Meet Mingg, a Pinkname who’s well discussed on Newschooelers.
Her name is dropped in threads, on the NS Army Facebook page, and even in conversations.
So, who is she, and what are her thoughts on skiing?
First, itd be great if you could introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about you.
So Schuss is a pretty large part of our local community.
We sell a pass to students, faculty/staff, alumni, and their family members.
It’s basically a season pass to the 5 mountains in our area that they can get really cheap.
On top of the pass we do a bit that’s open to everyone else in the area too.
We go on trips throughout the season; this year it was to Whistler which was totally epic!
We host our Fifth Season Rail Jam every fall as well which is a really awesome time.
And then we’ll link up with redbull every now and then for on hill events.
So it’s a good time!
A lot of people at our school are international students who have never seen snow before.
How has Schuss helped you in your skiing?
Speaking of this winter, how was your season?
Your trip to Canada was pretty well documented.
haha my season was awesome, actually.
I know the East had a bad winter snow wise but it was one of the best for me!
Hands down the best weekends of my season.
It’s always a challenge going out west but Whistler was something else.
My friend Shea is a local and showed me around while I was there.
We spent a lot of time around Harmony and Symphony which was sooo much fun.
Not to mention we had like 3 pow days while I was there and it was just incredible haha.
I’ve never skied pow like that before.
I’m going out there for the end of Spring Pass with the Lost Girls Tribe.
I’ve never been out there so I’m not sure what to expect.
:)
What is Lost Girls Tribe, and what do you with them?
The Lost Girls are a group of ladies in action sports who ski, snowboard, surf and skate.
The overall goal is to inspire more girls to get out on the mountain, skate park, etc.
So I rep them out here, basically.
Hell yeah there does!
Mingg at Loon
In terms of community, how do feel about NS?
NS is awesome though.
There’s always the few haters, but overall I love Newschoolers.
I’ve met so many awesome NS’ers throughout the couple years I’ve been on.
It’s a tough one.
In one sense I would LOVE to see more ladies progressing the sport.
This year’s Dew Tour and X-Games stood out a lot to me in terms of progression.
There’s definitely a new generation of younger skiers coming in that are going to do insane things.
I also really love what the Diamond Annies are doing.
I personally can’t wait to see where that goes for them!
As for the second part, I think there needs to be a balance.
It seems progression is really hindered by the “good enough for a girl” mentality.
Any plans for next season, is there anything you really want to get?
I’m GOING to land a backie this summer.
I also would like to nut up and start hitting larger features.
As far as trip plans go, I believe I’ll be in Utah for a bit of January.
Thanks so much, we’ll see you at Hood!
I’ll see you then!
