Tommy P
Gender
Male
Height
6' 1"
Weight
180 lbs
Shoe Size
US 10.50
Skier Type
Type III - Aggressive
Ski Frequency:
50 - 99 days / year
My Skiing
I've been skiing since I was very young, I grew up in the Boston area, tried racing for a season or two, but it never really stuck. Otherwise skied all over New England up through high school.
After college I spent a season road-tripping around the Rockies skiing as many places as I could. I then spent a season bumming in the Aspen area, and then moved to Denver. 8 years or so now later and I settled back outside Aspen with my now wife, about 3 years ago.
My skiing style & goals have transitioned from more freeride-oriented - really just looking for the steepest slopes out there and anything to jump off of - to more fitness and peak-bagging oriented. I like a skimo race here and there, but more recreationally than competitively. I'd say my seasons breakdown as:
~40 days of fitness laps at the resort
~20 resort downhill days (sometimes overlapping with a skin lap)
~20 days of backcountry / mountaineering / couloir hunting, mostly in the spring
My Gear
I started touring with some good old frame bindings maybe 8 years or so ago, on a setup that I used mainly at the resort. Then I upgraded to a Cast + Look Pivot setup on some Faction Dictator 3.0's (188cm), which I still use mainly in the resort, but for a short tour here and there. For the past 3 years I've now been doing all my skinning and even some races on a pair of Salomon MTN Explore 95's (177cm) with ATK Freeraider 14 bindings and Scarpa Maestrale RS boots.
