I’m a California girl, born and raised in one of the most beautiful places on earth: Lake Tahoe!! I am the middle of three sisters, April and Sara. My parents spread their love of sports and nature to us girls and that is how we spent our time, outdoors! We split our time between Kauai, HI, and Squaw Valley, CA until I was 6. Growing up in two very diverse climates taught me to love it all!

A brief history of my sporting antics include begging my parents to put me out on water skis after watching April behind the boat when I was 18 months. From there, it was basically anything April could do, I needed to try it! I was on to snow skiing at age 3 and would be dropped off at the ski hill to Squaw’s Mighty Might Program every weekend. From when I was 5 years old, the mountain did the babysitting on the weekends in our family! I started racing at about seven and from then on I knew that the Olympics were where my dreams would take me.

I always knew I wanted to compete in all 5 Alpine events, iike most things in my life, I wanted to do it all!! I started racing World Cups and was Nor-Am Champion at age 16. I competed in my 1st Olympic Games when I was 17, set a U.S. mark for Junior World Championships medals, and established a record for the most consecutive U.S Championship top 3s. The pinnacle of my career thus far was in 2006 when I was crowned Olympic Champion in Torino, Italy in the GS event!

I must tell you though, that I am way more than just your typical ski racer. I have been known to climb mountains, do triathlons, and pretty much follow my heart where it takes me. When I’m not skiing, I am out surfing, kite-boarding, paddle boarding, or anything else that involves being in the ocean. I live in Maui in my off time and for me it is such a nice contrast. It helps me mentally re-charge so when I hit the snow again I am as fresh as can be!
I’ve got a lot of goals to accomplish and a long career of ski racing ahead of me. I’m looking forward to working my way to the top of the World Cup Leader Board and also capturing another Gold Medal in the next Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, CAN 2010!!