Report from December 6, 2023

Yesterday I met up with Noah Gaffney & Jack at Alta with one goal in mind: backflips.

I really wanted to land a backflip in the last days of this project.

Yesterday was ski day #304 – the second to last day of the project.

My cut-off is December 8, 2023.

Noah was a gem and had already built a jump off the Wildcat cat track by the time I arrived.

I rolled up, threw my boots on, rode up Wildcat, and it was backflip time.

Noah went first and stomped one of his signature, legs together backies.

I was next, and I was nervous, but not too bad.

The jump was small to medium in size and just about perfect for backflips.

I was all in, and luckily I landed right on my feet!

I was elated.

I skied down to Noah and hugged him and hugged Jack once he arrived.

We went right back up, and Noah did a flat spin, and I did another backflip.

Then we saw the traverse under Mt. Baldy opened, so we traversed and hiked and sidestepped into the Bad News cliffs where I’d broken my face in three places back in 2011…

Noah did the Bad News Double, and I hit a little rocky cliff.

We hiked back up to Bad News from the Wildcat side, hit another fun air, and skied some pow.

I decided to go for one more Backflip before heading home.

I was able to stomp all three, and it felt very right.

Three backflips for the 300 project on ski day #304.

I raced home to record a SnowBrains Podcast with legendary Alaska heli-ski guide Harlan Sheppard.

Yesterday was a full and terrific day.

Thanks so much to Noah and Jack for all their support yesterday, and thanks, Utah!

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