through high school i spent my time skiing and playing hockey, culminating in my USASA national title in superpipe in 2005. i then left skiing for a season, in pursuit of a pipe-dream college hockey career, but quickly returned. in the spring of 2007 i returned to the competition scene, and won the only competition that i entered that season, the US Collegiate Nationals in slopestyle.
the following season, i went on to pursue the competition scene with the oh-so-common illusion of making the x-games. this ended abruptly with the destruction of my right knee, leading to a full acl replacement and lateral miniscus shaving. after that, riding park wasn't nearly as appealing, so i found myself exploring the backcountry and scouring anchorage for handrails. it was then that i found myself on my true path in skiing: filming on things not touched by a snow cat. after two seasons of filming with my childhood best friends, Matt Wild and Travis Reid, i finally got my big break, winning Level 1 Productions' Superunknown competition.
winning that competition has truly changed my life, and i cannot thank Josh, Freedle, and Kyle enough for the opportunity to get my skiing onto the big screen. these days, i'm doing everything that i can to travel around skiing (when my boss gives me ski leave).
when i'm not skiing, i'm either golfing, cooking, hanging out with my super cool girlfriend Kelsey, or working as a civil engineer at Rodney P. Kinney Associates in Eagle River, Alaska.
