Leaving Whistler at 3 am on April 9th, I met up with Meredith Eades in Vancouver and we set off on our 16hr road trip to Snowbird Utah. It’s a long drive, and Meredith and I didn;t stop smiling the whole way. So much so that my face was actually kind of sore at the end of the trip. We arrived in Salt Lake City at aprox 11pm and Matt Francisty put us up for the night at a friends (thanks Jacqueline).
Day 1
Inspection day, as the competition set off on West Baldy we had a ton of fun skiing the resort. We only got one inspection for the Silver Fox venue so we waited for weather to clear before heading up and choosing our lines for the next day.
Day 2
Silver Fox, this is what makes Snowbird such a fun venue to compete at, sunshine, BBQ, boxed wine and athletes. Everyone threw down, what an amazing culmination to the competitive season. The skiing was so good across the board the judges complained that making cuts was very difficult. I have seriously in all my years of competing never believed that comment to be true, and they use it a lot. But this competition and the level of competitor literally was out of this world!
Day 3
Well the weather came in again, and the wind really picked up, but that didn’t stop competitors from tearing up North Baldy. Everyone threw down again, despite the difference in conditions from Silver Fox. At the awards not only were the champions of the Snowbird event announced but also those North American Athletes moving on the the FWT 5* events for next season.
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