3 Hours With A Pro: Kaya Turski

Kaya Turski has been an up and coming female skier and this past year was supposed to be her breakout season. Sadly, a season ending injury in San Francisco at the Icer Air sidelined her for the winter. However, turn those frowns upside down kiddos, Kaya is running down the recovery road and will be ripping up a mountain near you. Until then, Freeskier caught up with her at the beginning of her busy summer.

First, the essentials:

Hi Kaya, How’s it going?

Its going great. Stoked on summer for sure.

Any good reads you could recommend for our readers (other than previous issues of the magazine)?

Da Vinci code

What do you throw first in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors?

Rock

Complete these sentences:

Since becoming a pro skier life has been: pretty dope

My favorite place to ski is: Mammoth and NZ

I enjoy skiing with: Denise, Kim, and other girls.

After skiing, I like to relax with a nice: n/a

When I’m not skiing, I’m probably: with my friends takin it easy

Currently, I’m stoked on: working out, trampolines and the show LOST

Currently, I am not stoked on: my injury

If I could change one thing about the ski industry, I would: give more exposure and create more comps for the ladies.

The best part about living in Canada is: free healthcare

One thing you don’t know about me is: my real name is Hannah. My middle

name is Kaya. Crazy eh?

I want to give a shout out to: my sponsors, my family and friends for

putting up with me during these long 7 months.. and Freeskier for this lil

interview!