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Skiing Over Time To Learn To Fly

My ski season is over, but that doesn’t mean that the adventures have stopped. The past week I’ve been accompanying, and joining my little brother with his senior project, Learning to Paraglide in Santa Barbara! We’ve been flying for four days now, and we have already gotten our P1 (beginner) licenses! So far we have 35 flights on the training hill, and things are getting easier and easier.

Check out my little Bro’s first flight below, and follow his Sr. project blog at: www.tdparagliding.blogspot.com

April 27, 2010 | Categories: Nothing to do with Skiing | Tags: | Comments Off

Gaper Day

The last day of the season is always Gaper Day, and with a group that reached 60+ people this Gaperday was truly epic! What is a gaper you might ask?

If you live in a ski town, you deal with them everyday. If you own a season pass, they’re destined to get in your way. And, if you only ride a few times a year, you might be among their ranks.
They’re the people in neon one-piece suits and rear-entry boots standing in the middle of the run, taking pictures of the resort. They’re the people who refuse to buy fat skis and Gor-Tex-enhanced clothing. To you they might be known as Uncle Phil and Aunt Bunny, but to most people they’re known as gapers. -Powder Mag

The Picture Gallery below describes the epic-ness i can’t quite put into words:
Pictures by Reta Flynt

Gaper Day

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April 21, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

I’m Back In Reality But Not All The Way..

I’ve been physically back in Sun Valley for a few days now, but I think I’m mentally  still in Alaska. Even today as I got ready to ski at the resort, I put on my beacon and my avy-pack with out even thinking, then I remembered, and felt like a a dork as I walked back to the condo to take them off… Then, even though the mountain was empty and the snow was awesome, the skiing felt droll, nothing felt steep or exciting… Oh well, I’ll get back into the swing of things eventually…

Here are some Pictures form the last two days of the trip:

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Last of AK 2010

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April 13, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

AK 2010 Is Over, Time For Real Life

The last two days in Alaska were amazing! We had beautiful blue bird days and the snow pack stabilized, giving us a green light to ski on some steeper and more exposed slopes. I ended up finishing my Alaskan adventure skiing an awesome knife-edge ridge that seemed to go forever which left me exhausted and adrenaline filled at the bottom! Now, after a not so nice red eye flight from Anchorage to Salt Lake, and a tired drive from Utah back to Idaho, I’m finally back in Sun Valley… time for real life again.

My trip was amazing and I have a bunch of people to thank for helping me, be sure to check out all of their websites!!!

Sun Valley Resort:
Thanks for giving me a place to ski and train all winter, couldn’t have done it with out a world-class home mountain!

Sun Valley Ski Patrol:
Thank you for the financial help, I wouldn’t have been able to have this amazing experience with out help from all of you guys and girls!

Chums/Beyond Coastal Sun Care:
Thanks for all the great products that helped me keep my face from frying, and thanks for helping me out financially.

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Black Diamond Equipment:
Thanks for making such awesome and reliable gear!

Thanks to Penelope’s Café for feeding me, and for supporting my skiing all winter!

Pictures form the last days of the trip are on my latest post: CLICK HERE

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April 11, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Another Week In AK

I haven’t had time to write/post the last few days so here is a crash-course of my week:

April 1st Filmed on resort
April 2nd Amazing tour, summited and skied Pastoral Peak (tour only took 10hours haha)
April 3rd Sled Skiing on Seattle Ridge, the snowmobile side of Turnagain Pass, SICK!
(Huge natural avalanche ripped out on other side the ridge while we were filming)
April 4th Weather Day (poached some hot tubs)
April 5th Snowed 30in skied/filmed at Alyeska Resort (Candy and Cody left)
April 6th Went touring with avalanche forecaster Matt Murphy and learned a lot!!!

So far today we slept in till 11, stalked a moose, i got attacked by a dog(ish), and we’ve been in a coffee shop for 5hours going threw pictures and doing internet stuff…Oh and another high note, my eyes are getting less black, which is awesome! We are planning on putting in some 12hr days Thursday and Friday pushing to make the last frames of our AK trip really sick.

There are lots of sick pictures in the gallery below please check them out:
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Another Week in AK

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April 7, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »