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		<title>Great Training but a bit of an injury blow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last week has seen some great training conditions, with fresh snowfall taking a break and cold conditions making for firm pistes to train on. It’s been awesome to vary the training hills also, as our lift passes cover 17 areas this week we went to Stoos, Andermatt, Stuckli and a place that I can’t spell but sounds like melt-ze-fruit!!   Going quite hard out on Wednesday I straddled the last gate of a GS course, with one leg going around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/great-training-but-a-bit-of-an-injury-blow/</link>
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		<title>First race cancelled but I&#8217;m back training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I had my first race, sooner than expected but it was the Welsh championships, known for good points for rankings due to low numbers of racer entries&#8230; It was however cut short after the timing had broken and by the time it was replaced at 1 pm there was not enough daylight time to run the second run of the boys. It&#8217;s a shame, the races are usually run very efficiently and are a good atmosphere because lets be honest, noone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/first-race-cancelled-but-im-back-training/</link>
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		<title>Yaow!! off to Swiss land of choc&#8217;nd cheese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow I will travel to central Switzerland for my base for the season, in the small town of Brunnen. Once again this Kiwi run team (WorldSkiConnection) is clearly the best choice for me, with coaches, training hills and a support system I know and trust well.  Training hills close by include Andermatt and Stoos, well away from the most tourist tracks which makes for a great choice for training lane space. I am still not sure who my coach will be for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/yaow-off-to-swiss-land-of-chocnd-cheese/</link>
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		<title>Searching for a team for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year I have the same difficult decision as to who to train with in the ‘northern season’ and this year’s more difficult than usual. With there not being many British run teams and the unrivalled wisdom that Europeans have of racing I always choose to train with a European run team. However with two of the teams I have trained with before evolving onto something else and my favourite WorldSkiConnection (Kiwi and Swiss run) either running too elite a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/searching-for-a-team-for-2012/</link>
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		<title>Loads of PowPow for final week in Tignes!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was amazing trainnig last week, with Bluebird days and a win in timing by 1.9 seconds.  This weekend had the arrival of snow in Europe for the winter and in the last two days there is well over half a meter here in Tignes. This makes gate training impossible as it&#8217;s too much snow to &#8216;slip&#8217; away and training in soft stuff makes knee injuries likely. So Power it is!  What a Monday and Tuesday it has been. Yesterday we gave [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/loads-of-powpow-to-finish-off-the-camp/</link>
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		<title>Training is happening :)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Training is going really well, we have agreed that it&#8217;s an error in my technique that puts stress on my back and I&#8217;m dealing with it, keeping forward throughout the second third of my turn. I&#8217;m really happy with how I&#8217;m skiing, it&#8217;s going really well. Perfect sunny days make it easier to play around with the tecnique and try things to get faster so I&#8217;m feeling good. The snow is getting harder here as it hasnt snowed for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/29-11-2011-training-is-happening/</link>
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		<title>How to Tuck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is very cool; recently Ted Ligety (currently GS champ and bloody legend) stated on his blog he wasn’t too sure of his own ‘tuck’. Perhaps in response Hans Olsson (top Dowhiller and gliding master) has posted a blog of his own about how to tuck. Copied from his page: Tuck like a champion. November 18, 2011Coming up on the mountain this morning, things were not looking very good. 15cm of fresh powder on top of our freshly injected hill, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/28-11-2011-how-to-tuck/</link>
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		<title>Still not happy about FIS’ new regulations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t decided yet if the new regulations from our governing body for next year will benefit me or not yet, but I am sure that I don’t like them! This is a pretty unanimous opinion from racers and is spearheaded by the blog of current world champ Ted Ligety, it’s well worth a check out for his opinion voiced this week; http://www.tedligety.com/]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/27-11-2011-still-not-happy-about-fis%e2%80%99-new-regulations/</link>
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		<title>Injury slowing me down a bit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hurt my back in training on Friday. At first I thought it was just a small pull but have since found out it’s a small tear in my erector spinae. After six days now I have had 8 physio sessions, 3 visits to the doctor, twice to the osteopath and once to hospital. Insurance better be ready for this!! I am aiming to go for a free-ski on Sunday and to resume full training on Monday. Some may blame [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/injury-slowing-me-down-a-bit/</link>
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		<title>To the snow to make more than Tignes-y improvements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The surgeon gave me the all clear to try and ski again on Tuesday!!!!!!    YAOWWWW!!!!!! I&#8217;m told I had stress fractures in my bone spur which have in time healed as the spur has reduced in size a bit. It&#8217;s very difficult to understand but basically as long as my boot doesnt rub anymore it shouldn&#8217;t (touch wood) be able to happen again. This has left the bone in my ankle weaker though so I&#8217;m taking it slowly. Trying to make sure I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maxslinger.com/to-the-snow-to-make-more-than-tignes-y-improvements/</link>
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