Last week I was skiing in Kirkwood, California for the North American Junior Freeskiing Championships.
It was the fourth stop on the IFSA Junior Freeskiing Tour.
I arrived there with my team, Team Summit on the night of March 23rd.
We got to the mountain the next morning.
This was the most snow I had ever seen.
The next day, the storm continued but some of the mountain opened up.
This made for a classic powder day.
We literally received feet of snow and we skied fresh tracks all day.
On Saturday the competition was set to start; however, the weather kept it from happening.
While we did want the competition to start, getting that much snow is always a good thing.
On Sunday, I woke up and headed outside to see the surrounding mountains for the first time.
We finally had a break in the weather, and the competition went off.
Due to the new snow, we were only allowed into a pretty mellow competition venue.
I found a pretty fun line.
Here are two photos of one of my airs.
It’s pretty cool to have two angles of the same thing.
Photo: Billy Swan
Photo: Mark Epstein
Despite the mellow venue there was a high level of competition.
Unfortunately, we only had time for one competition run.
The results were very tight.
I was fortunate enough to find myself in third place.
I am definitely stoked on notching another podium finish this year.
This strong finish also kept me in the running for Overall title.
With one stop left, I am in second place.
I am headed out to Snowbird this coming week for the last competition of the Junior Freeskiing Tour.
I have high goals for this competition and I can’t wait to be there.
