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Day Tour: Titus Lake Area

Yesterday, I went on an amazing day tour with my friend and rippin-tele-chick Simone Kastner. We were greeted with a blue bird day and warm sun as we started our hike out Titus Ridge from the top of Galena Summit. With no new snow in the last few weeks, the a hike out was on hard, wind scoured, snow. However, a few hundred vert below the ridges, we were surprised to find some really good skiing. After a two-ish hour hike out, we skied a fun alpine style line to start things off. Then we hiked back up to find one of the last remaining pillow lines in the area! Our second descent lead us into the flats, but a short double pole through the plains put us right back at Road. After getting shut down for 40min we were finally able to hitch a ride back to the top of Galena Summit. It was a great day, and I can’t wait to get out there again!

Titus Feb 3-11

February 4, 2011 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: alpine, alpine style, amazing day, area, bird day, blue bird, chick, descent, Friend, Galena, galena summit, hike, hitch a ride, ish, new snow, pillow, pole, ride, simone, Simone Kastner, skiing, snow, sun, tele, Titus Lake, Titus Ridge, warm sun, Yesterday | Comments Off

FWT Revelstoke Update: Women Day One

The woman’s first run has just concluded here in Revelstoke BC. Leah Evans, Jacqui Edgerly, and Tatum Monod, skis some really solid runs, claiming the top three spots. I want to also give Martha Burley big props for killing is on her tele-gear, and skiing into ninth place. Unfortunately the Sun Valley girls McKenna Peterson and Tracy Chubb fell victim to flat light, and Lexi DuPont dropped out of competition due to illness… The Men are live right now be sure to click here to tune into the Webcast!!!

a:McKenna Peterson p:Meg Haywood Sullivan

January 9, 2011 | Categories: Freeskiing Competitions | Tags: click, competition, Day, FWT, illness, Jacqui Edgerly, Leah Evans, Lexi DuPont, Martha Burley, McKenna, Men, Peterson, Revelstoke, Run, skiing, sun valley, Tatum, Tracy Chubb, Update, victim, Webcast, woman, Women | Comments Off

FWT Revelstoke Update: Legs Want A Divorce

Yesterday, another weather day was called for the Freeskiing World Tour. Seeing as I didn’t make the cut and that the conditions here are phenomenal, I skied my legs into the ground. With 5,620 vertical feet, my one non-stoper at Revelstoke, kicked my butt yesterday morning, but I felt strong and ended up skiing till it was getting dark(4:15pm). Hopefully my legs are ready to give-er again, because the weather is supposed to move out and leave us with a blue bird day!

Be sure to check out the live webcast on the Freeskiing World Tour Website at 10am PST

My mother took a few pics today with our little point-and-shoot, and with a little editing some of them turned out pretty good:

Revelstoke 1-8-11

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January 9, 2011 | Categories: Freeskiing Competitions | Tags: bird day, blue bird, butt, cut, Divorce, editing, Freeskiing, Gallery, ground, legs, live webcast, morning, mother, Revelstoke, ski, skiing, today, tour, vertical feet, Want, weather, yesterday morning | Comments Off

From Sandals To Ski Boots

Still in my board shorts after a long day of surfing in Hanalei Bay, Kauai, I hopped on the red eye headed back to my home base in Sun Valley, Idaho. Ready for more summer, I walked out of the Boise airport, and I was greeted outside by cold that cut straight to the bone. A shock to the system for sure, but it got me stoked on the season. I was back home for 48hrs which gave me time to say “hi” to my dad, unpack, re-pack, and mount up my new skis, before I hit the road again to spend some time with my Brother and ski with him in summit county. I did a quick stop in Salt Lake City to see some friends and I ended up taking a day to ski at Brighton with my good friend Dex Mills. After another day in the car, I grabbed my brother in Boulder, and we headed towards the snow. I had a great time skiing in Summit County, and spending his Thanksgiving break skiing with him. Now, with ten days in, I think my feet are finally accepting that they’re going to have to be in ski boots the next 5-6 months.

