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An unusual opportunity for entertainment will be available in Vail at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4 during the Alpine Arts Center’s “An Evening of Burlesque.” The event includes an Erotica art auction, “aphrodisiac appetizers,” music by DJ Mark, of Radio Free Minturn, and – perhaps most interesting of all – a performance by the Denver-based Ooh La La Burlesque. “Many people who live here, myself included, have never seen a burlesque show,” says Alpine Arts Center’s Lauren Merrill. “Vail doesn’t put on many risqué events. We want to bring something new and edgy to the valley.” A similar show last year, a collaborative effort between Alpine Arts Center and Eagle Valley Artists Alliance was “a huge hit,” explains Merrill. “It was amazing the wide range of art that was received, and also fun to see how everyone interprets erotica in different ways. There was everything from tasteful paintings of nudes and sculptural figures to phallic ice cream cones.” Inspired by the success of last year’s “An Evening of Erotica” art show, Merrill decided to provide a similar Valentine’s Day event this year that would combine visual arts and performing arts. The event – which will donate a portion of the evening’s proceeds to the Humane Society – will bring together work by two dozen artists, many of them local, as well as two showings of the burlesque dance performance at 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

but a true burlesque performer can be entertaining without stripping. When the costume is removed… that is the extra bonus.” “It is about a character and the story. The performer must set the mood, whether that is sexy, funny or even sad,” adds Scheffer, who goes by the stage name “Fanny Fitztightlee” and has been performing burlesque for many years. In venues that range from other ski towns like Steamboat Springs to New York and Las Vegas, Ooh La La has put on hundreds of performances, including a weekly Mondaynight gig at Denver’s 3 Kings Tavern. “We are constantly reinventing ourselves – no one wants to see the same act over and over,” says Scheffer. “We pride our troupe on our awesome creativity. Kitty and I make all of the costumes, choreographing most of the acts and everything in between.” Though the production group is made up of about 40 performers, both male and female, the Vail performance will showcase the group’s favorite four acts, which include performances by Fanny Fitztightlee, the show’s other coproducer, Kitty Crimson, and a male performer known as “Jermainvt.” “We appeal to all genres,” says Scheffer. “Young, old, gay, straight, men, women. We always try to put a twist on our acts to make them memorable. For the most part we like to have fun! I enjoy working with creative people who can laugh at themselves for the art of entertainment.” Tickets to the event are limited and cost $40. Must be 21 So what exactly is burlesque? to attend. Tickets can be purchased at www.alpineartscenter. It’s “the art of stripping,” according to Michelle Schef- org. fer, a co-producer of the Denver-based production. “It’s a form of adult entertainment with class, sass and over-theSneakPEAK writer Kat Jahnigen can be reached at info@ top costumes. Anyone can take their clothes off to any song, sneakpeakvail.com

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Patience and big air are virtues for local freeskier Lucas Evans. By Larry Grossman

s an 8th grader, Lucas Evans moved from Snowbird to Park City, and discovered park skiing, jumping and hitting rails.

“It was never really about competing. It was more about learning new tricks and being really scared trying new tricks,” says Evans, now 21. That statement would probably have had most parents throwing a fit thinking about the potential hospital bills, but this particular story is very different. In fact, it has followed a wonderful path of adventure, fun and competition for this talented freestyle skier, who now calls the Vail area his home. Lucas Evans has been fortunate, living what most would call a blessed life for an elite skier. His father, Jeff Evans, was a mogul ski champ in the 80s and Snowbird Ski Resort’s ambassador into the 90s. Lucas Evans entered the picture during this time, with Snowbird as his playground every weekend starting at age two. The majority of those years were spent “just skiing around for fun with dad.” Many of his early years were spent at the water-ramp training facility in Park City. This world-class outdoor facility gives freestyle skiers the opportunity to train and practice with a safe “swimming pool” landing. The training camps ran all summer long and included countless hours on the water ramps and trampolines and doing other skiing specific exercise programs. Jeff Lucas remembers that his son was responsible for retrieving skis that popped off in the pool. He would watch at the side, and when his then idols lost a ski, he would gladly dive in to retrieve it from the bottom, making him a favorite at the facility. Jeff Evans coached his promising son, and Lucas Evans continued to excel as a freestyle skier. As he entered his ear-

