Albuquerque

So part of The Ski Life involves supporting, promoting and being there for the sponsors that help me live this glorious lifestyle. Salomon has been my primary sponsor for 8 years now (4-racing and 4-freeskiing). Therefore they are the company that I go far out of my way to work for. This particular trip had me skipping out on some school to head down to Albuquerque for a huge winter sales event for Sport Systems. Elyse and I traveled down to Albuquerque together to meet up with Southwest Salomon Sales Rep- Rik Andresen. When we got there, lo and behold, the Plake-ster was there (yes that Plake). Glen Plake is the single most hardcore ski nut I've ever met in my life. The guy has never had a single job outside of being a professional skier and he acts like he just got his first sponsor last week. His life generally revolves around multi-day tours, pre-resort-opening hikes to the top of Mammoth to get first tracks and skiing solo in the gnarliest of the gnar in places like Chamonix and Peru. He's a nut. An inspirational nut at that. So Elyse, Plake and I hung out, talked to the amazingly supportive ski community of New Mexico, checked out the spectacle that is the Albuquerque Ballon Fest and had some Margs and Sopapillas with the coolest owners of any ski resort anywhere, Alejandro and Adriana Blake (of Taos) All in all, I hoped I spread the good word to many of how sick a few of the newest Salomon products are (Ghost boot, Czar Ski) and hung out with some of the coolest skiers in the world and had a great time. (I can't believe this is my job)


Sorry for pic quality. Although iPhones are amazing, they ain't the best for snapping photos.