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Two defining moments in my life were when I learned how to rodeo (side flip 180) and when I learned how to cork 7 (back flip 720). These were defining moments in my life because they were huge accomplishments for me in skiing and also helped me realize that anything is possible and all you have to do is try.

            The idea of me doing a rodeo started at Woodward at Copper during Camp Woodward. I was doing tricks into the foam pit and finally got up the guts to back flip. After that, I knew the next step was to rodeo. So I hiked up the ramp and threw one into the foam and, did it a few more times until I was comfortable.

The next day when our group was skiing in the Woodward terrain park I was ready to try a flip so I tried a back flip and landed. Then I hiked up right away and told my instructor I was done for the day. He then said that I should try to rodeo and so I went over the motion in my head and then dropped in. I landed it and was so excited that I finally did a trick that I wanted to do since I set foot on snow.

The next most defining moment in my life was when I did a cork 7. The idea for this started when about two years ago when I was working on 720’s in the terrain park and I thought it might be possible to cork one out. I then went to Woodward and tried a few, but did not quite get one, so I deiced to wait for a while until I could do it again. Then one day my team, on a powder day, went to build a powder jump and when I got the chance after a few practice jumps I went for it. I landed on my side, fell down, and hurt my head pretty badly. So I decided to go back to Woodward and master the move. After I did it about 7 times into the pit I was confident about trying it on snow. So, after the jumps were built at Winter Park I knew it was time to go for it. I dropped in and fell the first time. Then the next time I landed it. After that experience I realized that anything is possible with persistence and just a little luck.

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Getting Ready for Competitions

This past weekend I competed in The King of The Grommets. This is a contest for the kids in the Winter Park Competition Center. I took this opportunity to work on my skills and also to tone in my competition mind set. Also, during this contest I worked on training my run multiply times before I competed which helped me later when I had to stick my run.  I plan to use this strategy next weekend so I can be prepared for the start of my big competitions in Breckinridge.

The Color White Poem

White Empty Ski Hill
No color to be found
White Empty Ski Hill
No one is around
White Empty Ski Hill
Nothing but a frost covered mound
White Empty Ski Hill
Always snowbound