This past weekend, I headed to Jay Peak to meet Mike Rogge, who was running Ski The East’s Freeride Tour and the IFSA extreme competition at Jay. After going on an extended diatribe making fun of Jon (BroBomb editor) and painting a picture of him standing in the park making fun of kids with baggy clothes while he cruises by in a jean jacket, leather pants, and feathers in his hair; Rogge suddenly changed subjects: “Just write a positive article for once.” Wow. I’ll admit that in the increasing spite I’ve felt towards the world since writing for this blog, the idea of writing a purely positive article was a new and uncomfortable idea. Could I go another week without trying to do harm to someone’s reputation in the ski industry? Without venting there was no way I was going to be able to hold it together enough to be cheery on sales calls for SASS. But thankfully I saw some performances this past weekend at the Ski The East Freeride Tour’s Jay Peak IFSA “extreme” comp that inspired me to positivity despite my ardent efforts to remain miserable.
