C.R. Johnson~One of the Best Skiiers Ever

C.R. Johnson was born in Truckee, Lake Tahoe California, on October 8, 1983. He skiied at Squaw Valley Resort all through is childhood. Skiing Squaw Valley's radical terrain, he developed to be an extreme big mountain skiier and he also developed a wide range of tricks. He was one of the best all around skiiers and one of the fan-favorites in the ski movies.
In 1999, C.R. threw down a 1440 and that trick got his name out there into the world of freestyle skiing. Johnson was a fearless skiier who would do any cliff, trick or ski any line out there. The great passion and dedication that he had for skiing quickly emerged him as one of the best skiiers ever. He is mostly known for his mindset of "Go big or go home" and that mindset got him to be a great skiier.
In 2001 C.R. placed first in the Core Games quarter pipe in Japan and he medaled in the Big Air X-Games in Mount Snow, Vermont. The next year, in the 2002 Winter X-Games, Johnson won the gold in "Big Air" and silver in "Slopestyle." In addition to these accomplishments, he was also named Male Skiier of the Year by ESPN Actions Sports. The following year, in the 2003 X-Games Superpipe, C.R. was supposed to win the gold, but he ended up crashing on the lip of the pipe, which knocked him down to a bronze. In between all of these competitions, he was being filmed for major rolls in alot of ski movies, such as "WSK 106," "Front Line," and "Focused."
On February 8, 2005, C.R.  was skiing at Brighton Resort in Utah on a powder day. He was filming for a movie with three other people. one of the three, Kye Peterson, struck C.R. directly under the helmet, while going off a cliff. He was in critical condition in the hospital for three months. He was so determined to get back to his old form of skiing. It took him about 2 or 3 years but he finally got back to skiing extreme lines and being in ski movies.
In 2010, Johnson was skiing at his hometown resort, Squaw Valley. He chose an extremely rocky line to go down and he got caught on an exposed rock and tumbled down the mountain, He immediatley died.
C.R. will be missed and he will always be known for his fearlessness and didication to skiing. R.I.P. C.R. Johnson.