Owen LaRue

Owen is a long-term GFA competition team athlete that moved into full-time boarding schools at CVA and KMS.   While at GFA he podiumed in both rail jam and slopestyle.     Went to multiple USASA nationals, made finals in rail jam and slope, and podiumed in SkierCross.  Owen progress has been steadily upwards, nabbing 3rd place at the APIK rail jam in Canada against X Games athletes, alongside podiums at USASA open class Rail Jams.  

From Owen:

What are you doing now? (school, skiing, work, etc.)

Working and moving to SLC Utah for the winter to compete in rev tours.

What was your favorite part of

GFA? 

Skiing with an awesome crew every weekend and always building off what each other was learning. 

How did GFA help you as a skier

—or outside of skiing?

it’s what made me fall in love with park skiing. 

What do you think you got out of GFA that you might not have gotten somewhere else?

lifelong friends with both the other athletes and coaches

Would you do GFA again? Why?

absolutely, it’s a big part of what made me the skier i am now. 

What's one thing you'd tell a kid who's thinking about joining

GFA?

YOUR GONNA LOVE IT