“When I was 11 or 12 riding the chairlift, looking down at the people we thought were cool and we wanted to ski like them.”

Before Glen Plake was gracing magazine covers and shredding the hardest lines the world over, he was just another snot nosed kid riding a chairlift surveying the cool the kids and getting inspired by what they doing. Hard to calculate how many skiers Glen went onto inspire but there’s one you might recognize above ↑↑↑.

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Francis Xavier is a seasoned writer for Unofficial Networks, bringing a lifetime of outdoor experience to his work. Having lived in a ski resort town for years he has a deep connection to mountain culture....