Park City • There were no rookie nerves, no shaking of the boots. And there were plenty of reasons to be riddled with nerves, plenty of reasons to overthink. After all, this was her first-ever attempt at a real big air ski competition, and it just so happened that it came in her adopted hometown, in front of family and friends, in front of an estimated 6,000 spectators, in the 2019 FIS world championships.
Julia Krass wasn't rattled. She wouldn’t allow herself to be. The 21-year-old slopestyle skier blocked it all out.
Krass, competing for a world title, went out and proved that the inaugural big air ski competition in the world championships would be remembered, in part, because of her.