Val Thorens have just hosted two World Cups this past week. Every year the quality of the event gets better and better and skiing on this track is so much fun. I had a bad landing on the second training day and have irritated my sacroilliac joint in my pelvis. I was in an incredible amount of pain and almost pulled out of the race. The Austrian Ski Cross team thankfully let me use their lovely physio Marlene who helped treat my back and I decided to race. I was very slow in