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Jamie MoCrazy (nee Jamie Crane-Mauzy)
Jamie MoCrazy (nee Jamie Crane-Mauzy), (born October 10, 1992) is an American professional freestyle skier, motivational speaker, neuroscience guest lecturer, TBI advocate, nonprofit founder- MoCrazy Strong, talk show host, sports commentator and competitive ski coach. MoCrazy holds the world record for being the first woman to land a double flip during a Slopestyle competition when she landed a double backflip at the 2013 X-Games in Aspen, Colorado [1 ] Jamie was also the first woman to perform a backflip off a rail in competition at the 2013 North Face Park & Pipe Open. [2 ] She is a celebrity skier, has been an ambassador for various companies, and has coached at Woodward Park City and for the Park City Ski & Snowboard Team. Her 2015 skiing accident at World Tour Finals in Whistler, Canada, along with her recovery and family involvement was reported in news around the world.

Early Life and Education
Jamie Crane-Mauzy was born in Westport, Connecticut on October 10, 1992 and was homeschooled by her mother, Grace “Fruit” Mauzy. As a child Jamie earned the nickname MoCrazy from competing in gymnastics, skiing, soccer as well as being a daredevil who jumped from roof to roof, walked barefoot in the snow, and other “MoCrazy” activities. Jamie has firmly believed to be “MoCrazy” one did daredevil activities, however with a sense on knowledge, practice and control. She says “doing wild things can be crazy, however to be MoCrazy you need to build the habits that allow you to succeed at the wild activities. You cannot make rash decisions or put lives at risk and call that MoCrazy, that’s just crazy.” When Jamie was 9 she won State Championships in gymnastics as well as winning State Championships in skiing the same year! After winning both championships she was interviewed s by the Connecticut Post where she stated that her sports fantasy was to combine gymnastics and skiing.

In December of 2010 MoCrazy tore her ACL while competing at the Winter Dew Tour. During her recovery, she attended Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She relocated to Park City, Utah in 2011. That summer while at the Utah Olympic Park Jamie suffered a second ACL injury, leading to a controversial repair surgery in Canada that was unapproved and unavailable in the United States. While recovering she attended a University of Utah Honors marketing program. One year after her Traumatic Brain Injury Jamie attended Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, eventually completing a semester abroad in France at the prestigious Skema Business School. She graduated from Westminster College in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. MoCrazy also attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.

In the spring of 2020, MoCrazy completed her first certification from Harvard University in the Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part I: The Electrical Properties of a Neuron.

Skiing Career
Jamie started skiing when she was 1-year-old and throughout her childhood skied six days a week with the Waterville Valley Academy in Waterville Valley, NH. She began racing at the age of 5, and by the time she was 9, she was a J-5 State Champion. At that same age, Jamie combined her gymnastics training with skiing and entered her first freestyle competitions. Shortly after, Jamie chose to participate in competitive ski racing, and by the time she was 15 she re-entered the world of freestyle skiing. On her first day at the water ramps she completed a front flip, by the third day she had added a backflip, and by the fifth day of freestyle training, Jamie was recruited to join the U.S. Aerial Team and live at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY.

MoCrazy began her rise to prominence in 2008, her first year competing in freestyle as a teen, when she won 3 medals at the 2009 Junior Olympics. During the following year’s 2010 Junior Olympics, Jamie medaled 1st in overall, slopestyle, and aerials, and 3rd in halfpipe skiing competitions.

At the age of 17 she placed 1st at the 2010 FIS Junior World Ski Championships [3 ] in New Zealand, where she competed in slopestyle. It was there that she began talks with Olympic officials who were deciding whether to include slopestyle skiing in the Olympics. Later that season she tore her ACL during competition at Winter Dew Tour, leading to a break for healing and higher education.

MoCrazy qualified for 3 consecutive X-Games competitions, but because of injuries wasn’t able to compete in the first two. Finally in the 2013 X-Games in Aspen, Colorado [4 ], she became a world record holder, being the first woman to land a double flip during the women’s Slopestyle ski event. She was also the first woman to perform a backflip off a rail in competition at the 2013 North Face Park & Pipe Open [5 ]. The next year she qualified to represent the United States at the Olympic test event in Sochi where she was the top United States finisher in halfpipe. She was expected to be invited to compete in the Sochi Olympics, but due to lingering cartilage damage on her previously injured knee she was unable to land a qualifier. That year MoCrazy attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for the summer and fall, got a new knee brace, received stem cell recovery treatment, and started skiing and competing again in 2015.

