Lusk, Wyoming distinguishes itself as the county seat of the least populated county in the least populated state in the whole country.
This entitles you to a one-way ticket out of town. That’s how he saw it.
They painted him as a hell raiser. He could have been a preacher. But what called out to him was snowboarding.
Why a guy who grows up on the high plains without a mountain around for miles wants to become a professional snowboarder, maybe an instructor, who knows.
It doesn’t matter.
Nobody in town except his mother missed him when he lit out for Hesperia, California so he could be close to the San Gabriel Mountains.
He didn’t stay there long. Too much traffic and endless construction on the interstate. Not close enough to the snow, so he found a place in Wrightwood.
