Heather Paul was born on June 18^th, 1971. She’s from Bedford, New Hampshire. This famous, popular telemark skier made her first turns in Mount Snow, Vermont. She was inspired by her brother, David, who she tried to keep up with constantly. Some of her accomplishments include founding Ultimate Groove ( a renowned women’s telemark clinic) in 1998, and racing for the University of Vermont. She is arguably the best-known female telemark skier in North America!

     Huere Darquier is 24 years old, and she is from Argentina. Her real first name is Lia, but she changed it when she was two. She said she likes Huere better because it means “tree of life”. One of her nicknames is Speed Demon because she loves going fast, which is why she tries to avoid super-technical terrain. She’s a typical big-mountain freeskier. Some of her accomplishments in her career are placing second at last year’s U.S. Freeskiing Nationals in Utah, and taking 11^th at Les Arcs, France. When she was 14 she had podium finishes in slalom and championships in Europe and Argentina. Her biggest accomplishment though is hitting a 12-foot rock at full speed and getting about 30 feet in the air (the most of ANY female competitor). She is very successful especially when she adds her Latina fire.

      Ingrid Backstrom is 27 years old. Her home territory is Squaw Valley, California. Ingrid like Huere is a freeskier. She’s also an accomplished skier. She’s been in many Matchstick and Warren Miller films. She also has several first descents in Baffin Island. Along with these accomplishments, she took first place at the 2004 Canadian Freeskiing Championships, and had the top-three finishes in 11 out of 13 freeskiing contests. Ingrid Backstrom is known for her unique technique in her turns.

     Naheed Henderson is 30 years old. She is from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She is a telemark skier as well as a telemark ski designer. Some of her other accomplishments include having first descents in China, and having a 32-day running traverse of the Spanish Pyrenees in November 2004.