FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – May 19, 2009 – PacSun and USASA are pleased to announce their 2009-10 snowboard team. 20 of the best US athletes from around the country have been selected to be a part of this grassroots snowboarding team. Athletes were selected based on their performance at the USASA National Championships as well as other major North American snowboard events. These up and comers represent all competitive disciplines including Alpine racing, BoarderCross, Slopestyle, and Halfpipe. Team members will compete this upcoming year in events around the world, some are even making a bid for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic games. USASA Executive Director Jason Toutolmin comments "It’s great to be in a position with our partners to make a difference in the athletic careers of these very talented young riders... We will be hearing a lot from them in the near future."

Hello everyone, it’s been a while since I last talked to you.  I’m going to give you a quick update on what’s been going down these past months.

After nationals, I came back to CT and started physical therapy right away. I already knew the therapist, he helped me when I tore my hamstring, and it’s nothing new to me. I’ve started to go to the gym way more, now that my knee is doing better. I just went to the doctor yesterday and he said it looks awesome and he told me to just to keep doing PT till the end of July and I should be good! In PT I’ve been doing a lot of jumping, running, weights and it’s great! I feel like a “human” again. The therapist has been so impressed with how I’ve been progressing. He said I went from just little jumps to bouncing around the room like a nut. I can say my knee is doing AWESOME!

After the season was over some of the Pac Sun Team and I went to Los Angles for a Daily Habit video shoot for Fuel T.V. The crew consisted of Faye, Mikaela, Tyler, Kelly, Miah and myself. The trip started off by seeing Faye and Miah at DIA and seeing what we’ve all been up to lalty. As we arrived in LAX we heard that Mikaela showed up early and went surfing with Stacey already. Faye and I were so jealous. We got our bags out of the odd size baggage and headed over to our hotel. After 30 minutes of watching the discovery channel Mikaela, Faye, Miah and I walked over to a super nice restaurant and ate some food. The food was great and I would like to thank whoever bought it for us (haha).

If you won a scholarship award prior to 2003, you are hereby given notice that you have until June 30, 2009 to collect your award or let us know if you intend to use it within the next five years.

Ok, so when I got invited to be on fuel TV I was so excited. And I knew that we would be going to LA. Which, if you remember back to one of my old blogs, is one of my favorite places. However, something that most people dont know about me is that I have always wanted to learn how to surf. (it was even my new years resolution). So luckily for me I "coincidently" got into LAX 4 hours before the rest of the team. Also luckily for me, Stacie Perry, who works with the pacsun team, is a really good surfer...