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(Top) Freeskier Lucas Evans trains at Beaver Creek. The up-and-coming skier aims to throw big air with the best. (Left) Evans pulls a cork nine tail in Rodeo Terrain Park at Beaver Creek. Zach Mahone photos. some great qualities and big potential in Evans early on. “Lucas is level-headed, polite, willing to learn and also really talented. You don’t always get all of that that out of young athletes,” he says. “Sponsors and events Lucas are involved with know he represents his sport the right way. I only work with Lucas a couple of weeks every summer, but he’s very self-motivated and deserves all the credit for getting where he is.” Evans admits that the high level of training was a bit intimidating at the beginning. Park City is an Olympic training facility where many of the world’s best train. Lucas found himself climbing the water ramps with the likes of gold medal freestyle aerialist Eric Bergoust and Winter X Games gold medalist Tanner Hall. “I was totally star-struck by everything that they would do,” Evans says. “These guys would do a jump that they were totally bummed out with, and I would think it was the best thing in the whole world. This became a really big factor in my development because watching the best made me extremely hungry, seeing what they were doing. Once I rely teens, it became clear that he needed new direction to up alized I had the ability to do some of the tricks they were his game to the competition level. doing, it made me really hungry to learn bigger and scarier tricks.” The next level In 2003, Lucas was handed off to a new coach, Rick On the big stage As a high school freshman, Evans entered his first big Shanor. The two put in some serious summer training that included trampoline routines in the mornings, followed by competition as an amateur in the North American Open in water ramp sessions all afternoon. As his coach, Shanor saw [See LUCAS EVANS, page 17]

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In a lot of ways, it’s an ordinary dinner: salad, bread, a noodle-and-turkey casserole, with a variety of baked goods – cookies, brownies, berry pie – for dessert. The dinner conversation also meanders through an ordinary assortment of topics: When will it snow? How is the pregnancy going? Anyone going to watch the X Games? In other ways, however, this Thursday night dinner is not really all that ordinary. Someone is playing a moving melody on the grand piano in the corner, and there’s the fact that none of the diners will pay a cent for the food – nor will most of them be bothered with the shopping, cooking and cleaning up inherent in serving a meal. Most notably, it’s not just one household or family dining together, but many, coming from all over the area. This is the Thursday night community supper at the Edwards Interfaith Chapel and Community Center, one of three such free meals offered every week in Eagle County. Each supper is autonomous and put on by a loose coalition of religious organizations, volunteers and supporting local businesses. And, contrary to commonly held perceptions, it’s not a program for “poor people.”

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A volunteer dishes up food at a weekly community supper. The dinners draw people from across the valley for a variety of reasons. Kent Pettit photo. son, head pastor of the Eagle River Presbyterian Church, and the idea caught on. These days, the dinners take place at 6 p.m. on Mondays at the United Methodist Church in Eagle, on Wednesdays at the Eagle River Presbyterian Church in Avon and Thursdays at the Edwards Interfaith Chapel. Attendance can vary dramatically from week to week and depending on location, ranging from six up to 100, with the highest number of participants showing up for holiday meals. “We want more people to come,” says Bellamy. “We can always get more food, but we want more people to come and utilize the service we offer.” While kinship and unity-building at the suppers is indeed important, the benefit to poorer populations cannot be underestimated, says Ashley Patriacca, a member of the United Methodist Church and lead coordinator of its Simple Suppers program. “These people not only get their meal for that Monday evening, but we also frequently have leftovers for them to take home for one or two more meals.” Often the food is in addition to a weekly allotment some families get from the food bank. “Other than this food, some of these families have limited resources for balanced meals for their families,” she says. Still, the real value of the programs are in providing an opportunity for neighbors to connect with each other, says volunteer Alan Holub. “People from all walks of life attend,” he says. “The meal is not designed to be a meal supplement for someone who is ‘hungry’ for nourishment. This meal was conceived more to be one that feeds the soul, a time to come together with friends, family and neighbors.”

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Emphasis on community “We’ve been coming for years,” says Greg Miller, who attends most weeks with his wife and enjoys the social aspect of the event. “I originally started going to community suppers when I was single – it was nice to have a home-cooked meal. Now I’m married, and my wife’s a good cook, so it’s a little different. It’s a good way to get into the community. It’s not a soup kitchen for the homeless, but if I know someone who might appreciate it, I bring them along.” “It’s a community supper,” says Kathy Bellamy, a volunteer from the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. “People come for different reasons. Some people come because they don’t want to eat alone, some because of low income.” Episcopal Church deacon Steve Baird, says the churchstarted serving community suppers in Edwards in 2010. “There is indeed a need for these meals in our valley – as witnessed by the multiple feeding ministries in Avon, Edwards and Eagle. ‘Need’ doesn’t mean just poverty or hunger, it also means the need for fellowship,” he says. Supported by community donations, occasional government funding and the contributions – of time and money – of congregations like B’nai Vail Jewish Congregation, Trinity Church, St. Clare Catholic Parish, Iglesia Apostolica, and Mount of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church, the Thursday community suppers are an impressive example of true community-wide, cooperative efforts. At each meal, a different group of volunteers an organization takes turns providing, cooking, serving and cleaning up the dinner. “It keeps the kitchen clean, that’s the bonus!” jokes volunteer Mary Houston of preparing food to share with her neighbors. Then, with more seriousness, she points out one of the diners, a pregnant woman. “She’s got three months to go. It’s been nice to see her month by month. It’s nice because we become a community, sharing important things.”

