Postings for oktober 2009 | Aksel Lund Svindal
Halloween
Red Bull Norway had a Halloween party tonight. You could dress up as anything, so I went with Maverick aka Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Painted an old helmet, got the suit from my neighbor who’s a pilot, a pair of Ray Ban Aviators everyone should have, and I had Kenny Loggins playing his Danger Zone from a speaker in my pocket. Good times and so many cool costumes. I was impressed.[...]
slick roads
Had to get up early in the morning (6.15) today to get to a doctor. The roads were a little slippery, so I had to get some winter tyres. But that's no problem when you have good friends at Nokian. 30min and I was ready to roll again.
In Oslo
Staying in Oslo for a few days to really get this leg checked out. It's getting better , but I will have to take it easy for some time. Not sure how long yet, but will probably be a couple of weeks.. That sucks, but as long as it will be 100%, I guess that's the most important thing.
Real Madrid - Audi
Audi is the main sponsor of the Alpine Ski World Cup plus I have a personal relationship with them. They also sponsor Real Madrid. So today when they were giving the cars to the Real Madrid players they made a show where skiing meets football. Indoor skiing in Madrid and Audi quattro’s driving around in the snow. I skied a short course down to where the staff from Real Madrid where gathered and handed over a backpack with the keys to the cars. Great event and very professionally done. The players were nice and easy to hang out with and Raul(the captain) gave me an original jersey that they signed. I think one of coolest things about being an athlete besides the skiing, is that you get to experience stuff like this...[...]
Just lande in Madrid
Summer temp and check out the ski bag. Stay tuned for updates on whats going on down here.