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This year of skiing has been my first full season at home on my skis in a coon's age. It was a great transition season into the next chapters of my life after the Olympics. Thanks to Atomic, Oakley, Lazer Helmets, GoPro, DissentLabs and Sorel I've been able to continue to live my passion in the mountains by exploring my the mountains on skins. It was so nice to have time to adventure in my own backyard, and revive that love I have for freeskiing. 

OK. What else, here she goes... Less words, more photos!

Lately: 
Seattle trip for Jules Fuel cereal (name still under review) branding meetings with Mom, Brandon and Kevin. Awesome trip and met some cool people with creative minds! Keep checking in for updates on this, cuz once it starts going, it's going to go... 

The WSSF Fashion Exposed (not your typical runway fashion show) was full of dancing down the stage to good tunes in the sunshine of Skier's Plaza alongside a bunch of cool girls in rockin' outfits from the stylin' sponsors to an energized outdoor crowd with Feet Banks/Mercedes Nicoll MC-ing. Always a fun, energized time.
Matt Murray, a photographer in town that does some marketing for Whistler Accommodation companies and events has snatched a few cool photos of the event. 

Ski Days!! The Ski With An Olympian program this year was a great experience- we see it expanding more each year and I'm excited to be involved. Good crashes, races, learning curves and lunching. Awesome clients each time! I'm looking forward to next year already.
I had an end of the year booking of 11 days with a 4,6 and 8 year old. Good way to end the season. 

Also- had a great time with the Deloitte crew for a couple ski days with Karen Stemmle, Liisa Savijarvi, Davey and Ashleigh as fellow coaches. 

Hosting gigs! Had a fun day of driving around in this awesome BMW with Noel of NewPort and Dave from MillCreek Pictures for Newport Auto's new youtube vids. Stay tuned for the finished product.

Lots of RTOWN Communication hosting days this past month too. Here's a recent clip for the activities intro.

Mom and Daughter/Son Tractivity Fashion show for the Heart and Stroke Foundation - Kristen Robinson did a great job of putting this great event together. It was fun to do something like this with our Moms for a great cause with fellow athletes. 

Dick's Sporting Goods shoot is going on right now in the mountains of Whistler! I've been with the crew for a total of 4 days of skiing, snowshoeing, hiking and gondola riding for next year's catalogue and campaign. Good times!

And of course... once the snow melts, the bike gets put to work again! I've missed my mountain bike. We've been on a lot of rides already, getting the bike legs back and the adrenaline pumping. Thanks Lazer for the helmets! And thanks DissentLabs for the socks!  

So many things going on that my head is spinning just trying to update you all!  I think I've missed a bunch, but as I said at the beginning of the blog, I update my Facebook Fanpage and Twitter more than anything, so check those out!

Happy sunny days :)... I'm heading to Maui tomorrow!! Time for sun, surf, coconuts, volcano hiking, luaus and Mana foods (Jules Fuel research right?)

My apologies for not keeping my blog up to date with my life! Lots has been going on since my first day back on snow in November. I've had a lot of bookings for the new 'Ski With an Olympian' Program we started with Whistler Blackcomb. I've met some great people and had tons of fun with it so far. Tell everyone you know about it!  :)

I was also stoked to get up the mountain for a couple days with Mike Douglas and Switchback Entertainment for the filming of a Wonder Reels episode. This one, with the name 'Size Matters', had us up on the glacier before sunrise to ski some sweet powder with a chopper following. Great experience !

Another day was spent with Edith Rozsa and Ski Television for one of their upcoming episodes. Look for it online or on the ski channel in the near future!  

Davey and I were stoked to get up with Paul Morrison on a beauty day to take some shots. Always a good time! Here are a few...

RTOWN Communications has been keeping me busy with hosting and blogging! Below are a couple links to the latest hosting spots. Every week I update the Julia's Picks blog too at www.juliaspicks.rtown.ca.

Last but not least... A Bogner shoot for a week in St. Moritz! It was quite the experience. We were filming at 1000 frames/second with the fantom camera. Crashing on our skis, skiing through snow walls, getting pulled by a ski doo into the lake on our skis, jumping out of buildings onto airbags, and doing a night shoot with magnesium torches and LED lights suits. Not to mention the amazing dinners every night with the crew of 20, home made schnapps and tea at Willy's rustic cabin, and a make up appointment every morning before throwing on the helmet! Here's a behind the scenes video and some snippets of the trip.

Busy times! 
The most exciting news- I finally got back on the Atomics after 1 year and 8 months of not skiing/recovering from my micro-fracture and ACL surgery (mainly to allow the cartilage to regrow/heal). The longest I haven't skied in my entire life! I was actually nervous, and believe it or not, pretty wobbly feeling standing in the line up to head up Red chair. That's embarrassing to say.... But- I redeemed my confidence after a couple runs! I only did 3, but the knee felt solid. YES I am so excited for this winter !
Not to mention- Davey and I got to try out our new Lazer helmets for the first time with our Oakley goggles. They fit great together. 

It was such a great feeling to get back on the snow !!

A few other things have happened over the last week and a bit...Davey and I got to help out Ashleigh with her retirement announcement. She did a great job, and I as hard as it is to leave something that we have all focused our life around for the last 6 years, we are all excited for our next phase of life. 




I got to get all dressed up a few times for Cornucopia ...

And dressed up again...(caught me using the same dress...) for the Gold Medal Plates dinner. It's always a great night, especially because we get to eat great food, drink delicious wines and catch up with fellow Olympians. 

This is a shot of Joy Fera (amazing woman and Olympic rower) and I. 

There, all caught up I think. I'll be done school next week, then I'll be heading to Nakiska for the first World Cup Ski Cross event to commentate and see my old teammates :) Excited to see everyone. 

A new RTOWN Communications blog in #JuliasPicks! Check it out... I've tried to compile as many of the hot restaurant deals  in one list. Now I've got to go try them all out!

Davey and I went to Araxi on Thursday night- and it was AMAZING. Neil (professional sommelier) catered to us through out the 5 course special, with a specific and delicious wine pairing with each course. It was one of the best dining experiences I've had, with each wine bringing out all of the right tastes in our food. Thanks Neil! We will be back again very soon...

Another Julia's Picks blog is up!! This one features the excitement of Cornucopia and the High Rollers Party. Check it out! And, I hope to see you there!

New hot stuff in Whistler Blog: http://whistlerpicks.rtown.ca

Well it's UP AND RUNNING! Not only am I a host for the amazing RTOWN Communications, but I'm also
officially a 'blogger'!

My Blog will be updated weekly with the hottest deals and events in town! So why not check it out, and maybe subscribe to 'Julia's Picks' ? I will do my best to entertain all of you each week with my insider's view on what's not to miss. 

Also- If you have an event or deal that you'd like me to write about, promote, get people excited about, and get myself excited about... drop me a line on my contact page (It goes directly to my personal email), and  I'd be ecstatic to write about it. 

There's two up already, go check them out !

On another RTOWN Communications note- Here is my latest hosting experience. 'Get down to Function Junction because it's Funkadelatastic'! This was a fun one to work on with Bruno and Becky. 

Have a read:..."Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas."

- Henry Ford

The outcome was never really in doubt. She'd pushed her body to the very limit. Had accomplished deeds on her skis reserved only for the very best............." for the rest click here!