News from Andrew in Aspen

I'm psyched for the ski season this year. As a second year J3, I feel like I am on top of my game. I qualified for the Topolino Tryouts and Aspen is going to host the Wilder Dwight Super G qualifier and the JOs. My new equipment from Atomic arrived and it looks awesome and fast. Since it has snowed a little bit, it is starting to feel like ski season. Aspen's World Cup race is coming up so ... it is time to get this year rolling.

This summer I did a lot of dryland and strength work. The coaches did an individual workout plan for each of the kids in the ski club. I did a lot of weightlifting (at 6:30 am) and running.

Then I went to La Parva, Chile for two weeks to train. We trained Super-G and GS. It was really strange going from summer to full winter and La Parva is 7,000 feet above Santiago and the drive up there was crazy. There were also some intense winds that made closed the upper half of the mountain. I trained with some different coaches and it was cool to hear different opinions about technique and strategy.

See you on the hill!

.)) Andrew Hancock