Back in winter!

It's been a while, but hopefully you've seen a bunch of my summer updates! I might as well do a grand recap, to get you all up to date rolling into our first World Cup.

To start off, I'm not gonna lie: Last year really sucked for me. It was tough to deal with an injury that never seemed serious enough to sideline me from my sport. So after a bunch of mediocre finishes and a lot of searching, the season finally finished with a kick in the butt to motivate me for this year.

I put all my energy this summer into getting healthy fast! It was not easy, but the work was well worth it. I spent most of my time in and out of the gym, chiropractor, Pilates, and getting body work. Speaking of which, have you heard of Yamuna Body Rolling?? Well, look it up, cause it works wonders.

While it was strenuous work, I had fun doing all of that.

I stayed at home in Maui for 2 whole months straight, unbelievable for a schedule like mine! I only left once for a photo shoot for Nike which was well worth it. You can see my posing all over the web and at tons of sports stores in the U.S. It's pretty awesome.

Besides the training, I got to surf a bunch too, as well as start up some new hobbies like slack line and rock climbing.

On the snow side of things, I have been training hard there too. I think I have already skied more than ever now going into the first race and I still have some days to go before the season really kicks off in Soelden. I skied with the team in New Zealand and stayed some extra days to ski a little bit more. In Chile after Portillo with the speed team, I stayed a few more days there to ski with the tech guys. The extra skiing just felt right!

It's been a lot of fun, and I am skiing really strong. Times are good, but I think it's really going to show up in the races. I am very excited to race, and be back to my normal healthy self.

Just sitting here in my hotel room in Switzerland it's easy for me to reflect on the tough times, and see how it not only effects your results, but it chips away at everything: self confidence, self awareness, ability to focus, everything. For me when I jumped back on skis after spending months away from the snow, the fact that I was healthy again, made it so much easier. I can't even remember a time that it's ever been this easy. I feel great!

The race is next weekend, so bring it on!

Aloha,

Jules