2015 World Tour Finals Accident
After regaining her health and podium potential, Jamie was competing at the World Tour Finals in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada on April 11, 2015 where she was placed fourth after run one of the two competition ski runs. In an attempt to move up from fourth place, she upgraded her flat 3 to a double flat seven. She completed the jump and landed on her feet, but caught her edge and whiplashed her head onto the snow. MoCrazy’s brain immediately began bleeding in 8 different spots and her brain stem was damaged, causing complete paralysis on her right side. When medical personnel rushed to Jamie’s location on the mountain she was convulsing, her eyes were rolled back in her head, and she was bleeding from involuntarily biting her own tongue. At the time of the accident, there were only two mountains in the world that had doctors on site; Whistler was one of them. MoCrazy was intubated as she lay on the mountain, and the fast action is credited with being one of the primary reasons she was later able to recover. Immediately after, she was life-flighted to Vancouver General Hospital, where she remained for 8 days before again being transported to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT. MoCrazy’s Traumatic Brain Injury left her in a coma for 10 days.

Recovery
After 10 days in a coma, Jamie opened her eyes but suffered complete amnesia for 6 weeks. Her recovery is credited in part with her being the first patient in North America to receive an oxygen and pressure analyzing brain bolt (formally known as Intracranial Brain Monitoring at Vancouver General Hospital. A year earlier, the brain bolt technology had been studied by Dr. Mypinder Sekhon and Dr. Donald Griesdale in Cambridge, England. Sekhon brought the technology back to Vancouver General Hospital, but had not had the chance to use it until MoCrazy’s accident.

Jamie immediately began Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy treatments, working with both health professionals and her family seven days a week. Jamie was able to do outpatient therapy 5 days a week because of Utah’s TBI fund which supported her more intensely than her insurance covered. Jamie’s family involvement in her treatment, particularly that of her mother Grace “Fruit” Mauzy and her sister Jeanee Crane-Mauzy, ultimately led to a change in Vancouver General Hospital’s protocol for allowing an increase in family participation in treatment of patients.

Within 8 months of the crash, Jamie began to ski again. She became a ski participant at the National Ability Center in Park City Utah ,an organization with the mission to help individuals who have encountered or are born with a cognitive or physical change in ability. Jamie eventually became a volunteer, then a staff member, and was the keynote speaker at the National Ability Center’s Red, White, and Snow Gala in 2017 [6 ]. For her one year accident anniversary, she went back to ski Whistler Mountain, the site of the crash.

Motivational Speaking
In 2016, MoCrazy began her career as a motivational speaker. She has spoken at non-profit galas, medical schools, corporate and private events. She is an Espeaker Certified Virtual Presenter and is represented by various speaker bureaus.

Talk Show Hosting
In the fall of 2016 Jamie was interviewed on the Brain Injury Radio Network. In the spring of 2017 she was again interviewed and was offered a spot to host her own show. On July 23, 2017 Mocrazy aired her first live episode of “Life Gets MoCrazy.” The show airs every second and fourth Sunday at 5:30pm PST. Beginning October 2020, “Life Gets MoCrazy” has become available via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major platforms.

Sports Commentating
Since 2017 Jamie has commentated at multiple skiing events, including the Shred Fest Ski Rail Jam in Salt Lake City, UT and the She Shreds Jamboree at Powder Mountain, UT. [7 ]

Personal life
Jamie MoCrazy was born Jamie Crane-Mauzy to Grace “Fruit” Mauzy and Jeff Crane. She earned the nickname “MoCrazy” starting when she climbed her living room drapes at the age of only one. The name began to stick when Jamie was still a child. She was adventurous and during her competitive years the name became a nod to her daredevil trick style. In 2020, Jamie Crane-Mauzy began the process of legally changing her name to Jamie MoCrazy. MoCrazy has four sisters and a romantic partner, Reggie Clark. April 11th is Jamie’s accident day which has become her “Alive to Thrive” day. April 11th is also Reggie’s birthday. Reggie proposed to Jamie on April 11th 2021 after the pair had ski toured to the summit of Reynolds Peak in the Big Cottonwood Canyons, Utah. Jamie and Reggie are getting married on May 28th at Whistler, Blackcomb; the mountain that almost took Jamie’s life.