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…
I bumped, jumped, GS-ed, hiked, and Slalomed my way into first place overall last Saturday in the first Sun Valley Tele race of the new year. I also won the “air” category as a was the only one to land a 360, gotta spin to win…
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…
I try to compete in as many events as I can each year, here is my 2010 line-up so far:
Alpine Extreme Freeskiing Events
-January 6-10, 2010 – The Canadian Freeskiing Championships, Revelstoke, Canada
-January 21-23 Canadian Open Freesking Championships
-February 4-6 2010 – Subaru Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier, Telluride, CO, USA
-February 17-21, 2010 – Subaru US Freeskiing Championships, Crested Butte, CO, USA
-March 3-7, 2010 – Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships, Kirkwood, CA, USA
-March 16-21, 2010 – Subaru Freeskiing World Championships, Snowbird, UT, USA
SV Telemark Events (Dates Are Not Posted Yet)
-January – All-Terrain at Sun Valley (Bumps,Jumps,GS,Hiking)
-February – Idaho’s Original Bob Marley Day (All-Terrain, Big Air, Tele-Powder8’s)
-April – Hawaiian Nationals- Duel GS, Tandem-Tele-Challenge, Parade, Rail Jam
Telemark Extreme Freeskiing Events
-Feb 18-21, 2010 – Alpine Meadows Free-Heal open
-March 18-20, 2010 – Crested Butte Extreme Freeskiing Telemark Nationals
-March 23-28, 2010 – Telemark World Championships Alaska
2009-2010 Competition Highlights:
Competed in 6 freeskiing comps (3 of which were alpine comps I did on my tele-gear)
6th at Alpine Meadows Big Mtn Telemark Comp
5th at the Telemark Extreme Freeskiing Nationals in Crested Butte (fell in super-final was in 2nd)
7th at the Telepalooza World Extreme Comp
Tough Guy Award at the World Comp
-In Telemark Skiing Mag’s movie
2008-2009 Competition Highlights:
1st big air category of all terrain Comp Sun Valley Tele
1st Overall Sun Valley Tele All Terrain
Highest Ranked Telemark skier: Canadian Freeskiing Open
36th Crested Butte Freeskiing Championships: Subaru Freeskiing tour (best on Telemark)
Highest Scoring Run: Alpine Meadows Free-heal open
8th place Alpine Meadows (fell in super final)
10th National Extreme Telemark Championships
Other Life Highlights 2008-2009
-As far as I know I invented a new tele-surf technique (video coming as soon as the snow falls)
-127 days skied, at 14 different resorts in the US and Canada, and 20 days of amazing back country touring.
-expanded my bag of tricks with: Back Flips, 720′s, Lincoln Loops and others inverts.
-Biggest air I’ve ever hit: 50ft ish from takeoff to landing… stuck it
2007-2008 Season Competition Highlights
-1st Bob Marley day big air telemark comp.
-7th Extreme Freeskiing telemark world championships– Alyeska resort AK
-9th Canadian Freeskiing open– Red Mtn. BC (alpine comp i did on my tele’s)
-10th US Extreme Freeskiing telemark nationals–Crested Butte CO
-lots of top results in the mens elite class for the Sun Valley Telemark Series
Other Life Highlights 2007-2008
-two week yurt ski trip in the Sawtooth Mountains “Boulder Yurt” with friends

-148 days skied (37 in backcountry)

-Three week trip to Moab, for river rafting, Climbing, and Mountain Biking


-Graduated High School!!! (and i even gave a speech)
