Our Riders - Jessica Anderson
SKI RACER
Age: 9
Discipline: Skiing
Freestyle: Racing
Sponsors: SNO!zone
Member of any teams: Xscape race team & GB Childrens Team
Where do you train?
Milton Keynes SNO!zone
Please list your latest achievements:
- Xscape Race Series Overall Champion - Mini
- Yorkshire Ski Championships - Under 10 1st
- British Championships – Best under 11 girl
- English Championships – Mini 2nd
- British Alpine Racing Ski Championships – Mini 3rd
- British Indoor Championships – Mini 1st
What are your main ambitions in your discipline?
To represent GB at senior level and to become a successful FIS racer.
Who are your main influences in your sport?
Chemmy Alcott, Anja Paerson and Kelly Vanderbeek.
Favourite place to ski / board?
I would have to say Tignes as I am named after it although I did enjoy Bormio when I raced there last year.
What is your set up?
Head Slalom and GS skis, Leki poles and Salomon boots
Perfect day skiing/boarding?
Has to be a fresh powder day making my own tracks through the woods with the sun shining bright.
This is your paragraph to write whatever you like about your sport!
I love ski racing because of the combination of speed and the technical skills of gates. Its you against everyone else and I enjoy competing against other people. You have to push yourself as hard as you can and there is no feeling like it when you you’re your time over the loud speaker, especially if you are the fastest!
I have a great bunch of team mates to train with at Xscape Race Team and we enjoy training together every week and then going away to race together.
Do you have any thanks?
I would like to thanks all the coaches at Xscape Race Team, especially Ross Green and Glen Greener. I would also like to thank my Mum and Dad for their support to let me do the thing I like most – skiing.
What are your plans for the up and coming months?
I am currently competing in the Xscape Race Series and so far have won all six races. We have one race left and also the British Indoor Championships where I am defending my title.
I will then be preparing for the winter season and hopefully going away glacier training before the races start in December/January.
