Recap of Northern Winter

It really feels like summer just flew by! It could be because some of us were chasing the winter during the Australian summer or that everyone who was basking in the sun were praying for snow. Either way, it’s winter already and we are gearing up for the 2012 Chicks with Stix sessions at Mt Buller, Mt Hotham, Thredbo and Perisher.

Before we get into the Australian winter, we want to make a quick shout out to some of our badass coaches who absolutely slayed it overseas over the last few months.

Anna Segal

World Ski Invitational 2012, Whistler

You’ve probably heard of her before, Anna has been in the game for a good number of years and never disappoints. She had an amazing season this year on the AFP circuit in the US and Europe including:

3rd      Winter X Games, Aspen US
2nd      Dew Tour, Snowbasin, US
2nd      Euro Winter X Games, Tignes, FRA
1st       World Ski Invitational, Whistler, CAN

X Games 2012,  Anna in 3rd

 After a kick-ass season Spanner was ranked 2nd overall on the AFP Women’s Slopestyle for 2012. We’re proud to call this death defying sugar-glider a part of the team. Have a look at Anna's blog for all the stories from her winter!


Katya Crema

Grindelwald World Cup

Katya had a record breaking season, including a personal best for her World Cup ranking in which she took out 17th overall on the women’s circuit. Some of her results in 2012 so far include:

7th          World Cup, Les Contamines, France

11th        Winter X Games, Aspen USA

1st          Australian National SX Championships, Hotham (2011)

X Games 2012- measuring the money booter at the end of the SkiX course

Back training in Australia, Katya is getting ready for the winter ahead working with NSWIS.  Check out her blog for all the details.

Nat Segal

Nat getting air at Snowbird (photo S.Markewitz Workshop)

In her most successful season to date, Nat pulled out some amazing results on the Freeskiing World Tour circuit in the US. After a slow start to the season as a result of lack of snow and a spectacular tangle with a tree in her first competition at Snowbird, Nat the Rat went on to the podium for the next two events including:

1st        Freeskiing World Tour Qualifiers, Moonlight Basin, US
3rd       Freeskiing World Tour Championships, Kirkwood, US

Freeskiing World Champs, Kirkwood

Overall Nat took out 10th for the FWT 2012, a ranking she is eager to contest next winter.


Hanna Fisher

Hanna, smiling as always

On the other side of the Atlantic Hanna was battling away at the Freeride World Qualifiers in the hope of breaking into the top 4 to qualify for the Freeride World Tour. Hanna had some spectacular results such as:

Podium at Nendaz Freeride

In a close race, Hanna took out 6th overall in the FWQ leaving her 2 places shy of the qualification spot. We can’t wait to see what Hanna will get up to next winter! Check out one of Hanna's final runs here.

Pre-Season Training with Katya Crema

After 6 weeks of living and training in Sydney, I am now back on home turf, Melbourne. At the end of April, after being home from the northern winter season for less than a month, my coaches told me to pack up my stuff and head to Sydney for an intense 6-week block of training. At first I was hesitant, after hardly having unpacked from the previous trip. However once I arrived and adapted to the northern beaches lifestyle (surfboard in the boot and bike on the roof), I soon learnt that Sydney is a pretty great place for training.

Cliffs at Palm Beach

I moved in to an apartment on the beach with Snowsports teammate Chumpy (Alex Pullin, World Champion BX racer) and got straight into it. Up at 5:30am, three training sessions per day, plus a surf if I could fit it in.

Mona Vale Beach

For the 6 weeks I was training one-on-one with OWI strength and conditioning coach John Marsden. The goal was to increase my strength and power with a very specific weights program and diet. After the first week (12 sessions in the gym, 2 on the bike and one crossfit), I was definitely feeling it in my legs, core, back and arms.

West Head Ride

Sunset at Northern Beaches

I trained mostly out of NSWIS at Sydney Olympic Park, a new facility built for the 2000 Olympics. I also did sessions at Sport and Rec in Narrabeen. It was great to train with a bunch of the wintersports athletes all in prep for Sochi 2014. It’s hard to believe that it’s less than 18 months away. The Vancouver Olympics felt like yesterday!

NSWIS photo shoot

In two weeks the National Ski Cross team will be heading to New Zealand for a two-week technical training block at Mt Hutt. We then return to Perisher, NSW for the majority of the season, and then back to NZ for 3 weeks in September. I’m super excited for the season to come, especially the Chicks with Stix sessions I will be attending at Buller and Thredbo during the season. Now fingers crossed the snow gods are generous and deliver a fantastic season!

BEX from NZ

Chicks with Stix fan BEX got in touch with us this week, with a link to a video which is her submission in the awesome ROXY competition 'Let the Sea Set You Free'..... the prize is an opportunity to LIVE THE DREAM OF A ROXY GIRL. Sounds like fun, right ?

We liked it so much that we went over the her website called Single Fin and we discovered that BEX likes to surf and take pics and she's really, really good !  Check out the amazing dolphin pics below and watch her video for the competition and then VOTE for BEX! its the last day today, so get cracking and support a fellow Chicks with Stix fan!

Good Luck BEX ! xoxo from CwS

Lennon + Maisy

check these supremely talented sisters.....

DAILY GIVEAWAYS!

Opening Weekend is not so far away and there is some serious snow on the ground already!

We thought we should share the love and give away some cool things, thanks to our sponsors ROXY + DRAGON GOGGLES + SHAFTED SKI POLES......

Head over to our FACEBOOK PAGE to be in the running!

WE RECYCLE : ARMADA TEAM EDIT 2012

from ARMADA SKIS

new logo designs

What do you think of our new look for 2012 ?

With the addition of snowboarding to the Chicks with Stix line-up, across all resorts, we thought it was time to revamp the logo as well. Our designer Carly has really done a great design job and we have a few logos that we will be using on this year's hoodies and tees and stickers!  The ROXY design team are hard at work and we can't wait to see what they come up with !

Here's a sneak preview........

dates for the southern snow season

Only a few weeks to go till the official start of the season and this cold weather is getting us rather excited! It's been a long time between blog postings but we here at CwS headquarters have been busily working away to make this the best season for Chicks with Stix so far!

We have lots of exiting new things to unveil over the coming weeks but first .... THE IMPORTANT STUFF.... dates for our 2012 sessions.

This year, we're heading to 4 resorts in NSW + VICTORIA and we will finish up with our girls-only comp at the season's end. We have included snowboarding at all sessions and can't wait to introduce you to our new coaches.

We're coming to :

Buller 7 July
Hotham 14/15 July
Thredbo 11/12 August
Perisher 19 August


As you can see, two of the resorts - Hotham and Thredbo are spread out over the weekend.... this is because last year, we had such incredible turn-outs at these resorts so we decided to spread the sessions across 2 days.  If numbers permit you can come to both days.  This year we will be taking advance bookings, so make sure you don't miss out by contacting us at chickswithstix.skiing@gmail.com

Are you excited yet ?!!!