The first episode was posted up about a month ago so it’s about time I published a post for episode 2. If you haven’t seen episode 1 then click on this (Jen Hudak ‘Moving Mountains’ Episode 1 – Path).
If you don’t want to read the huge blurb from Jen Hudak about the episode then I’ll cut it down for you! This episode is all about pressure. It’s about the pressure of competing at the Winter X Games and how everyone looks to this competition as their Everest. Jen talks about how she went to the last Winter X Games to win, came so close but didn’t get that top spot.
Want to read the whole blurb because that wasn’t good enough? It’s here, and don’t worry, it didn’t hurt my feelings that you wanted more.
“X-Games. A six letter hyphenated word never packed so much punch. Imagine life, elevated. Every emotion, sensation, vibration is powering 10 times higher than usual. If you can grasp that, then you can grasp X-Games and this episode of “Moving Mountains.” It’s all about Pressure.
X-Games is like any contest, but on steroids, and is produced more as a TV show than a ski contest. The venue at Buttermilk in 2011 was better than ever. The pipe was revamped- steeper, firmer, and definitely faster. And entering X-Games as the defending gold medalist, the pressure to perform was insurmountable. Throw in a film project, and you have the potential for a meltdown.
Focusing on filming and competing was a new element for me this past year. Normally if I am feeling stressed at X-Games I just deflect the thoughts, but not this time. Any thought I had was verbalized, and in a sense, lived more intensely. But I felt that it enhanced my performance. I was forced to focus directly on my goals, detach myself from the potential outcome and just ski my heart out. My number one priority was to put a 1080 in my run. With 3 finals runs, I was planning on landing a clean safety run and then having 2 more to get the 10 dialed. Though I skied the best run of my life at X-Games last year, another gold didn’t quite happen, as you will see…
Thankfully, we did get everything on film. Although I didn’t end the day on top of the podium, I reached new heights. And now, I get to relive it once more. I hope that everyone can enjoy this edit, understand a little more about what goes on behind the scenes at X-Games, and get stoked that winter is right around the corner, opportunities abounding. Life is about pushing yourself- dream big.”
http://vimeo.com/31272814
For the record, I’m pretty sure that the X Games don’t like to hyphenate their name but that’s neither here nor there right now!
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