Jim Ryan

Nickname: Jimmi
Birthdate: July 19, 1991
Hometown: Rutland, VT
Sponsors: Marker, Volkl, Dalbello, Helly Hansen, POC sports, Skida

Favorite Lines at Jackson Hole?
OB: Central Couloir has got to be my favorite, it's got all the makings of a classic--all the components of a great line. It's long, steep, beautiful and in sight of Corbet's Cabin. I also love that the mando air is the finishing move, it necessitates composure over consequence--grace under pressure. It's not just a huck you can hottub and claim, you've got to ski the freakin thing.
Inbounds: Alta 1. It's hacked, steep, and right under the chair.

What inspires you?
Remember in high school, when all your friends were just beginning to get their licenses? Do you remember that wild feeling you got the first time you rode in a car with one of your friends at the wheel? Like, "holy smokes, WE OUT HERE." And you talk about all the wild places you could go? Do you remember that "we could go to California" feeling? I'm just searching for THAT feeling, that "the world is our oyster" feeling, that total and explosive freedom feeling.

If you weren't a pro rider, you'd be?
I'm built to move. My body is my most expressive instrument. I'd be a dancer.

What's playing in your headphones?
Bonnie Raitt, baby! I love that woman.

Words to live by:
I try to keep this quote by Kurt Vonnegut (one of my all time favorite authors) in the forefront of my mind: "I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"