Powder

First

WHEN DEVIN LOGAN WAS 18, she had mountains and snowflakes tattooed on her arm. A year later, after a knee injury at a New Zealand competition ended her 2012 season, she added the words: “Don’t fear the journey.” Then, after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, a compass with a quote from JRR Tolkien: “Not all those who wander are lost.” The tattoo artist, however, misspelled ‘wander’ and wrote an ‘o’ in place of the ‘a.’ Logan didn’t realize the spelling error until after the artist finished.

“One of my roommates was looking at it and said, ‘Yo…I’m sorry, but I think that’s spelled wrong,’” says Logan. “I waited like three to four months to get it fixed… At least it didn’t say, ‘Not all those who wander are last.’”

Last place is unfamiliar territory for Logan, 23, the most dominant freeskier on the U.S. women’s ski team. She took the inaugural silver medal for slopestyle at the Winter Olympics (Canadian Dara Howell

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Powder

Powder3 min read
Alex Ferreira
AFTER TAKING A SILVER MEDAL in the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games, Alex Ferreira went on to win the gold medal in SuperPipe at the 2019 X Games last year in front of a hometown crowd. By the time you read this, there will be just a few weeks before h
Powder3 min read
Get In, We’re Going Skiing
MY NAME IS HANS LUDWIG, sometimes known as the Jaded Local, and I’m an addict. For 25 years, I have been part of an operation that distributes a habit-forming substance to the public. I regret nothing. I was born in 1972, the same year as POWDER Maga
Powder3 min read
Until Next Time
I’M ON THE PLANE HEADED HOME RIGHT NOW. The melancholy is starting to sink in. It feels like a pair of sunglasses that make the world seem less sparkly. Or a heavy, wet towel around my neck that I can’t get dry. I’ve just spent a few exhilarating day

Related Books & Audiobooks