Died 22 July 2016 | ||
Trempealeau Morninglight (September 14, 2001 - July 22, 2016) was a junior competitive skier.
He was born in Taos, New Mexico. His father Brendan Curran got him into skiing at the young age of four. Morninglight excelled at the sport and went on to become a big mountain skier.
He joined the Taos Winter Sports Team when he was eight. He raced for two years, then switched to park for about two years. Starting in 2014 he has been competing in big mountain skiing, or free ride skiing, on the IFSA tour. In 2015 he ended up 8th overall in North America and placed 4th in the North American Championships held at Grand Targhee Resort.
He participated with a youth organization known as Field Institute of Taos as a camper and later as a stellar youth mentor for many years.