{"id":2450858,"date":"2019-11-07T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/feeling-comfortable-on-big-stage-aspens-jarrell-ready-to-make-x-games-push\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T03:00:00","slug":"feeling-comfortable-on-big-stage-aspens-jarrell-ready-to-make-x-games-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/feeling-comfortable-on-big-stage-aspens-jarrell-ready-to-make-x-games-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling \u2018comfortable\u2019 on big stage, Aspen\u2019s Jarrell ready to make X Games push"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aspen freeskier Cassidy Jarrell is poised to make another big step this winter, with an X Games Aspen invite a possibility.<\/strong>
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Cassidy Jarrell\u2019s first World Cup competition came two years ago at the Copper Mountain Grand Prix, which also happened to be one of the U.S. Ski Team\u2019s qualifiers for the 2018 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

Then an 18-year-old senior at Aspen High School, Jarrell found the stage a bit daunting<\/a>. He failed to put down a complete run and finished 39th out of 40 skiers.<\/p>\n

That, however, was a long time ago. Going into this season, he feels he\u2019s finally ready for that kind of atmosphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch more comfortable,\u201d Jarrell recently told The Aspen Times. \u201cI\u2019m friends with most of the guys now. I used to feel like I didn\u2019t belong, but now I feel like I\u2019m right where I need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now 20 and working alongside coach Peter Olenick<\/a>, himself an Aspen freeskiing legend, Jarrell is poised to become one of the town\u2019s next great halfpipe skiers, following in the recent footsteps of 2018 Olympic silver medalist Alex Ferreira and two-time Olympian Torin Yater-Wallace.<\/p>\n

Jarrell is on the U.S. Ski Team\u2019s rookie squad for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with Peter is a dream. He has been through the industry, so he knows more of the competitive side that involves your mental. Not just your skiing ability,\u201d Jarrell said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a good year, I can tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jarrell continued to take steps last winter, his second on the World Cup stage, making finals in three events, his best finish being seventh in Secret Garden, China, in December 2018. He opened the 2019-20 winter season by taking 18th in a World Cup event in Cardrona, New Zealand, in September.<\/p>\n

Should things go well for him in the two upcoming World Cup events in December, bigger things could be on the horizon, such as an X Games Aspen invite.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s super close to being on that Torin, Alex level, which is awesome. It\u2019s been awesome to watch him grow and get better,\u201d Olenick said. \u201cCass right now is on the verge of being one of the last couple of guys getting invited. Depends on how his early-season competitions go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next World Cup competition happens to be the Copper Mountain Grand Prix, with men\u2019s halfpipe skiing qualifiers scheduled for Dec. 11 and finals for Dec. 13. After that, it\u2019s back to China for qualifying Dec. 19, and finals two days later. Secret Garden is a host site for the 2021 World Championships and the 2022 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

Olenick, who also coaches Aspen 16-year-old Tristan Feinberg, sees both of the rising locals being in that Olympic mix two winters from now.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main goal is to get both of them in the Olympics in 2022,\u201d Olenick said. \u201cAnd the path they\u2019ve been on and the training they\u2019ve been doing, I think, is really good and they have a good shot at it. It\u2019s still a ways away, but those next two years will go by quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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