IT"S SO WARM!!!

So after returning home from Taos it's been pretty insanly warm in Colorado. The snow already feels like April's and stores are starting to switch from selling skis to bikes. I'm certainly not ready for this global warming BS.

But it has been a fun couple of weeks... if you remove work.

Last Saturday was the Roxy Metal to Medal rail jam at Copper. I always love coming to little events like these where there are some people who are experienced and others who are not because it creates such a wonderful atmosphere of people simply out there to support each other. Despite the fact that it is a competition, there is no sense of needing to "beat" anyone. You're there to have fun. Add to pro Roxy snowboarders and Jess Cummings as the judges... Followed by a "spring (includes swimsuits) fashion show" in a wet blizzard and free wings and beer and you had a great afternoon. Let me just take this second as well just to tell you all how wonderful of a person Jess Cummings is. Sure she's got all star pro status in the alpine skiing world, but she's totally chill just to talk, chat, and be a normal person and a great roll model for all these younger women getting into freeskiing. I am constantly surprized just how amazing some of the people in the "pro" alpine skiing community can be. (oh, i got second)

I also had a Smith photo shoot. Hot weather, hot dogs, and free PBR's and Mtn. Dew... = FUN AFTERNOON... except I sprained my back a bit. booo!

So in my own attempt to give back to this wonderful skiing community of ours I went out with a young tele chica the other day for her first excursion into park skiing. Her mother had seen me at the Roxy jam and had commented on how she wanted to see her young daughter develop a passion for skiing beyond the "ya sure... i ski... blahh." I cannot begin to describe how GREAT of an experience it was for me. She learned SO quickly and had so much determination the whole afternoon. Now she wants to go out every day and try new things... even get a pair of park skis (ooh yes, i did it... i made another lady park skiing punk... and they told me there was no market... ppsshhh).

I still find it so strange that people actually want to ski with ME... because I'm somehow something "special." That's ludacris! I think at the end of the day after teaching Nadia, I had on a bigger smile than she did. And it lasted the whole afternoon. I will be going out again with Nadia before the end of the season and I cannot wait. I only hope that I get the opportunity even more to share this amazing experience called skiing with other youth, women, or EVERYONE out there.