Snowing like crazy this morning here in Whistler:) Hasn’t been snowing for a long time and it’s affecting the whole town. All the locals are wondering when the ”pow” is coming back. I liked the slopes yesterday though when they are nicely prepared. I guess fresh powder for them is as important as the greens being cut for us. A newly groomed pist for a freeskiier is like asking the European Tour players to play the new golf simulator…not the first thing I would do maybe if I had a chance to go on a real track. Anyway, it’s been a lot of fun hanging out with a whole bunch of different people up here. The poker players I’m staying with are the funniest. They don’t have consistent working hours really. One of the guys got a house up here and thought it would be nicer to play poker up here than home in England and invites whoever of his friends to come over to stay and play some hands. When they’ve had enough of poker they go snowboarding. I’ve stayed in the house for two nights now and I just met a guy who apparently has been staying in the house the whole time but has played about 200.000 hands of poker and not stepped outside his room. Awesome.

My friend from Sweden who also plays poker here had to cut his skiing day short yesterday to treat his back in a physio clinic. Another guy said quickly after hearing about his physio visit: ”It really is a physically tough sport poker. That ”all-in” move they do in poker must really tear on the back muscles”. 

Heading up on the hill now to see if I can handle the new snow. 

It’s the first time in a long time I’ve felt this distant to golf. It worries me but I know I will get straight back into it when we train again. Maybe it’s good for me to see something different. Last few months I’ve been a little frustrated and I think the reason for that has been that I haven’t thought and cared about anything else than golf. When the results and the strive to improve gets too important, it’s easy to get frustrated if it doesn’t go the way you want. You gotta have some other hobbies I think and something else that’s important in your life.

Big hockey day today with 4 quarter finals. Sweden’s game against Slovakia is at 9PM over here. Good night!

alex