Jay Panther makes his first World Cup Finals!

Hello, I got fifteenth today in the World Cup! It was a good day and nearly a great day. I am thrilled to have made my first World Cup Final. I had a good qualifying run and was 15th going into finals. In my first dual I was up against a Canadian that is second in the World right now. I was having a great run and beating him by a mogul or two when both of my skis released and I ended up doing front flips through the middle section. I am well but I did rip my pants and lost some skin on my quad. I have attached video of both runs and a picture post crash. Today was a huge success for me as I excelled in every area under my control. Qualifying for finals was a big step in and of itself. I am also pleased that I laid it all on the line in finals and simply had some bad luck when I kicked a couple shoes. I knew I was capable of competing with the best in the World but today was an awesome reaffirmation. I am very excited to head to Prague tomorrow for some much need R&R and a lot of touristing about. I am traveling with all my boys and we are ready to take the city by storm. Thank you for your love and support. Jay Panther

Jay Panther at European World Cups

Hello,

I arrived in the Czech Republic yesterday sans baggage. Luckily, it showed up today, our buffer day. Training starts tomorrow and I compete in the World Cup Saturday. I will keep you updated on how things go. Check me out on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jay.panther

I will be updating that daily so you can know how everything is going.

Thanks for all your love and support.

Jay Panther

Jay Panther is going to World Cups!

Hello, I am writing today with some of the most exciting news I have ever gotten. I have been selected to ski the late season World Cups!!!!! Based on my performance at the first two North American Tour Stops the coaches chose me to go to the Czech Republic and Finland for the last three World Cups. I also have a chance at earning a World Cup Finals spot inNorway if I perform well at the World Cups. This being said, my past week had mixed success. Obviously, I did well enough to earn World Cups, but I did not dominate as I had hoped. I got sixth the first day and fifteenth the second day. I am happy with the first day as I qualified in the sixteenth and final position and had an amazing run to move up to sixth. The second day I qualified sixth and was in striking position to win but crashed before the bottom air. It was a solid week considering I did not get to train at all before the contests as I was soo sick. I have attached video of my finals run from day one. Thanks you for all your love and support. World Cups here I come! Jay Panther

Jay Panther takes the win

Hello, I am writing today with exciting news. At the first North American Tour Stop in Calgary, AB I got a ninth and a FIRST! I got ninth in singles and won duals. On singles day I qualified fourth and was having a great finals run when I caught an edge and got thrown off balance just a few moguls before the finish line. While I was able to not fall, the judges hit me pretty hard for the four whacky turns. Without that mistake I very well may be writing about the weekend in which I won two events, next time! The duals event was a great win for me. The course was tough and got very steep halfway down. My game plan was to ski fast and make everyone try and keep up. It worked all day as everyone I skied against either blew out or did not do a trick off the bottom air because they were out of control. I have attached video of my final dual and a picture of me on the podium! I compete again tomorrow and Thursday in the second North American Tour event at my home mountain in Park City. The event will be broadcasted online atwww.urtur.com. Once on the site click the LIVE link at the top of the page. Qualifying starts tomorrow at 12:15 PM and finals is at 3:00 PM (MST). The schedule for Thursday is a half an hour earlier. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers for the next two days. I have not been able to train this week as a bad allergy infection has kept me in bed. Luckily this is my home course and I have seen it before, haha. I will let you know how this week goes. Thanks for the love. Jay Panther