by Kristina | Feb 25, 2016 | Advice, Life
Close your eyes. Take a deep breath in…and out. Picture your happy place. Imagine yourself standing there surrounded by all of your favorite people…Happy place with my faves.BOOM!That’s what it feels like to work in the outdoor industry. Well, kind...
by Kristina | Feb 18, 2016 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
I met Theresa at 9,000ft on Mt. Hood on July 28, 2013. At the time I was working on month 21 of turns all year, but she was rocking month 33. That’s the problem with having a best ski friend who just happens to be a year ahead of you on turns all year –...
by Kristina | Feb 5, 2016 | Advice, Life, Skiing
In my last post, I outlined 7 ways to have more fun – or at least LOOK like you are. The premise of the post assumed you were seeking to have more fun in photos. It did not touch on life in general per say.However if you, like me, are also looking to have more...
by Kristina | Jan 28, 2016 | Action Figure Mascot, Advice, Costumes, Life, Tutu
On a not-so-noteworthy ski day a few years ago, my friend Anne let me in on a little secret: “You know, if you open your mouth and throw your hands in the air it makes it look like you are having at least 30% more fun.”Anne having ALL of the fun.Like...
by Kristina | Jan 22, 2016 | Hiking, Travel, Tutu
The alarm went off before the sun woke up. GrandBob roused the troops with coffee in hand, ready to start the day. We dined on the best corn bran and milk available from the local grocery, eating with plastic spoons while sitting in the back of a 1998 camper truck. By...
by Kristina | Jan 14, 2016 | Life, Skiing
Last week my Madre and one-half of the “twinnies” came out to visit. We did many things and it was amazing. Our amazing 4-day family festival included: Book of Mormon, skiing & snowboarding in tutus (if you can call what Michele was doing...
by Kristina | Jan 8, 2016 | Advice, Life
I like data. I like spreadsheets and pie charts and visual representations of quantifiable information. I enjoy tracking my life on a calendar and using excel to track specific activities. If you’ve gone skiing, climbing, or running (and in some cases cycling or...
by Kristina | Dec 31, 2015 | Life, Travel
Moonlight skiing, complete with miniature cans of champagne, goes down in history as my best New Year Celebration ever. I’ve also been lucky to celebrate on a boat in Lake Union, with drinking uno in Patagonia, and I was in the FIRST time zone to enter the next...
by Kristina | Dec 24, 2015 | Skiing, Turns All Year
Skiing this month has been a little like this:So. Much. Snow.With four ski days under my belt for the month, snow DUMPING in the mountains, a new pair of powder skis in the quiver, and seven more days left in the month I’m pretty damn stoked. Rather than go on...
by Kristina | Dec 17, 2015 | Life, Skiing
On my 17th birthday, I didn’t know what to make of myself. For some reason, my entire life, I thought I was going to die at sixteen – most likely in an airplane accident. I cannot explain this feeling. But it was so strong that on the morning of the...
