
We stayed in Valle Nevado 1 more day to take some pictures in the park befor we headed up to Santiago and the beach. Sebas took us to this sushi place and it was the best sushi we have EVER eaten.
The next day we took of to the beach with a ski team from Vail. We stayed in little cabanas right at the beach (sooooo nice). After a nice dinner and a good night of sleep we were ready to do some surfing! The water was sooooo cold (good we had some nice wetsuits) that after 2 hours you didn’t feel your feet anymore. The waves were big and a lot of close outs but that didn’t stop us from trying to drop in, hell you can’t surf in Chile every day…
After a full day of sightseeing in Santiago the next day, we went to the airport and headed up to Florida. We chilled out there for 2 days before we catched our flight home.
Now we’re batteling our jet leg and looking forward to seeing everybody at the Private premier this Friday!!
Seee you all there!!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
PUCON
We arrived in Pucon after a really nice 11 hour busride. For like €15 you have the busride, food and a man who puts a blanket over you. Francois (the french guy who organised the whole week and shaped the course) piked us up at the busstation and drove us to our cabanja. We changed into our snowboarding gear and Dorian came to pick us up and drive us to the Volcano. The drive up to the Volcano is a 4x4 adventure on it’s self.
On the Volcano you go up with a red chairlift and then there are 4 lifts, a park and a BX track.
The first day it was misty but we still had a good day. Our cabanja is really cool, there’s a little fireplace to warm it up and during the day a guy comes and does our beds, puts wood on the fire and even does our dishes!
The next day was blue skies, we shot some cool pics and had a really nice day of riding. Pucon is so beautiful so if you ever have a chance of going there; GO!
The following day it was blue skies againg but there was so much wind that the volcano was closed. Piollo and Isabel (the brasilian team) took us for a ride and showed us the beautiful spots around Pucon.
The wind was gone down and the moutain opened, we had a very nice day of riding. At night the wind came back and for the next three days it took over the mountain. But there is not sutch thing as getting boared in Pucon. The first day we went rafting. It was a very wild river and cold as hell but didn’t prevent us from a little swim. After that we were obiously cold and drove to Los Pozones. These are natural hotsprings that are heated by the vulcano. This was heaven for our cold bodies hehehe After that we fell a sleep like babies.
We woke up discovering is was closed yet again. So we went for a hike in a national forest. The forest, lakes, waterfall and most of all the view are so beautiful! We hiked for 3 hours till we came to a point where we didn’t know if we were still on the trail. The snow was knee deep and we were making the track and other groups followed it. We didn’t make it to the top but we were really close!
Our last day it snowed so we chilled out, ate the biggest hamburger in our life, drunk some pisco sour and hoped on the bus to Santiago.
The world cup update will be next!
On the Volcano you go up with a red chairlift and then there are 4 lifts, a park and a BX track.
The first day it was misty but we still had a good day. Our cabanja is really cool, there’s a little fireplace to warm it up and during the day a guy comes and does our beds, puts wood on the fire and even does our dishes!
The next day was blue skies, we shot some cool pics and had a really nice day of riding. Pucon is so beautiful so if you ever have a chance of going there; GO!
The following day it was blue skies againg but there was so much wind that the volcano was closed. Piollo and Isabel (the brasilian team) took us for a ride and showed us the beautiful spots around Pucon.
The wind was gone down and the moutain opened, we had a very nice day of riding. At night the wind came back and for the next three days it took over the mountain. But there is not sutch thing as getting boared in Pucon. The first day we went rafting. It was a very wild river and cold as hell but didn’t prevent us from a little swim. After that we were obiously cold and drove to Los Pozones. These are natural hotsprings that are heated by the vulcano. This was heaven for our cold bodies hehehe After that we fell a sleep like babies.
We woke up discovering is was closed yet again. So we went for a hike in a national forest. The forest, lakes, waterfall and most of all the view are so beautiful! We hiked for 3 hours till we came to a point where we didn’t know if we were still on the trail. The snow was knee deep and we were making the track and other groups followed it. We didn’t make it to the top but we were really close!
Our last day it snowed so we chilled out, ate the biggest hamburger in our life, drunk some pisco sour and hoped on the bus to Santiago.
The world cup update will be next!
Friday, September 14, 2007
CHILE
We packed our bags, said goodby to our friends, mom, kneus and our dog and we we’re off to the airport. The plan is visiting our Dad in Florida, get over the jetlag and fly on to Chile. After spending some nice hot days in Florida we we’re off to Chile. The flight started of with some delays and finished with a detour to Conception befor arriving in Santiago. In Santiago Sonja and Sebas were ready to pick us up and drive us to the mountains. After 40 hairpin turns we finally arrived in Farallones, a little place under Valle Nevado, where we would stay untill the World Cup started.
Farallones is a little town with tiny houses and a lot of dogs running around. We stayed in a little refugio with some locals. The refugio was not so nice but the view made up for it! The sunset is so beautiful there, looking out on the mountains and Santiago.
