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Happy Holidays!
The past week and a half has been a whirlwind.
Finished finals last Wednesday, went to Jackson on Saturday, got back Sunday and then Christmas and tons of snow!
In the midst of lots of skiing and present wrapping, I managed to plan a ski trip to Japan for Jan. 12-29. I will be going to Niseko to work with Sweetgrass Productions for their next ski flick. Check out their website www.sweetgrass-productions.com .
I am ridiculously stoked. I went to Japan when I was 5 1/2 weeks old. My parents traveled to Japan extensively as I was growing up and would always bring me back treasures like small dolls, origami paper and kimonos. My best friend growing up was half-Japanese, and I would spent a few weeks of my summer at a Japanese language camp in northern Minnesota through Concordia Language Villages. I’ve always felt a deep connection to the language, people and culture.
When I get back from that, I will be hopping on the Elements tour and meeting up with some of my Kavu folks to shred pow and film for their upcoming flick. Right now, it looks like I will join on for a Yurt tour in the Sawtooths and a few days up in Jackson Hole! Can’t wait. www.naturepropelled.com
Stay tuned for pics and updates from the trips!
Here are some from the holidays:
Iris and I are those people wearing avalanche beacons in the bar. With the current avy danger, I’ve been wearing mine almost everyday in bounds (and even keeping it on in my car during the drive down the canyon). Please everyone be careful out there!
Brant Moles bartending at the P-Dog (Alta’s Peruvian Bar).
Cody Barnhill and Iris Noack chilling at the Alta Peruvian bar.
Drew Stern and I after Christmas dinner.
My mom, Scarp dog and my brother Stephen Gleich
My dad getting ready to open his present from me.
Shaking it up–this series is so funny!
Tearing it open
He was pretending to be Tarzan I think…
Here he is looking super fly in his new goggles and helmet.
Winter is Here!
Fully on. UT mountains are getting dumped on. I took my last final yesterday, and now it’s ski everyday time for me!
The next few weeks are going to be busy. As a Roxy team member, I will be helping out with demos and clinics to get the word about our hardgoods, including the first ever women’s reverse camber ski, the Mumbo Jumbo. Check out these cute photos from the demo we did at the Canyons last Saturday (all Canyons photos by Liz Sherry):
The crew, Meredith Riley, Iris Noack, me, Sam Lee, Lizzy Sherry, and Emily Barrett.
It was so cold and snowy that we have to come up with fun things to do to stay warm, like sledding!
This was actually a really steep hill.
Jump roping–which gets you warmed up quickly!
Sam Lee, me, Iris Noack, and Meredith Riley.
We have another demo tomorrow at Alta so come on up and try out the new skis! Then I’m off to Jackson for the opening of the tram in this sweet ride:
Photo by Brent Benson
It’s so good to be done with school and to be able to focus on skiing. All that fresh snow isn’t going to track itself out!
Photo by Brent Benson
The weather outlook is amazing for the next week. See you on the slopes!
Snowbird December 7, 2008
Between studying for finals and crocheting hats, I did manage to find some time to sneak up to the mountains this weekend.
Here’s a video I put together of my friends, skiing on what Cait called "Commando Friday."
And some shots from today at Snowbird (photos by Brent Benson):
Check out this super cool crop of the sugary snow and my custom bedazzled boots!
So rad. Fun weekend. I <3 the Snow. Let’s pray for more.