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" Hey guys, Just a quick refresher, so you&amp;#039;re all in the loop... I&amp;#039;ve been competing in Olympic qualifying contests to make the US Olympic Snowboard Team (for half pipe) and everything wrapped up two weekends ago. The competition was, in one word, TIGHT! Things were neck in neck with my teammate Elena (Hight) to nab the fourth and final spot on the Women&amp;#039;s Team. After all was said and done, she edged ahead of me in Saturday night&amp;#039;s contest to stake claim. I did however stick two 900s back-to-back, which was one of my goals during these Olympic qualifying contests! It is really tough knowing I won&amp;#039;t be with the rest of the US Snowboarding Team in Vancouver, but if I&amp;#039;ve learned anything from my journey in professional snowboarding, it&amp;#039;s that when one door closes, another one opens - everything happens for a reason. I will certainly be cheering them all on and hoping for a US Team podium sweep! I&amp;#039;ve trained so much this season, and just because qualifiers are over, I&amp;#039;m not going to slow down; I&amp;#039;m going to push myself to keep progressing. Keep an eye out for more updates as I continue competing. There is also a really cool trip I&amp;#039;m going on with Gatorade to do some back county riding\u2014I&amp;#039;ll tell you more about that later. EH "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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