I ski.

Raina ('18) is an Environmental Studies and International Relations major from Boulder, Colorado. She grew up skiing and racing for Winter Park and her favorite mountain is Crested Butte. Raina is also a member of the Tufts softball team and in her spare time enjoys making snow angels and lion taming.

Danielle ('18) is an electrical engineering major from Niskayuna, NY who grew up skiing and racing at Gore Mountain. In addition to ski team, she is part of Tuft's cross-country and track teams, Tufts' Society of Women Engineers, and Cheese Club. In her free time Danielle enjoys cooking, reading, and Stewart's mint cookie crumble ice cream.

What's up cool cats? Kenny (A18) is a freshman from up north in the 603. He likes skiing, hiking, skiing, biking, skiing, Shakespeare, skiing, long walks on the beach looking up at the stars contemplating life, skiing, playing Quidditch (Go Tufflepuffs!), oh and skiing. Lebanon, NH is where he hails from. He spent his early years shredding Storrs Hill and Whaleback. He's a Taurus and his favorite color is yellow because it is happy like sunshine. He's studying IR/Economics. In case you ever see someone and think, "is that Kenny?", If the person you are looking is obviously the best skier on the mountain, your answer is a 100% yes. He would like to take this time to thank his Mom and Dad as well as Eli, 1103, and the rest of TU ski team.

"Quick shout out to my sponsors...wait, I don't have any sponsors. If you are reading this (Ted Ligety, I'm talking to you) and see that I'm the best skier on the mountain and want to sponsor me, contact my agent (mom) and I'm sure we can set something up. All hail Queen Reba. So this one time I was skiing at Sunday River and I made a new best friend, so shout-out to Candy (and Libby) for having an amazing adventure with me that day. This year has been incredible for so many reasons (for a list of reasons please contact Justin Stearns)."

His favorite flavor of ice cream is Ben and Jerry's chocolate therapy. By writing this Bio, he is definitely not procrastinating doing his IR project. Stop, do it. Kenny. Stop. Stop Now! Ugh. Goodbye internet.

PS. If you made it all the way to here without giving up, go find him, tell him his favorite flavor of ice cream, and receive a free hug.

Susan ('18) is a Biology and Anthropology major, Art History minor from good ol’ Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. She grew up skiing at Stratton Mountain in Vermont where she developed a love of cows. Susan spends her summers working with camels at the Bronx Zoo or in Belize digging for Maya ruins, but during the year you can find her working at VCA City Cats. She is also involved with Hillel, TIHAI, and Tufts Animal Welfare. Besides skiing and animals, Susan loves outdoor photography, pop tart infused ice cream, and Buzzfeed quizzes.

Gaby (A17) is a sophomore who grew up skiing at Mt. Snow and hails from the lovely land of Lawn Guyland. A serious athlete on and off the slopes, she enjoys long nights in Tisch and early morning walks to the gym and back. Gaby is perusing a strenuous double major in Finger-Painting and Engineering Psychology. She’s a serious Netflix marathoner, having barreled through all of Friends, One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, Greek, Grey’s Anatomy, Freaks and Geeks, and many more in record amounts of time. Some call it excessive or terrifying, she calls it devotion. Peers have said that they look up to Gaby, both metaphorically and literally, and find inspiration in her successful balancing of the strains of being a renowned Frat Star and her devotion to a holistic lifestyle.
 

Warren is a Senior (’14) Mechanical Engineering Major, from St. Albans, Vermont.  He grew up skiing at Hard’ack and Smugglers Notch.  Warren began ski racing as a freshman in high school.   He joined the Tufts Ski team as a freshman and has been the team’s equipment manager for the past two years before becoming captain.  Outside of skiing Warren is a brother in the fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon, and works at the Ginn Library at the Fletcher School. 

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Ben ('18) is a Mechanical Engineer from Woodbridge, Connecticut. His home mountain is Bromley in Vermont. He is also a member of the Tufts Ballroom Dance Team. When he's not beating his older sister Michelle ('15) on the race course or masterfully gatekeeping an entire course solo, Ben enjoys snow-fort building and panini's.

Chelsea is a Senior (’14) majoring in Engineering Psychology with a minor in Political Science. She grew up in Lebanon, NH and learned to ski at age 2 at Ragged Mountain. In high school she raced USSA and FIS through Waterville Valley Academy and Holderness School. When she’s not racing, she can be found cheering on teammates, goggle tanning, and free skiing.

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Although in the past Eloise('14) has been known as the Best Skier on the Mountain and even took home a gold medal from the Pole Whacking Championships in February 1995, she has recently taken on a new sideline role due to a series of unfortunate events (knee injuries). Her many talents include baking cakes for team members' birthdays, taking photos with an iPad, and fireside blogging in the ski lodge. When not fulfilling her responsibilities as Team Mom, Eloise spends her free time working on a Senior Honors Thesis in History and coordinating the Tufts Wilderness Orientation.

