In Norway

It has been awhile since my last post and I have had a lot of very cool things going on in my life. Most important i need to let everyone know that I have ran Kitzbuhel and I was able to walk away from it, which I'm very thankful for. That course is the most amazing thing i have ever ran by along ways. Every thing from the 100,000 thousand people there spectating to how steep, icy, and fast it is. I ended up running 2nd at Kitzbuhel and i was so nervous in the start, but i was able to use that to help myself focus and forget about how nasty what I was about to do really is. I was able to grab my 2nd best result ever with a 11th place finish my first time at Kitzbuhel. Wow, that was a really cool thing to be apart of, especially having my Mom there as well.

I was selected for the the World Championship Team as well and that was a really big step for me to have the opportunity to race at Worlds. They use the same selection for Worlds as they do for the Olympics, so to be able to make it there this year with the Olympics coming up next season was a step in the right direction. Worlds did not go as well as I would have hoped but that is the way it goes in the sport of ski racing.


The last 2 weeks i have had off from racing so I was able to go to Utah with my Lady and go POWDER ski which was so so nice. I also did a lot of snow kiting and even made it up to Rexburg for more kiting with my best friend and his new little boy. Then I spent some good quality time home with the family in the City with a Future, Middleton, ID. There is nothing better then Mamma Fish's home cooking and my BED!

I have been getting involved in starting a new company called Skodeo.com. It will be the best way to sell and buy new and used outdoor sporting equipment. It's an online classifieds for your toys basically. My love in life is having as much fun as i can in the outdoors and my hope is this website will help me share that love with the rest of the world. Skodeo is going to launch in 2 short weeks so let's get it rockin when it gets a launchin!

I'm now in Norway getting ready for the last 2 Dowhills of the season. They are big races for me so wish me luck and I'll let you know how they go.


Fish
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Christmas, HO HO HO!

Christmas break was very nice to me and it was good to be home. I had a couple weeks off and took full advantage of it. It snowed some in Boise so I was able to go kite skiing right in town so that was very cool. I spent a lot of time with the family and played with my nephew as much as I could. I spent New Years in Las Vegas, which was a cool thing to do because there are people everywhere and there is lots of fun stuff going on. I’m now in Wengen, Switzerland getting ready for the World Cup DH that will take place here in a few days. This is the birthplace of ski racing, it is one of the big ones so wish me luck and ill let you know how it goes.



Fish

Val Gardena First Top 10

Well I came into Val Gardena, Italy a couple of weeks ago not sure if I was going to even race, but when I left I had the best 2 races of my career. The first race of the World Cup Series in Val Gardena was the SG and I was lucky enough to get a start. I started in the 40’s and I came down into 20th place marking my best result to date in a world cup ski race. The fallowing day I was also given a starting position by the coaching staff. I started in the very back at bib 52nd. I had a very great run and was able to top my best result the day before with a 7th place, my first top 10 of my career. It was a lot of fun and it was really special to make history with the other guys by having 5 American’s in the top 10. Bode 2nd, Marco 4th, Fisher 7th, Nyman 9th, Lanning 10th!


Fish

2 Wins in a Row

It was a pretty good weekend for me in Lake louise, Canada.  I'm here skiing the North American Cup Downhill race.  I was having good training runs leading up to the race day so I was really ready to get after it on race day.  I woke up feeling a little nerves on race day, which is a good thing because it really helps me focus in on the task at hand.  I kicked out of the starting gate knowing i could win the race if i just skied the way i know i can.  The out come of the day was the first Gold for me since my knee injury last season, as well as being the same course that put me out all last year.  It was a really good feeling knowing i still know how to go fast.  So day one over and know time to get ready for the next day so i can do the same thing.  On day 2 i was able to come away with another Win.  I remember now why i love this sport because it is so much fun to win after working so hard for it.  Thanks for reading, till next time.

Fish 

First Training Run Back

I'm here in Lake Louise Canada at the first race back since my ACL injury.  This is the same race i crashed in last year and so it felt good to come down and show the hill who is boss.  The weather is really nice and the view is amazing from the start house.  I have to race a couple of the guys for the Downhill spot in the last training run so wish me luck.  I will keep you up to date on how Lake Louise goes,  stay tuned.  I'm back on the World Cup!  Let's Do The Cheese!

Fish

The Hunting Trip I Will Never Forget!

I went hunting with my Dad and some of his buddy's a couple of weeks ago.  We went up to Featherville  with the horses and the dirt bike's.  We were on a mission to kill some deer.  I went out a ridge on my dirt bike with Brandon(brother in law, in photo to right)  and my dad was going to ride the horse's up the canyon below us.  Perfect plan because about 5 min. into the hunt i was able to knock down a nice little 4 point.  I started to try and get my dad on the radio to come get my deer with horses when i could not hear my dad but another guy talking to my dad saying that my father had broken his leg and needed help ASAP.  I took off on my bike to go to my dad and when i got there he was starting to get really cold and was in a lot I mean a lot of pain with a broken leg, dislocated ankle and bone was even out through his skin.  We had called life flight and search and rescue, with both in route towards us all we could do for my Dad is try to keep him from going into shock by making him pain free as possible and keeping him warm.  We built 2 fires on either side of him and took off all our clothes and covered him with those as wells as a sleeping bag.  As we did all this it was snowing and so the Bird(helicopter) could not land and search and rescue/ambulance could not get to us for a long time.  My dad layed there with a broken leg for 7 hours with no drugs and in the cold snowing weather before we were able to pack him out with a stocks stretcher half a mile then four wheeler 2 miles then ambulance 4 miles then helicopter off the mountain.  He got a spot light on the news and 10 screws and 1 plate out of the whole ordeal.  It was a crazy trip and I'm just glad my daddy is going to have a full recovery.  Be careful out in the mountains and always go with someone.  Safe hunting this season!

Fish

Back Home

      It is always the best feeling to land at the Boise airport and to be picked up by Mom and Dad.   I will be home for about a week now before heading to Park City, Utah.  I love being home because there is nothing like my own bed, home cookin by Momma Fish, and the family.  Its Fall in Boise, you know what that means?  Hunting season is in full swing.  I will be going deer hunting with my dad this weekend up in the Trinity's, just east of Boise.  I always have so much fun deer hunting; I feel so free and alive being up in the mountains hunting for dinner just like our ancestors did.  Wish me luck on the hunt and I'll let you know how it goes.