session 2 at buller

Saturday was our second chix session at Buller and it was our biggest turnout ever - 36 chix rocked up and some serious girl power took over the mountain!

CwS coach Katya tells us more.....

 "In the afternoon, the coolest chicks on the mountain all met at 3pm at Koflers for a quick hot chocolate before we ventured out for an hour and a half of skiing. Despite the weather not being 'brilliant', the snow was great and everyone was really enthusiastic. We skied the recently opened Standard Run, as well as a few down Shaky Knees. Due to the massive turn out, we decided to split the group into three. Zoe took the girls who were up for learning 180s; Katie, with her moguls experience, worked on short turns; and myself and Nat took those who were keen to try some big carve / big mountain turns.

We had girls of all ages and from all skiing backgrounds. Everyone seemed to have a really great time, meeting new people and doing what we all love... skiing!

At the end of the afternoon, the Chick of the day was awarded to Alice (from Australia's aerial development program) for nailing her first 180 spin! She won a pair of sexy hot pink poles, kindly donated by Shafted ski poles.

To finish up, the girls wound down by doing a one hour yoga session at the La Trobe Centre. A great way to finish off a fun afternoon!

I'm really looking forward to my next Chicks with Stix session !"

AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO HANNAH! she has been to both Buller sessions and drove up from Melbourne just to join us. that was KEEN and enough for her to get the first 'chick of the day' award!

NEXT WEEK HOTHAM !

chick of the week

A big part of the Chicks with Stix initiative is to nominate our “Chick of the Week.” The Chick of the Week is a weekly award given out to a TBR (Team Buller Riders) girl who has been exceeding her coach’s expectations. Each week, all of the coaches get together and nominate a girl in their group who has been doing well and pushing their own boundaries.

The coaches fight it out until a winner –“Chick of the Week” - has been chosen.

So far our outstanding Chicks have included:

-Amber Turner who was nominated for her great progression on the trampoline.

- Annabel Stover who is killing it at moguls.

- Alex Write who has stepped up her own limits this year both in the air and on the snow.

- Pip Sparrow for being an all round mad dog and landing her first back flips on snow!

- Claudia Gueli who placed second in the Junior National Mogul Championships.

- Louise Pennington for going big off jumps and doing some sweet 3’s. This girl is one to watch out for!

Chicks with Stix is all about shredding and having fun together, and these girls have been doing both. I get a real buzz out of seeing girls pushing the limits and taking the sport to new places. You never know where it will lead, particularly when you think about how quickly our sport progresses.