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.
