Erin called in her favorite lady shredders for a day of riding and a fun shoot. She gave each girl a different outfit to show off on the mountain for a full day of snowboarding. We spent all day hiking the park and taking fun photos! I don’t think I have ever gone snowboarding with so many girls.

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Competition day. But first, a side note.  As more and more of my teammates switch to iphones, I have develeped a pet peeve.  The fart application on the iphone drives me nuts.  I am now surrounded by artificial fart noises at dinnner, in the car and on the airplanes. I find it inappropriate and immature.  [...]

Despite all of these external negatives, I had a much better day of training . The moisture packed the snow down, creating deeper and firmer moguls, and I successfully made it down the 250 meter course more than once.

Today was the first of two days of training before the World Cup on Friday in Norway. The mogul course was open from 1-3:30 in the afternoon so I had breakfast and enjoyed several cups of coffee while I searched for cheap flights to France in March. That is the last event of the year and due to the economic troubles the freestyle team has no funding. After the confusing internet search, I did 45 minutes of yoga in my room and got ready to head up to the mountain.

We ended a successful trip to Sweden with a traditional meal of beef and reindeer meat that we cooked on a hot, salted stones at our table. It was served with various delicious sauces and one disgustingly sweet one. I am unaccustomed to the taste of melted marshmallows with my protein, and it did not agree with my taste buds. I enjoyed this meal with my three coaches and ten team mates, as well as the family that owned the restaurant. The father had been a member of the Swedish mogul team with one of our coaches so he hooked us up with the free meal that ended with chocolate coffee mousse served with figs.

So many good looking boards for the 2009 -2010 season, but so little time to try them all! Everything I rode was really good. I was immediately fixated with my first ride of the day, the GNU B-Street Snowboard. Shortly after my fun board test I was gently reminded by one of the GNU girls that this board is amazing for jibbing, but not so amazing on jumps…I wonder if I can figure out a way to justify 2 park boards next season?!

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Many people don’t know that Breck was one of the first resorts to allow snowboarders on its slopes. Today, with more than 20 years in developing cutting edge freestyle terrain, Breck offers four world-class parks and half pipes with features ranging from beginner to expert level. The resort is recognized around the world for its advanced park system and consistently earns top 3 rankings from all of the major ski and snowboard mags every year.

Since it was the most significant snowfall of the year, the resorts were packed. So, D and a few friends decided to take turns shuttling Loveland Pass with their very cute pups. Barring some cold waits at the bottom of Loveland Pass, and some face shots (aren’t those the worst!), the trip was well worth it.

I caught up with Sarah today in between her practice sessions, press conferences and designing her own Playstation Level. Yes, it’s safe to say that the Female Skier of the Year, Espy winner and two time X Games gold medalist Sarah Burke is one busy girl! But don’t be mistaken, all her extracurriculars have not gotten in the way of her focus on the mountain.

Sarah Burke is a busy lady. She wins super pipe and slopestyle contests from Dew Tour to X games. We are keeping our fingers crossed this year that Sarah Burke will not only win the women’s ski superpipe championship at the x-games, but that she will also complete her profile. Sarah’s busy, what can we [...]