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It’s sprintime here at Crystal Mountain, Washington. I rode this afternoon and explored the mountain. Killer freeriding here and epic veiws of Rainier and the Olympics. I’m training tomorrow and getting ready for PGS on Saturday and slalom on Sunday. Last races of the season; I want to finish on top. Nice to be back...

It was a frustrating race for me in Japan. My first qualification run was solid, but not my best. I attacked the second and had a great run going. I was killing it, until five gates from the finish I juiced a heelside turn too hard and got in the back seat, spinning me one-eighty...

It was a beautiful spring day today in Furano, Japan. I had such a fun day of training. The hill is kind of flat, but lots of fun. It dumped here the past days, making for soft conditions. Hopefully it will get cold and firm up in the days ahead. I love racing in Japan...

I arrived in Japan tonight after a mega journey. Tons of snow here. The snow walls bordering the road driving in where ten feet high. It’s full-on winter wonderland here. This place gets more snow then anywhere I’ve seen! Every year it looks like this. They haven’t heard about global warming yet? We’re at Furano...

I arrived in Albany, NY absolutely worked late last night after a long journey from Russia. I’m happy to be back in the US again. Russia was an adventure. it was a really interesting trip. I had two solid slalom performances. I was close to making the second slalom race a great one. I’m looking...

15th Place today in St. Petersburg Parallel Slalom FIS World Cup. My goal was the finals and I got it done. I’m stoked on my slalom riding now. After two solid qualifying runs, I battled my good friend Roland Fischnaller from Italy in the first round tonight under the lights. In my mind he’s the...

Eighteenth today for me at Shukolovo, Russia FIS Slalom World Cup. I finished as the top American, but just missed advancing to finals by one hundreth. Damn! I rode solid, but looped out in second run a little, costing me advancing to finals. It was such a sprint today, you couldn’t afford any faults. I’m...

I’m finding it impossible to communicate in Russia.. It’s such a foreign land here. It’s a challenge even to say hello or thank you? It feels like a mix between Finland and Japan, but even wackier? It’s absolutely freezing too, definitely full-time puffy jacket weather. The gals are taller than me and all look like...

Missy and I are having fun in Torino, Italy. I’m staying busy with media and appearances and taking in lots of the action. It’s certainly a different perspective than my last two Olympic Games, but I’m making the most of it and having fun. Every Olympics is indeed unique! I am impressed with what an...

I’m bummed not to be competing in Torino next week, but am surviving and moving forward. I’ve been through a lot worse and will bounce back strong. There’s no better place to recover from my disappointment than in Aspen with my friends and family. I’ve been freeriding almost every day, lots of powder therapy. The...