Helene Valerie Fruhwirth

Kai and I came home on monday. We had a great training week in France and after that we went to Switzerland, where we took part at a Swiss IXS cup. It was a very simple track but good fun. A lot of parts to pedal also uphill. We both were very tired from 6 non stop riding days and sometimes we forgot about that. Kai broke his fork and so it wasn’t very perfect for him. I felt good in training. Of course tired but okay. I had a good first run and a crash in my second one. I didn’t get injured or broke something on my bike. I managed it to slide into the spectateurs.hmm so I lost a lot of seconds. I don’t know which place I could have made…Yes must, could, should, didn’t …that’s racing. You love it or you hate it.

What else happened, we spend some days at Kai’s friend Clemens, so we did a sight seeing tour through Bern (Sui)

strong swiss girl Verena and I

Clemens and Kai

and we swam across a very very very dangerous river to save a poor little screaming sheep on the other side of ther river.noooooo i am cheeky. The real story is. On the way to Wiriehorn we passed a river and along the river the hikers piled stones. You can see on the picture below.
We tried to build up one stone tower but hmm finally we failed. So but the most excited thing was to reach the place where all the stone towers were. The river looked very calm from the car but in real we didn’t know how to cross it without landing with our cameras in the water.

Kai and I are still playing the tractor game and we have a new pencil for the game. Her/His name is Traci. She/He is a very talented counter and does an excellent job. He/she was quite expensive but it was a safe investment.

Our next stop will be Wagrain the Symphony Jam Session (11.August). So everybody who has time should come BECAUSE I have birthday on Saturday… Getting old I know 24.. Anyway it will be a good event lots of riding and party.

See you Miss DH

Now it’s 2 years since the bike park Wagrain has opened and this year Jason and his crew organised a new generation race. Two runs. The first was against the time and the second was judged. The track wasn’t very long so it took us just 50 seconds. But a lots of obstancles and jumps were to passed. I had so much fun. Racing and Styling in one… I like the idea..I didn’t take it that serious…I won the competition and got good price money and a bling bling neckless… yo yo yo.

The party was also very good – organised by a near located skate shop. (Tigas base) Lots of dancing and lots of drinking. Jägermeister was the main drink because the winner spend his whole price money on that drinks. A box full with this little bottles which I guess must taste horrible. Hmm so no wonder that the party finished early. About 12 I went to bed and next day we spend a great day on the new bike park trails.

For next year the Bike park is planing to race from the top so about 10 minutes….. I can’t await that.

After the weekend we were in Leogang and in the new bike park in Czech Republik. Not to bad the freeride track is very nice and they will finish the downhill track soon.

stef, jason and i

That’s how it looks like when I clean my bike….
My next stop is in Györ (HUN) tomorrow. Going wake boarding… YEAH I like it. And my next riding stop is maybe the 24 hour race (Semmering)

see you LENE

So yes what should i say. I am angry about myself. Everything went well the last days. I had good practice runs and a good feeling a good qualification came 9th and in my first heat everything went wrong. I had a bad start, cased the jumps, lost the momentum, lost a passing maneuver and so I came 3rd and was out in the first round. How disappointing is that.
I will watch the DH race and cheer for my team mates. Fingers crossed they will make it better. and see you in Leogang Lene

This weekend Kai and I took part at the national slovenia race in Maribor, on the World cup track. It was a great weekend, the weather was just brilliant. I guess the track will be hard in rain… So fingers crossed for the world cup. I like the track fast, tricky corners, wide open parts, and few jumps. Okay the jumping part isn’t my favourit but at the end I did it. I ended up 3rd and the austrian chicks were leading… First Petra Bernhard, Second Anita Molcik and Me. So we all were pretty happy.

Of course I have to mention that I couldn’t avoid to get bruises. I crashed in my training run on saturday in the stone section… Not good choice. No I have completly blue thighs and hmm I can’t even walk very well. But riding is good. I was for a ride yesterday and I had no pain.

At the moment I am sitting in the Press Center in Friedrichhafen. The time seems to be running. The world cup season is nearly finished and I have already had to think about sponsors. What I am gonna do next year. I think or I hope that I can keep most of my sponsors. Generali (an insurance company) has said already yes for the next year. I am so stocked about that because it is my most important sponsor.

So yeah I will see what this weekend brings. Today we were at the Demo day, where you could test bikes. But there were nearly just cross country and freeride bikes to test and I would have liked to ride some downhill bikes.

see you LENE

So long time ago that I wrote news.. Lots of things happened. The season is over and I am tired. I feel sick and have head ache. Anyway.

