Hello all my Friends,

I am so sorry its taken me so long to report back on the training in New Zealand.

It was a wonderful trip. Every time I go to that country I am amazed with its beauty. OK, so the skiing wasn’t the most spectacular its been in the past due to lack of snow, but we got some really great days of training.

We spent one week in the middle of nowhere in this place called round hill. We got a lot of drills done and it was good to get the balance back. After that we went to Queenstown – one of my all time favorite ski and adventure towns. There is so much to do down there. You name it’s possible, everything from speedboating to bungy jumping. Most of the girls went on the canyon swing, and while we tried to all go, we were a little late on the reservations and some of us missed our chance.

Maybe that was a good thing… Resi and I went on a surf trip instead on one of our days off and got crazy in the cold cold water. I hope you enjoy the pics….. I pretty much dont need to say anything more!!!

It was just cold cold cold! But SOOOOOO worth, because the waves were beautiful.

RESI AND MY NEW ZEALAND SURF TRIP

Another highlight of the trip was taking my friend Campbell’s jet ski out on the lake and hydro-foil surfing behind it! We brought out the video so be sure to check that out when all the clips go up!

Anyway back to the ski racing part, we skied 14 days, got some good time on injected snow, I tested out all of my new equipment and I have to say, so far so good.

We skied mostly GS and Slalom so I am excited to go to Chile and ski some speed.

I am back home in Lake Tahoe now the weather is sunny and the air is fresh and I have been water skiing and having a great time! I am taking a surf trip to Costa Rica and Nicaragua before Chile! I leave today, so hopefully the waves are pumping!

Have a wonderful last month of summer! I’ll make sure to check back soon… Stephan’s been working feverishly on a new site with all kinds of goodies. We really want to do some special things for the up-coming season… Let’s just say that I’ll be MUCH more available! I tried to keep up with all my MYSPACE messages, but it just became too much and I soon found myself comepletely drowning in messages. I really want to answer all your questions and stay in touch…

So we’re doing something about it with this site… I’ll telling you more about it soon! (let me just tell you that it involves live video chats and exclusive behind the scenes video that everyone will be talking about)

Oh yeah, and please be sure to check out my sisters new charity LIV. (check out pictures of her in her wetsuit below! Ha… I love my sister!)

The website is www.livngo.org. She is doing the swim from Alcatraz next weekend and needs all of our help!!! She has always been such an incredible role model for me and always helped me out. this is her new mission to help others and I am very excited to support it!

All the Best to her and to all of you no matter what you’re up to!!!

Jules

MY SISTER READY TO SWIM FROM ALCATRAZ TO SAN FRANCISCO (she’s crazy, but soooo dedicated)