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Claire Smallwood is a Champion for Women

Growing up in New Mexico, nobody in my family skied except my older brother. I learned to ski through subsidized school skiing programs. It opened me up to this sense of freedom I’d never experienced.

and snowboard club. I figured out how to get a free season pass by organizing a bus and becoming the president of the ski club. I dove into being part of this community of skiers. It became

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