Crystal Wright, pro skier, strength and conditioning coach, personal trainer
Rest days? Twice a week Aprés ski? Go to work. When do you hang it up for the season? Mid-June. The lifts close only here. I do what you do when they don’t run the tram. Snowbird, Beartooth, Targhee, the pass, the park. What’s the best thing about your job? The boss. What part of skiing do you like best? Freefalling G-force at speed.
Crystal Wright, pro skier / strength and conditioning coach / personal trainer, born and raised in Jackson Hole Pairs of skis? Three. I’m lucky to be sponsored by Head, so I don’t buy skis. Before that I bought a new pair every two years. You tune them? I used to, and I can tune them, but the guys at Pepi’s do such an amazing job, better than I can do. How do you stay healthy and prevent injury? I try to eat well and take care of myself. I train at the gym at least two days a week, even through the season, to maintain muscle memory and stabilizer muscles, to prevent injury. Do you train pre-season? I bike, hike, climb, and train four days a week at the gym. I notice such a difference in my skiing at the beginning of the year and how my body feels.
Kate Schade, health food entrepreneur
Days to reach top form? With pre-season training, within two weeks I feel very strong and ready to ski at my ability. Rest days? I’m bad about taking rest days, but I try to at least take one day a week off with no physical activity. I think it is really important. Aprés ski? I don’t aprés as much as I used to, but I do enjoy having a few beers at Cascade or the Moose after skiing if I don’t have to rush off to work. When do you hang it up for the season? I try and continue skiing in the Tetons and Winds as long as the snow will let me. Last year I didn’t hang up the skis until after the Fourth of July. What’s the best thing about your jobs? As a pro-skier, I travel and ski all over the world with amazing people and for amazing companies. The best perk, though, is skiing at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. As a trainer, I help people feel physically and mentally better about their bodies and it’s rewarding to witness the results. My two jobs are becoming harder and harder to juggle, but I like to keep skiing as my passion and training as my job. What part of skiing do you like best? I love that no matter what the conditions, I still enjoy skiing. I’m constantly pushed and humbled every day. And nothing beats ripping around Jackson with a bunch of different, amazing skiers and friends.
Kate Schade, Owner/CEO Tram Bar LLC
dba Kate’s, a JH and Teton Valley skier 18 years, from Palmyra, New York Pairs of skis: Two. I, unfortunately, rarely buy new ones. I use my equipment pretty much till it’s unusable. Then I buy another pair. You tune them? I wax and sharpen, but I always have some quick wax with me for those needed times. How do you stay healthy and prevent injury? I eat well (as organic and local as I am able) and keep fit, but it hasn’t prevented injury. My newer summer passion on the dirt bike has had its consequences. Do you train pre-season? I feel like I am always in training. In the beginning of and during the
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