{"id":23679,"date":"2019-05-14T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T22:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/tess-johnson-to-host-a-may-25-qa-in-edwards\/"},"modified":"2019-05-14T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T22:48:01","slug":"tess-johnson-to-host-a-may-25-qa-in-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/tess-johnson-to-host-a-may-25-qa-in-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Tess Johnson to host a May 25 Q&A in Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"
Edwards mogul skier Tess Johnson won the bronze medal at the Freestyle World Championships on Feb. She was later named Resident Olympian at the Riverwalk Inn in Edwards.<\/strong>
Taro Tampo \/ Special to The Daily<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VAIL \u2014 Tess Johnson wants to show youth that it\u2019s possible to succeed through sport in Eagle County, and success in sport can lead to other success in life.<\/p>\n

Located in Edwards, a few minutes from the home Johnson grew up in, the Riverwalk Inn is a logical setting to represent that goal, as the inn just named Johnson its resident Olympian. An out-of-industry sponsor now supporting Johnson in several different ways, the Riverwalk Inn will serve as example of Johnson\u2019s successes, in addition to providing a nice setting for a Q&A and autograph-signing. The event is at 5:30 p.m. on May 25.<\/p>\n

Plus, says Johnson, \u201cThey remodeled their hotel in the past year, and it\u2019s really, really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

MEET NEW FANS<\/p>\n

Fans will have a chance to ask questions, get their picture taken with Johnson and get an autograph on an item of their choosing. Johnson will have posters to give away, as well.<\/p>\n

Another one of Johnson\u2019s big goals with the event is to meet her supporters in Eagle County \u2014 and perhaps a few people she might not know.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who have been following my journey, and who maybe I\u2019ve inspired to become a mogul skier, or try a new sport,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

INSPIRING JOURNEY<\/p>\n

For any young skier, trying moguls is trying a new sport, as the fringe discipline is one that recruits only those who are already well accustomed to being on snow.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s journey began when she was just a kid, her parents \u2014 locals TJ and Carol Johnson \u2014 watched her skills on the snow quickly surpass those of her older sister and suspected they might have a child with a talent for skiing.<\/p>\n

Johnson discovered moguls skiing and never looked back. When she was just 14, she received word that she would be nominated to the U.S. team, the youngest athlete to receive such a call in the modern era of the sport.<\/p>\n

Jonhson then helped usher in a younger generation of moguls skiers, producing results that proved the team\u2019s gamble on young competitors was justified. By age 16, she had achieved top-10 finishes on the World Cup and by age 17 she had won a World Cup event. She made the Olympic team in 2018, finishing 12th in Pyeongchang, and won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really important that local kids around the valley have an inspiration to look up to, especially someone who was born and raised like them, in Vail,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Recently, as 14-year-old moguls skier Kai Owens of Vail received word that she has been nominated to the national team, her thoughts went to Johnson\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen (Johnson) first made the U.S. team, she had fundraisers and stuff, and she\u2019d pass along U.S. team jackets,\u201d Owens said. \u201cAnd this year I had one that I wore in Chile.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the May 25 event with Johnson is free to attend, registering on EventBrite is encouraged, as the lobby of the Riverwalk will reach capacity at 40 people.<\/p>\n

Register on EventBrite.com and search for \u201cTess Johnson Q&A at The Inn at Riverwalk.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Edwards mogul skier Tess Johnson won the bronze medal at the Freestyle World Championships on Feb. She was later named Resident Olympian at the Riverwalk Inn in Edwards.Taro Tampo \/ Special to The Daily VAIL \u2014 Tess Johnson wants to show youth that it\u2019s possible to succeed through sport in Eagle County, and success in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 22:38:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}