Last night on the CBC National News, Peter Armstrong ran a story about the facilities at WinSport Canada and how it is building Olympic athletes and how the facilities are being used to train athletes.
Luckily I was able to be apart of his story.
One of the facilities at WinSport are the big ski jump towers. They are hard to miss! and Peter and his crew stopped by to do an interview.
If you missed it and want to take a look at the story here is the link!
-----> http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/video/#id=2414663968 <-----
Monday, 28 October 2013
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Looking back on the Summer season
Finally the summer season has come to an end.
A lot has happened for me, a few ups and downs, but overall it was a great summer. Started off strong, training in the gym went smoothly.
Training camps in Park City, and Hinterzarten, Germany went well and I was feeling confident for the Summer Grand Prix competitions.
Both Germany and France, Team Canada placed 4th in the mixed team competition which consists of 2 male jumpers and 2 female. Both times we were so close to getting onto the podium but there were no regrets because we all did our best out there, all we know is that we will get on that podium next year!
Russia and Kazakhstan was a good trip for me. In the second competition day in Russia I got my new personal best result after finishing in 5th place.
Than moving over to Kazakhstan, also in the second competition there I landed another personal best, this time ending up on the podium with a 3rd place finish!
It was a great day for me, the previous day I got very sick and was not feeling strong or ready but I am glad I pulled things together for the second day of competition.
My last podium in an international competition was back in 2008 where I won the competition in Baiersbronn, Germany. So really its been a long time coming and it feels awesome to be back on the podium.
Also after the Summer season I am now ranked 4th in the World Ranking, which I am super excited about! :D
I've worked hard to get to where I am now, and its pretty good timing as well considering the Olympics are so close. My goal now is to keep up this performance, become more consistent with every jump I take, and perform my best on the Olympic stage.
A lot has happened for me, a few ups and downs, but overall it was a great summer. Started off strong, training in the gym went smoothly.
Training camps in Park City, and Hinterzarten, Germany went well and I was feeling confident for the Summer Grand Prix competitions.
Both Germany and France, Team Canada placed 4th in the mixed team competition which consists of 2 male jumpers and 2 female. Both times we were so close to getting onto the podium but there were no regrets because we all did our best out there, all we know is that we will get on that podium next year!
Russia and Kazakhstan was a good trip for me. In the second competition day in Russia I got my new personal best result after finishing in 5th place.
Than moving over to Kazakhstan, also in the second competition there I landed another personal best, this time ending up on the podium with a 3rd place finish!
It was a great day for me, the previous day I got very sick and was not feeling strong or ready but I am glad I pulled things together for the second day of competition.
My last podium in an international competition was back in 2008 where I won the competition in Baiersbronn, Germany. So really its been a long time coming and it feels awesome to be back on the podium.
Also after the Summer season I am now ranked 4th in the World Ranking, which I am super excited about! :D
I've worked hard to get to where I am now, and its pretty good timing as well considering the Olympics are so close. My goal now is to keep up this performance, become more consistent with every jump I take, and perform my best on the Olympic stage.
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Friday and Saturday we had competitions on the normal hill in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. I was jumping fairly well in the official training but couldn't seem to do the same in the first day of competition where I placed 10th.
I reset and refocused for the second day of competition.
The second competition compared to the first day was a little different with wind conditions, my first round jump ended up a little late but was able to adjust myself pretty well entering the air and caught some head wind near the end which helped me fly further leaving me in 7th place after the first round was complete.
Second round than came along, got held on the bar for a while, and when the light turned green my coach didn't flag me till the last few seconds which I knew in my head that wind conditions were not ideal. But I jumped my best, and held on till the very VERY end, which probably wasn't the brightest of ideas because I failed to land in a telemark position. Oops!
But I did end up having the least amount of headwind out of almost all competitors which gave me extra points added to my total score and in the end had my best GrandPrix result at 5th place!
I am very happy with my result but there is still more room for improvement so I will be training harder and hopefully improving more in future competition results!
Lastly, thank you everyone so much! I have received many kind words and I am so grateful to have such amazing supporters. I love you guys so much and I hope I can keep making everyone as well as myself proud! 
Saturday, 31 August 2013
BBQ
My closest Japanese families gathered together today for a fun BBQ!
It's a super nice day, the sun is shinning and the birds are chirping and the steak is cooking!
I've known all these families since forever ago and it's always nice to get together and exchange stories and share some laughs :)
Although its always a little awkward when some of the parents mention how they've changed my diaper way back when...... Hahaha but they are all great supporters of mine and I'm so happy to have them in my life, they always have my back and are always cheering me on, on my journey to the Olympics.
Thursday, 29 August 2013
New Job :D
Finally found a great place to work that is willing to work with my busy schedule!
I've been applying to a bunch of different places and get through the interview, but once they take a look at what my schedule looks like for training and competition, the interview is as far as I get :(
BUT this time it's different! HURRAY!!!
Thank you so much SportChek. Looking forward to working with all of the amazing staff. Everyone please stop by and and come shop at SportChek, we have a great selection of brands in store that you are going to fall in love with :)
I've been applying to a bunch of different places and get through the interview, but once they take a look at what my schedule looks like for training and competition, the interview is as far as I get :(
BUT this time it's different! HURRAY!!!
Thank you so much SportChek. Looking forward to working with all of the amazing staff. Everyone please stop by and and come shop at SportChek, we have a great selection of brands in store that you are going to fall in love with :)
Friday, 23 August 2013
New tracks
Today I took my first jumps on the Calgary's K90 since they rebuilt the inrun tracks. It's a lot smoother an has a longer curve coming into the take off.
I'd like to thank everyone at WinSport who put their time and effort into making these new tracks! 
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