BIOGRAPHY
Brennan Rubie was involved in U.S. Ski Team camps via coaches invitation until he punched a ticket into the U.S. Development program in 2010 and jumped the next rung following the 2011 season.
A trip to the Junior World Championships and a pair of Europa Cup starts in 2011 added a bit more experience to the resume' and it seemed to work as Rubie powered to a fifth place in super G at the 2011 Putnam Investments U.S. Alpine Championships (second among juniors) then rallied for three FIS podiums in the season closing races at Mission Ridge, WA - including a super combined win.
BRENNAN SAYS:
Last winter started out pretty solid with the prep period and I had some confidence going early in the year from my first good results at the Loveland NorAm races. Then broke a few teeth on a gate in late November and that halted my slalom progress for a while. Things picked back up though, I was able to forerun Beaver Creek for the World Cup and I had some decent results in super G before going into Junior World Championships. February was awesome. I was able to go to the Junior Worlds and ski in my first Europa Cup races. The experience was a big step.
FIRST TRACKS:
Rubie's dad was a ski instructor for a long time at Snowbird and would take him out in the ski harness at 2. It wasn't long before he joined the "Birds" club program. "It's a different race program than most places. You learn to ski more than you learn to race. You learned to love skiing first, then racing." By the time he hit fifth grade, things were moving in the race direction. "Basically, I'd add a day of race training each year to the point where I was running gates six days a week."
OFF THE SNOW:
Rubie is into all sorts of sports, but lacrosse was an early favorite. His folks are also big windsurfers and began taking family trips to the wind mecca of Hood River, OR since he was 8 years old. But last season…it was Hawaii. "Surfing in Hawaii was a pretty amazing experience." To fund his skiing passion, Rubie washes windows in the summer. "My iPod has around 11,000 songs in rotation. Good music is probably the only way to get through a day of scrubbing windows."
