AUSTRALIA FALSSCREEK SEASON III MONTH ONE -JUNE take your shoes and go for an adventure Arriving to Australia after what I call my two months of summer holidays around Europe, always in between two country and moving from place to place. I believe, that now I can never stay still. Life is great. Back to winter, Melbourne was my first destination for only two day. Got the chance to meet all my best friend Rowan friends, and after only a few hours I was drinking originals VB's long neck and cooking sausages in the barbecue. Defenatly the best version of myself being a true Aussie. After that I finally got the change to explore Rowan's hometown, Glewrowan lost in he valleys of the higher country of Victoria. I saw new nature, with talk trees and birds of millions colours. Every morning, wake up at 6:00am and meditated with the sun rising on top of the mountains, my home to be, Falls Creek. We explore the wet lands and Wangaratta city, but now much to say, the pictures talk for them selves. It was lovely to be surrounded by nature. We finally prepared ourself for the BIG DAY, he hiring clinic was one of the most funny experiences I had so far here in Australia, basically we got to meet all the future to be instructors of Falls Creek. We meet all the supervisors, Nozomi San and Tom, Dickie and Phill, and Nick and Steve from park events. I will take more time to talk about everyone. We did a whole morning of games and they test our psychological skills, and team work fellowship. Wish I didn't really had to worry do to my two seasons of experience. Got the job, meet the colognes, I there I was waiting for the snow to come. It actually took a while to come, so I made a good friend, my beard friend, and on and on adventures we went. Exploring the valleys and mountains of falls creek, going through forest of the wildness of the higher country of Victoria. Saw the most incredible breath taking sunsets of my life, and there we were sharing those unique moments together. Walks and talks about everything and anything, just enjoying the time of living. As I thought I found someone like me, a hippie. I was wrong. After putting some skis on, as I was forced to do crosse over training, I got really excited to get my level one skiing instructor, but the cosmos had other plans for me, and as we finish the orientation, I did one blue round, and crash myself, leading myself to eat my ski pole and wipe plash my neck. After this beautiful event, I couldn't move for a week, and didn't work until then. The only positive side of this story was that I got to know beautiful fisioterapist called Nadia and Frankie. They used acculponture on my neck and that was a pretty amazing experience for me. Life at falls creek is so full of experiences and things happening, that for the first time that I have been traveling I feel like I have no time to write posts. Don't get me wrong it's not like I don't want to share all this ones with you, but I never stop. After the injury I was back on the game for a whole big periodo. Weeks passed like days and all of the sudden it's been two months I am in Australia. I absolutely love Australia and their culture. There are so many positive people around me, people who listen to you, who are actually interest in what you do, and if they can help you or give some of them to your own life growing, they will. And that something I have always try to do. I love making people special, and since I have been working for Tom I feel very very special. They take care of me, if I do a good job, and I believe I always give me best to clients. I have been more working on privates and High School groups. People that will might come back next year and I might have them again, wish is great. Time for more adventures. MONTH JULY - NISSEN AIDS Mother Nature was been hard on us, after 4 days of wind hold during the months of July, a lot of rain and a full on grey sky, everyone was suffering from what we call "Nissen AIDS". Nissen is the biggest staff accommodation for our company and of courses, there is only need of one person to be sick that everyone get there turn to call in sick. Luckily I have the chance to stay down the hill at Frank's and Darren's house. In mount beauty everything is more chilled and we sleep more then 8 good hours to be ready for hard weather days. I finally got the chance to sing for open mic, and guess what my friends Megan and Charlie came to watch, and they own the new place in town called "the Chophouse" and they suggest me to sing on Saturday. After a week of being very nervous, every one came to the call, and the restaurant was full! I got myself the chance of framing the gig, and lots of whiskies on the rocks! Also meet an extraordinary person, Nugget the chef at the chop. Even if Saturday was absolutely crazy good, I still feel and believe that I am not a Saturday singer without my brother or concha. Oh dear concha I miss you. This months was all about doing a bit of everything. Got the chance to finally work directly to Noz and all her little small skiers. What an adventure, a week and a half going from top to bottom of Pete train, with kids asking me "where is Pete?" at least 355 times a day, or being really scared and cry because he was around. Also being good to work with Frank the Tank or Jane was really benefit to my ski instructor skills. Nina was there for the busiest day ever of the season, and give me the best tric ever with small kids on skis THE ULAPUP ! What a great invention. Luckily I got the change of teach two adorable girls from Melbourne, I am not going to say their names cuz of my other absolute legends that I tough this year, either in high school groups or with my local kids, but these two were the best! Got a private request of 8h for the weekend, sunny, good snow conditions and the girls had a blast at the end of the wend they were going to threes and doing small jumps! Time of my life. After a busy weeks with the kids in SnowClub, engine for them and make them my little illuminati of skiing, I got back to snowboard. And after going