Jackie Paaso grew up skiing on the East coast where she was a part of the freestyle ski team at Sunday River. After many years as a competitive mogul skier, with one title as Jr. World Combined Champion she took a break from competitive skiing. She then moved to Lake Tahoe and began coaching for the Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley freestyle teams, A friend suggested that Jackie try big mountain skiing, and the rest is history. Jackie has become one of the best big mountain freeskiers in the world, and she was named one of top 50 female athletes in action sports by XGames.
It’s better that you try something and find out you don’t like it than to not do anything at all.
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