Telluride

I went out to Telluride for the freeskiing comp this week which turned out to be super frustrating for me. I picked a line that I was comfortable with and would score well but I was dead last in the start order, so 96 people went before me. I thought that my line would still be doable but when I dropped in the top chute I was going to go down was completely bare and the rocks at Telluride aren't smooth enough to slide on. The only way I could see to get back to my line was to back up but that would have cost me alot of fluidity and agressiveness points, so I decided to continue the way I was going. I ended up finishing the bottom 3/4 of the course in 2 huge turns but it wasn't enough to get me into the finals. The thing that frustrates me most isn't that the chute was bare, its that I didn't look around enough or plan ahead for an alternate way to get to my line, or have a back up line. Thinking back I could have gotten to it or made up something else other than just turns. But thats how it goes, live and learn.