1 Nothing is Impossible Who is Candide Thovex Who is Cody Townsend What is the Grand Teton Who is Bill Briggs What is extreme snow skiing Candide Thovex zooms down the mountain He jumps off cliffs He does backflips and turns He avoids hitting skiers He jumps over them He weaves through trees He zips through dark tunnels He skis through a restaurant He skis on the railing He skis onto a ski lift These are all fun stunts for him Cody Townsend peers down The Crack It’s in Alaska It’s only 5 to 6 feet 1 5 to 1 8 meters wide It’s a straight 4
mountain wall He skis down at high speed He weaves around sharp rocks He said That’s the scariest thing I’ve ever done Both men know how to shred They ski hard and fast The Grand Teton is in Wyoming It’s 13,770 feet 4,197 m high It’s mainly cliffs It’s steep There are strong winds Falling means dying Skiing this mountain was thought to be impossible Extreme skiers ride insane or crazy ski lines 5
Bill Briggs did it He was born without a hip joint He had surgeries Doctors told him he’d need a wheelchair He said Anything you want to do you can make a way of doing He created his own gear Briggs was first to ski the Grand Teton He did it in 1971 He couldn’t ski some parts So he used ropes to descend 6 Nobody believed Bill Briggs skied the Grand Teton A local newspaperwoman flew over the mountain to see his tracks
Nailed It Spotlight Biography Andre and Suki Horton Andre and Andreana Suki Horton are top-ranked skiers Andre started at the age of 5 Suki started at age 3 They have won contests They skied for the U S Ski Team They are brother and sister They’re from Alaska Their mother is white Their father is African American They opened the sport to young African American athletes Suki said When I saw Tiger Woods and the way that everyone started playing golf after he won I thought maybe I can make an impact by making the U S Ski Team I realized that what I do out there could affect a lot of people Andre was the first African American to win the International Ski Federation contest He also was the first African American to be on the U S Ski Team The National Brotherhood of Skiers supported them It is a group dedicated to helping African American skiers Descend means to go down He made first descents of other mountains He skied in places where no one had 7