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(Top) Army paratrooper Michael Paul monoskis during the Wounded Warriors program in Vail. (Right) Marine vet Kevin Dubois waits with his wife Kayla. Dubois loved snowboarding before he was injured in action. Zach Mahone photos.

hen Kevin Dubois awoke to nearly a foot of fresh powder last Friday morning, the Rhode Island native was ecstatic. During breakfast at Larkspur Restaurant, the 25-year-old Marine kept eyeing the base of Golden Peak. He was noticeably twitchy as he and his wife, Kayla, ate – the kind of nervousness inspired by waiting for a lift to open. “I remember a time in New Hampshire, it was about four years ago,” Dubois recalls. “I was snowboarding with some friends, and we got snowed in. We planned on leaving that weekend, but when we saw all that snow, we knew we couldn’t leave. This reminds me of that time. It was awesome to wake up and see all that fresh powder.” Dubois was in a specialized wheelchair, with straps and a molded seat to keep his torso from slipping as he moved. Before he became a double amputee in an explosion late last July in Afghanistan, he and Kayla were fervent snowboarders. They both look the part: Oakley’s, Patagonia jackets and Dakine gloves. Seated in the restaurant are 19 other servicemen – roughly half in wheelchairs, the other half sporting prosthetic limbs – and their families. Most are from places like Tennessee and Georgia, and Friday’s snowfall was the most they’d seen at a single time. Younger kids were ogling the slopes as a small army of blue-clad ski instructors pointed out runs for the day. Dubois and the 55 others came to Vail in late January with the Wounded Warriors program, a national nonprofit that takes recently injured veterans on excursions.

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“I just needed to do this” With the same mix of good humor and by-the-numbers reportage most of the veterans adopt, Dubois tells about stepping on an improvised explosive device while securing a helicopter-landing zone. The blast tore him nearly in half, severing his legs off at the waist. It took four days to transport him to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., where doctors were able to save him from roughly the belly button up. “I don’t remember any of the trip,” says Dubois, who now spends eight hours a day at Navy Medical Center in San Diego near his home base of 29 Palms. “First thing I remember is waking up with my wife by my bed.” It’s a measured story, told with very little emotion. Kayla Dubois just nods soberly. Yet his eyes light up when he rolls to a shed next to Riva Bahn Life (Chair 6) and peers inside with ski instructor Chris Gilbert. It’s filled with a slew of special equipment: high-sitting mono-skis, low-sitting biskis, snowboards with bindings made for prosthetic legs. Dubois slips out of his chair and into a bi-ski – “It’s better for the powder than the single ski,” he says. Helping Dubois and Gilbert is an off-duty instructor, Michael Carmichael, who was an Army paratrooper in Vietnam in 1966. Dressed in plain clothes, he navigates through a complicated system of pulleys, straps and restraints to secure Kevin’s torso. “I wanted to get out and be with these guys,” Carmichael

Vail’s Wounded Warriors program brings vets and families to the slopes. By Phil Lindeman

says. “Kevin was a Marine in Afghanistan; my brother was a Marine in Vietnam the same time I was there. I just needed to do this.” Thanks to heavy clouds, the Chair 6 cable seems to disappear at the sixth or seventh pole, well before Kevin’s final destination of China Bowl and – if all goes well – Blue Sky Basin. “We’re riding that today,” Dubois says, pointing up the slope. “We’re going everywhere on this mountain.” Finding a new ability The local chapter of Wounded Warriors, started by activist Cheryl Jensen through her Vail Veteran’s Program, has been bringing military families to Vail since 2004. In that time, they’ve hosted over 400 vets – all at no cost to the participants. A second winter session is scheduled for March. Since arriving late Tuesday evening, the group had gone tubing at Adventure Ridge, bowled at Solaris, and taken free ski lessons. For most vets, it’s the first time they’ve left the hospital for an extended period of time since being injured. According to Jensen, skiing is the kind of active rehabilitation that keeps trademark good humor intact. One of the first Vail attendees, Heath Calhoun, went on to compete in mono skiing at the Vancouver Paralympics in 2010. “It’s a matter of finding the activities that are gravity sports, the sort of things they can do with their injury,” says Jensen, who personally visits military hospitals across the country to promote the program. “Look at someone like Kevin. Every time I’ve seen him, his smile has just been infectious. It gives them the confidence they need to move on.”

