94
MLBLUE
WINTER2017
Howwill the tourdiffer from the freeski events
you’vedoneso far?
The big difference is that you don’t get to ski
the mountain before your run. You just look at
it from across the valley with binoculars. You
watch other people’s footage and then you try
to choose your line and not get lost. That’s
going to be really different. In qualifying, you
always get at least one run on the terrain. Some
of these places you’re skiing down next to a
200-foot cliff… and clearly I don’t want to go off
that cliff. There have been events in this series
where people have gotten cliffed out and had to
just sit and wait for a heli evac for two hours. I
don’t want to do that either (
laughs
).
It sounds likeahugechallengebutoneyou’ve
got theskills to tackle.
You’re still skiing with the best skiers in the
world so nomatter what, I’m going to be pretty
stoked. It’s just a crazy opportunity. I know that
for me to be that focused on results doesn’t
work. I have to just treat it like any other run.
I put onmy tunes and relax, stretch, warm up.
Hopefully whenmy run comes I can just be
calm old Kylie.
I’mguessing likemanyathletes, competingat
this level comesat acost.Whathaveyoubeen
doing to fund thisWorldTour?
I’ve been working as a medic in northern
Alberta. I sit in a truck for 12 hours a day and
hope nothing happens. I have paperwork to
do and then I’ve figured out how to domy
workouts in the mobile clinic trailer. I do chin
ups on the roll bar, tricep dips and a core
workout on the bench and pushups down the
aisle. I went 15 days without talking to anyone
once. It was crazy but calm. Once my season
starts, there won’t be time to work. My parents
and friends organized a big fundraiser last
November which was a huge help in fundingmy
skiing this year.
ABOVE
Kylieat home inOntario. ALLISONKENNEDYDAVIES
BELOW
Trainingat JacksonHole,WY. CYWHITLING
