North Face Open at Northstar

Once again off to another adventure on the road this time I headed out to Tahoe, CA. for the Northface Open at Northstar. This was the first competition that I did both slopestyle and halfpipe in almost 2 years. I forgot how much fun slope was an ended up making semi-finals and missing finals by only a couple spots. Ended up 14th overall I'd say thats not to bad for not skiing a slopestyle event in 2 years. Halfpipe was the last day of the event and it ended up being one of those days you always wish for sunny, no clouds and a slushy pipe! It was great to have my best buds there shredding this event with we. Fellow team members from Moment Skis Kyle Smaine and Sean Collins. I ended up qualifying 3rd for finals but just couldn't put down the run I wanted in finals. So ended up 11th which I am bummed I couldn't have done better but it was hands down the best halfpipe I skied all year and I got to see my buddy Kyle Smaine grab the win. Here are some photos of the trip.

Flat 3 Japan

6 out of the A fram

Right cork 5 Blunt

Left cork 9 high safety 

Dew Tour Killington, VT

So off to the next adventure. Tai Barrymore, Kyle Smaine, Robby Franco, me and my coach Ben Verge set of to the second stop of the Dew Tour in Killington, VT. This place is by far the coolest east coast ski town I have been to because it actually had a town! So practice started up the day of Feb. 19th so everyone had a couple days of practice before halfpipe qualification started. Practice went well for everyone the pipe was running great but it was by far the iciest halfpipe I have ever skied in. Day of competition right before qualification I ripped my heal piece out of my left ski and just my luck I did not have a back up pair. I thought about using Kyle Smaine skis because he skis on Moment skis as well but his boot size was way bigger then mine. So I end up skiing on my buddy Tai Barrymore's skis, which where 180cm which are 2cm bigger then my 178cm skis. You wouldn't think that those 2cm would make a difference but it truly does. First run in qualification went pretty well but I didn't land my run as clean as I wanted too but still pulled off a run. Second run I told myself to just go as big as you possible can and see what happens ended up decking out on my second hit and falling really hard on my side. I was pretty bummed to see that I didn't make it into semi-finals but o well there is always another competition. On the brighter side I got to see my best friend Tai Barrymore get second in halfpipe finals. I think I was more happy then he was! Over all it was a great experience and a great journey spent with amazing friends. Here are some photos of the trip.

Tai up on that Podium

Tai and I trowing up the horn

The Crew Killing it Brita Sigorney, Coach Ben, Maddie Bowman, Tai and me

Lobster dinner on that 10% rule!