I should write about Maribor. The last world cup. I competed in 4 cross and downhill. It was the most exhausting Worlc up in my life. I had to think about so many things before I got to Maribor and then I had to discuss with the woman who should have rent us her appartment… SHOULD because the lady forgot about my reservation which I did 5 months before and about the call I did 3 weeks before… Anyway I was so angry that she didn’t had a chance to come with no solution for us. At the end we ended up in a big house full packed with amy, kai, kerrain, petra, mathias, diana her boyfriend and me.

The first training day was good, good weather good track just brilliant. At the afternoon I had 4x training. That worked well too. The next day – friday- I could hold on I was so tired. I did just 2 DH runs because I wanted to keep my power for the 4x qualification. Qualification worked allright but not good enough (11place).

In the evening the bathroom and the kitchen were awashed…Something broke down. pipes?? we didn’t know. The next day was good. I felt so good on my DH bike. But at the 4 x Training I was empty. Completly. No power. I took a rest and for the first run I was very motivated. I tried hard but I didn’t make it in the next round.

The next day was good I felt all right. Did one training run and then we had the qualification. It worked okay but I still wasn’t satisfied with my time. I tried hard in the final run and hit a tree with my shoulder so that I lost my balance and finally lost seconds. I ended up 26th . My absolut worst result this year… To sum up I know i can do better and I will train harder….

Thanks to all my sponsors my friends, Kai, Markus, Jürgen, Miriam, Chris, Jenna and my family without you my season wouldn’t be that good.

yeah 🙁 🙂 the season is over. On the one side I am happy and on the other side sad. Always the same, in autum you know that you won’t see most of your friends for a long time. But then you realize „hey at home are waiting some very special persons for you“. Yesterday I met Miriam we were boomerang throwning… So much fun…

Okay back to the Semmering race. I was so stocked to be there. The last week I wasn’t sure if I wanna compete because I felt so tired and empty. But I didn’t want to miss the last season party so I raced. I stayed there for one night. I think it was the most expensive room I have slept in for the whole season 37Euro!! okay with breakfast but too much. Anyway it was a good desicion. The party was so good fun. Lots of dancing, smiling faces, drinking, joking around…. Some riders wanted to persuade me to drink alcohol. I was happy that I didn’t….So I could race well the next day. I won yeahhhhhhhhh that’s a good season ending. But I also have to say that Petra B. didn’t compete. She would propably won cause she had a better time in the seeding run the day before.

Petzi and I

Jörgili and Alex( I wish you a good recovery)
Eva and I boris and I
I won a ticket for the Motocross Freestyle Event in Vienna on the 16th. I have never been there so I look forward to see the crazy tricks.

So the next month i will conzentrate on my last writings I have to do for the university. And will enjoy trampolin jumping, salsa dancing and break dance with my student friends.Hmm and yoga I will try that soon. I need that to keep on smiling on my bike the whole season… That’s my way..

LENE

Last night my friends and I decided to take part in one of the most interesting culture offer in Austria. It sounds very spectaculary and yeah it was. First so funny with friends company and second we saw a lot of good exhibitions. Kathi had planed everything and Markus and I had just to follow her… She is planing genius…. So the after picking up Markus we went to the „Stadthalle“ were we lined up (not the last one) in the croud. Oh I forgot to explain. The night of the museums is an event , which is just one time in the year. All the museums are longer open until 12 or 1 o’clock. You need just one ticket for all the museums. There organized shuttle buses,which drive you around to the places. Of course no wonder that many people are around but it’s just great. Okay now I can go on. In the Stadthalle we just got the last 3 tickets for the exhibition, which called „Dialog im Dunkeln“ (dialog in darkness). You will tell you later one…

After getting time tickets we went to the chocolate museum…Of course the main reason was to taste and test the different choco…We were a littel bit in hurry so we tried as much we could. We enjoyed it how you can see. Running schocki, choco fontaine, chocolate with chilli…
Kathi

Ute, Markus, Kathi

not to explain

I wanted all of them
The next stop was in the „naturhistorisches Museum“ „natural history museum“. We wanted to take part in an guidance. But at the end it wasn’t that we were expected so we walked around and saw massive insects…..Amazing I tell you.

About 13 cm long…brbrbrbrbr
In my past tense I must have been a lion??

Or a fancied peacock?

The unborn „star“ hmm what she/he would have been?

After the this museum we thought that we can’t miss the Albertina, where we could see Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Chagall, Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, Kandinsky, Sam Francis, Mark Rothko, Roy Lichtenstein,Francis Bacon.

