Replying to 9 year olds

so at the ski hill today i ran into this 9 year old kid.. im there pretty much every day and i had neer seen tis kid before. As i was standing there getting ready to drop in he flies past me, hits a 30 foot gap throwing a 5 and completely overshoots the landing and eats it hard.. he got right right away and headed down to the lift to take another run.. next run he still didnt speed check and did the same thing! i started talking to him and asked him when he got into freeskiing.. his response.. "i just started doing jumps today"! wtf! is this kind of progression typical with young kids or is this kid something special?