November 28, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: airport, base, Boise, bone, boots, Boulder, Brighton, brother, car, county, dad, Day, Dex Mills, eye, Friend, Hanalei Bay, home, Idaho, kauai, Salt Lake City, Sandals, season, shock, ski, skiing, snow, stop, summer, summit, Summit County, system, Thanksgiving, time, unpack | Comments Off

Skiing Some AK Pow Lines

I haven’t uploaded a video in basically forever so, in celebration for Telemark Skier Magazine’s: “Hippies Punx & Misfits” playing tonight in my hometown, here is some footage from my trip to Alaska…

Shot with a GoPro HD Hero, click the link and get yours today!!!

October 20, 2010 | Categories: Exposure | Tags: alaska, amp, celebration, footage, gopro, hd, height, HERO, hippies, hometown, link, Magazine, Misfits, pow, punx, skier magazine, skiing, telemark, tonight | Comments Off

Trailer Time!!!

I’ve been getting really stoked for this next season: I’ve been having skiing dreams for weeks, I just found out that I’ll be skiing with Cross Sportswear, all of this years movies are looking sick!!! In addition to the movie I’m in, TSM’s “Hippies Punx & Misfits,” Im really looking forward to: Poor Boyz’ “Revolver,” Level 1′s “Eye Trip,” TGR’s “Deeper” fetering Jeremy Jones, Matchstick’s “The Way I See It” and Powder Whore’s “Tele-Vision.” In Case you haven’t seen the trailers, I’ve included them down below, hopefully you’ll get as pumped as I am:

Now that your stoked go check out Cross!

September 1, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing, Exposure | Tags: access, addition, All, allowFullScreen, amp, application, check, class, Cross, dreams, height, hippies, Hopefully, img, jeremy jones, level 1, matchstick, movies, name, param, Powder, punx, rail, revolver, season, SICK, ski, skiing, sport, Sports, sportswear, Star, start, tele, tele vision, The Way, trailers, trip, type, way, week, whore, width | Comments Off

Free Heal Life 2 Preview

“Josh Madsen delves into where telemark skiing began in his follow up to “The Freeheel Life.” Taking you back to what dropping knees looked like in Morgedal, Norway in the 1860s to when it reemerged in the United States in the early 1970s. The scenery and skiing range from some of the first American telemark skiers, like Tom Carter and Doug Robinson, to their modern day protégés like Weston Deutschlander and Ty Dayberry. Get ready to sit back and enjoy some of today’s most progressive moves on freeheel gear, both on and off-piste. It is a journey through the lives of some of the sport’s Hippies, Punx, & Misfits that you won’t want to miss.

Shot on location in Norway, Utah, Alaska & California

Starring: Weston Deutschlander, Shaun Raskin, Ty Dayberry, Zeph Hallowell, Conor Davis, JT Robinson, Candy Froerer, Dan Ruppel, Josh Madsen, Cody Smith, and Alex Paul” -Telemark Skier Magazine

“The Freeheel Life 2: Hippies Punx & Misfits” Official Trailer from Telemark Skier Magazine on Vimeo.

June 8, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing, Exposure | Tags: 1860s, amp, cody smith, conor davis, doug robinson, hallowell, hippies, jt, knees, madsen, punx, raskin, ruppel, scenery, ski, skier magazine, skiing, telemark, telemark skiers, tom carter, weston, zeph | Comments Off

Kjell Ellefson Comeback

My good friend and fellow telemark skier, Kjell Ellefson, put out a self edit last night. He was out of commission last season due an injury, but I think it’s safe to say that he was back this year charging harder than ever! Personally, I think that he is one of the most talented and progressive telemark skiers out there today. Please watch the video below to see what I’m talking about:

Kjell Ellefson Self Edit 09-10 from Kjell Ellefson on Vimeo.

