November 25, 2008

If you haven’t noticed yet, I have a new tab “Training Camps” that explains the inner workings of a training camp, check it out!

I’ve been really busy at home with the move and all, I can’t wait ‘till we get our new place in Auckland and can finally relax. I’m currently setting up a few camps in New Zealand that will take place next month; I will keep you posted as those dates become finalized. When I get back to Canada for two months next year, I will be doing a few camps that are already in the works. So far there will be camps in Stony Plain, St. Albert, Kingston and Airdrie. I don’t have any dates to the first 3 but I do have an awesome camp planned in Airdrie!!

I will be running my 4th Summer Camp in Airdrie on the weekend of June 5, 6 and 7th. THIS WILL BE THE BEST CAMP OF ALL TIME! This will be a 3-day sleep-over camp that will include some of the biggest and baddest BMXers in the World. As of right now, the racers who have confirmed as guest trainers are:

Bubba Harris (USA) – 3 time ABA #1 Pro and UCI Elite World Champion.

Mikey Day (USA)– Olympic Silver Medalist, enough said!

Marc Willers (NZL) – Olympic Semi-Finalist, 10 time New Zealand National Champion, Top 10 in the World.

Jimmy Brown (CDN) – Canada’s top Pro, AA

Nick Goertzen (CDN) – Canadian ABA #1 Pro

I will have more trainers to post once the time creeps closer, but these are gonna be the big-dogs that are going to help me with the camp. The camp will include training, food, lodging and some fun stuff like ‘belly-flop’ contests at the pool! The cost of the camp will be $250 per rider.

I will be putting this camp on with the help of Airdrie BMX. Once the race season starts again in the Spring, you will be able to find out more info. Mark your calendars!!

Here is a photo of Bubba, Mikey and I at the last summer camp that I was the head trainer for SuperCamp, I was in the sun a little too long that day.

November 15, 2008

I’m on my way back home to Canada and currently sitting in the lounge at the Dunedin Airport in NZ. This city is a college town and is very beautiful, just like everywhere else in this country. The last 5 days have been really great, as I have gotten to spend time with the BikeNZ crew and all the key Coaches and High Performance Sport Medicine Personnel that we have. The first 2 days I was here, we had 10 hrs/day meetings to discuss the future and where we are going. I’m really pumped about the future here in New Zealand as I have a lot of support staff behind me to really push our sport to the next level. My whole life I have been on my own, doing my camps and personal training to the best of my ability. Now I have a whole team behind me that is nothing but supportive and excited about me getting to NZ. In addition to coaching my HP team I will be working to develop the up-and-coming Junior riders, which in turn, will produce more coaches for the country. To say I am thrilled is an understatement.

The last two days I was taking part in the Sports Medicine Conference, where I had 10 hr days of listening to some of the top Sports Scientists, Drs. and Coaches giving speeches on different topics. My brain is on overload from all the valuable information that I’ve learned, which I will be using in addtion to my training. I will be doing these types of conferences more often, as well as taking a variety of different courses to further my education in training and coaching. It’s great to be part of an organization that will help me increase my knowledge in order to do a better job. With the support I am getting in a few years, I will be twice the coach I am now.

I also had the pleasure of hanging out with Jacques Landry, who is the new Chief Technical Officer for the CCA. Jacques has been the NZ road coach for the past 5 years, and he was a part of our meetings in helping us plan for the future. I think he is going to do a great job in Canada and the CCA is lucky to have someone like him in the top office. We had some good talks about BMX and I gave him my views on a few different things. (although my opinion really doesn’t matter!) However, you Canadians are fortunate to have him back. I guess the kiwis just swapped one Canadian for another. ☺. Good Luck Buddy!

Here is an old school picture circa 2005, gettin’ my pull-down the first straight in Nellis, Nevada. That’s 4 time UCI Champion Dale Holmes next to me.

Some picture of beautiful Dunedin New Zealand.

November 10, 2008

I’m currently sitting in LAX, one of my least favorite airports in the World and just got off the phone with the police. Apparently, a 14 and 15 year old stole my truck and took it for a joy ride. Turns out that they lost control and rolled it a few times, totaling it! Thankfully the kids are ok but I hope their Dads whoop them when they got home after being arrested. I don’t get kids these days, when I was a kid, and still today, I never caused trouble because I was scared of my Dad, never mind the police.

Anyway, I’m about to get on my 14-hour flight to Auckland, the first of 4 flights back and forth in the next 2 weeks, awesome!