The first night we were already invited to a BBQ where we ate some really good meat and drunk the drink of Chille: Pisco.
The first day we went snowboarding in El Colorado (the slopes that belong to Farallones) and it was killing. Because you’re up so high you feel your legs get tired so fast.
The next day we walked down to the main road up to Valle Nevado and hitch hiked our way up. Valle Nevado looks like a french skifactory there are two hotels and two other buildings, that’s it. The slopes are very nice and its pretty big. There is a cool park, pipe and a boardercross track. The sun was buring all day long and we rode the whole day so we thaught that we deserved a bier. ;)
We met a brasilian girl who rides BX and she told us about a nice place called Pucon that also has a park and stuff. Because we wanted to see more of this beautiful country we decited to go. So one day later we we’re on a bus…
You’ll hear how awesome Pucon is the next update!
Seeeeee Ya
Greetz BNB
Friday, August 31, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Back Again
After a really awesome season with trips to Japan, USA, Canada and France I was reunited with Britt. And we travelled to the Belgian Open in Les2alps. Britt still couldn't ride but parteeee... The Belgian Open was great!
After undergoing knee surgary again (Bell this time)we trained together and enjoyed the Summer. We went mountainbiking in Klosters, surfing in Mimizan (Also winning a surfboard in the Pura Vida surfbar!!!) and snowboarding in Saas Fee.
Now we're in Florida visiting our dad and in a couple of days we're off to Chille for a month! We hope to ride a lot of pow and ride well in the 2 Wourld Cups there! We'll be updeating our blogspot frequently so check in once in a while!!!!
After undergoing knee surgary again (Bell this time)we trained together and enjoyed the Summer. We went mountainbiking in Klosters, surfing in Mimizan (Also winning a surfboard in the Pura Vida surfbar!!!) and snowboarding in Saas Fee.
Now we're in Florida visiting our dad and in a couple of days we're off to Chille for a month! We hope to ride a lot of pow and ride well in the 2 Wourld Cups there! We'll be updeating our blogspot frequently so check in once in a while!!!!
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Update till 16 / 01 / 07
I came back from Whistler and it was amazing!! So much snow!! We went cat boarding on an epic snow day. I’d never ridden so much powda. We built a kicker and we got some really cool shots that week.
The day after I came back, I took my grandpa and his car (hihi) to Switzerland. After being sick for a week but still having a super Christmas with my family, some friends came to visit us and we celebrated the New Year quite well ;).
On 6 January I took off to the Dutch championships in Grindelwald. I could stay in the Protest house again so that was really chill. After a day of skiing with Anne-fleur (skiing is sooooo much fun hihihi) we celebrated the start of the Dutch Champs. On Tuesday we took off to Saas-fee were the half pipe contest was being held on Wednesday. The wind was blowing so hard during the contest that boards flew away and you had to drop in between gusts of wind. Anyway the competition went really well for me (although still missing some style in the pipe) and I ended up 2nd and Anne-fleur could prolong her Dutch title.
With the big air (long in run / small jump / flat or no landing) we struggled through the wind again. I managed to take the first place and prolonged my Dutch title on the big air.
The boarderX followed the next day and because I went knock out last year I wanted to ride good. I ended up with the fastest qualification time but you never know in a boarderX. It was really close between Eva Bakker and me but Eva just beat me by half a board and she also could prolong her Dutch title.
After coming home for 3 days and seeing that Britt was doing really well > walking without crutches and starting swimming, I’m off for about 6 weeks riding boarderX competitions and a couple of freestyle events. I’ll try to update you guys soon.
The day after I came back, I took my grandpa and his car (hihi) to Switzerland. After being sick for a week but still having a super Christmas with my family, some friends came to visit us and we celebrated the New Year quite well ;).
On 6 January I took off to the Dutch championships in Grindelwald. I could stay in the Protest house again so that was really chill. After a day of skiing with Anne-fleur (skiing is sooooo much fun hihihi) we celebrated the start of the Dutch Champs. On Tuesday we took off to Saas-fee were the half pipe contest was being held on Wednesday. The wind was blowing so hard during the contest that boards flew away and you had to drop in between gusts of wind. Anyway the competition went really well for me (although still missing some style in the pipe) and I ended up 2nd and Anne-fleur could prolong her Dutch title.
With the big air (long in run / small jump / flat or no landing) we struggled through the wind again. I managed to take the first place and prolonged my Dutch title on the big air.
The boarderX followed the next day and because I went knock out last year I wanted to ride good. I ended up with the fastest qualification time but you never know in a boarderX. It was really close between Eva Bakker and me but Eva just beat me by half a board and she also could prolong her Dutch title.
After coming home for 3 days and seeing that Britt was doing really well > walking without crutches and starting swimming, I’m off for about 6 weeks riding boarderX competitions and a couple of freestyle events. I’ll try to update you guys soon.
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