About 10 days ago, I returned from the first three events of the 2018-19 World Cup season that took place in Ruka, Finland<\/strong><\/a>, and Thaiwoo, China<\/strong><\/a>. I\u2019m beyond excited to be back into the swing of things on the competition circuit for this year and am looking forward to the remainder of the World Cup Tour after the start of 2019!!<\/p>\n To be entirely honest, the first 3 events of the year didn\u2019t go quite the way I had initially hoped. Despite the disappointment, my performances at the first few events of the year make me motivated to achieve my best skiing at every event moving forward. I feel as though things are moving in a good direction; I have the pieces, I just need to put it all together! Below are a few more details about the World Cups I skied in the past month.<\/p>\n To start things off in Ruka, I felt fresh and ready to go. After two rounds of qualifications that served to get the initial-event jitters out of the way, I qualified through to finals in 11th. That morning marked the first time I competed a run with back full on top air and cork 7 on bottom air \u2014 an accomplishment I was psyched to start my season off with. In finals, though, despite skiing the best I had yet this year, I made a mistake on my bottom jump, unfortunately costing me a chance at the third and final round of competition. I finished up my day in 12th place, hungry for more. Although I didn\u2019t achieve the day I had initially envisioned, our US Women’s Team started off the season strong with Tess<\/strong><\/a> finishing in 3rd and Jaelin<\/strong><\/a> in 5th!! Below is\u00a0my run from finals<\/a><\/strong> and my favorite run<\/strong><\/a> from my time spent in Ruka:<\/p>\nEvent #1 – Ruka, FIN (Singles)<\/h1>\n