November 9, 2008

I have had a few pretty crappy days lately. It started when Jenn, Avri and I flew out to Victoria last Thursday to visit great Grandpa. The visit with him was great, as its always good to see him, however, our accommodations on the first night where pretty shady. We decided to cash in on some travel points that I have been pilling up and stay in a nice Bed & Breakfast Resort and Spa. Well, it was anything but! It ended up being a big house that they rented bedrooms out of, not a resort whatsoever. The furnace didn’t work so it was 13 degrees in our room during the night. Due to the cold, Avrianna had to sleep with us and decided she wanted to use my face as a speed bag all night. The Jacuzzi tub, yeah, that was taken apart along with half the lamps as they ran out of light bulbs for all the lighting. On top of that, there was no food or beverages around and we were out in the middle of nowhere. The next morning breakfast consisted of a box of cereal and frozen bagels, not impressed at all.

Jenn took care of the situations and we ended up getting a refund, that night we stayed at the Delta Ocean Point, which was incredible and made up for the previous night. It was great to hang out with the family out in Victoria and get to see them all one more time before we head out to New Zealand.

The day we left to the airport, we were running a little late on the way there, so we parked in the $25/Day parkade right at the airport. One would think that this would be the safest place to park as it’s lighted up and there is plenty of security patrolling around. Well when we got back to Calgary and went to get our truck, it was gone. I knew exactly where I parked it and new right away that it was stolen. To make sure that I wasn’t wrong though I went up and down every aisle of every floor looking with my keys trying to set off the alarm, no go. Gone! I couldn’t believe it; I felt and feel so violated.

Anyway, I went to find a cop and finally found one after some time. By this point I was running around the parkade for 45 minutes and was sweating my ass off, so I took off my jacket. When I told the cop my truck had been stolen, he looked at my tattoos up and down, and then looked me in the face and said, “ha-ha, maybe you should go look again and try a little harder this time, cars don’t get stolen out of here!” I couldn’t believe it, this police officer who is suppose to “serve and protect”, laughs at me when I tell him my truck is stolen while my wife and 2 year old daughter are crying behind me.

To have the cop be such an ass was almost worse then having my truck stolen, I’m disgusted with my experience with the police officer and am going to file a complaint.

So this morning I get a call from the police that they found my truck about 1 hour north of my house in a town called Beiseker, they said it was “un repairable”. Some idiots obviously took it for a joy ride and beat the crap out of it, which is so disheartening as I babied that thing. I haven’t actually been able to talk to the constable that found my truck, so I don’t know many details; just that it’s probably a write off.

To make matters worse, I can’t deal with it this week as Jenn is flying, she’s a flight attendant, and I am flying to New Zealand in the morning. I’m going to Dunedin for the week to attend the “New Zealand Sports Medicine and Science Conference”. We will be having a lot of meetings and lectures on training and talks on what we have done right and wrong over the past 4 years. Most importantly we are going to plan out the next 4 years leading up to the 2012 Olympics in London. I’m really excited to go to this although its going to suck flying to the other side of the world for 4 days, fly back and then pack up and move two weeks after that. Fun.

Here’s Avri trying to tattoo her arms like her dad, I think I’m going to have my hands full, ☺.

November 6, 2008

Here is an interview that Marc did with a New Zealand Car Magazine.

November 5, 2008

Vehicles for Sale!!!!

2002 Mazda Protégé LX 2.0
125 000km-Silver color
Auto, 4door, A/C, AM/FM CD, Power Locks, Alarm, Sunroof, Spoiler, 2 new tires, 4 new tire covers, new front struts, new windshield, cheap on gas, runs great, lots of pep for a small car. This was the last year this model was made.
Asking~7,999$

2003 Chevy Avalanche
160 000km-Dark Charcoal
2-wheel drive (this helps cut back on fuel)
Quad Cab, new breaks, new routers, new tires, excellent shape, great body, good on gas, pretty much loaded. Handles smooth, safe, great family truck.
Asking~15,900$

November 2, 2008

Had a pretty chilled out day today and watched a bunch of football with my Dad. Watching NFL is going to be one of the things that I will miss the most when I move to NZ, however, they have Rugby, which I’m sure I will become a big fan of.

I didn’t mention this last week, but I want to congratulate Jimmy Brown of Airdrie for becoming Canada’s next AA pro. Not many people in Canada have done this, myself, and an old Schooler from BC who I don’t really know of. I have a feeling that Jimmy will have a good run at AA, it may take him awhile to get those extra HP’s behind his bike, but with his commitment and work ethic I think in a few years he will be the first Canadian AA to make an impact.

When Jimmy isn’t on the track battling with other racers, he’s a weekend super hero that battles the bad guys!

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