Sho Kashima began skiing when he was 4 when his dad was hired at Heavenly Mountain Resort. Growing up, Kashima idolized 1998 Olympic moguls champion Jonny Moseley, and it was Moseley’s gold in Nagano that inspired him to compete in the Olympics. He also looked up to U.S. moguls skiers Travis Cabral (ninth in at the 2006 Torino Games), Travis Ramos and Chris Hernandez, all of whom have roots in Lake Tahoe. Kashima was 12 when he first started skiing moguls with the Heavenly Team, and continued skiing with them till the age of 19 when he qualified for, and joined, the U.S. Ski Team. He’ll be competing at Heavenly in the U.S. Freestyle Championships March 29-31.