Noah (A17) is a sophomore studying political science and psychology. He likes ski racing, but he always seems to fall. He is "not quite sure why". His coaches once told him why, but he forgot it." 

Samantha('14) was born and raised in the city that literally is known around the world for producing ski prodigies. We're not talking about Colorado, the Cochran factory, or even Nordic hinterlands. We are talking about St. Louis, Missouri. Samantha learned to read by keeping her tips up and checking her loose clothing and equipment. Her DIN was 14 before she was. When she's not shredding the gnar or having a spunky slalom competition with her good friend Ted Ligety, she can be found studying international relations and public health, watching Lord of the Rings, eating peanut butter, supporting the Cardinals and Blues, and dancing in pink crocs.

Alexandra is a sophomore majoring in ACS-certified chemistry and mathematics. She started skiing at the age of 8 and learned to ski mostly at Sunday River in Maine. Before coming to Tufts, she raced for two years in high school. Aside from skiing, Alexandra also tap dances and choreographs for the Tufts Tap Ensemble!

Wearing a powder-blue one-piece and over-sized bunny-hat, Marie took her first turns at age two on Baldy Mountain in Southern Idaho. She began racing at the age of 6 at Schweitzer Mountain, and competed in both the Wyoming and Vermont High School circuits as a teenager. When she is not carving down the icy slopes of New England with Tufts, she studies Biology, runs half marathons, and works for global health equity.

Andrew (A17) is a sophomore studying Quantitative Economics and History. His home mountain is Cannon--nothing beats spring skiing at Cannon. Outside of ski team, he is a part of the club soccer team, TFG, 180 Degrees Consulting, and he volunteers at the Medford Boys and Girls Club. Random fact- GS is not a part of his vocabulary. It's kind of awkward how much worse he is at GS than slalom.

Dana (A17) is a sophomore from Shelburne, VT majoring in International Relations. She can easily be spotted in her bright yellow GS suit and will only answer to The Glorious Banana. When not occupied by class, working in the admissions office, or helping our democracy, she enjoys long Dewick outings with her mother, Rachel, while indulging in hot chocolate mixed with coffee and cereal (preferably a mixture of Cracklin Oat Bran, Honey Nut Cheerios, and Smart Start). Although Dana enjoys skiing around New England, she prefers the sport of bobsledding and riding the rope tow at her home mountain, Cochran's.

Courtney was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Since there is a lack of skiable mountains in Brooklyn, she has been going to Vermont to ski since she was five. Her go-to mountains in Vermont are Mount Snow and Stratton. She can be found zipping down the ski mountain donning a vintage sweater and her signature bangs whirling in the wind. Besides skiing, she enjoys golf, crafting, archery, photography, going to art museums, and going to indie concerts. Courtney is a biochemistry and art history major at Tufts and hopes to one day become a medical doctor by day and art conservator by night.

Kirsten ('17) is grew up skiing at Mount Snow (VT) and Whistler/Blackcomb (BC). She is the philanthropy chair of ATO and teaches elementary students engineering through STOMP when she is not skiing and studying Chemical Engineering.

She would more likely pee in a bush, nalgene, or my pants than walk out of her way to find a bathroom (42 forever), and the only froyo she purchases is cake batter flavored.

Leah ('16) is majoring in Biology, who learned to ski at the age of four.  Her home mountain is Alyeska.  When she is not skiing Leah is playing tennis with the Tufts Club Tennis Team and enjoys hiking and kayaking. 

Jessica ('17) was born in Germany, moved to Texas, and is now freezing in Boston. Enjoys obscene quantities of coffee, Earl Grey tea, and bagels. When she's not skiing, she's running, trying to understand chemistry, or eating in Chinatown with her friends.

Hannah ('17) learned to ski at a young age when her grandfather strapped plastic skis to her feet and sent her outside. Since then, she has improved her skiing abilities somewhat at a small hill called King Pine in NH and is excited to be racing for Tufts! Besides ski team, Hannah enjoys rowing on the Tufts crew team and exploring the wilderness.

McKenzie ('17) is majoring in Engineering Psychology .  She learned to ski at the age of three and her home mountain is Sugarbush, Vermont.  She once fell asleep while skiing! When she is not skiing, McKenzie is also a player on the Tufts Quidditch Team, and a member of the Tufts Mountain Club.

Charles ('16) is a Music Major from Needham, Massachusetts. He raced in high school through the Ski East League at Ragged Mountain.   Charles is a guitarist who is in a number of groups that perform regularly throughout the Boston Area. 

Alright, my name is Joe('15), I am a junior studying IR, focusing in Environmental Econ. I was born in England and was lucky enough to start learning to ski really young, before I moved to the Northeast where snow and gravel have come to mean generally the same thing. I moved to the US when I was 10 and started skiing a LOT more often because Wachusset is only like an hour away and a pretty sweet deal. Roper's Road 4 Life!
What else? I'm big into music and photography sometimes when I'm not being lazy (but isn't everyone?). Errrm I had never ski-raced until this year and found out pretty quickly that it's really, really hard. Sooo yeah, I'm excited about the season and looking forward to getting to know everyone a bit better!

