I've had some time just for myself in the past few days... even if I am not alone, I'm surrounded by real friends who let me think differentelly, they give me inspiration and some kind of power which can be transformed to actions... I have to say, that I really have awesome people around me, not man
Simon Erjavec - blogAs many of you know it, it's my birthday today. And as many of you know (or not), I wanted to finish my project of #40lines till today. I haven't done this, but it should be finished very soon. I've done 31 lines by now.But lets go back for 10 days to write about what were we doing...After the most
Simon Erjavec - blogSometimes, before you even realize it, things happen for a reason. You might not notice it in a day, in a month, maybe not even in a year... but when you do, at first a weird smile appears on your face... and then you start thinking what was happening over the time. When you realize, you feel blesse
Simon Erjavec - blogI had so many plans for this year... I hope winter isn't really saying goodbye.After a really strange week with a lot of bad, soft and heavy snow, I decided to give it a last try. So I packed my gear in the middle of night and drove to mountains with an idea to catch a sunrise. Conditions were so ba
Simon Erjavec - blogPast few days were a bit different for me... After running, a recovery cycling with friends, a hardcore after-easter-breakfast training doing uphill intervals, I finally went back on skis.Jan and I were driving in direction of Kranjska Gora and suddenly we decided to check conditions around Špik. We
Simon Erjavec - blogAfter more than three weeks of skiing, training and doing whatever possible just to be active, I had to recover for a few days. I have done more than 85 hours of training this month and I was already on my limits with health and immune system. I actually got a fever for a day or something, but it we
Simon Erjavec - blogJust a simple answer: YES.Ripstick skis are totally new skis from Elan and they come in five different geometries. The widest one is 116mm underfoot and they also come in 106, 96, 94W and 86.1. They are light as... you know what. 116 model comes at 1840g per ski at 185cm.2. They are wide, but they c
Simon Erjavec - blogI used to be a quiet guy who wasn't smiling much. I was unconfident about myself - about my look, about my actions, about everything.Then I started wandering around peaks, discovering mountains and harder accessible terrains. New people came along, new friendships started. New visions, new opinions,
Simon Erjavec - blogI am 19 years old. Ok, 20 in one month. And I have to say that I am proud of what I have done today.I had been watching one gnarly line on my home playground for almost a month. A month full of preparing, trainings and waiting for right conditions. That line is named ''Večerna'' - Evening one. It ha
Simon Erjavec - blogWhat a day it was yesterday on Vogel!When I woke up in early morning, I thought ''damn today will be a wild one''. And it was. After big snowstorm with very light snow drops should be just perfect to jump... So Gašper Slak and I drove to Vogel to catch the first gondola. Of course there were many fr
Simon Erjavec - blog... for everyone!foto: Aleš KeglThis week is on of the best I have ever had. I'm skiing almost every day - 4 days on skis and one for resting haha. Tommorow it's going to be one hell of a day - sun will come out and we are going to Vogel mountain again. :)After failing to ski NE ridge of Begunjščica
Simon Erjavec - blogA month ago I received a private message from a guy whom I started following since I made my facebook account and way before I had even started skiing. I actually don't remember how that happened but with time I realized who that man is, how he lives and how important he is.He is actually totally si
Simon Erjavec - blogI have so many lines and plans on my mind that sometimes they're confusing me.I realized that it's time to ski something harder, something I haven't skied before, that I have to go beyond my limits after some time.It was snowing on sunday and monday, so I thought myself we could finally try somethin
Simon Erjavec - blogSnow, wind, cold and fog moved back into slovenian mountains... It feels like winter again.This week I should have been resting as I have done 24 hours of trainings last week. And I have, I've been active just three times this week. And that feels soo much easier! 7 - Trolko8 - Y13 - Grapa v SZ
Simon Erjavec - blogAfter Vrtača on Sunday, Jan and me decided to check what conditions we have above Pokljuka. We should go there, ski a few lines and have some good time.I picked him up at around 7 o'clock, then we drove up without any hurry. It was actually almost nobody there. And in the middle of nowhere Jernej Av
Simon Erjavec - blogI wanted to go on a ski tour some day with Jan Palovšnik. Ex-ski racer with a perfect technique, speed and passion for mountaineering. And the same age as mine. What could be better?We made a contact on Friday I think, talking about Sunday... we knew it would get pretty warm already in the morning,
Simon Erjavec - blogNever eat a pizza a night before you are going to shred some nasty lines a day after... you will soon know why :)I decided to try once again to send it down in Centralna grapa.. and this time I was finally successful!When I was driving to Elan factory on Thursday to pick up my new skis, I saw how be
Simon Erjavec - blogBegunjščicaMonday morning was a rainy, foggy and sleepy one. I think I hadn't gone so late on skis ever before, but I knew that days are becoming longer and when there is bad weather in the mountains, usually no one is there.Drejc sent me a picture of Begunjščica an evening before and it looked good
Simon Erjavec - blogSo... let's start with some summary of what I've been doing past few days.After being in Austria with slovenian skiing legend Bine and Mrtn I spent most of my time training on a mountain bike and in a gym to train on my strenght and balance. I also started swimming last week and I already impro
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