NAME: Taylor Rapley

NICKNAME(S): Tats, Tay, Rapley, T, Tapley

DATE OF BIRTH: 2nd May 1991

HOME TOWN: Queenstown BABY!

SPONSORS: Volkl, Adidas Eyewear, I.O, Under Armour, Pulse Fitness, Outside Sports.

YOUR FAVOURITE WAY TO RELAX: gaze at intreging stars and or lay in the sun reading a good book

NAME ONE ITEM YOU WOULD ALWAYS HAVE IN YOUR FRIDGE: aioli

FAVOURITE MOVIE: The Lion King 1, 1 and ½, 2 and 3

FAVOURITE BOOK: The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham.

WHEN DID YOU FIRST START SKIING AND WHERE: started skiing at 6 and racing with QAST when I was 10 at Coro

ATHLETES MOST ADMIRED: Herman Mier, Mohammed Ali, Lance Armstrong and good old Sir Ed Hillary

HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR SKI RACING CAREER SO FAR: winning a national title in the J1 slalom girls and scoring an 80 point result at TC in 2006.

YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT SKIING: the feeling of improving each turn/race or run knowing you can always do better, winning, loosing and learning why, being able to watch the sunrise every morning.

LONG TERM GOAL IN SKIING: To represent NZ in the WC series

FAVOURITE QUOTE (AND BY WHOM):

“Impossible is nothing, just a big word thrown around by small people.” –some wise man in a book

“Why reach for the sky when you know there’s foot prints on the moon. –Beau Rapley my Dad

“Winners make it happen, losers let it happen.”-I do not no.