![]() So, hopping into the competition was something I always wanted to do.” During her rookie year, she frequently crashed, habitually searching out huge features. “Skiing around with the different athletes was a highlight, too, and I felt like I could keep up with a lot of the talented skiers. In a 2015 FWT qualifier big mountain event in Verbier, Switzerland, David made the astonishing transition, placing third. “Seeing that film really opened my eyes and at that moment I decided that’s what I wanted to pursue.”Īfter a few years “in the booth,” she went from being Joe Buck to Joe Montana, trading in on-snow reporting for world-class shredding. “It completely changed the way I saw skiing and understood the scale of the mountains across the entire world,” David said. She raced and dabbled in freestyle competitions, but truly realized her calling after viewing a TGR film - known for showcasing many of the most epic destinations and mountain ranges on the planet - as a teenager. Her unique journey to a backcountry career began in Pinedale, Wyoming, where David grew up skiing in a family of outdoor fanatics a hop and a skip south of Jackson Hole. She’s a writer, media producer and advocate for women empowerment in the backcountry square - where her niche was carved by her intellect as much as her Icelandic planks. ![]() Though she’s a featured on-snow star in Teton Gravity Research’s (TGR) “Magic Hour,” which makes it’s Vail debut on Sunday at Vail Mountain School at 7 p.m., the content creating Swiss army knife does more than rip crazy lines. Amy Jane David stars in TGR's "Magic Hour," which makes its Vail debut on Sunday at VMS at 7 p.m.Īmy Jane David isn’t just a caricatured Warren Miller-copying, tear-drop trailer-living, parking lot apres burrito-eating pow-chaser. ![]()
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