Jeret "Speedy" Peterson started skiing at the age of seven in his hometown of Boise, Idaho and has never looked back. At the age of sixteen he made the U.S. Ski Team becoming the youngest Aerialist to ever make the team at that time.

So where did the nickname "Speedy" come from? When Jeret left for his first summer camp in Lake

Placid, New York he had borrowed his uncles snowmobiling helmet and had a bright black and white checkered life jacket in which to wear while jumping into the swimming pool. At the ripe old age of eleven he hadn't quite grasped the idea of waiting in line and would step over all of the other campers' skis and head straight to the front of the line. Getting in five or six jumps to all of the other kids' two or three, the coaches at the camp nicknamed him "Speed Racer" after the popular cartoon being shown on MTV. Shortened to "Speedy" the nickname has stuck ever since!

He won the ’99 national junior aerials title, collected aerials bronze at the 2000 and ‘01 Junior World Championships, and was 2001 Freestyle Junior Skier of the Year selected by Ski Racing.

His enthusiasm has paid off, though. Speedy started to climb to the top of the podium at an early age. Adding Junior National Champion, Two time Junior World Bronze Medalist as well as being named the 2001 Junior Freestyle Skier of the Year by Ski Racing Magazine to his list. Topping all of this off with a berth on the U.S. Olympic Team... All being done by the age of Twenty!!!

Since 2002 Speedy has been working on qualifying new and more difficult tricks every season. He has competed his signature “hurricane” jump numerous times on snow. With this trick it has placed him in the World Record Books as the highest aerial score in history!! In 2005 he had his best season ever, ranked #1 in the world. There is so much more ahead for Speedy and his “hurricane.” We expect to see him win gold in 3rd Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010!