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appeal. And nowhere are fans more fervent than the Vail area. The original band had strong Rocky Mountain ties – In a world of trends that change by the minute, it’s rare to Galloway played his first show at a bar in his native Manitou find a slice of pop culture that has a decades-long influence Springs, and the group is a mainstay at State Bridge in the – let alone a local cover band. For the past 25 years, though, summer – and current members come from Boulder, Fort the rotating members of Shakedown Street have remained a Collins and elsewhere along the Front Range. All are promainstay in the Colorado jam band scene. It’s time to toast fessional musicians with a wealth of past experience. For Rosen, a strong following in Vail made it an ideal choice for that longevity. To celebrate this unusually long lifespan, the improvisa- one of the first anniversary shows of 2012. “When I came on, the band seemed to find a new energy,” tional impresarios play a one-night set at Sandbar in West Vail on Thursday, Feb. 9. Joining the five regular members says Rosen. “It’s hard to describe the feeling of playing with are Melvin Seales, a near-legendary keyboard player known the same musicians for over 10 years, but you’re able to for his tenure in the Jerry Garcia Band, and Colorado favor- draw off shared experience. The band has a depth beyond ite Vince Herman, of Boulder’s Leftover Salmon and Great the years we’ve been playing as Shakedown Street.” Despite the strong influence of personal ties, Rosen is ecAmerican Taxi. What’s most impressive about Shakedown Street – or static to play with a visiting musician like Seales. Over the whole of 2012, the band is perhaps the permanence of arranging several more dates the Grateful Dead covers with the formidable keyit’s known for – is the conboardist between Colorado, text surrounding the quarWhere: Sandbar in West Vail Washington and Oregon, ter-century anniversary: the When: Thursday, Feb. 9 at 9 p.m. and the Sandbar show is the Colorado group is just five Tickets: $25 first. The three-hour set, split years younger than the band The three-hour set of Grateful Dead fainto two equal portions, feait honors (at least the period vorites includes guest spots by keyboardist tures Seales alongside reguwith iconic frontman Jerry Melvin Seales of Jerry Garcia Band and Vince lar keyboardist “Smokey” Garcia at the helm). For lead Herman of Boulder-based Leftover Salmon. Joe Weisiger – currently guitarist Josh Rosen, who the longest-standing memjoined Shakedown Street in ber at 10 years in a row – and 2009, it’s the “priceless” quality of fan and musician favorites like “Stella Blue” and “Cra- Great American Taxi’s Herman trading riffs with Rosen and zy Fingers” that keep Shakedown Street churning out shows. Swartz. “Any time you get to play with Melvin Seales, it’s a life“A lot of it comes down to the charisma and style of these songs,” Rosen says. “They make it easy for an individual altering experience,” Rosen says. “I don’t want to say it’s like going to church, but it really is.” musician’s personality to shine through.” As for the future of Shakedown Street, Rosen has no Founded by Colorado native and lead guitarist Ted Galloway in 1987 – the same year the Grateful Dead released a doubts it will live beyond the current lineup – perhaps for live album titled “Shakedown Street” – the group has seen another 25 years. Despite unpredictable changes in musical nearly as many lineup changes as the Dead. Galloway was chemistry or a movement away from the kind of grandiose, the final original member to leave late in the 2000s, but is 20-minute improv tracks the Dead are known for, he’s conhappy with the direction the band has taken. Rosen remem- fident there will always be a live audience for now-classic bers being approached by Galloway at a recent show, given tunes like “Eyes of the World.” Even after picking through a massive bear hug, and tearfully told by Galloway, “We’re its progressions for the umpteenth time, he never fails to find something new. glad we found you.” “These songs reinvent themselves every time you play It’s that spirit of carrying on the torch, so to speak, that attracts a new generation of “Shakeheads” who never had the them,” Rosen says. “They seem to have a sort of relationship to each other that can evolve. It’s fun to have a tune be chance to see a Garcia perform in person. “Shakedown Street strives to capture the spirit of those familiar and different at the same time.” original Grateful Dead shows,” Rosen says. “I try to imagine what Jerry Garcia would be playing if he were still around, SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philthat spirit of fearless improvisation.” That musical drive has been vital to Shakedown Street’s ip@sneakpeakvail.com