Charlie('16) is a sophomore majoring in Quantitative Economics. He grew up outside of Houston, Texas but learned to ski at North Star in Lake Tahoe, CA. Outside of skiing, he works as a research assistant for the Economics Department and enjoys being a part of Tufts' Financial Group and Tufts Dance Collective.

Nick ('16) is majoring in Political Science and Economics.  His home mountain is Sugar Bowl in Tahoe.  Nick previously raced on the East Grand Rapids High School Varsity Ski Team.  Nick is a brother in Delta Tau Delta, and is a member of the Tufts Consulting Collective, as well as a manager at Tufts Student Resources.  

Dixon ('15) is a Computer Science Major.  His home mountain is Bogus Basin in Idaho.  Dixon is also a member of the Tufts Crew team and is Vice President of the Tufts Information Technology Society.  

Chris (E17) hails from the winter wonderland known as Tahoe, California. Chris is a man of many talents including, but not limited to, managing equipment, solving a rubiks cube and counting to one hundred. Furthermore, though he has never officially received voice lessons, you may find him and Dan harmoniously serenading the Thompson Division regularly throughout the season.

Brian (E18) is an engineer and musician. He wishes he had more free time. Likes skiing.

Ravi (A18) is originally from Miami, Florida but he learned to ski/raced for a few years in Zürs am Arlberg, Austria (Flexen Pass reppin' till he dies). When he's not skiing he is turning up with @God at Tufts Hindu Students Council meetings or being himself (brown) with Tufts Association of South Asians members. In his free time he likes being a vegetable and watching Netflix, eating everything in his sight (give his Japanese/Turkish/Indian food and he'll be yours forever), and cheering on his favourite soccer team FC Bayern München (Mario Götze is bæ).

Becca (A18) is a "freshie" and is thinking about double majoring in psychology and child development, but she's still undecided. She is from Evanston, Illinois, and grew up skiing at Alpine Valley and trips out West with her family. At Tufts she is part of the club soccer team, best buddies, and special friends. Her favorite ice cream is moose tracks, and she work at a summer camp in Michigan which is the BEST job ever!!! Fun fact: she sucked my thumb until second grade and also she know how to knit (lol).

KC ('15) is a premed, Biopsychology major from Wilmington, Vermont. She learned to ski at age 3 at Mt. Snow. She also plays club lacrosse and tutors local elementary school kids in Medford. In her free time KC can be found watching the New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, and Boston Red Sox or playing with Dolphins.

Stephanie ('15) is a Chemical Engineering major from Rye, New York.  Her home mountain is Stratton in Vermont.  She is also the Treasurer of the Tufts Ski Team.  Stephanie is also a member of Engineers Without Borders.  In her free time she enjoys cooking and watching Bones.

Emily ('15) is a Human Factors Engineering and Engineering Education student. She hails from Cape Elizabeth, Maine, just outside of Portland, and grew up skiing at and racing for Wildcat Mountain in North Conway, NH (until age 13). Emily is world-renown for her mastery of the twittersphere, her enthusiasm for Comic Sans MS, and her excessive love for all things ski team. You can find Emily trolling the freshman class at the activities fair, monitoring the EPDC like a hawk, or hiding from the rest of the civilized world somewhere in New England.

Jamie ('16) motto is "The key to skiing... The only way is down!"

Kate (A17) says "It's me! Kate!"

Dana hails from Norwalk, Connecticut and commonly experiences discomfort when referring to herself in the third person. Although her home mountain is Bromley (Vermont) she spent a fair amount of time skiing in Sun Valley, Idaho during her youth, which always prompts questions/jokes about potatoes. Her likes include skiing (duh), playing club soccer, getting weird and outdoorsy, experimenting with lactose-free products, and aspiring to become half as awesome as the women of Saturday Night Live. Her dislikes include jokes about potatoes, wet socks, and poorly-lit food photography.

The tale of Gyde Lund is one of humble beginnings and even more humble progressions. Born in St. Louis with two legs and one nose Gyde was riding high. However, having accomplished nothing of particular fame, notoriety or wealth by the age of 14, Gyde decided to live out the remainder of his golden years in hermitage pondering life's secrets and testing whether massaging trees in their youth improves their growth cycles-it does not. After having cut down all the trees he attempted to grow in order to make way for industry and put in a pool house, Gyde sat amongst the stumps of his work, meditating to the Howard Shore masterpiece that is the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. There was an awakening. Like the pheonix, Gyde burned the forest to the ground, gathered his worldly posessions (TI-84 calculator, hat, tempur-pedic pillow, half drank 30 rack of Natty) and hit the road. Under the cover of darkness Gyde slipped into Boston and took his place amongst the Tufts freshman class of 2012. Still the pull of the mountains and the finer things in life such as Shottub time machines brought him to the Tufts Ski Team and here he has resided ever since.