Chamonix Freeride 2010 - Jess McMillan

4th February 2010

"Life is good in Chamonix! I just won the the first stop of the Freeride World Tour. It was a crazy day."

Chamonix Freeride 2010 - Jess McMillan

Jessica McMillan, Team USA.

Jess's blog tells of how she had a tough time working out the best line before the competition and it seems that just moments before wasn't sure she was going to be able to take the line she wanted. With a bit of help from people at the start to help build a ramp to her ridge .. "I headed over to far right side of the venue to find the entrance to my line. As soon as I got to the ridge, I knew I had made the right choice. The soft snow was billowing around my waist and felt bottomless. I traversed the ridge to my first air, approximately 25 feet, and sent it. The landing was unreal. It felt like landing on feathers. The snow flew over my head as I skied to my next air.

There was so much snow on top of my second air that I lost all of my speed before I reached the takeoff. I was forced to jump off the right side of the drop. It was still a good-size air, but not what I had planned on. By this time I was having a lot of fun. I ripped huge pow turns, face shots and all, to my last air. It was a small drop. I knew that to make it look impressive, I would have to hit it with a lot of speed. I sent it, maybe with too much speed. It was the only firm landing I had my entire run. My back slap was quick and I was up ripping powder turns again. I skied into the finish covered in snow with a huge smile on my face. My run was so much fun!"

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