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wildlife in their natural environment during her journeys to both the Arctic and Antarctic. She has traveled on four occasions to the Arctic between 1996 and 2001 and to Antarctica for extended five-week stays during 2006, 2007 and 2009. The diversity of these worlds is represented through the work currently on display. “As you will see through these images the only similarity in these distinctive environments is the cold,” explains Granzow. Granzow is from Long Island, N.Y. and has always had a passion for animals and photography. She first attended school for marine biology, but

decided photography would allow her to observe animals of the entire world, rather than restrict her to the shores alone. In the mid 70s, Granzow moved to Vail and since then she has been all over the world photographing wildlife. Granzow’s passion for photography also extends to educating young people about her travel experiences. She hopes that by viewing her photographs, people will have a better appreciation for animals, and the part they play here on earth. There will be a reception with the artist immediately following the presentation. This event is free and open to the public.

WOUNDED WARRIORS ––––––––––––––– Unlike many Wounded Warrior programs across the country, Vail’s winter excursions are tailor-made for families. (A summer trip, which includes whitewater rafting, is solely for the men and their therapists.) Bringing wives and children into the rehabilitative fold is often overlooked, but according to the families, it’s necessary. As Dubois rushes to get on his bi-ski, he passes by a lively table with the Allen and Mullis families, who met each other during rehabilitation at Walter Reed. When Chaz Allen’s therapist said he was eligible for a free trip to Vail, his wife, Jessica, and two elementary-aged daughters couldn’t wait. “Having the family here is what makes it really worthwhile for them,” says Jessica Allen, mentioning Friday is the anniversary of her husband’s move to the ICU following an explosion in Afghanistan. “There are a few if those dates I just have locked into memory: the day he moved, the day he took his first step. Now, it’s the day he snowboarded.” Chaz Allen laughs. Along with his family, he’d never been

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to Colorado before. His two daughters picked up snowboarding immediately – the youngest, Ryann, says she wants to be a professional. Jessica Allen notes in private her husband is noticeably perkier. Thanks to Jensen, every activity – from ski lessons to dinner – was planned and coordinated beforehand. The non-profit shoulders an enormous amount of the cost, helped in part by partners such as Vail Resorts, which provides lessons and food at a heavy discount. For many vets, this freedom is invaluable. “One of our Wounded Warriors said to me, ‘We aren’t here to focus on our disability. We want to discover our new abilities,” Jensen says. “I loved that. We’re exposing them to things they wouldn’t otherwise try and they’re making the most of it.” SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

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Zach Korbel (left) and Sterling Winnegrad talk to Brush Creek Elementary students about living with cerebral palsy last week. The presentation was part of a weeklong lesson the school did about physical challenges. Kent Pettit photo.

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The Vail Symposium presents Unlimited Adventure: “The Olympics Now and Then” with cyclists Davis Phinney and Sunday, Feb. 5 Connie Carpenter. The talk is free at 6 p.m. at the Donovan Beaver Creek Snowshoe Race The Beaver Creek Snowshoe Adventure Series starts at Pavilion. For more info go to www.vailsymposium.org Creekside Park at 11 a.m. The series features slopeside sponsor expos and a post-event plaza party for all participants to Friday, Feb. 3 enjoy a variety of giveaways and a post-race meal. Arrive Conspirator + Samples at Agave early on race day to demo Atlas Snowshoes at the start/finFormed in 2004 by Aron Magner and Marc Brownstein (The ish area. Preregistration is $30 available Dogma Athletica or Disco Biscuits’ keyboardist and bass player) along with New online. Day-of registration is $35. York producer DJ Omen, Conspirator has taken on many forms through the years. Samples will join for an evening of Sunday, Feb. 5 electronica music at Agave beginning at 9:30 p.m.

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surface only, but are not adequate on sloped terrain.” As Pence notes, the benefit of mirrored lenses is in glare reduction, and less glare equals better depth perception and an easier time picking through the trees. Mirrored goggles are prime for the ski hill, while polarized sunglasses make the best choice for driving or snowshoeing.