May 12, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: allowFullScreen, application, classid, clsid, codebase, Comeback, Edit, Ellefson, feeling, fellow, Friend, height, href, Kjell, mostÂ, name, param, season, self, ski, skier, skiing, src, summer, talentedÂ, tele, telemark, Thankfully, today, type, value, video, width | Comments Off

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

April 13, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: alaska, beacon, condo, dork, droll, Feed, flagallery, form, Gallery, gid, href, mountain, name, nothing, pictures, Reality, resort, skiing, SUBSCRIBE, sun valley, swing, swing of things, The Way, today, trip | Comments Off

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 1^st Filmed on resort
April 2^nd Amazing tour, summited and skied Pastoral Peak (tour only took 10hours haha)
April 3^rd 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 4^th Weather Day (poached some hot tubs)
April 5^th Snowed 30in skied/filmed at Alyeska Resort (Candy and Cody left)
April 6^th 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

April 7, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: april 1, april 4, avalanche, candy, Cody, coffee, coffee shop, crash course, dog, few days, forecaster, Gallery, haha, havenâ, high note, hot tubs, internet, ish, lot, Matt Murphy, moose, Pass, Pastoral, Seattle, SICK, skiing, sled, snowmobile, stuff, SUBSCRIBE, summited, weather, week | 1 Comment »

AK Comp Update #3

Yesterday was the last day of the Telepalooza World Comp. After hiking the Headwall four times in order to compete in both Alpine and Telemark I made it into both Super Finals!!! In the Telemark Super Final I pioneered a gnarly line, billy goating down a narrow 65° rocky face named the “Headstone.” From the Headstone i dropped into a chute, and then skied back into exposure as i hit a few features on the spine on the left side of the chute. I continued to down into the skirt making fast tele-turns through the sluff/avalanche debris fields. I stomped the telemark super final run, but a bobble/hipcheck from the day before kept me from reaching the top spot, I ended up in 6th place.

The Alpine super final didn’t go as smoothly, I skied the same line down the Headstone (it had considerably less snow the second time) all was well as I made my way to hit the other, higher scoring, spine on the right hand side. However, after I aired a small feature near the top, my skies loaded up, threw me, and I got high-sided. I rag-dolled over rocks and down the steep face, and I was finally able to use my pole to self-arrest after having it break three times on previous attempts. I saw blood pouring from my face and I immediately waved for help. Thanks to my helmet, spine-guard and mouth-guard I only ended up with a broken pair of goggles, a broken pole, a broken nose, a few cuts on my face, and a black eye… I did however, win the “Tough Guy Award” for both hiking up the head-wall a total of six times, and getting my self together and skiing down after my crash. I’m going to take a day off, but I might be up for night skiing later…

Ak Crash Aftermath

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March 27, 2010 | Categories: Freeskiing Competitions | Tags: alpine, avalanche debris, black eye, chute, comp, debris fields, Exposure, feature, goggles, Guy Award, hand, headstone, helmet, hiking, hipcheck, mouth guard, pair, pole, rocky face, second time, self arrest, six times, skiing, skirt, spine, spot, steep face, telemark, Telepalooza, three times, tonight, total, tough guy, World, world comp, Yesterday | 1 Comment »

AK Comp Update #1

I’ve been in Alaska for three days now, the skiing has been good, but this morning we woke up to a foot of new snow up top. After a great breakfast, Jake Sakson, Paul Kimbrough (Who drove their modified ski-bum ambulance form Colorado) and I went to go shred Alyeska resort. We met up with the rest of the Tele Crew: Paige Brady, Corky Still, Candy Froerer, Dave Magoffin, etc… The snow got to be a little heavy down low but we still had a sick day! Comp Run tomorrow morning and we’re all super stoked to ski some AK mountain niceness.

Jake Sakson's ski-bum ambulance, it runs on grease!!!

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March 24, 2010 | Categories: Freeskiing Competitions | Tags: alaska, Alyeska, ambulance, brady, breakfast, candy, Candy Froerer, class, Colorado, comp, Corky, Crew, Dave Magoffin, foot, form, grease, href, Jake Sakson, mountain, new snow, paige, paul kimbrough, rest, Run, shred, sick day, ski bum, skiing, tele, tomorrow, tomorrow morning, Update, weâ, width | 2 Comments »

Wave Skiing!?!

