Nendaz, Switzerland

“Team America,” a name the crew has adopted, headed to Nendaz, Switzerland for one last competition before Verbier. The Nendaz Competiton is part of the qualifying series for the Freeride World Tour. I went to try to improve my overall standings on the tour. Jen Ashton went to win a wild card for Verbier because she was not yet qualified to compete. Drew, Griffen, and Forest went to cheer the girls on.

The competition was one of the more bazaar experiences I have ever had.  The registration took place in the parking lot.  The first day was a qualifying day.  Each competitor was instructed to take two runs, on two different faces, with two sets of judges.  The strangest part of the set up was that you were allowed to ski whenever you wanted to, no start list.

Most of the time we had no idea what was going on, but skiing is skiing. And the mission was accomplished. I improved my overall score and Jen earned herself a wild card to Verbier.

There are four days to the Verbier Extreme. The team was divided in how to spend the next couple of days leading up to the competiton. So we dropped Drew and Jen off in Chamonix. Griffen, Forest, and myself headed to Verbier to prepare for the competiton.