I just kind of take everything that was running through my head, and I say it out
loud. So you know I talk about terrain, if I'm coming on to a steeper pitch,
or onto a flat, if there's a change in the hill. I just verbalize that.
If my radios went out, I'd be done. There's no way I could get down a
hill without having him in my headset. I have to really rely on the voice cues
and trust in my own skiing and trust him he'll get me down the fastest and the
safest way.
IN HEADSET: Okay we're clear, going on a little pitch and then onto the flats.
I'll say 'hup,' and then I'll say something like 'now' or 'move' at the end of the turn so she knows when
to release the ski as well.
HEADSET: Hup 2, hup 2 - there's a flat. hup 2. two more, hup 2.
And then I'm just describing - you know - okay we're coming onto the flats now
or, you know, we've got a delay gate coming up.
HEADSET: Now we're going on the pitch, move, hup, action, move, hup, move, hup, move, hup.
Stand up and smear to the right.
It's just very different for every single pair out there
And, for us, I talk all the time, for example, when on the slope.
So it's pretty much start to finish me talking nonstop sometimes more like monologue than dialogue.
She's trying to focus on her run and what I'm
trying to focus is to give her as much information as possible
in order for her to be as fast as possible and also safe on the track.
Knowing each other inside and out, you know what those little weird noises are.
HEADSET: Roll, roll, roll roll. We've got a little lump now ... roll, a little bit lumpy.
HEADSET: Turn, turn, turn, turn, little bit of a lump there.
If Jen says something slightly wrong I kind of know what she means.
HEADSET: Turn, forward, on the flat, roll
I had a few guides prior to Rob and the
trust wasn't there. I was always worried like what's about to happen are they
gonna remember to do this.
It's like a marriage. No matter if you're married or not.
Especially when you get to the World Cup level.
What we do is a dangerous sport before you add the fact that there's two of you going
down a racecourse.
And one of you is blind.
And the one behind can't actually see what's going on so you have to trust each other