BIOGRAPHYJoe Discoe has two tweak grab inverted tricks and some of the most dynamic turns in the business. A determined and passionate athlete, Discoe loves the adrenaline and speed of the sport, enough for him to be one of the most dedicated athletes out there.

With four NorAm top-10 finishes he was on a steady rise to success after the 2009 season, the culmination of which was his third place at U.S. Championships. In 2010, Discoe continued his World Cup career in style with three top-15 finishes at the end of the season. In 2011, he notched his career high World Cup result with a sixth-place finish along with four other top-15s. He was also back on the U.S Nationals podium with a gold medal in dual moguls.

The 2012 season saw Discoe continue building on his World Cup resume with three top-10 finishes (all seventh place) at the end of the season to tie his career high 15th-place ranking in the World Cup moguls standings. 

JOE SAYS
The 2012 season was not as good as I was hoping.  My goal was to be in the top ten at the end of the season. I ended up 15th.  I also started 15th.  So, in retrospect it wasn’t too bad of a year.  I always peak at the end of the year, so my highlights where the three seventh-place finishes basically in a row.  I learned that no matter what, it’s just skiing and if you start to over think everything it will mess you up.  So when I did my best, all I did was go out there and ski.

The most fun I had all year was after the two days of training in Japan, when everyone else was back inside recovering. I went skiing with (U.S. Sk Team coaches) Garth and Herald.  We got three to four untracked waste deep powder runs.  Best snow I skied all year.  

My goal for this season is to keep progressing in the sport.  Keep pushing myself to be better and in the end the results will come.  I will make World Champs again this year.  You don’t change anything year to year.  You go out there to win every event and if you are not there to do that then what are you there for?

FIRST TRACKS
With a talented older brother, Jon, who skis moguls, it was almost inevitable that Joe was to follow in his footsteps, especially when, Joe says, "I pretty much always wanted to do what my older brother Jon wanted to do." It has always been moguls for Joe, since the age of eight, when he started skiing, and soon after, joined the Telluride Ski Club after his brother.

OFF THE SNOW:
Discoe enjoys anything that is active and outdoors: camping, mountain biking, wakeboarding, rockclimbing and weightlifting. During the summer he coaches at mogul camps as well as at the Olympic park.  As for hobbies, he is shooting to get better at the guitar.