I finially decided to take a day off yesterday and just relax. I was looking for some video from the 2010 Mavericks surf contest that took place just over a week ago, and while I was searching around, I came a cross a video produced by SalomonFreeskiTV that wowed me. Let me know what you think…

February 23, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: access, allowFullScreen, application, cdb, clsid, codebase, contest, Cross, Freeski, height, href, mavericks surf contest, name, param, ski, skiing, surf, take, type, value, video, Wave, week, width | Comments Off

Comp Update… Finally!

I’ve been having so much fun traveling and skiing, that I haven’t found the time or motivation to sit down and write. However, after driving through countless snow caused accidents on the California highway, and then having to entertaining myself in the Nevada hell-hole that is I-80, I’m taking a day off.

I can’t believe that this season is but a few months from coming to an end, and that the first comp in Revelstoke, BC was almost two months ago. Now over halfway through the comp season, the 2010 Telemark Big Mountain/Freeride Comp in Alpine Meadows, California is also already over. This last comp went smoothly even though the weather and snow conditions didn’t feel like cooperating. I did however, have a major break threw, in that I was finally able to stay on my feet, and not get lost for at least one comp run! Even though a hip-check/slide would put me into the 8th spot, I feel that my falling/getting lost streak is finally over! Hopefully I can finally “have one” at the next stop in Kirkwood and show those alpine skiers that a guy on tele-boards can SKI. With three comps down and three more to go, there is still a lot of skiing to be had.

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Josh Madsen from Telemark Skier Magazine also did a fantastic job covering the comp:
(if the video doesn’t open in a player click the transparent “facebook” I cant figure out why some videos load and some don’t)

February 22, 2010 | Categories: Freeskiing Competitions | Tags: accidents, All, alpine, alpine meadows, alpine skiers, Big, california highway, check, comp, comps, Day, didn, EVER, facebook, Freeride, fun, height, hell hole, Hopefully, href, job, kirkwood, madsen, major break, Meadows, motivation, mountain, pictures, season, ski, skier, skier magazine, skiers, skiing, snow, snow conditions, src, tele, telemark, video, way, weather, width | 1 Comment »

Skiing My Butt Off!

I just tallied up all of the hours I’ve spent skiing so far this year, and I was shocked to see that I have skied over 150 hours already!!! I got an early start on my ski season this year with a two and a half week trip to Summit County, CO. Now I’m back home in Sun Valley, I’m feeling stronger than ever, and I’m antsy for winter to show up. Snow is in forecast this weekend but Sun Valley isn’t waiting. They have put snowmaking efforts on full throttle, and new terrain is opening every few days…

Snow Making Nov-Dec 09

December 10, 2009 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: butt, Day, EVER, feeling, few days, full throttle, isn, new, new terrain, Open, season, ski, ski season, skiing, snow, Star, summit county co, sun, sun valley, terrain, trip, wait, Win, winter, year | 6 Comments »

Early Season Update & Video

My trip to Colorado for some early season shredding is almost at an end. So far I have skied 10 days (about 45 hours) at two resorts. Snow is in the forecast and I’m so excited for an epic winter to start!

I’ve mostly been working on switch tele-skiing, tele-nose butters, and carving on this trip check out the video:

November 12, 2009 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: access, All, butters, check, Colorado, epic, resort, season, ski, skiing, snow, switch, tele, trip, trip to colorado, two resorts, video, winter | Comments Off

Reacquainted With An Old Friend

I’m in the best mood EVER!!! Want to know why? …Because today was the first day of my 09-10 ski season. It felt so good to finally get reacquainted with the snow, and I am so happy to be sliding down mountains again. I forgot that I would have to get used to my equipment again, but after a few runs i was quickly charging ahead at full speed. After skiing today, I have a feeling that the rest of this season is going to be truly epic!

