This series,Women In Freeskiingis simply that.
Three influential women in freeskiing, talking about women in freeskiing.
I am not a woman.
It really seemed like there were only a couple of spots.
Those were really your only chances, other than that you could be a ski model.
It was more marketing appeal and less about women as athletes.
On a personal level, she pushed herself, but she also pushed the whole industry.
She didnt have a selfish bone in her body.
She was super-competitive, but theres a difference between being competitive and selfish and she was not selfish.
I know that shed be out there pushing it and pushing herself, in so many ways.
I dont think its just skiing, its a lot of sports.
I think that skiing is an old sport, its one of the older action sports.
The longer something is around, the longer it takes to change.
Snowboarding, for example, is a newer sport and its more subversive by nature.
I think thats really starting to change in skiing too, but it takes a while.
Ingrid in her natural habitat; Alaska.
When people start to take that initiative, thats when things really change.
Right now, women are making their own stuff.
Its creative and different and it’s amazing.