to line up, send to teens academy and re send to line up, finally Dicky send me to the best program in the hill, COFFE CLUB! Alright, so best idea ever, still to dveloppe but great idea from FallsCreek. Parents who book ski or snowboard lesson for their kids, SnowClub or junior workshop have their lift pass and 2h of lesson for a certain amount of money, super friendly and advantage. They have their time to chill and not worry to much about getting to their adult lesson, and when arrive they get a COFFE or hot drink or their choice and hangout with the other parents, and instructors. Everyone get to know each other and chat for half an hour. Best time quality to start talking about material if it's their first time, or even reinsured them that it's all about having a good time learning new skills or a new sport. Specially snowboard, believe me this 15 minutes chat can change the life, of the guest and of the instructor Ahahah you guys are with me right ! Well this week, my life was about to change. Arriving to the meeting at 10:00am I met who would be the best group guest I ever had in my snowboard instructor life, and I guess after this it really made me realise that I want to become a tour guide, a exploring guide or a SNOWBOARD MASTER JEDI! Ahahah Met Keight, lovely father who could kill it in snowboard, just wanted to learn the fun thing to show off to his youngest daughter. Made him do flat 180 and crazy laid back tail press, he was happy, I was STOKED! Not just with his great performance and learning skills, but on my capacity of teaching something that I believe I am not very good at ahah. Met Dave, goofy rider and leather of a family of girls ahah, he surprised me and himself every time we worked on a drill. So satisfying, I mean it's so important for us to make ourself understandable for the guest, but when they get so excited because they are actually feeling the difference and understanding what was "wrong" or what they need to improve to get a skills, wow it's just free happiness for me! And Dave had the two lovely ladies, Karol and Michelle always in courage him! Now, his two lovely ladies, were defenatly my favourite guest to teach. Not just because they were nice and outgoing, they actually wanted to get tot know me, and had super interesting conversation on the long lifts, but they were pretty good at snowboarding at a middle age! Made me lose my fear of becoming a mother, and still freacking rock at snowboarding! Funny, so two completely different woman. Carol, just wanted to have a good time, enjoy the good weather that was predict for that week and explore a bit better he harder terrain, witch was a great challenge for me, since I was always on slide slip hill for the past month or in drovers dreams trying to teach toes side turn to the millions of guest on holidays. Finally I got time to explore areas in falls creek, like ruined castle and summit. The mission one day was to get mor miles on our skills, so we did all the runs that were in good conditions and even went free ride in what I call "the backcountry of FallsCreek" . Now, Michelle she is great. She comes to falls creek for the past 15years, and straits away I though "how the hell am I going to make it the most original and unforgettable stay in falls creek in my lesson" so Michelle is a very strong woman that very well what she wants to do, and how she want it to do, the true is that no one can't say no to at least try, when I put on my very friendly face and tune of voice! I am calm and reassure her in everything she freaks out. "Let's go do tree runs, great for coordination and consisting riding for advance riders like you guys" well, Michelle was already saying "nah I will go through the groomed" the true is that after a little chat here, a little drill there, and by the end of the day not just she was riding with us through the tree but she was the best in the group. The next day in the morning, she says "shall you worm up through the tree???" Aahah great! Now this people were booked for the whole week, and from low blues they finish the week being hight blacks ! I put so much of my inspiration on these lessons that 2h run and felt like 20minutes. We would start with a 10 minutes standing warm up and yoga session, awaking all our body muscle for the day, embarrassing the glorious sun that we had most of the week. Working with some breading exercises for better endurance performance and build up our confidence! We had a few special lessons, were we went through the material, I am obsessed with teaching the good trick to change the gear and to maintain it good ourselves. Also challenged them to change their stances to create a difference in their different possibilities of riding. To get close to their own board, to connect with it, as it becomes their best friend and their main tool to explore the mountain around them. After developing and working lots of the 5 main skills of a snowboarder, stance and balance, steering with the lower body, pressure, balance on the working edge and timing and coordination thing got very interesting and challenging for me. It's quite rare to have guest ready to learn how to carve, or how to do short dynamic turns, and ride on bumps, specially for snowboard, it's not great fun. We did it in our own time, taking it easy and making it the best new de covering of skills ever. Everyone was happy, content and in a safe environment while learning it. They were so proud that the request me for every day, they left written positive feedback, add me on Facebook and ask me my details, so they will always get me as a teacher, as a guide and specially as a SNOWBOARD MASTER JEDI. Many thanks to you guys, who sponsor my best guest experiences and fun lessons in the mountain. My guest were happy, my supervisors were happy, my co workers proud of me and I was stoked. So far I am having the best time of my life. I know everyone complains about the weather conditions, and it's defenatly sucks when it's raining and you are out doors trying to make it the best experience out of