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The last prompted a decision to leave racing and pursue a sustainable version of a sport she wanted to do for the rest of her lift.

Christina underwent five reconstructive knee surgeries during her racing career. She was ranked in the top 30 in the world in giant slalom by the time she was 21 and in 2006, she competed in the Olympic Winter Games in Torino. Her prowess on the race course proved itself early and by the age of 11, she was representing Canada at a competition in Europe. Christina spent most of her childhood at Panorama Mountain Resort, where her parents ran вЂњLustiвЂ™sвЂќ, a ski shop at the base of the ski area. Her parents met at CMH Monashees, the same heli-ski lodge where she clocked in for her first guiding shift. While gaining her lead ski guide certification from the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, Christina added first descents to her resume like Consternation Chute in the Selkirks and the south couloir of Adamant Mountain in 2011, a line bisected by a 50-foot vertical wall of ice that she skied solo.Д¬hristinaвЂ™s ski roots run deep. Since leaving the Canadian National Ski Team and moving to Revelstoke in 2008, sheвЂ™s built a new skill set. Powder magazine called Christina вЂњone of the most finely tuned ski mountaineers in North AmericaвЂќ. At 35, the former Olympic ski racer now notches first descents in ranges close to home in British Columbia and as far away as the Himalayas (she embarked on her first ski expedition to Nepal in October 2019). ThereвЂ™s a lot of nice features to Colorado.Christina Lustenberger (or вЂњLustiвЂќ) evolved from World Cup alpine skier to certified ACMG ski guide to big mountain film star and expedition skier almost as quickly as the pace she sets up and down mountains. The Aspen segment nods to the townвЂ™s posh reputation, with shots of shoppers at the downtown fashion boutiques and of a tiny dog in a onesie, Wilson noting вЂњApsen has this aura about it as not being as much of a hardcore big mountain skiing townвЂ¦Then you get out here and itвЂ™s super rad. The inclusion of a Colorado segment in вЂњMake BelieveвЂќ and this Colorado-centric virtual event arenвЂ™t the only signals that weвЂ™re going to see a bigger TGR presence here вЂ“ the company also opened a retail store in Breckenridge last month, its first in the state and its third anywhere following openings in Jackson and Bozeman.

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вЂњIt was really cool this year to get up into those zones and make that dream a reality.вЂќДЄt the outset of a wild series runs in the local backcountry, he explains how heвЂ™s found his spots: вЂњThereвЂ™s a lot of hidden gems around here that take a lifetime to explore.вЂќ вЂњItвЂ™s always been a dream of mine to spend more of my season at home and spend more time in the valley,вЂќ Hinchliffe says. The shoot from early 2020 also includes skiers Tim McChesney and Blake Wilson snowmobiling with Hinchliffe to heavenly steeps and secret stashes in what appears to be some of the remote terrain above Lenado and the powder pillows near Independence Pass. WeвЂ™d get enough snow in my driveway where I was able to build a jump and learn my first backflip.вЂќ

Reminiscing beside the wood-burning stove in his childhood home, Hinchliffe says, вЂњIt was just and inspiring place to grow up. вЂњMake BelieveвЂќ features the scene-stealing 13-year-old phenom Kai Jones as well as a star turn from AspenвЂ™s own Colter Hinchliffe, the TGR regular who is featured in a segment in Japan as well as one filmed in the Aspen backcountry (a rarity for the Jackson Hole-based TGR) who guides viewers through his hometown early in the film.

The all-access model may be the best hope for feature-length ski filmmaking to survive this post-DVD era dominated by Instagram and the uncertain near-term future for film tours. Normally priced at $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, TGR Premium opens up access to the entire TGR film library вЂ“ classic full-lengths like вЂњHigherвЂќ and вЂњDeeperвЂќ and all of the shorts through the years. вЂњTGR is looking at doing more virtual events like this that still create that sense of engagement that goes beyond just watching the film,вЂќ TGRвЂ™s Mark Behrendt said.ДЄlong with the booze and swag, the event includes a three-month access to TGR Premium on Teton Gravity Research TV, the adventure film companyвЂ™s streaming venture.

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