Japan: That’s A Wrap!
I just got home from a long, fantastic trip to Japan. The entire trip was incredible- we lucked out on snow conditions in both places (Niseko and Asahidake) as it started to dump as soon as I arrived at each location. I got to ski with some new people (Ingrid Backstrom) and some familiar people in new locations (Justin Dorey, Mike Riddle and Julian Carr). I was able to push myself in terrain other than a halfpipe and got to ski in Japan outside of a competition for the first time! The skiing was phenomenal, but there is so much [...]
Perspective Regained
This trip to Japan has been all that I dreamed of and more. It is so easy to get extremely attached to our goals, to feel that we have to push and push to get there. Sometimes we forget to slow down and enjoy the journey, not just the destination. I wanted to take this trip to reorient myself, to step away from the grind, and to realize that life is what you make it. At the start of this season my dad underwent a stem cell transplant (the modern technique for what used to be a bone marrow transplant). [...]