I was born in Vermont in 1976.  I have been skiing since I was 2 1/2 years old, and started ski racing when I was 8.  I started Telemark Skiing in 2000.  Skiing has always been my greatest passion of mine.  I Graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with concentration in Structural Engineering.  I moved out to Utah in May of 1999.  Snowbird and Alta ski areas were the reason I moved to Utah.  The snow is amazing to say the least.  

    I started competing in the Freeskiing circuit in 2005.  March 25, 2006 I was competing in the final round (top 10) of the 10th Annual U.S. Telemark Extreme Freeskiing Championships at Crested Butte).  I Landed  my final set of jumps almost perfectly but my ski broke when I landed my last cliff drop and caused me to hit a small aspen tree.  That is the day my life changed forever.  They had to amputate my right leg 4 inches above my knee.  I also tore my right shoulder apart and had to have rotator cuff surgery to repair the injury.  

    I started walking again on July 12, 2006.  That was a great day.  It took a little while to get the hang of it, but once my residual limb got conditioned to the Prosthetic leg, I could start to keep my leg on all day.  

    I fell a few times learning to walk and re-injured my shoulder and had to have another surgery in September 2006.   I had to sit out the 06-07 season.  But the winter of 07-08, I was back, and boy was it ever fun.  I had my first day back on snow, on Dec 4, 2007 telemarking!  I got exactly 100 days on snow for the 07-08 season.  Tele, Alpine, Snowboard, and Snowmobiling.  I split my time between each.

    Life is different now.  But I am determined to not let this set back change my life very much.  I am doing everything I did before and more including Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowkiting, Mt. Biking, Dirt Biking, Snowmobiling, Motocross, Wakeboarding, Paragliding and working as a carpenter/builder.  My Business has been back and running since 2007.  I only took one year off from construction.  I will not let this stop me.  I hope to encourage others with limb loss to not give up.  I want to show people everything that is possible!!!