likes soccer, golf, football, water ski, paintball, pool billiards and hanging around with friends

2 younger brothers and 1 sister

grew up with a ski jumping family, his dad Jim and uncle Jeff both were Olympians in '76 and '80

started skiing at the age of 2

lives and trains with home coach Martin Bayer in Minnesota for most of the time

1996/1997: first Junior Olympics in Park City

2000: first trip to Europe, competing in the Alpen Cup in Planica/SLO

2001: Central Division Skier of the Year

2000/2001: last Junior Olympics in Lake Placid

2002/2003: 2nd in COC Zao/JPN

2003: Central Division Skier of the Year

Summer 2003: FIS Summer Grand Prix

September 2003: 1st in Itasca, MN, Super Tour

November 2003: 1st in Lake Placid, NY, Super Tour

2003/2004: several COCs in Europe and the U.S.

September 2004: Norge Super Tour K70 - 2nd, VISA Summer Series in Park City K90 - 7th

October 2004: 14th in Park City Super Tour K120, 6th on the K90, 12th + 6th in Lake Placid, Flaming Leaves and Super Tour

January 2005: COC Sapporo/JPN - 44th and 51st

February 2005: 25th COC Westby, WI

his cousin Jeff: "No grudges were held. My cousin and I were very competitive against each other. Sometimes he would win and sometimes I would. But after the competition was over, it was over."

future plans (in '02/'03): "As for skiing I hope to ski until the next Olympics, but with school and stuff it may be difficult financially."

his first JOs: "It was a very good learning experience."

his last JOs: "Knowing it was my last JOs, I wanted to go out on top and I did."

training in Minnesota: "They offered me to come out but it was a lot of money to join the actual training group in Park City. I decided that things went pretty well last year skiing with the coach I had and so I decided to try it again. It's working alright but there's definitely some pieces missing, like training programs and he doesn't really have the experience, so I think that's a bit more difficult."

Clint Jones: "Clint is a pretty good guy, he's a lot of fun to hang around with. He's got a good sense of humour, keeps things pretty interesting. Obviously a very good skier, the closest what we have to the top of the world and we can look at him to see where we are. I like to hang around with him, I think it's great."

his family: "I obviously had a lot of exposure to the sport, as well as three very good role models, at a very early age."

the Central Division Elite Team: "I can't begin to tell how much this has helped me as well as the rest of the team. It has given many of us something to belong to, and I believe it has helped every individual that has been a part of it."