Scott Kneller

The annual UNSW Blues dinner is a celebration of the universities’ past and present athletes. Its a night i look forward to every year, the university has produced so many memorable sporting stars its very humbling to be recognised amongst them. This year i was awarded a UNSW sporting blue, the highest representative award the university offers. A big congratulations to fellow winter sports athlete Callum Watson for taking out Male athlete of the year.

The night also coincides with the Ben Lexcen Sports Scholarship launch. This will be my 4th year on scholarship at UNSW and i can’t be more thankful for this opportunity. The financial and academic support is unmatched. I owe a lot of my success to the staff at UNSW Sport and Rec for their continued support. A big thank you to David Pearson for continuing to sponsor my scholarship.

Just received the new Nokia Lumina 800 courtesy of the team at Fuel Communications. Loving the new technology.

Back to blogging. The last month off has been a welcomed change. Plenty of surfing, catching up with friends and a little bit of uni. Actually I’ve been at uni 5 days a week but for the first time in a while I’m really enjoying the subjects I’ve been taking so learning has been far less of a drag. Life has been pretty good.

Like the rest of Sydney I escaped for the long weekend and drove up the coast. The waves were pumping all day sunday, making for an incredible Easter

Camels

1 mile beach

Penguin in Nelson Bay

On Saturday we lost an incredible person, an amazing competitor, and a good friend. You will be forever be missed Z.

Back in Grindelwald, Switzerland for the 4th consecutive year. I love coming back to this place it never ceases to amaze me. Skied for a few hours today, soaked in the rays and the beautiful landscape. I’m starting the race this weekend and can’t wait to get back in the gate. Training starts tomorrow but it has been limited to one run due to variable snow conditions, should make for an interesting day!

This is the  best roller section i have ever seen. Its a shame its in the children’s park and not the course

Interesting race today. Congrats to Tristan Tafel who won his first world cup, dominating the final. So many crashes today but surprisingly no injuries that I’m aware of.

My split times were very promising yesterday. I was ultra slow on the top split, 1.3 seconds off the pace in the first 12 seconds. I hope this was mostly due to not being able to pull out of the start gate and my skis being only prepped for training. From there though the skiing was good and comparable to the better guys. Starting to feel a little more confident about my skiing and looking forward to another big day on the hill forerunning