{"id":795453,"date":"2019-05-04T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-county-10-year-olds-haser-webb-bond-via-big-mountain-season-capped-by-nor-am-podiums\/"},"modified":"2019-05-04T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T17:04:00","slug":"summit-county-10-year-olds-haser-webb-bond-via-big-mountain-season-capped-by-nor-am-podiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-10-year-olds-haser-webb-bond-via-big-mountain-season-capped-by-nor-am-podiums\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County 10-year-olds Haser, Webb bond via big mountain season capped by Nor-Am podiums"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.8742225293711\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-365399-895\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Doug Webb | Summit County local 10-year-old freeskiers Hannah Webb (left) and Maddie Haser (right) pose for a photograph with Haser's 8-year-old brother and fellow big mountain freeskier Jaxon (center) at the IFSA North American Freeride Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada last month.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1.jpg\" alt=\"Summit County local 10-year-old freeskiers Hannah Webb (left) and Maddie Haser (right) pose for a photograph with Haser's 8-year-old brother and fellow big mountain freeskier Jaxon (center) at the IFSA North American Freeride Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada last month.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Summit County local 10-year-old freeskiers Hannah Webb (left) and Maddie Haser (right) pose for a photograph with Haser&#8217;s 8-year-old brother and fellow big mountain freeskier Jaxon (center) at the IFSA North American Freeride Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada last month.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Doug Webb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Doug Webb | Summit County local 10-year-old freeskiers Hannah Webb (left) and Maddie Haser pose for a photograph on a ridgeline at the IFSA North American Freeride Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada last month.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Summit County local 10-year-old freeskiers Hannah Webb (left) and Maddie Haser pose for a photograph on a ridgeline at the IFSA North American Freeride Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada last month.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Summit County local 10-year-old freeskiers Hannah Webb (left) and Maddie Haser pose for a photograph on a ridgeline at the IFSA North American Freeride Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada last month.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Doug Webb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Doug Webb | Maddie Haser (left) and Hannah Webb (second from right) pose for a photo with their Team Summit freeski coach Alex Debonville and Haser's little brother Jaxon (far right) during the podium ceremony at last month's IFSA North American Freeride Championship at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie Haser (left) and Hannah Webb (second from right) pose for a photo with their Team Summit freeski coach Alex Debonville and Haser's little brother Jaxon (far right) during the podium ceremony at last month's IFSA North American Freeride Championship at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Maddie Haser (left) and Hannah Webb (second from right) pose for a photo with their Team Summit freeski coach Alex Debonville and Haser&#8217;s little brother Jaxon (far right) during the podium ceremony at last month&#8217;s IFSA North American Freeride Championship at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Doug Webb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Doug Webb | Team Summit and Team Breckenridge U-12 big mountain freeskiers pose for a photo at last month's IFSA North American Junior Freeridge Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, British Columbia.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Team Summit and Team Breckenridge U-12 big mountain freeskiers pose for a photo at last month's IFSA North American Junior Freeridge Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, British Columbia.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Team Summit and Team Breckenridge U-12 big mountain freeskiers pose for a photo at last month&#8217;s IFSA North American Junior Freeridge Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, British Columbia.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Doug Webb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Doug Webb | Team Breckenridge U-12 big mountain freeskier Riley Combe (left) poses with her\" award while team summit freeskier and friend hannah webb poses with her second-place trophy during last ifsa niorth american junior freeride championships at kicking horse mountain resort in class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/BigMountain-SDN-050319-1-4.jpg\" alt=\"Team Breckenridge U-12 big mountain freeskier Riley Combe (left) poses with her \" award while team summit freeskier and friend hannah webb poses with her second-place trophy during last ifsa niorth american junior freeride championships at kicking horse mountain resort in><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Team Breckenridge U-12 big mountain freeskier Riley Combe (left) poses with her &#8220;Flyin&#8217; Ryan&#8221; award while Team Summit freeskier and friend Hannah Webb poses with her second-place trophy during last month&#8217;s IFSA Niorth American Junior Freeride Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Doug Webb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/summit-county-10-year-olds-haser-webb-bond-via-big-mountain-season-capped-by-nor-am-podiums\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/summit-county-10-year-olds-haser-webb-bond-via-big-mountain-season-capped-by-nor-am-podiums\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">On the snow or off of it, 10-year-old Summit County freeskiers Hannah Webb and Maddie Haser finish each other\u2019s sentences. If one needs a refresher on just what happened at a Monarch Mountain big mountain freeskiing competition last year, the other can fill in the details. If one forgets what kind of games their posse of young big mountain girls skiers were playing on the chairlift at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, the other remembers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">And if you ask either girl who their main inspiration was during a ski season when they both podiumed at the International Freeskiing Association North American Junior Freeride Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada, they\u2019ll point to each other. \u201cWhen I\u2019m competing