Name:Charlie Luke
Role:CDC FIS Coach
Credentials:
Throughout my life I have always been skiing and at age 12 started ski racing, I was also one of the first athletes to join CDC when they first started in New Zealand 2015. And have now been a coach for CDC for the last 2 years.
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Some of my achievements in the sport are:
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u16 English Champion for SG
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u16/u18 British Ski team
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BASI level 2 instructor
I competed in ski racing for 7 years and for the last 8 years have been a part of CDC team!
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What have you been doing the last 5 years?
Over the last 5 years I have been up to lots of stuff, from building, travelling, ski racing as one of Chemmy and Dougie’s athletes, but mostly out in Europe coaching! Recently I have just picked up a job converting campers vans which I also love and keeps me busy when I’m back in the UK and not skiing!
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Why are you passionate about skiing?
Skiing for me is freedom, there is nothing else like it, I have grown up skiing since I was 2 years old and for me there is not a place where I am more comfortable.
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What do you love about coaching?
The thing I love about coaching is seeing the progression of an athlete as time goes on, both on and off the slope.
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Best day ever on skis?
This is really hard for me to decide but I think it has got to be the day I landed my first double backflip on a dreamy powder day in Verbier!
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3 words to describe yourself?
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Happy
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Hard Working
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Fun (Hopefully)
Your biggest strength as a coach?
I think my biggest strength as a coach is being able to relate to the athletes as I was a ski racer myself, I feel like I can understand everything the athlete is feeling both physically and mentally as it was me in that position only 2 years ago!
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What do you bring to Team CDC?
I feel that I have good knowledge of the sport, as well as finding and following what the athlete would like out of all of this, I feel that I can find the correct balance of fun and hard work at the same time to get the best out of the athlete’s