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Corey Lescault: Learning frontside 540s
Name: Corey Lescault Home Mountain: Jay Peak, Vermont When Corey Lescault come to us in Vail, Colorado, he had never tried spinning frontside off of his toes. For those who don’t know, spinning frontside off the toe edge is a bit unnatural and can be intimidating. More often than not, riders catch an edge on ...
Eric Poulin learns corked spins
Name: Eric Poulin Mountain: Whistler Blackcomb, BC Eric Poulin can spin like a top, but before the Landing Pad his rotations were locked longitudinal. After a week on the Landing Pad, Eric was going so far off axis he was making the aerials team nervous. We recently sat down with Eric to talk about his ...
Jake Cohn on the landing pad
Name: Jake “The Ice Cream” Cohn Home Mountain: Telluride, Colorado Jake has been a part of the landing project since our first private unveiling on Blackcomb glacier in 2008. With 20 years skiing experience, Jake has literally been skiing since he was in diapers. Jake has been a key member of our Katal Testing Crew, ...
Jessie Oatway: spinning on the landing pad
Name: Jessie Oatway Home Mountain: Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Jessie Oatway knows about injuries. In the five seasons he has been snowboarding he has broken two ankles, both wrists, dislocated both knees over 7 times, dislocated his elbow, broken ribs, compressed his spine, broken his hand, had 3 major concussions, a broken nose and eye ...