It snowed. Wednesday, i skied one run by Braille and had a chill day by the fire with some Chilean friends.

Thursday was a powder day that made my trip. Not a ton of snow, but where the wind blew it in, it was firing! In La Parva, one can ski powder ALL day long, and there are a lot of short but bitchen lines to charge, with easy access. I followed my local friends around and enjoyed heli ski quality runs all day, low angle powder fields that I never would have found skiing with all the pros in town.

Yesterday, was comp day 1. Remember how I said "to ski be competitive, onewill need to go big on some flat, but makeable landings"? well, this was to my demise, even though I was right. I went for a big bottom air and charged it and ended up back slapping. Then I watched competitor after competitor come through and take it's 5 foot corner and beat me. Oh well.

Skiing in the comp was a great way to scrape the rust off from 3 months off skis. Competition makes you step to the absolute best line you can handle that given day, and I did. For me, it helps my filming skills immensely by making me realize what is stompable and how juicy the stuff we film is. When I go film now, I wil relate it to a think back "well, that air is the same size as the ones I was charging in La Parva, has powder in the landing, AND 14 of my friends haven't hit it already!"

Another thing... MAD props to Timy for his 2 podiums last year! winning a Freeskiing comp, on either tour, takes a lot, the field of competitors is stacked. Nice work.

After weather cancels our comp today, I will get on a plane home and jump in the lake by noon on Sunday. I won't have advanced further than my proud 13th place, but I must have skied pretty OK, as I was nominated for the covetted "sick bird" award. After the comp, I skied buttery groomers until the bell, and I captured this sick shot of a sick bird of my own.

JT

Labels: Chile, JT Holmes, La Parva

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