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The past few days I’ve been in New York City for the SIA Summer Snowdown media event, and to do a ski clinic for the YMCA kids in Brooklyn. And NYC is NUTS. Seriously, I’ve never felt more hemmed in by buildings and people. Turns out big city life isn’t my…

I’d always thought of Vermont as the land of Maple Syrup, green mountains, and ski schools. While all those are true (and very nice), there’s so much more to Stratton Mountain and VT than I realized! First of all, there are stunning views almost everywhere you look…it reminds me a…

Last Sunday was AWESOME! I got to spend the day on the river at my Pepe and Grandma’s house, and see some of my cousins, aunts and uncles, and friends. One of my favorite parts is our annual “tube wars”, which get pretty intense! All the following pictures are courtesy of…

It took a while to trim down an amazing week of training on the Eagle Glacier to just 25 photos! Why 25 photos? Because I think 25 was the average training hours each girl put in this week. The second half of our NAWTA women’s training camp was fantastic, and we…

Today is the 40th Anniversary of Title Nine! Here are some quick facts (from an email I recieved from Miss Maria Stuber!) Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. Title IX says: “No person in the United States shall,…

The other night we went to a Michael Franti and Spearhead concert outdoors (next to the Moose’s Tooth, for those of you who know how awesome their pizza is). Because it was summer solstice in Alaska, the sun pretty much never went down and it was an absolutely beautiful night!…

Seeing as this is Father’s Day, I’d like to start by sharing this photo. My Mom and Dad took me skiing before I could walk, and I would ride in my Dad’s backpack, calling out “mush! go faster!” Thanks to such awesome parents, my earliest memories of cross-country skiing are…

After Bend camp I went straight home and actually got to fully unpack my suitcase since I was home for a full 2 weeks! It was amazing! Seeing my family and getting to reconnect with my friends back from college was really nice. And we GOT A PUPPY! Finally, Quenton…

10. You do something that ranks at least a 5 on your “Things-I-Never-Want-To-Do-List”. For me, this is a 1 to 10 scale, with 1 being washing dishes, and 10 being running into a burning building while eating a live rattlesnake. Mountain biking happens to fall in between those two extremes….

Right now I’m hammering away at the keyboard in the corner of a coffee shop in Bend, Oregon. I just finished my amazing 3rd cup of coffee so I keep typing too fast and making typos and having to backtrack, but the enthusiasm is making up for lost time. Now…