Mrs. Jackie Paaso is not a pussy and now we all know it.  Well I already knew but now everyone else does too.  If I had a picture I would share it but I don’t.  She basically hucked the largest cliff possible on the Silverado face.  Bigger then all the boys, birds, bros and pros.  She represents what woman can do not only for the sport of skiing but any sport that requires the mind to be put aside for just a few seconds.  The hucksters: Janina Kuzma and Jackie Passo.

Sebastian hucking a backflip off the Tram deck while his father is home cursing up a storm.

Chris Gray and the FWT guide Bruno for probably saving a life.  So here we are, waiting underneath the Tram face for the first male competitor to start when a good size slab breaks loose from the hanging snow field, cascading hundreds of feet down the main cliff face.  Puckered up and in a bit of shock the organizer calls off the comp for the day.

Shannon Yates, long time fellow snowboard competitor, has been slaying it all season. Shannon has collected four, yeah FOUR, samurai swords by now and will begin a Ninja Training Academy in Salt Lake.  After winning the North Face Masters in Kirkwood, making her the tour Champion, she hustled to Squaw and kept the ball rolling.  Good on ya girl!

As for me, third place.  Verbier in two weeks.  Taking the train home to see my little sis. Snowboarding around the world is cool but family and friends still take the cake. Especially when your family will wear wigs for no reason at all.

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