Good morning everyone,

I'm going on a work ski trip soon. The pounding waves of anxiety dreams are doing their best to wake me up to the fact that I can't ski at all (have literally never skiied) and that ski tripping is something that I'm doing 100% to hang out and get people to like me. I am not sure how good I will be even at learning to ski! There's only one sport I've ever done competitively and that's the one that is widely hailed as the best option for the malcoordinated. Anyway to jolly me along, and maybe you as well, here are some women who are great at skiing and/or who look stylish while doing so.

We start with something that – even if I turn out to be really great at this – I've probably left it too late for, and that's being the greatest skiier of all time. Happy for Mikaela Shiffrin though, who has achieved that:

Fighting off a lung infection, Shiffrin delivered her most resilient performance yet to capture the slalom title at the world championships on Saturday and become the first Alpine skier — male or female — to win the same event at four straight worlds. The drama added another layer of legend around Shiffrin, 23, who is on course to be the greatest skier ever.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/sports/mikaela-shiffrin-world-championships.html

Now here's Cassie Sharpe, who is a halfpipe skiier and seemingly also aceing hanging out and making people like her. Look at this jump first though:

Obviously, I love skiing with my Canadian crew and I’m really excited to be out there with everyone. Getting back on the circuit is like reuniting with all your best friends. If I had to choose I really love doing laps with my girls Meg Warrener, Allie Welsh and Janina Kuzma… they just know how to keep the stoke high and we always cheer each other on, it’s the best!

https://freeskier.com/stories/interview-with-cassie-sharpe

Finally, here are some women just looking great on the slopes through history:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jan/02/off-piste-a-hilarious-history-of-skiwear-in-pictures

Have a great weekend team! The great news btw is that Saxey will be guest editing Fem Fri while I am away (not for another couple of weeks)

Alex.