She definitely was faster than me.

I got the itch again. The winter before last, I came home, and it dumped the whole time. I skied epic Steamboat powder and was like, OK, I need to get back to the mountains. I transferred to (the University of Colorado) and just wanted to get back to recreation skiing.

The end of the year was awesome. The coolest thing was stepping up on the podium with the No. 1 and No. 2 skier girls in the world. It was such a thrill.

It was quite the jump, being thrown into it. It's been a blast.