Alex Showerman’s Journey Back to TA
January 8, 2022
Header photo by Katie Lozancich @_katielo This fall, after visiting Thetford Academy for the first time in 15 years, Alex Showerman ‘06 hopped back in her car and headed west. An elite outdoor athlete, Alex was due in Utah to catch the 20th anniversary of mountain biking’s Red Bull Rampage, the industry’s premier big-mountain freeride event. Turns out, we were lucky to catch her–Alex is a woman who is always moving. Growing up in the (mostly) unplugged 90s and early 2000s, Alex was an active, outdoor kid. She taught herself to snowboard, climbing uphill over and over again until the downhill part...