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Basics Age : 23 Place of Birth : Bend OR Sponsors : Lib-Tech , Dragon , Dakine , 10 Barrel Brewing , Mt . Bachelor |
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You are from a well known ski family , at what age were you first put on skis ? First time I was on skis was in my dad ’ s backpack while he was skiing , then around 3 or 4 years old I got my own pair of sticks . |
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Do you remember anything from the early days of your skiing ? Yeah I remember tagging along with the MBSEF snowboarders before they had a ski program . I also remember lots of sour patch kids and scouring for quarters to play arctic thunder ( old school arcade snowmobile video game ). |
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Any funny stories you can tell us about those days ? Yeah there was quite a few good stories ! One of my favorite stories has to be being late for our slopestyle run on a stormy day and all of the sudden the chair slows to a stop right next to the top of the slope course , people at the top of the course yelled over to us that we had to drop so me and Hudson ( Knoll ) bailed off the chair as it sagged down to a stop and made it in time for our runs . It was spur of the moment timing . |
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At what age did you feel like skiing could take you places ? Probably around 16 or 17 . I was transitioning into backcountry skiing from park and finding my groove in what I wanted to do on skis . |
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Who are some of the skiers you hung with at Bachelor as a kid ? I was skiing with a lot of snowboarders when I was a grom , the Warbington brothers , Logan , Fergie and Blake . Then as far as skiers , I was shredding with Tashi Miller , Connor Bennett , Jonathan Chandler and Hudson Knoll . |
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Who were some of your biggest influences back then ? It was some of the local older skiers that I got to see in person and in the Rage Film movies . Tim Durtschi , Sammy Carlson , Mark Dvorak , and Brandon Varner . I learned a lot from watching those guys ski and later getting to ski along with them . |
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Your dad is a skier and artist . You ’ re a skier and artist ! Does the apple fall far from the tree ? The apple doesn ’ t fall far from the tree haha . I guess I ’ m a chip off the ole block . |
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Did your dad play a big part in your early days of skiing ? Yeah I owe a lot to him . From having ski movies around and always being very motivated to ski with me on the bunny hill . He and my mom were always very supportive of what I wanted to do and never made me do anything I didn ’ t want to , unless it was homework and chores ...
What music is playing in your ear buds while you cruise the mountain or do you ski without ?
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If I ’ m mobbing the park or all mountain at Bachelor I ’ m definitely running some earbuds ! My music is a pretty wide variety . Ranging from reggae , hip-hop and metal with an occasional electronic track in there . Old school |
hip hop has always got me hyped to ski .
How did you handle going to school during the winter months ? Were you always staring out the window thinking about fresh powder ?
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I did not handle it very well . School was second to skiing for me which , as I have grown older , I regret not taking it more seriously . I took a couple online courses which where hard to be disciplined on , but allowed more time to be on the |