I'm Nick Williams, a 21 year old architectural engineering student at the University of Texas. I started skiing in Arkansas when I was 6, first competition when I was 9, and moved to Lago Santa Fe near Houston when I was 12. I do most of my skiing with the UT Ski Team in Austin now. I saw my first course at my first INT tournament in 1998, which was an awesome way to get into competitive skiing, and started in USA Water Ski in 2001. By the end of high school I was burnt out on skiing altogether, but collegiate skiing has turned that around! I have never had more fun in my life than at any given collegiate tournament, and I'm looking for ways not to graduate because of it. My tournament PB is 2@-38 36mph, 4.5@-38 in practice. I have recently started enjoying trick for the first time ever by attempting flips, the first change in my run in 8 years. I'm not very successful with them, but I think the chicks even dig the failed attempts. I used to jump but quit due to injury, and I haven't found anything that compared to the feeling of flying yet. I've been an assistant judge for 5 years, I'm on the NCWSA Athlete's Advisory Committee, and am the vice president of the UT ski team. I say that skiing has taken a back seat to school, but any class where they take attendance can disprove that. I worked as a coach at M2 Ski School in Houston this summer, the best "job" I have ever had. I ride road bikes in the winter to keep in shape. Its the best way to release stress if its too cold to hang out at the lake all day.