ETT

Today I officially became a certified ETT. The class was the most intense class I've ever taken. It was 3hours everyday after school for a majority of the semester. It was extremely challenging at times but you had to push through it. We started with over 20 students and ended with about 6 students passing the course. This course should help me get a good job this summer doing something I really enjoy.

Nimbus Independent

Nimbus really shows the true side of skiing, just going up to the mountains with your friends and having a blast trying new things and pushing out bigger tricks. It shows what skiers can do when they put their mind to it. They're a bunch of incredible, sponsored skiers getting together to make free films showing the beauty of the mountains.

Shallow Dark Martin Williams

In the shallow dark
Confessing emptiness
To the emptiness
Afraid
That my life has meaning;
For then my sins
have meaning
My good
Has meaning, and who
Carrying the weight
Of a significant life
Wouldn't rather choose
The stillness of a tree
Surrendered perfectly
To life's slow law?

Biography of Taylor D.

Taylor was born with a horrible power that she would have to keep secret the rest of her life. She was born with the power to control the weather with her emotions. When she was very young her parents decided they would need to move somewhere the weather was already changing constantly and ended up choosing  Juneau Alaska. Taylor was overwhelmed with happiness when she saw Juneau, she thought it was the most beautiful place in the world. It was sunny for a week straight with record high temperatures for the month of June, it finally rained when Taylor couldn't buy a toy she wanted. The second her first tear hit the ground it began to rain. Over time she began to control her emotions and make weather seem more normal. In the winter she would make it snow with happiness, but when she was sad it was devastating rain would pour down for days on end and Juneau would be covered in slush and ice. Remember Taylor controls the weather the next time you want to mess with her. You might just get lucky and have a snow day.  

Allegiance

I pledge allegiance to the snow,
of the mountains and of my soul,
and for which they stand, 
one majesty under the heavens,
indivisible with freedom and beauty for all.

Remember

Remember the winter, and all that comes with it,
Remember the first snowfall and catching snowflakes on your tongue,
The first backflip you ever landed, the feeling when you come around and land smoothly,
Days when you look outside and just know its a snowday because of the two feet of new snow,
Flying through powder when every turn is a face shot,
Remember the feeling of hot chocolate sliding down your throat after being in the cold,
Remember the winter, and all that comes with it.