Category: Snowboarding
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Going to the International Childrens Games
This year I got the super cool opportunity to go to the International Children’s Games in Lake Placid with Team Summit representing the town of Frisco. In the fall I wrote an essay to apply, and after they reviewed that and my past results, I got in! I was super excited because a lot of…
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I Love Snowboarding
This was a poem I wrote in school this week: I love you, oh, Snowboarding, I love how you’re fun. You make my day brighter when I ‘m riding in sun. I go off of jumps and hit some tree stumps. But whenever I’m gliding, I’m smiling. Laughing with friends as I go around bends…
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Thank You, Coach Terri!
I have had a really fun, progressive, awesome season with Coach Terri. She is an amazing coach that teaches me so much while making it a great experience too! I have been in Terri’s group for about 2 and a half seasons now, and they have been awesome! She has helped me learn lots of…
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Snowboard Nationals
Snowboarding Nationals was really fun. I made it to Nationals in BorderX, Slopestyle, and Halfpipe. I had Halfpipe first. I got ninth. but my friend Alyssa on Team Summit got 3rd. She did really well. After Halfpipe was Slopestyle. I was planning on hitting the first and second big jumps, but I kind of fell…
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My First Halfpipe Competition
My first halfpipe competition last weekend was super fun. While we were waiting at the top of the pipe, we did human pyramids, human dominoes, and dog piles with the girls on my team. For lunch we made a table out of snow and ate on it. Right before my run I got a little…
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BorderX Nationals
I made it to Nationals in BorderX. It was a lot of fun to race. The track was icy in the morning, and towards the afternoon, it started snowing. There were two jumps in the beginning, lots of tight turns, and a larger jump at the end. On my first run I got second. The top…
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Snowboarding With Team Summit
Every weekend we wake up early and go to Copper mountain and snowboard with team summit. We learn lots of new tricks like grabs, spins, boxes, and jumps. We ride through a lot of trees. Terri is my coach and Sam is my brothers coach. They are awesome. My brothers and I did our first…
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Living in Colorado
It is so awesome living next to Keystone. We can just hop on a bus and get to the lift in 2 minutes. Sometimes after we finish our schoolwork, we get to go. They have night skiing, so most of the time we do that. We are also close to Vail, Beaver Creek, Breck, Copper,…
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Snowboarding On My Birthday
This is the second year I’ve been able to snowboard for my birthday. This year we went to Beaver Creek. It was a beautiful, sunny day. We went all over the mountain, from Arrowhead, the the Park at the top of the main peak. We ate lunch at the Ritz Carlton and had sushi for…