What's Up With Me: Part 1

First off I should update everyone on what's been happening the last couple months.

At the beginning of April, I competed in the Para-snowboard Canadian World Cup in Nakiska, Alberta. This is what all of my training this season has led up to, and I wasn't disappointed!! However, the was a series of problems leading up to the actual competition. First there was rain which ruined the entire race course! The entire course had to be rebuilt the day before the competition, which was supposed to be the training day. Regardless, I didn't get to do anything that day except hug the toilet, because I had a wicked stomach bug. I have honestly not been that sick since high school maybe... so a long time ago. Of course, I wasn't about to let being sick keep me from competing! We all know that I'm tougher than that!

The next day, we all gathered at the top of the newly rebuilt course and anxiously waited to get to slip the course for the first time. Everyone was very nervous and kept saying that the only goal for today was to not get hurt. Maybe it was because I was still trying to hold it together and not puke all over the snow, but I wasn't nervous at all. I was more curious to see what everyone was so scared of.

When I finally got my turn to slip the course, I realized that this was easily the fastest and most gnarly course I'd ever run. Some of the boys were even saying that it was as tough, if not tougher than the X-Games course. Wow!! I loved it though. It was very technical. I couldn't just fly through it. I had to memorize my line and be thinking one or two features ahead.

I'll admit that I was nervous, and I think that I could've done better (tho I always tell myself that), but I still came in third both days.

Bibian Mentel (right) came in first and Sara Dorigatti (left) was second.


Mike Shea, who took second both days for the men, posted this video of his experience at the Canadian World Cup. Towards the end he does a full run of the course. Check it out!!