Jaclyn Paaso

Jackie Paaso and fellow Freeride World Tour athletes Maria Kuzma and Aline Bock travel through Austria, Switzerland and Germany for a stop on the tour and a little bit of … Read More

Jackie Paaso travels to Taos New Mexico for the 2011 Taos Salomon Freeride a Freeride World Tour event for the women. It was a fun ride, but once again luck … Read More

Stop #2 The Chamonix experience on the Freeride World Tour for the women and men was moved to Courmayeur in Italy due to poor snow conditions. Check out unofficialsquaw.com team … Read More

I had always heard that Scot Schmidt had land in Santa Cruz. I think the only reason I heard this was because on one of my trips there my friends and I ran into him at a local bar. I couldn't believe I was hanging out with the man who invented the color yellow and heli skiing! I'd seen all his movies growing up and never imagined I'd ever meet him. This was probably six years back. Before I'd ever owned a pair of powder skis or jumped off cliffs! I had just moved to Tahoe from Maine and I was a little lost. I went a few months that first winter without a ski pass to any mountain and no idea about ski touring. A lot has changed since then.

Last week Mountain Sports International and Sierra Nevada Brewery invited a group of athletes from The Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters to Beer Camp! On the skiing … Read More

After a two day bus ride from Las Lenas the group had finally arrived in Santiago. I was flying out later the following day along with the rest of the … Read More

By, Jaclyn Paaso

Last winter I had one of the greatest winters of my life. I spent it traveling around Europe on the Freeride World Tour with some of the best big mountain athletes in the world. I wasn’t a pre-qualified athlete on the tour. I was in every event by wild card until the finals in Verbier where I had worked my way to the top of the ranking. Unfortunately I fell in the finals, got forth place and finished third overall for the season. Everyone wants to be on top, but top 3 among this amazing field of female skiers was a great start for my first season on the Freeride World Tour.

I was so excited to know that I was pre-qualified for the following season.  All I had to do was ski and focus on winning and not getting into the comps. The FWT sent out an email late summer of the schedule for the upcoming winter. They had added two more stops for the men and the women still only had three. I was kind of disappointed to see that, but it wasn’t the end of the world. Some of my fellow competitors had started buying tickets to Europe for the winter and figuring out accommodations. A few weeks later I awoke to another email from the FWT…

“Firstly, we are creating a new platform for female riders in order to increase the number of female participants and make the World Title more accessible to young and upcoming talents. Female competitions will be integrated within FWQ events with the final in Verbier where we will all assemble as in previous years.  Further, the Female competitions will be featured within their own media showcase with on-line video features and a specific 26 minutes highlights show. “ FWT

The party in El Colorado came to an end and it was time to get on the road again. This meant a 17 hour bus ride from Chile to Argentina … Read More

  I ran into Robyn one of Squaw Valley’s finest patrollers who had also flown down for the contest. We both took shot gun even though the guys had advised … Read More

Kick Ass Blaster Jackie Paaso has been traveling Europe competing and taking in the scenery.  Check out her latest Unofficial blog post HERE. Janina and I just recieved some pics … Read More

I should be on a plane to Norway but instead I think the next plane I get on will be taking me to the USA!!! It's been a while since … Read More

I've been staying in Mayrhofen for a bit now and I've spent most of the time just hanging out and resting. I've got a cold I've been trying to kick. … Read More

Janina Kuzma and I just got back from a quick trip to Italy. We went down there to meet up with the awesome people from Dal Bello and get some … Read More

My friends Janina Kuzma, Sebastian Hanneman and I head over to Diedamskopf Austria for a ski test. The ski test was for SKIING magazine for the German speaking area. The … Read More

It's been a few days since I've been in Verbier but I fugured I should check in. We had an autograph session right before the bib draw. It took a … Read More

It's March 18th and I'm clelebrating my B Day in Verbier! What more can I ask for? I arrived here yesterday where I met up with Susan Mol. Our friends … Read More

So I've been resting up my shoulder for Verbier. I didn't really ski much this past week, but I think it was for the better. It's been nice to have … Read More

After the Tram Face comp I was left with a bit of a shoulder injury. Unfortunately that meant I would be unable to compete in the game of GNAR as … Read More

The morning of the Squaw comp we decided to not rush in to inspection. We showed up just in time to find an area and be able to watch the … Read More

After some poor results over in Europe I was stressing about wether or not they would give me a chance to compete in the Tram Face. After being giving a … Read More

Well it's 9am in the morning in Geneva and I'm about to head home. I've been on the road for three weeks now and it's been an adventure. Although things … Read More

After St. Moritz we headed to Fieberbrunn Austria for the 2nd stop of the women's FWT and a 3* qualifier for the men. I've fallen in love with Austria! This … Read More

~Jacyln Paaso's Freeride World Tour run from Fieberbrunn, Austria

I wanted to share a few pics from the after party at the Engadin Snow Comp. I love these ladies! The Kiwi boys showed us some of there interesting dances. … Read More

Well unfortunately for me I'm wirting this post from a spectators standpoint. The qualifiers did not go so hot. Can't win them all I guess. Ha ha… After speaking to … Read More

After my comp in Fieberbrunn AUS was canceled I decided to head over to St. Moritz to compete in a contes over there. I took a 9 hour train ride … Read More