expensive snowboard lessons, and the wind this season made us loose lots of days of work, but either you "suck it up princess" and try to transform it to the best positive experience, or you will get depressed. I imagine myself dancing in the rain, and thinking to myself "I looooooove rain" and even though I didn't, it was best for me to live it like I did, as I was going to get very wet for the next few days. Something that really help me out was setting my mind that I wanted to learn how to ride as good as I ride in good fresh snow, in the crazy wet slash of the end of the day. And so I did, become really good and even started to train skiing! Living down the mountain really help me keeping my motivation and inspiration for every day, and I cannot thank better my two great friends, Frank and Darren for letting me stay at their house all the time. I had my scape, my afternoon time to relax and prepare my day for the next day. Also, they were always there to have interesting chats about life and work and work and life. They are the best and I am really lucky to have those two in my life. Brother for life I shall say! Meanwhile the season is about to end and there is still so much going on. I play again at the chop house that made me win the best live perform of the season, letting you guys know that John butler came and play at Astra!! Maybe next season I will be able to play with him, who know !!! Any ways, great performs, less crowded but best son acoustic and really felt inspired that nigh, even though dear Harry and Will came with Rowan completely drunk, and Harry was a nutty boy playing with my microphone! The weeks go through and the week of course for the APSI Adaptive arrived. Laura, Callum, Nick and Simon oh and of course myself join the group of our lovely Chawie. Spend the week learning about who to teach on a mono ski, how to ride it, literally did main street on a bi-ski, it was crazy. We learn all the techniques to guide blind people,mor to help people with mental disorders. Such a great feel, I was imagining while I was going down the run with the mono ski, thinking how AWSOME and great feeling was for me, I couldn't imagine for a real person who normally can do ski or snowboard, or even other physical activities, I verse into tear of a mixture of happiness, adrenaline and compassion. The sun was sunny for the most of the week, until we had to do our exam, in the poring rain. No but literally, like a cow that pees into grass, or 70k winds that made everyone stay at home, apart from some cute people coming with their kids that never saw the snow, we had to be enthusiastic giving our lessons, and pretend that the conditions were great to learn how to mono ski!! Ahahah great fun, my demo were shit, for the first time I got frustrated and unhappy with my performance. Something that was so important people for me, and that I but so much effort into, I was watching it run away from my hand, because of the snow and weather conditions. Dam it.... But thank good Chawie exist and I got the chance for doing it all over again. Last time, good time. GOT IT, after two beers and an hour we got our diplomas still listening to the rain out side at sting ray. At this time I feel a bit confused a lost about what I should do but I was happy to go back to Nissen and spend some fun time with friends from the lift company and the rentals, and laundry. Best friends with run 50 and room 34! The boyyzzzzzz! I can say that I was pretty much one of the guys, and a Tom boy for the last month of falls creek. There was less and less work, and less and less work and the even less work, so no time for us to wait and go ride park. Park park park park every day park. With sun, rain, wind we don't care we were there. Me and Laura pretty much lived their. Park rats marcel would call us, we were just having fun and trying not to hurt ourself. Laura got the 360 out of the last jump, and I got the nice method that I wanted!!! When ride with the boyyzzzzzz and had super fun on fox trail and just riding like kids in a train going behind each other and enjoy ourselves in the snow of falls creek. Brit and I organise to go on a road trip through the great ocean road. We had lots of people coming and going or that we would see during our trip. I got the chance to spend more time up the hill, and party hard with everyone. Good times, lots to do and smily faces everywhere! Went every night eat at our lovely elk or to the chop house last EPIC night, where I spend more time with Tommy and Jack. Their lovely and at this point with Mollie we are thinking "where the fuck were this boys the whole season ???" And Mollie was right when she says "it's only at the end of the season that you really get to know each other." People do spend more time together, there is less work, we can really do much then hang out all together in the runs and build rails and quikers to jump of stuff. Crazy days, epic days with these two. Can't wait for more adventure. The season ends, and we didn't notice 4months just gone under need our eyes. We laught about it at the begging of e season, but we were right, "it will pass fast she says" yup. Time for us to get our butts down the hill and realise that the biggest storm of snow of the season was going to falls the week after we quite, or better say sigh off. I mean I met so many incredible people, made so many friends for life that I would be hard to start somewhere. From all the cool people in guess servicing, that absolutely love, to the guys how take photos of us all day and of course the beautiful people how work in rentals. I will slowly start taking about them next season, when I see them back again. Best souther season of my life. Ahah it's the first, of many to come. Now time to go explore the great ocean road and Melbourne ! Soon I will be back to Mount Beauty, to work until next winter season! I made lots of important decisions these season, and will go back to Andorra to get my level 3! Happy days! Thanks Falls Creek.
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