Stokes Skiers are heading up to the US Masters this weekend in Pine mountain, GA.

Look for Tom Asher, Scot Ellis, Bojan Schipner, and Jacinta Carrol in the open division.  Taylor Garcia, Felix Blomqvist, and Charlotte Wharton in the Junior division.

We are delighted to bring Felix on board the team.  Felix qualified for JR masters this weekend with a new Swedish under17 record 53.3m (175ft). He won the under 14 Europeans 2011 & 2012 in jump. Felix also broke the European championship record last year with 43.4m in the U14 division. Not only is Felix is a jumper though, he can rip some turns on the slalom having also won the Europeans in slalom and overall in under14. Felix has been jumping amazing this spring and we are looking for ward to seeing the battle at the Masters.

Felix Blomqvist in Pink speedsuit

Look for some exciting skiing this weekend,  we wish all the skiers best of luck and can't wait for the action to unfold.

follow the webcast by clicking here

The Masters LCQ came and went with some good solid skiing from Stokes Skiers.

June Fladborg, competing in her first major tournament for 2 1/2 years came so close to qualifying for the US Masters.  She posted an after injury PB of 166ft, breaking the mark set for qualification.  June finished second meaning she won't get the spot this year.  June though was very happy with where she is at and how far she has come since her devastating injury.   To even get to this point is remarkable.  Congrats to June, 4 times masters champion and so close to getting back there.

CLick the link below to see Junes 166ft.

June Fladborg 166

Taylor Garcia, needing a 173ft leap to make the Masters junior Overall event, did just that to cement his place in the tournament, already qualified in Jump after winning the junior World title, Taylor will be looking to add the Jump and the Overall to his already growing collection of trophies.  We are super excited to see Taylor light it up at Masters.

Thomas Asher also competed at the event to get some pre masters practice.  Tom came out of the 1st rnd with a nice 68.1m jump.  Masters now is just round the corner.  look for Tom and Stokes Skiers, Scot Ellis, Taylor Garcia, Josh Briant, and Jacinta Carrol competing at the Masters this year. Click the link below to see Tom Ashers 68.1m jump

Thomas Asher - 68.1m(223ft)

Other notables were Corbin Guyer, posting a new P.B. of 155ft.  COrbin has been kicking on this year, making pb's in the tournaments he has competed in this year.

Corbin Buyer 155ft

Back on the skis!:)

This week I finally had my first set on the water. After an ACL rupture in August 2012 I’ve been doing rehab all winter and still am. I miss skiing and I work very determined to get back into the women’s jump elite.

I will have to build everything back up again and the first month on the water will still be considered ”waterski rehab”. I’ll focus a lot on controlling the skis, lots of balance on one ski and basically just awareness. The new ACL in my knee still isn’t recovered as it takes approx one year to do so. For that reason it is important to be patient and not push anything too hard as it is still fragile even though my other bodyparts are back to a strong condition.

I live in Denmark and like all other Northern European contries these spring months are pretty cold. To other skiers skiing in the cold I’ll strongly recommand the comftable Stokes speedsuit. It really helps big time keeping me and my knee joint warm. Even though it’s super tight it’s easy to put on and I don’t even notice it on the water, thanks to the extremely stretchy material.

Maj on the dock

Maj on her way to the lake