Tag Archive: News

Just got back from climbing and riding Mt. Shasta in Northern Cal, 14,179 ft. It was a long day, 7,300 vertical foot climb, but I got to enjoy some fun turns on the way down. Surprisingly there wasn’t much snow on Shasta, even though they received tons this winter. High winds and cold conditions scoured...

I climbed Sunshine Peak (Mt. Shimer) above Aspen with my friend’s Matt and Joel earlier this week for some fun spring turns in the high country. We departed from the Difficult gate at the bottom of Independence Pass at 5:00 am in the dark. It was a cold night so the snow was firm on...

Our 8th Annual Aspen Klug Spring Snowboard Camp 2008 was a great success. It’s always a fun way to wrap up the comp season for me. We had a great team of coaches and participants. Everyone improved and had a lot of fun. We only had one broken wrist this year. Participants in the 2008...

I finished the competitive snowboarding season this weekend at NorAm Finals/US Nationals at Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon with two podiums. As a result of my performance this weekend I won the North American Overall title. In Saturday’s PGS competition I had a 1.34 second advantage going into the final run for the win, but ran...

I had a good race Sunday at the FIS World Cup in Quebec, Canada, making it back into the finals. I won the second qualification run to advance to the top sixteen. Unfortunately I ran into some problems on the first run of the finals, but bounced back strong in the second run making up...

I was going for it in Korea, but sketched out on a toe-side turn and went off course. I had a great couple days of training leading up to the Korean World Cup and was feeling fast, but couldn’t hold on. I was disappointed in the outcome, but pleased with my aggressive approach and riding....

Flat light, howling wind and soft snow made for challenging racing conditions yesterday in Park City. It was a two run combined time giant slalom from the top of CB’s run on Park City Mountain. The course ran about one and half minutes, twice as long as the 2002 Olympic PGS course. I rode aggressive...

I’m in Park City, Utah this week training, and racing NorAm’s. Yesterday was a fun day of training on CB’s run, one of my favorites. Lots of good memories from racing here in 2002. It dumped here last night, so I rode pow all day today. It was waist deep in the trees. I was...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Best wishes for a powder filled and fun year ahead. Epic pow in Aspen this week. I enjoyed a fun day on Aspen Mtn. yesterday. Nice to take a break from competition and be back home freeriding in Aspen. We’ve received seven feet of snow in the month of December....

I qualified fourteenth and finished fourteenth yesterday at the FIS World Cup slalom in Nendaz, Switerland. It was the final Snowboard World Cup of 2007. I was happy to qualify for the finals, but disappointed I didn’t advance further. I had a fun second qualification run with my teammate Adam Smith. We both had some...