BIOGRAPHY
When you're born in West Texas, it usually takes something dramatic to get you skiing, and Sho Kashima grabbed the opportunity when - Kashima was 4 - his dad was transferred to Heavenly resort, on the south shore of Lake Tahoe. He responded to what he calls "a drastic change in climate" and started skiing, and started cultivating thoughts of skiing on the World Cup and maybe at the Olympics.
UPDATE
Kashima came back strong in 2009 after injuries in 2008. The World Championship team member knows he belongs in the top five on World Cup after working his way back into the top ten on the World Cup standings. Look for him to exhibit more consistency this year and to be throwing an off axis 1080 in competition runs for 2010.
FIRST TRACKS
When Dad, a head golf pro at a course in New Mexico, not far from El Paso, took a new administrative job with Heavenly resort, which has that photo-perfect Gunbarrel run looking straight at Lake Tahoe, young Kashima learned about skiing. "I'd see Travis Cabral and Chris Hernandez and Travis Ramos, and I thought moguls were pretty cool, so I started doing moguls. I was 11 or 12."
FIRST WORLD CUP
Jan. 6, 2007 at Mont Gabriel, QUE (12th in moguls)
OLYMPICS/WORLDS
2009 Worlds- 6th in moguls, 10th in duals. 2007 Worlds - 7th in duals, 30th in moguls
I AM
A beef-lover, from Porterhouse steak to tacos, and everything in-between...I come from Texas, so I bring a football when I travel; I'm not huge, but I'm a huge Texas Longhorns football fan)...My mom is a hotel front desk manager, my younger brother Yamato does moguls, but he's leaning toward freeride...
* - Worlds: 2009, 2007
* - 2007: First World Cup, first top 15, top-10, top-5
* - 2007, 2006 U.S. dual moguls gold medalist
* - 2006 NorAm dual moguls runnerup (1 win)
* - Won '06 NorAm Finals duals, 2nd at Park City duals
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01/08/2010
McPhie, Torito Lead USA
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03/29/2009
Bahrke, Kashima Take Duals
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02/14/2009
Kearney Wins in Sweden
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02/07/2009
Kearney 2nd, Retains Lead
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01/24/2009
Kearney Third in Mont Gabriel
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