We're on the road again

The saga continues, after heading back to Orlando to finish up the loose ends and pick up the RV, it turns out that the bank has dropped the ball on getting the loan completed in time for our departure needed to get up to Maryland in time for a Friday am start. The RV has been wrapped already and is ready to go, but the loan has been held up for the time being.





We have decided to stay on schedule and rent an SUV for this week. Heritage Coaches bless em, will deliver the coach when all is sorted at the banks end. We have a great deal riding on this Tour and it's important to stay with the schedule and commitments we have made with the many ski clubs, sites and their skiers. We have a 12 hour drive ahead of us today and after leaving Orlando at 9.00am, it's now just before 2.00pm. We have passed the State line into South Carolina and are over a third of the way there! Come on!!

Jacksonville on to Alabama

After a great day at Victory Lakes yesterday, I jumped in the truck and headed to Tallahassee to collect Logan Haughn who will be joining me on the Tour this summer. Logan had spent the past two weeks with us in Orlando, but then flew home to Michigan this past weekend for his brothers wedding. Logan had not slept from the night before and then had spent all day traveling to get back to Florida, he was not feeling that sparkly to say the least, but I know he had a great time!!!!

We then headed North toward to Alabama boarder and toward Andalousia to find a bed for the night. We couldn't wait to get up and get out of the seedy motel we crashed in last night. We found some breakfast, then headed to meet up with Jason Cain and Eddie Span who I had set up the clinic with and who had assembled our group of students for the day. It was a pleasure to meet Hannah, Ryan and father Lee, all eager to learn a good slalom Stance before learning how to make the course. It's fantastic to see another close family enjoying time together out at the lake, great effort today guy's you'll all be making the course before you know it. Limar, Jason and Eddie have been skiing the course for many years now and to a great standard too. These guys have been skiing partners for many years and I am sure this will remain the same for many years to come. These guys have skied tournaments in the past and have had scores in to the 38off lines in their younger years, it was a pleasure to work with a group with a broad range of skills but who all enjoyed the sport as much as the last guy. From the guy who has skied for decades to the guys just getting started in the crazy sport of slalom course skiing!

Thanks for a fantastic day guy's on the water, have a great summer and I can't wait to drop back into you great site on the tail end of my Tour in late September as I head back down to Orlando to open my school again On 1st October.

A great time with friends out at the lake in Andalousia


A piece of skiing paradise!


Hannah and father Lee having a great time learning a sport together!

Hitting the Road

We started the Second leg of the On Location Tour for 2010 today with a clinic at Victory Lakes in Jacksonville FL, I arrived at Victory Lakes this morning and I was blown away by this amazing facility that was around built 25 years ago.

Ticking 'a day at ski school' off your bucket list

I got a call from a lady in New York who had asked her husband what he wanted for Fathers Day, Ron Peckham told his wife that he wanted to go to Jodi's Ski Skool and have a slalom ski lesson with a professional. After scheduling a lesson, Ron arrived two weeks later and said that he was a keen recreational skier with his buddies and wanted to be able to tick this off his bucket list. Ron is a fantastic guy and it was a pleasure to meet him. Have a great time on the water this summer with your buddies Ron.






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Training in the Rain

Not even the rain will stop Mario training in his last week with us after 7 months, Mario's skiing has come a very long way and he could almost pass as an Englishman with his new vocabulary and that accent!!





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Summer Florida Training

Tuesday afternoon and Mario is having to wait to train between
the humid rain showers of the Florida summer heat!






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The Peruvian Team

Delfina Ivanna and Natalia Culivan from Peru have joined Mario for two weeks of training. Natalia and Ivanna are preparing for the Junior World Championships that will be held in Italy, early August this year.