We also were in gaudinnes rooms… so pretty…I was so fastinated by the lusters. miss downhill „magbie“, I love bling bling things… 

After that we were pretty tired but we wanted to make it to the dialog im Dunklen thing…We are the ones who stay on the course! YES- And we made okay not all because we didn’t have enough tickets. So Kathi and I could make it. It was a great experience. You walked around in 100% darkness area with a blindman’s stick. It was a realistic walk with forest, trees, zebra crossing, a bus drive, … I have very bad eyes (12diopter) and sometimes I thought about getting blind. Of course it scares me, who wouldn’t it. But after this night I’m really happy about my eyes and that I have my friends Kathi and Markus.

On that way I want to say thanks to Trek for the support and the bikes. Goodbye Trek –

Hello Morewood. This company is grounded in 1998 in South Africa by Patrick Morewood. With Richard Carter’s help it grew and morewood frames count now to the best downhill frames in the world. And I for me it is a privilege to ride with this bike next season. The goal was to built a frame which is light and works simple. With the SPI system I think I will take it like a duck to water….I can’t await it to get my frame.

Next year I will be still on Michelin tires, Marzzocchi forks, Sun Rims, San marco saddles, Thomson seatposts and steams, Shimano cranks dereilleurs, Sombrio race clothes, Six Six One protection, DVS shoes, Iriedaily casual clothes, Rsp grease for my bike, Generali insurance company, Acros head set,
What new is, is Syncros and maybe Formula.

The next days I have a important sponsor meeting and there I will see if I can afford me to travel to New Zealand from December to February.

see you LENE

Last week I had my important sponsor meeting with Frontworx and austrian IT/ Consulting business. This company will be addition to Generali my main financial sponsor for the next season. I look forward to cooperate with them and wear their logo.

Last week I had my first no training week. Okay honestly it wasn’t completely free. I was trampoline jumping with Lisa on Tuesday and Yoga on Thursday. The trampoline is a performance of friendship duty and Yoga is a new thing for me which I try and enjoy. In this 90 minutes I am so focussed on my body and my energy that I forget about everything else at least if forces me to do it. And my stretch ability isn’t very good… So yoga is good to work on it.

I also used the week to work on my Baccalaureates writings which I have to do to finish my studies completely. I will fly on the 27th to Newzealnd to train there and race with Mister Crow… Fuffy Fu. I wasn’t sure at the beginning if I should fly because I want to finish the writings before I leave but I think I can make it and so I have also pressure on me to work hard and permanent on it. Oen topic is about the concept, strategies, approaches and possibilities in Sponsor acquisition for individual athletes and the other topic is about sports competition planning with long journeys (jetlag…Logistic stuff etc…)

With both topics I am all the time confronted so I “enjoy” it on a way to write about it. I can slip a lot of experiences in my work.

This morning I drove my parents to the airport and on that why I saw this pylon. In the last second I decided to make a picture of it and I was surprised that I got that shot. I love it.

Chicks on tour (with one guy) report number one….
First of all. The news for everybody who crossed the fingers for me, who asked me all the exam’s questions, who had pantience and my parents who helped me out during the last week, I passed my exam, my last exam, that hardest exam, which nobody is passing by the, no first , no second, yes 3^rd time. This exam for that I have been learning since November. I’m so happy I can’t tell you. Now I can start my season relaxed…And so Petra, Martin and I left Austria friday morning.
The journey started with a little delay…”Martin after these three weeks you will learn to stand up in time”…So anyway. The whole tour was nearly pretty good. No traffic jams or car crashes or thieves. (The italien petrol stations arn’t the safest places)
At the end we couldn’t find our hotel. Somewhere in nowhere hmm we are used to this…that’s racing and travelling.
Petra is a little bit cold. Me too but she is worst. But for me she is a walking pharmacy and so she has everything for every situation and feeling.
The first stop is in Pievo de Teco. This village is located between Imperia and Genova. At the moment I am sitting in my car and it is Sunday miday. The sun is shining and I am wearing shorts and sunglasses. Yipi. It cant’ be better. The track is funny and long (6 minutes). Not to difficult so good to start the season. Many burms,rock plates and very dusty. Better than mud J. I think that’s a track for Petra. I feel good too and the most important I can ride and have fun. The start field is high. Sabrina Jonnier (world champ) and other good riders are competing. The Italiens are friendly and the shuttles service works well.
So yeah that are the news up to now.

Now I am sitting in my hotel room and it is Monday morning. The race is over and I ended up 4^th. Petra 3th. E. Ragout 2^nd and Sabrina Jonnier 1^st. I’am satisfied with my place and my riding. For sure I felt not as well as at the end of the season last year 2006. But it’s okay. I had a lot of fun.