On December 20, 2009, Duncan Adams’ phone rang.
Josh Berman of Level 1 Productions had some news to share.
One guide scrambled to unload their skis from the
basket, while another held the door.
A second athlete got out, then a
third.
Adams and
Stefan Thomas, another pro skier, went with it.
They fell an estimated
400 vertical feet before coming to rest 100 feet above a giant crevasse.
It was the first run he’d ever skied
in Alaska.
It became the February 2010 Powder cover.
Adams was
named the No.
3 skier in the world under the age of 18 in the
accompanying story.
He grew up in Stowe shredding with his friends, not
skiing in any sort of structured program.
His parents soon moved him and his sister
Colby to Breckenridge so they could train full time.
Ironically,
Adams said the Powder cover didn’t change much right away.
His largest
salary is $10,000.
The largest incentive he received for the Powder
cover was $1,000.
“It’s starting to work out,” he said.
But things have changed
nonetheless.
But as hungry as he is, Adams is not intimidated.
