something you love? well snowboarder Shaun White, known as the Flying Tomato is a two time Olympic gold medalist. He has also won multiple Winter X Games medals. Shaun white had an exciting childhood. He was born on September 3 1986. He started snowboard at age 6. His parents moved him from skiing to snowboarding because they thought it would keep him out of trouble. Shaun was born with a heart defect that could have affected his whole life. When Shaun was born he was born with a heart…
Ability is what you're capable of doing . attitude determines how well you do it.motivation determines what you do.Joby Ogwyn had to have the right attitude when he jumped off mount everest.davo hat to be motivation to ski all the way down mount everest.Marco was the first american to climb mount everest he had to be motivated just like every person that has ever climbed mount everest. Joby Ogwyn when he jumped off mount everest what traveling at 150 mph.the most that he…
I applied for leadership for many reasons. First, I kept hearing really good things about the class (nothing bad!) Many people said that LDW introduced them to a lot of new friends and experiences. Going into high school, I was pretty scared and I thought the leadership class would help me get involved in the school and meet really great people. And that it did! I really enjoy the class and the people and I look forward to coming to LDW every day! My friends that were in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd…
new friends this year, or strengthened my friends I’ve had for years. Some examples of the people I’ve been friends with for a long time are alex colmenares, George kopendaka, and nick wilcowske. I haven’t done much with nick, but we are in a ski/snowboard club together, we both love being in the terrain park, grinding rails and flying off jumps. I’ve been friends with George and Alex for a long time, longer than I can remember. We played soccer together during recess and always sit by each…
I've always loved snowboarding through sickness and through health. It’s a stress reliever that helps me cope with my problems. When I was thirteen I had colorful green and white snowboard with abstract designs, when I stood tall it would come up to my chin. I grew attached to it because I've been through so much with the board. You could tell it was starting to wear down due to cracks in the base that looked like large canyons and every year I would take it with me to Vail to use it. Many…
According to the dictionary a Goal is a person's ambition or effort to achieve something. Everyone has a goal to accomplish whether it's a long term goal or short term goal. My goals are more long term rather than short term. I want to get accepted into Virginia Tech, I want to play on Tech’s lacrosse team, and I want to live next to a ski resort. First, I want to get accepted to go to Virginia Tech. I want to go there because it is my favorite school and my aunt went there. To get accepted I…
In this world all of us have different views on activities, food, and a number more. There are various activities, like snow sports. When choosing a snow sport, a person needs to know the difference between snowboarding and skiing. First, a person needs to know the difference in the learning curve involved in snowboarding and skiing. Skiing is probably the harder one to master. In skiing, a person can clock at least 80 miles an hour on a head wall(this is the steep face of a hill; also it is a…
topic that seems more interesting for me. In order to do my experiment, I have to do some research. The topics I researched were wax and different types of wax. Also I will want to research the physics of skiing. I might also test it out on a snowboard.…
I was born on February 25th 1998 at St Michael 's hospital in Toronto. I grew up in a part of Toronto called Bloor west village where I lived with my parents and my sister Lauren who is three years older than me. I attended Runnymede public school for both junior and senior kindergarten. My interests in my toddler years were T-ball, skiing and going to park with my best friend Carson. I learned to ski at a very young age, I was just 18 months when I first attempted to put on my sister…
45 or something like that in 2 grade. Now I wrestle like 120. I normal do everything like snowboard ride four wheeler and everything. In 6th grade I quit baseball and join the track team. The following year I quit the track team to join the lacrosse team. My sports career has been pretty fun. When I was 12 or 13 It was 7th grade year. I broke my wrist right before football. I hit this jump with my snowboard and then I tried to catch my self and broke my…