You know Will Wesson as one half of the Traveling Circus duo.
His humble beginnings in Victor, New York, helped prepare him for a life on the road.
Where are you from, Will?
I grew up skiing at Bristol Mountain.
Im from Victor, New York, which is about 30 minutes away from Rochester.
Bristol Mountain has pretty decent vertical for the East Coast.
Its got a little over a thousand vertical feet.
Theres decent trails there and its covered by almost 100% manmade snow.
It will snow once in a while in Western New York.
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Did you meet other kids skiing there?
I grew up about 30 minutes away from Bristol in the same town as Andy Parry.
I met him through skiing, skateboarding, and rollerblading.
At Bristol, I met Ahmet and Giray Dadali and also Ross Imburgia and Erik Olson.
Those guys are still skiing and doing it.
Its remarkable that all you guys came up from that area and became professional skiers.
We can thank Lake Eerie and Lake Ontario for helping us out a little bit.
When did you guys go from skiing together at Bristol to building features in your backyards?
Ahmet and Girays dad helped them build some pretty impressive metal rails.
He was really into welding and construction.
Andy and I tougher ourselves how to build our own PVC rails.
I also convinced my dad to buy a Backyard Blizzard snow machine.
He was sick of the snow situation in New York.
Just the thought of controlling the weather really fascinated him.
So he bought a Backyard Blizzard and became a rep for them.
My dad really helped us out there.
What was the process of going from your backyard in Western New York to becoming a professional skier?
The backyard is definitely where it all began.
If there was an icy landing, we could chop it with a shovel.
And when youre hiking something, you really want to make every hit count.
That helped us improve at the time.
Early season with the Circus last year at Guardsman Pass.
2010 DVD cover from Meatheads featuring Will Wesson in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
