First Europa Cup Race - Igls, Austria 

On Top! My first 1st !!

1st - Rob Murray, USA

2nd - Marco Di Donato, ITA

3rd - Chris Hedquist, USA

4th - Stokes Aiken, USA

5th - Maurizio Oligio, ITA

(from left to right - marco, rob, chris, stokes, maurizio)

 

 

2004 US Europa Cup Team

left to right (stokes, rebecca, felicia, walter stern, bree, phil, chris, rob)

 

 

Australian skeleton slider, Shaun Boyle, taking me around Innsbruck

 

 

Innsbruck, Austria - view from the Opera House by the University

 

 

UK Skeleton Team

left to right (greg, anthony, charnia, maggie, amy, shelly, andy, chris)

 

 

Beginner slider from Italy, no visor (not so smart or very brave) and a steel sled.

 

 

another beginning slider, head too high, breaking form, feet dragging...bouncing off the wall

 

 

one of the most important curve in Igls, curve 7 - kriesel

 

 

My brother John met me after training, he was in the Army but now lives in Germany

 

 

UK slider going going through curve 11

 

Curve 7 (3 photo series):

 

 

Push Start (going from 2 hands to 1)