'I had my first
skiing lesson on my 7th birthday as a surprise
and loved it straight away. My parents took me
at weekends and during the school holidays where
I made lots of friends and got better at skiing.
I then joined Sharks Ski Club at Sheffield Ski
Village and I attend every Saturday and have
learnt to improve my skiing technique. It has
also helped me while on skiing holidays and love
to go down black ski runs, off piste and the
jumps in the freestyle park.
Aged 9 years old I
entered my first competition and loved the
feeling of competing and trying my best at
skiing. I came 4th (Mini's) in the Yorkshire
Championships which was so cool. I then started
to train in moguls skiing which is skiing on
bumps and jumps and then entered the British
Artificial Moguls Championship where I came 1st
in Male Mini's which was awesome. I have since
started training with the Yorkshire Freestyle
Ski Team and have been invited to join them in
May 2011. I love to ski and my dream is to one
day ski in the Olympics.
Ethan has been
offered a place in the Yorkshire Freestyle team
‘A squad’ which will provide him with training
opportunities and the skills needed to hopefully
progress to the England Squad.