Graham Overton urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ2006 2006-09-13T18:19:51.875+12:00 © Graham Overton 2006 urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060908

Teaching exam, I got number 7 of 8 - Prepare your parallel turning students for steeper terrain. To ...

2006-09-08T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060907

Today is the real crunch time. This is when all of our demos and our high-end skiing are assessed. W ...

2006-09-07T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060906

"Well done guys, I just want to say thank you for your effort that last three days. You all have a c ...

2006-09-06T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060905

Second day with our second examiner and its not a good one. Motivation absent, skiing abilities abse ...

2006-09-05T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060904

Happy Birthday Matt. A young 33 today. Hope you got the card on time, and hope you like the present ...

2006-09-04T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060902

Mountain closed! Too much wind.

2006-09-02T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060901

This is it. This is what it was all about. NZSIA Stage One. 8 days.

2006-09-01T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060831

This is the day we say goodbye to trainer Jim. I think I can speak on behalf of the rest of Team Jim ...

2006-08-31T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060830

Two days to go until the Stage One exams start and Tom decides to ski over small cliffs. Deliberatel ...

2006-08-30T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060827

Last day off before the whole course finishes!

2006-08-27T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060826

Awesome fun. Just check out the album. Helicopters are cool but very windy when they're coming in to ...

2006-08-26T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060821

Just three weeks to go. But only one free weekend for the skiers. The skiing Stage One exam is 8 str ...

2006-08-21T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060819

WORLD FAMOUS IN NEW ZEALAND. There's nothing like L&P, a little Kiwi classic with loads of fresh tas ...

2006-08-19T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060818

Freestyle day! The day started with our freestyle coach, Luismi, throwing himself head first down a ...

2006-08-18T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060817

Today was the practical element of the avalanche awareness course. For some reason the guide, who ye ...

2006-08-17T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060816

Wow, awesome day, something really clicked today. Lots more off-piste but no crashes! If I can keep ...

2006-08-16T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060814

Ok, so CSI is complete, no time to rest on our laurels, it's straight in to Stage One.

2006-08-14T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060811

The boarders got their results after they all finished. All but two passed. Pretty good.

2006-08-11T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060810

Eventful bus ride up the hill today, didn't think we were going to make it for a while. I didn't men ...

2006-08-10T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060809

Arrggghhhhhh! Ski damage! Massive set of scratches from the tip all the way down to the binding. For ...

2006-08-09T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060808

Now, we're not supposed to tell anyone this, but our examiner has already let on that he's comfortab ...

2006-08-08T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060807

Today was our last day before the first round of assessments starts. Tonight we had the kick-off mee ...

2006-08-07T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060804

By the end of the day yesterday my old whiplash injury was threatening to lock my neck up, so I deci ...

2006-08-04T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060803

This morning we reviewed some more video footage, including the early stuff and some from the last c ...

2006-08-03T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060801

Absolute mayhem. Our first go at teaching one of the progressions to the rest of the group. And we h ...

2006-08-01T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060731

Today we took out some short skis, about a foot shorter than our normal skis. So cool. So much fun, ...

2006-07-31T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060730

St John's first aid course today. More fun than expected. Apart from having a finger amputated.

2006-07-30T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060729

I have flat feet and a bowed left leg. Ok, so I'm not quite the perfect human form that I thought I ...

2006-07-29T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060725

Mel and Guy.

2006-07-25T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060724

Apparently my movements are misguided. I thought I was improving!

2006-07-24T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060723

Paul (roommate Paul) has started compiling a list of my more "unusual" behaviours.

2006-07-23T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060721

Wow. Absolutely awesome day. More off piste action. Including a couple of runs blasting through comp ...

2006-07-21T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060720

Too excited about all the off piste we took in today to remember anything else that happened.

2006-07-20T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060719

My incredible sunglasses/goggles/multi-function all action eyewear/wireless 3D video specs/x-ray/HUD ...

2006-07-19T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060718

Its all about smearing.

2006-07-18T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060717

Good skiing is about blending the movement planes involved. Fore/aft, lateral, vertical and rotation ...

2006-07-17T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060716

Its really quite different to any European resort, its tiny, we skied pretty much everything today a ...

2006-07-16T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060715

Proper induction meeting today. Starting to bring it home, why I'm really here that is, pretty scary ...

2006-07-15T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060714

Almost everyone else arrived today. There are 43 of us on the course, 23 skiers and 20 boarders. Sti ...

2006-07-14T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060713

What a journey.

2006-07-13T12:00:00Z urn:grahamoverton-com:skiNZ20060711

More tears than absolutley necessary.

2006-07-11T12:00:00Z