November 2, 2009 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: All, Conor, conor davis, Davis, Day, epic, equipment, EVER, feeling, Friend, full speed, mood, mountain, mountains, Old, old friend, Reacquainted, rest, season, ski, ski season, skiing, snow, telemark, today, Want | 2 Comments »

First Snow of the Season Revs up my Pre-season Stoke

With the skiing dreams really showing up in the last few months I have been so anxious to ski that I was thinking about driving all the way to the Breanu Sand Dunes to go sand skiing. When I awoke this morning to find snow pouring out of the clouds, I could hardly contain my excitement. I ran around the house waking up everyone, making sure that I wasn’t dreaming. After running outside and throwing some snowballs for Bailey, my dog, I went onto the Sun Valley website to check out the real time status of the snow on the mountain cams and the snow depth indicator read 9in! Update: it now reads 12inches one hour later

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I hope that this fresh blanket is a tell tale sign of a big winter to come. I have a bet with some friends going on about how many inches we’re going to get here in Sun Valley. How many inches do you think we are going to get here in Sun Valley? Leave a comment on this post, and if you’re the closest at the end of the year you will win the prize!

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This is also the first snow the New Gondola has experienced

October 4, 2009 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: All, Big, blanket, breanu, Conor, Davis, dunes, everyone, gondola, house, Lodge, morning, mountain, mtn, new, sand, season, ski, skiing, snow, sun, sun valley, take, tele, telemark, valley, way, www.conordavis.com, year | 5 Comments »

3000 miles later…

Two weeks, two comps, and 3000 miles later, I’m finically back home in Sun Valley, Idaho. It all started with the Subaru U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships in Crested Butte, Colorado. In typical ski bum style, North Parker, Bryce Newcomb, and I all mobbed over to the Comp in my mothers Big Blue Van. We were greeted with a much need blanked of fresh snow, followed by an amazing blue bird sunny weekend. With these ideal conditions I had the most fun I’ve ever had at Crested Butte. North kept his Jr. title for the second year in a row, and Bryce and I both fell which caused us to place further back than what we wanted(I ended up in 36th). I also skied the most burly line I think I have ever skies and aired a 50-footer at the bottom of the Dead End Chute. I got to meet lots of the alpine athletes and make friends outside of the SV-Possy. Then we were on the road again headed back to Sun Valley. After I dropped Bryce and North off, I only had time to Unpack, do laundry, Repack and get some food, before I was on the road again headed to California for the first extreme Telemark comp at Alpine Meadows.

The Alpine Comp was another great competition, and it felt good to be back in the company of so many rippin’ Telemark Skiers. The First day I skied well but I had an unfortunate bobble upon landing the bottom cliff out of the “Key Hole,” but I redeemed my self second run, with the highest total run score for the whole comp, which put me into 3rd place, right behind Jake Sakson, and JT Robinson. The next day in the Finals I was hoping to bypass JT and Jake by skiing the “money-line” faster and better than I had done the day before. I ended up being too aggressive and I lost my balance as I dropped into the keyhole and I fell in the “NO-FALL Zone.” Obviously my scores suffered, but I with the great run the day before, I was able to pull off a 8th place finish.

Now it feel like have time to breath, but im back to training, Crested Butte is coming up in a few weeks…
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March 2, 2009 | Categories: Freeskiing Competitions | Tags: Add new tag, Air, All, alpine, alpine skiing, Amazing, ambassador, Athletes, backcountry, Big, black diamond, Butte, Canadian, Championship, Championships, comp, competition, Conor, Crested, crested butte, Davis, Day, extreme, extreme freeskiing, Finals, Freeski, Freeskiing, fresh snow, fun, Idaho, key, line, mother, mountain, mountains, Open, place, Powder, Red, resort, season, ski, skier, skiers, skiing, snow, Star, style, sun valley, tele, telemark, train, training, U.S., world championships, www.conordavis.com, year | Comments Off

Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships 2009

The Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships at Red Mountain Resort was my first big mountain competition of this season. In training I fell and when I self arrested I injured my wrist. I decided to take a more conservative line than I initially planned because I didn’t want to hurt my wrist any further and because the crash rattled me and shook me up a little. The event went well although I missed the cut to the finals by 0.8points! Even though I was cut, I feel good about the line I decided to ski and I stomped it. Also I feel that it is worth mentioning that this was an alpine skiing event and I beat over half the field on telemark equipment, and I’m happy about that… Hopefully I can heal up my wrist and come back strong and do well in my next comp at Crested Butte.

