Background
McPhie grew up skiing with her family in Bozeman, Montana.
McPhie grew up skiing with her family in Bozeman, Montana.
At the 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships McPhie finished in 8th place in moguls, and 9th in duals. She graduated from high school in 2002. She received an academic scholarship from the State of Montana, where she attended Montana State University from 2002–2003.
She competed for the United States Olympic Team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. McPhie earned the Olympic team spot with a 2nd-place finish at the FIS World Cup event at Deer Valley in January 2010. She was a gymnast until age twelve.
She was originally terrified of jumping which is now her strong suit in the sport.
In the fall of 2004, McPhie decided to focus all of her attention on mogul skiing. She moved to Breckenridge, Colorado to train in a full-time program
McPhie qualified for the United States Freestyle Ski Team in 2005 by winning the North American Tour. She has been on the national team ever since.
In 2010, she went from being unranked in the world in mogul skiing to being ranked second in less than four months.
This led her to represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. In 2012, McPhie became the first mogul skier to pick up a Red Bulletin sponsorship. That year she added four more World Cup podium finishes on her way to finishing fourth in the mogul standings.
She ended the season 2012 with her first United States National Title.
The 2013 season has been a success for McPhie. She had three World Cup wins as well as two other podium finishes.
She finished the season ranked third overall in the world. Career highlights
2013 Are- 1st place
2013 FIS Freestyle World Championships-4th place
2013 Kreischberg- 1st place
2013 Ruka- 1st place
2013 Deer Valley World Cup- 2nd place
2013 World Cup, Moguls Austria- 1st place
2012 World Cup, Moguls Finland- 1st place
2012 United States Championships- 1st place
2011 World Cup- 5th place
2011 National Championship- 2nd place
2010 Overall World Cup- 2nd place
2009 Europa Cup- 1st place.