Last year was the first year that the
Courchevel team skied without team captain Pat Sharples. This year we went one better. The
Courchevel team decided to ski without, well the entire team. In a David versus Goliath scenario where David left his slingshot at home and Goliath decided to bring his Uzi submachine gun you didnÃt need to be Nostradamus to work out what was going to happen. The priority of the
Courchevel team was really just to get stinking drunk, leaving skiing bumps a distant second.
After the
Courchevel on-piste bar had served a few rounds it was time to ascend the course for our first race was against Zermatt. Before you can say snow white wash the final results came in 13-0.After a bit more alcohol we faired slightly better against Val d'Isere with all the girls on the team scoring (something the girls from
Courchevel are good at) resulting in a 10- 3 score. As we languished at the bottom of our group there was just one more feat to accomplish. To take the wooden spoon from Val Thorens 3 year grasp. 9-3 later it was mission accomplished and time to descend the mountain and play hunt the coach and drink Chamonix dry.
I don't want you to think my light hearted writing is making fun of my team. On the contrary I have the greatest respect for all the racers who threw themselves down a very demanding, steep and scary mogul run. Most of who had never seen bumps this size before let alone a massive field of them. The fact they stepped up to the plate and volunteered did themselves and their team proud.