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Found in fish oils, Omega-3 fatty acids are nature’s answer to poor eye health. Optometrist Anne Pence claims a regular regimen of fish oils (found in pill form at the grocery store) wards off age-related degeneration and cataracts, as well as treats symptoms of dry eye and inflammation. The benefits extend beyond the eyes, she says, as fish oils also help manage cholesterol levels and even reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s. Be wary, though – cheaper supplements aren’t as rigorously tested for mercury and other harmful additives. Pregnant women should be particularly careful with daily dosages and stick to pharmaceuticalgrade oils. If you’re vegan, a good substitute for fish oil is flax.

Blinded by the light Although the cumulative effects of lazy eye protection are formidable, a short, concentrated dose of sunlight can be just as dangerous. Snow blindness is often associated with mountaineering – say, getting caught while hiking in the mountains – but can happen on a relatively lax day on the ski hill. “’Snow blindness’ is like a severe sunburn of the eyes,” Pence says. “Snow blindness occurs when the eyes are exposed to an excessive amount of UV radiation in a short period of time, such as an afternoon skiing or climbing a fourteener without proper sunglasses.” Along with pain and sensitivity to light, snow blindness Mirrored or polarized? can also cause a momentary loss in vision. It’s not someSure, mirrored lenses look pretty snazzy, but do they make thing to be taken lightly: the effects can last several days and an impact on your vision? According to Pence, absolutely. there’s no quick-fix once the damage is done. “Mirrored goggles block glare, often better than polarized SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at phillenses,” Pence says. “Polarized lenses block glare off a flat ip@sneakpeakvail.com

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LUCAS EVANS –––––––––––– Breckenridge. He laughs, telling the story of how nervous he was. All the pros were “just going crazy” on their runs, and all he could do was try and concentrate on his own performance. “I got smoked by all the pros,” he says, but his father was quick to pull him aside afterward. He told his son that he was at the starting gate with the best of the pros, and just because his run that day fell short, it didn’t mean he wasn’t going anywhere. Lucas Evans took that talk to heart and says he still thinks about that conversation. Even today, after a disappointing run, he understands that the experience gained will lead to better things in the future. Evans is humble, despite having a style on skis you usually only read about. He’ll pop a front flip off the smallest bump in the hill, or throw air that has people on the lifts staring. His dream is to be able to make a full-time living competing at the top level of freestyle skiing. When not training, he works as a ski tech at Christy Sports to earn enough money to travel and compete.

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best, but he did, and he continues to feed off of the success, he says. With the help of a Vail Valley Foundation grant, Evans was able to travel to Europe and compete against the best in the world on their home turf. “(Those skiers were) in a league of their own,” he says. “The course was absolutely insane, and I made it to the semifinals and finished in 10th place. I could not believe I was actually in Europe, and the entire experience was mind blowing.” If you see Evans ski up close and personal, or check out his exploits on YouTube or Vimeo, you might wonder why you don’t see the kid at the Winter X Games or other similar type of competitions. It’s not quite enough to be a talented freeskier to gain entry into these big competitions. Committees carefully choose who competes, and it’s important to make an impression. You’ve got to catch the eyes of those in the network – meaning both patience and big air are virtues for Evans. He watches competitions like the Winter X Games and knows he belongs in the field, with a chance to win. The lack of early season snow put the freestyle season on a brief hold. But now that the snow has been falling generously, it’s game on for Evans. He says he’s excited to travel next month to some of the biggest competitions in the west with purses as large as $10,000 on the line. For now, keep your eye out in the parks at Vail and Beaver Creek, and you just might catch the next big superstar.

Making a name for himself A shot at the big time now seems like it could be a reality for Evans, with some help from some big sponsors, including Head and Oakley. He’s had some major breakthroughs in competition as well. During a trip to New Zealand last summer, Evans landed himself in third at a “big air” competition. In the big air, competitors get one big jump to throw one big trick, and the best trick wins. In a defining moment, Evans threw down a clean jump and finished on the podium in SneakPEAK writer Larry Grossman can a very heavily talented field. Not only did be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com he already know he could compete with the

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Dear fellow zoo mates, Take the advice from me, You always want to be yourself. If you are a tiger, then be a tiger. If you are a lion, then be a lion. If you are a chicken, Don’t come near my cage. If you fall out of the flow of life, Don’t be afraid to pounce back on. If you have something to say, Don’t be afraid to roar it out. If you stand as tall as the cage you’re in, Then break free. If you party like a wild animal, Then party like a wild animal. If you are a pussy cat, Then stay in your cage. Take advice from me, a fellow zoo mate, You can find me in the Ligar section.

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