January 15, 2009 | Categories: Freeskiing Competitions | Tags: All, alpine, alpine skiing, Big, Butte, Canadian, Championship, Championships, comp, competition, conservative line, crash, Crested, crested butte, didn, equipment, event, Finals, Freeski, Freeskiing, Hopefully, line, mountain, mountain competition, Open, Red, Red Mountain, red mountain resort, resort, season, ski, skiing, take, tele, telemark, train, training, wrist | Comments Off

My 08/09 Season Blasts Off At Revelstoke

I went to Revelstoke Mountain resort for opening day on Nov. 27, 2008. The mountain opened with 80cm, which is awesome compared to other mountains in the American Northwest. Revelstoke Is an amazing mountain, there isn’t too much for one learn on, but the intermediate, and advanced terrain is impressive. I had a great time and I can’t wait to see what this mountain is like with some real snow on it. I had an amazing first day skiing, but it seems that no matter how much I train, my legs turn to flab within the first couple of hours or so each season. Nevertheless, it was great to finally get some vert in; I managed to get about 31095ft in the 5hrs I skied. I’m ecstatic that ski season is upon us once again, see you out there…

December 2, 2008 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: All, Amazing, American, american northwest, blasts, comp, Conor, conor davis, Davis, Day, flab, great time, isn, legs, matter, mountain, mountains, Northwest, Nov, Open, opening day, Red, resort, season, ski, ski season, skiing, snow, terrain, train, turn, vert, wait | Comments Off

Why do I Telemark???

Besides the cliché half-binding/half-brained hippy statement: “because the turn looks and feels so sweet dude,” I telemark because it is a key to unlock the hidden treasures of the mountains and because it allows access the backcountry. Telemarking allows me to enjoy mountains, and express myself better than I could do with tradition alpine skiing. “Then why don’t you just A.T.” you might ask? We all know that A.T. means “Almost Telemark.” I feel that A.T. doesn’t allow the seamless and fluid movement through the mountains, that telemarking does. I believe that A.T. is a great way for beginners to experience touring, but why not loose that clunky heelpiece?

To me, telemarking is like using handwritten calligraphy instead of type: it’s more technically challenging, it boasts additional style, and it contains an individual flair unique to each artisan… Plus it just looks cooler. Duh!!!

Haig Glacier

November 25, 2008 | Categories: Articles | Tags: A.T, access, addition, Air, All, alpine, alpine skiing, artisan, backcountry, cliché, Conor, conor davis, cool, Davis, doesn, dude, duh, flair, handwritten calligraphy, heelpiece, hidden treasures, hippy, Hot, key, mean, mountain, mountains, movement, Plus, ski, skiing, statement, style, tele, telemark, telemarking, tour, touring, tradition, turn, way | Comments Off

2008 Telemark World Championships “Telepalooza”

After competing in the 12th Annual Extreme Freeskiing Telemark Championsips in Crested Butte a weekend earlier, I knew that I was good enough to step up, and ski with the “big dogs,” the guys I had been idolizing in telemark movies just a few years ago. Guys like: Nick DeVore, Dylan Crossman, Will Cardemone, JT Robinson, etc… With the financial support of the Sun Valley Ski Patrol I was able to get a last second ticket to Alaska.

Alaska was amazing! I had only ever seen it in ski films. I had never imagined the vastness and the overwhelming scale of its beautiful and pristine mountains. I had never skied anything as steep and rewarding, and I cannot wait to do it again.

November 18, 2008 | Categories: Freeskiing Competitions | Tags: alaska, All, Amazing, Big, big dogs, Butte, Championship, Championships, comp, Crested, crested butte, Cross, crossman, devore, extreme, extreme freeskiing, Freeski, Freeskiing, Hot, mountain, mountains, movies, overwhelming scale, pristine mountains, ski, ski films, ski patrol, skiing, sun ski, sun valley, tele, telemark, vastness, wait, World, world championships, year | Comments Off

2008 Canadian Freeskiing Open

This was my first freeskiing competition of my 2008 winter season. I had a lot of fun and I placed well considering I was the only competitor on telemark equipment. The snow was amazing, but the visibility went to zero soon after the competition started, so finding my line was a bit difficult.