Hey Reno,

Hope everyone is having a great winter!!! I just returned home after 5 weeks of traveling and skiing in the US and Europe. I must say it is one of my most favorite feelings to see the lights of Reno as I fly in after being gone for so long.

As some of you know, the tour is going really well and I have been having an amazing time. It started with 2 World Cups in the US- Deer Valley and Lake Placid- which were the qualifiers for the Olympics. After that I went to Europe for two more World Cups in the Czec. Republic and Italy and then spent the last week freeskiing in Switzerland and Austria to cure my need for powder.

As for Lake Placid, it was one of the most challenging and icy courses I have ever skied so I was really happy to have skied the way I did. Coming back from 12th place- I was in 1st with 3 skiers left- all of which put down great runs causing me to finish fourth. Any other day on World Cup this would have been a great day but this day I had to get top 3 to qualify for the Olympics- so you can feel my pain. It is very difficult when you have worked for a goal for 4 years and your opportunity slips away by a fraction of a point. Now the question everyone is asking is- are you going to go for 4 more years?

And the answer is- ?.

I love skiing- I’m the girl that’s out when nobody else is and is freeskiing when training is over- so as long as I love it like I do now I will continue to compete in moguls and freeskiing and create new skiing goals. Right now 4 years sounds like a long time but I now how fast life travels and I’m sure it will be here before I know it!

As for the rest of this season I will be heading to Korea and Japan next week. And then finishing up in Apex, Canada for World Cup finals and US National Championships in Killington. But for now I’m going to enjoy this week of being home and skiing in Tahoe. I must say I am so lucky to get to travel to all of these really cool places and I still feel like we have one of the most amazing places right here in our backyard!!!

Thanks again to everyone for all of the encouragement and support!

Have fun!

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