Off The Hill: Revised

I chose to revise this blog because surfing the web for skiing stuff was always one of my hobbies. There’s constantly new cool stuff to check out because there’s always snow somewhere that someone is skiing. I also wanted to show you guys a really awesome mountain that’s really off the grid and tucked away.

Link to original blog post (http://semiprosports.blogspot.com/2012/02/off-hill.html)

The mountain is Telluride.

I have traveled all around the west coast to a handful of mountain’s and never once thought about or had heard about Telluride until freshman year in college. Freshman year a kid who lived in my hall grew up in Telluride and as the avid skier I am I inquired about the mountain. Turns out that Telluride is a secret gem skied almost primarily by locals, and has been described as ‘magical’, if you couldn’t pick that up in the video. It also turns out that there is a porcupine named Stickers that hangs out at the top of the mountain introducing itself to everyone. Also one of the up and coming Free-skiing riders came from Telluride, his name is Gus Kenworthy. Gus is actually featured in the video above for a few short clips and recently placed in the 2012 Winter X Games. Telluride still remains one of my favorite, however never skied, mountains. 

A Tribute to Sarah Burke

Over the years the ski community has grown larger and larger, successfully connecting East and West Coast rivalries. However, we have suffered some tremendous losses in the last three years, Shane McConkey “Saucer Boy”, C.R. Johnson, Jamie Pierre and this past week, our beloved Sarah Burke.

                          

Sarah Burke often know as the pioneer of superpipe skiing pushed the boundaries of women’s skiing even at a young age. Starting her career in 2001 she won first in the US Freeskiing Open and continued to become a six-time Winter X Games gold medalist.

On January 10^th 2012 Sarah was seriously injured while training in Park City, Utah. Nine days later she succumbed to her injury at the University of Utah Hospital. Sarah WILL, continue to be an icon and inspiration to all skiers worldwide.

Head over to www.espn.go.com, search for “Sarah Burke memorialized” and watch a few videos recapping the accident, paying tribute and highlighting her skiing achievements.