From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Kershaw’s Korner: Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the good ol’ Kulm Hotel here in Davos! It’s Christmas Eve and what am I doing? Check the pic of the duffel bag below – I am packing. Not the Christmas present I was hoping for. No cozy fires, no caroling, no fam-time, no mom gingerbread men, or Christmas cookies, and no girlfriend around either. But you know what? I’m cool with it. It’s Tour time baby, and in two short days my third crack at it is about to begin in Oberhof, Germany.