against her,\u201d said Webb, 10, of Frisco, \u201cI\u2019m always like \u2018Maddie is my toughest competition. She kind of just inspires me. We\u2019re good friends but I feel like she makes me want to work harder in doing this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI get in my head and I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh my gosh, I can\u2019t do that,\u2019\u201d Haser, 10, said. \u201cHannah cheers me on and gets me to hit the cliff she knew I could hit. And then she hits it. It helps us all become better skiers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That wasn\u2019t always the case for Webb and Haser of Breckenridge, as just last year they didn\u2019t know each other nearly as well as they competed as big mountain freeskiers on different teams. When Haser joined Team Summit this year, though, the duo immediately clicked while also routinely finding success against older competition in the U-12 division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cBig mountain is their connection. It\u2019s how they met.\u201d said Haser\u2019s mother, Jenny. \u201cIt\u2019s how they know each other at all. This year is the first year they connected on a personal level. The year before, they were on different teams, eyeing each other up. They saw each other as and they knew each other was close competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Big mountain freeskiing is a young sport from an official competition standpoint, one predicated on awarding points to skiers based off of their line choice, fluidity, style and technique on what typically is extreme, double-black-diamond terrain that features natural or man-made jumps. Webb found her way to the skiing discipline after previously succeeding in moguls as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhen I first decided I wanted to do big mountain, my dad said, \u2018thank God, we won\u2019t be spending all of our time in the park and or on a moguls course,\u2019\u201d Webb said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For both Webb and Haser, transitioning into big mountain skiing was natural as they each had skied terrain like that for fun with their families. Fun days out skiing The Nose off of the Pallavicini Lift and Dragon and Falcon off of the Lenawee Lift at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area come to mind for the girls. That experience made it easier for them when Team Summit\u2019s big mountain practices ventured to, say, A-Basin\u2019s East Wall or Steep Gullies terrain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Leading up to the North American Championships at Kicking Horse, both Haser and Webb found success at earlier competitions. Webb is perhaps most proud of her ability to ski to a third-place big mountain finish at Steamboat Resort earlier this winter after she bounced back from a hip-check fall in her first run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Steamboat was the only competition this season before Kicking Horse that Haser didn\u2019t win in the U-12 girls division, as she crashed. Of those wins, a favorite memory for Haser was the IFSA competition at her home mountain of Breckenridge Ski Resort. The competition saw freeskiers drop into the Contest Bowl on Peak 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAnd I found this kind of secret jump there,\u201d Haser said. \u201cSo I hit that, came down, and there\u2019s this one main bush, skiers call it \u2018Christmas Tree.\u2019 I hit it coming on straight and I hop-turned off. Then I controlled myself with some turns and hit this jump at the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The season wrapped up for the two close friends and Summit County\u2019s other top U-12 big mountain freeskiers at the Kicking Horse Nor-Am from April 6-8. The U-12 girls freeski division saw 21 total entrants from across the continent, including Webb and Haser\u2019s Summit County friends Darby Leffler and Riley Combe. Combe went home with the \u201cFlyin\u2019 Ryan\u201d award for her ambitious, high-flying performance on the big-mountain course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Webb finished in second place with a score of 60.93, just more than a point out of first place, while Haser joined her on the five-person podium with a fourth-place score of 60.9. At the IFSA Nor-Am competition, scores are combined from each freeskier\u2019s best of two runs on Day 1 and of two runs on Day 2 of the competition. On Day 2, Webb opted for a more difficult second-run line to earn 30.23 points and to clinch second place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI jumped off of this cornice, jumped off into the chute,\u201d Webb said. \u201cI skied the chute, hit a little bush and did a big airplane turn. Then I had to hit this huge bush, I had to clear a bunch of rocks and stuff. It was scary but awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That brave and technically sound line rewarded Webb before Haser threw the highest-scoring run of Day 2, a 30.63. To achieve that score, Haser opted for a newly opened-up rock section as part of her line before completing her run with several airs off jumps and tight turns to maintain control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Looking ahead, Webb and Haser won\u2019t be the only members of their Summit County big mountain family and friend group to challenge at competitions like the Kicking Horse Nor-Am. Haser\u2019s younger brother Jaxon, just 8, was one of only two 8-year-old boys to ski at Nor-Ams last month. He\u2019s the kind of kid with a contagious energy that lights up either a room or a ski line when he joins his family and friends at a beloved skiing location like My Chute at A-Basin. And, though Jaxon loves park skiing as well, he embodies the same try-everything mentality of his older sister Maddie and her good friend Hannah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI want to be every kind of skier,\u201d Jaxon said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/summit-county-10-year-olds-haser-webb-bond-via-big-mountain-season-capped-by-nor-am-podiums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summit County local 10-year-old freeskiers Hannah Webb (left) and Maddie Haser (right) pose for a photograph with Haser&#8217;s 8-year-old brother and fellow big mountain freeskier Jaxon (center) at the IFSA North American Freeride Championships at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Canada last month.Courtesy Doug Webb Summit County local 10-year-old freeskiers Hannah Webb (left) and Maddie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-795453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 05:24:44","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":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}