Alright, I have been really really lazy and have not posted in a really long time. So with that said I am going to do a very brief recap of what I have been up to. This will probably be out of order but you get the idea.
So this season I am taking school off for about three months (Nov 24-Mar 9). This way I can ski all day, every day during some of the best months of the year. The first month we ( little cottonwood canyon) received a regular dose of the drug scientifically known as ”snow”. I tried to keep my addiction on the down low but word got out.
Here survelance cameras caught me feeding the habit.
Others tried to keep it a secret too but many where caught red handed, as shown by the Alta photo of the day archives
The one major down side to the start of the season was the very high avalanche danger. It basically brought all plans of going out of bounds to a hault. Even skiing in bounds was scary at times. On December 14th an in-bounds avalanche took the life of a local woman at Snowbird. For me this was very scary because my ski team and I had been skiing that same area all morning long and the slide happened right after we went to lunch.
As the season rolled on the conditions started to improve and as of today everything is basically back to normal. I continued to seek out fresh pow, big airs and fun jumps. I also spent some time at Park City learning new tricks that I can take into the back country. One of my favorite accomplishments was my first double back flip attempt. I didn’t quite land it, so now I am determined to try it again. After weeks of messing around it was time to back into competition mode.
This year I am taking part in the IFSA Junior Freesking Tour. The first stop I attended was Stevens Pass, Washington. The first day of competition I hit a little cliff into what seemed like fresh snow. When I landed I punched through and ended up washing out. This put me into something like 17th place for the next day. After watching the rest of the competitors run I was able to decide on a better line choice for the next day.
Day One
I ended up skiing my line really well the second day and received the highest scoring run of the comp. With the second day points added up I was able to move into a tie for 5th place. I also received a ravid raven nomination (similar to a sick bird nomination).
With Stevens done my next stop is Crusty Butt. I mean I am off to Crested Butte. I’m looking forward to fresh snow and hopefully a fun venue!
Day Two
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