BIOGRAPHY:
As a young ripper from the Granite State, Ace Tarberry has some deep roots in skiing. In 1937, his grandfather built one of the earliest rope tows in New York. The love of skiing then branched out through the family with his father racing for the University of Vermont and older brother Alec earning All American status at Middlebury.

Tarberry also went the college route racing for Dartmouth in 2009 and 2010 before opting to take a year off to train with 2011 International Alpine Coach of the Year Forest Carey and the U.S. Europa Cup progam. The self-funded endeavor paid off with an invitation to the C Team tryout camp in the spring where Tarberry locked a spot on the 2012 U.S. Ski Team.

Now with three trimesters to go at Dartmouth, Tarberry plans to finish off his degree during spring semesters, similar to Olympic bronze medalist Andrew Weibrecht.

ACE SAYS:
"Training with Forest was great. I was able to train a lot of speed, which you don't do in the college program because you can only race slalom and giant slalom. I think I showed my potential and had some good results. Now it's time to keep that rolling."

"I'd be happy with a Europa Cup podium next season, but I'm aiming for a NorAm title and a World Cup start spot the following year."

FIRST TRACKS:
At 18 months he was kicking around the family yard in a plastic pair of skis and on snow at nearby Attitash by age 2. By 9 he had joined the Mt. Washington Valley Ski Club and would go on to race for Dartmouth before making the U.S. Ski Team in 2012.

OFF THE SNOW:
If Tarberry didn't ski, he probably would have been a competitive water skier. "My parents said I was a water baby," he said, "and I still do pretty much everything on the water." Also into racing sail boats, his dad had him crewing the family catamaran by age 7.