After leaving Mexico and a great stint with the family, I took off to BC for the Canadian Freeskiing Championships. This competition has evaded my grasp for the two years prior, as I could not make it past the qualifying day. Two years ago I crashed and hit two judges, and last year I crashed and hit a lift tower. However, this year despite a big recovery at the top which the judges docked me on control for, I made it past the lift pole and moved on to the next day.
The second day took place on Mt. Roberts. A 2600 vertical, 65 degree drop in, Mt. Roberts is the looming event for the test to training as the longest run on the tour, but also taking place at the beginning of the competition season. After a smooth start of my run I took it a little hot through the trees at the top, (Sorry everyone who saw that!) but pulled through in the end and laid down a solid run until the last feature which was a 70ft gap that took to about 65. Given the flat landing that I endured there was not much of a chance at that point and crashed hard. I was still happy with my performance, given my history at Red, but I was just happy to be up there enjoying the snow as well as the company of the locals.
of course we were there supporting you during your crash
but the run was super and so the weekend! cheers
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