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I'm on my waayyyy!

So it begins....I woke up at 4am this morning to catch my 9:55 flight from Boston to Denver, lading safely at the Denver International Airport. I am super stoked to find that Denver now has free Wifi! A welcome change since the last time I flew through here. I have about three hours to kill until my next flight and so far my trip has been eerily smooth. I suppose I will find out what I forgot pretty soon! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

first tracks...

Finally got to take a couple of runs in this weekend. I went home from UNH for thanksgiving break and, was able to get some turns in. Props to the guys up at Cannon Mountain for making some high quality snow for opening weekend. It felt great to get the boards beneath my feet again. I took a few easy free skiing runs on friday morning, followed by a couple basic drills in the afternoon to start to get the form pieced back together. Its amazing how quickly it comes back to you after being off snow for months! Saturday was too crowded so I did some quick drills and free runs in the am then called it a day. It would be a huge bummer to get hurt running into somebody on opening weekend. Huge thanks to Cannon Mountain for their support, skiing wouldn't the same without some good cannon snow! Also bought the first couple tickets for the season this weekend, heading to steamboat on christmas, and off to europe on January 6th. GET STOKED TO SKI!!!!

oh and thanks mom :)

Summer?

Summer is upon us here in the wonderful white mountains of northern New Hampshire, and I am hard at work preparing for the upcoming year. I have been all over the place getting my stuff together for the fall semester at UNH! As well as trying to organize myself for this winter. I have been training very hard this summer in an aggressive effort to gain a little weight as well as learning how to jump...finally. I am chasing the ever elusive sponsor, if I can find one or two this next season could be FANTASTIC! We shall see, in the meantime, here's a little hello from the knee dippin', zippin', trippin', whippin', kid..

Fifteen years?

Where will I be in fifteen years? I have a pretty good idea, but it is always bound to change. I think that I will be doing research at a university or major company in the sports industry. Of course that is what I hope I am going to be doing, so you never know. I hope that I am living in a place similar to here, easy access to the outdoors, especially the mountains. Hopefully I will have won a couple ski races along the way as well....

Technology?

Well, for me, technology has played a huge part in my life, as well as created a whole new world for me to live in, an alternate reality of sorts. Before I had all the technology, a computer, an ipod, a cell phone, all that other stuff, travel was a difficult task to suffer through. The endless plane rides and 18 hour car rides to Michigan were horrible. I would sleep through half the trip, and read the other half. I had to bring two or three books just to keep me occupied through the entire trip. Talk about trouble. Then, when we finally arrived at our destination I had no way of keeping in touch with all of my friends back home, I was gone, fallen off the side of the earth to them. Now with the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook, not only can I keep in touch while I am gone, but I can also keep in touch with the people who I meet when I travel. The ability to maintain long distance friendships across an ocean is incredible! The people I meet there are more than just people who I know, they are people who I talk with frequently, real friends! This is something that I place a high value on. The ability to communicate is something that I have certainly never had trouble doing in person, and now, have no problem doing 24/7. Maybe I am just another member of the technology generation, that is true, but I am also a member of what I like to call the "Maximizing Potential" club. If I can do it, the by golly I am going to do it. There is no point to purchasing a new computer with all sorts of incredible capabilities, and then plugging it into the wall and letting it sit there collecting dust while you go on living your plane old life. I think that access to technology is something that is going to become more and more popular, even more so than it already is. Our culture is going to have to learn to embrace technology and all that it can do for us. In the coming years we are going to see more and more people in the older generations using the newest technology and staying up to date. The attitude towards technology is going to see a huge shift from "its a tool", to "it is a critical part of our life." If you thought were in the technology age now, just wait, we have only just begun.

About me!

For those of you who are not already well aquainted with me, my name is Cory Snyder, and there are a few things that you should know about me, before proceeding, with out reading this, reading my blog could be detrimental to your health, well maybe not...anyways. Thing number one, Meagan Shamz, yup. Thing number two, I love skiing, period. Thing number three, music may just be what keeps me ticking. I also am fascinated with the inner workings of the human body, especially the muscular system. I would like to be a physical therapist after I go to school. I am also one of those weird people that gets a rise out of pushing my body to the brink of exahustion. Don't ask why, I just do. I like the way your body feels after an hour of hill sprints on your bike or the way your legs feel like jelly after a 30 mile ride. Thats just me. You know what else is me, eating. Boy do I love food. If I could be a food tester slash VO2 max tester, that would be the perfect job! I actually just created a new page, devoted entirely to odd bizare and or just plain old interesting or tasty, or not so tasty, foods that I run into along the path of life.

I'll leave you with a little question here, what are the three things that keep you ticking? Think long and hard, they may not come to you as quickly as you think. Have four or five, no problem, the number is different for everybody!