CLUB SLOPESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP BIG SUCCESS!
Awards Photo #1
BV’S 4th annual Club Slopestyle Championship was the biggest and best yet. Perfect spring riding conditions and a bluebird sunny day delivered one of the best days of the season for 150 Slopestyle competitors.
Andy’s Playground Park was in great shape thanks to the work of Park Manager Caleb Bosse and his crew. Caleb created a new smaller jump and box line for the younger riders at the top of the park, and fine tuned the bigger triple jump line for the more accomplished riders. Due to the large number of entries the Club Slopestyle Championship was limited to the top half of the park for expediency. All riders got one run through the course to show off their best tricks and style, except ages 11-20 received two runs, with their best counting.
Awards photo #2
The top of the park featured a party atmosphere with picnic tables, music, and complimentary drinks and BBQ for all of the riders, their families, event volunteers and officials. It was a great fun hang-out from which to watch the event.
It was exciting to see so many young competitors this year with 55 under the age of 11, including seven girls age six and under. The largest and some of the most competitive categories were the boys age 7-8, age 9-10, age 11-12 and age 13-14.
A ton of sick tricks were thrown by the older riders including freeski standouts Cameron Keith and Elliott Lane, the latter who won best freeski hit of the day. On the snowboard side, highlights included runs by Brendan Hoffman, Jeff Horlor, Chris Fellner and his younger brother John, who won best snowboard hit of the day.
The awards on the north deck of the Clubhouse attracted one of the biggest crowds of the year. It didn’t hurt that it was an epic warm and sunny close to a great afternoon. For full results check the BV web site and the Clubhouse bulletin board.
Big thanks to all of the volunteers that helped make the event possible: Dave Robertson and family, Michelle Green, Cathy Wiskel, Sandy Atkin and family, Nancy Mills-Jarrett and the Jarrett family, Andrew Hauerbach, Jeff & Carol Koven, Vanessa Booth, Sandra Hoffman, Nancy D’Amico, and Daryl Turnbull.
Thanks to all the BV staff: Caleb Bosse, Ryan Ceasar, Jarrod Adams, Brendan Buchar, Max Dussault, the BV park crew, Gayl Creutzberg, and the BV office staff.
Big thanks to all of the snowboard and ski prize sponsors who threw down $4,000 worth of product prizes: Quiksilver, Roxy, Billabong, Volcom, Salomon, K2, Ride, Burton, Bonfire, Scott, Oakley, Spy, Orage, Vans, Insight, Capix, Rome, Skull Candy, DaKine, Forum, SBC Skier Magazine, and Snowboard Canada Magazine.
BV’S BEST SCORE AT TELUS TRIPLE CHALLENGE, BLUE MOUNTAIN
This past Thursday, Friday and Saturday several of BV’s best competed in Blue Mountain’s Telus Triple Challenge, Ontario’s most prestigious pro and amateur event of the year in both snowboarding and freeskiing. With $25,000 in pro prize money on the line, the event attracts competitors from as far afield as Whistler.
BV competitors included snowboarders Stef King, Leanna King, and Chris Fellner, as well as BV’s assistant Park Manager Ryan Ceasar. BV skiers included Elliott Lane, Cameron Keith and coach Matt Dussault. When the snow spray cleared BV riders scored two podiums and four top 15 finishes as follows:
Stef King: 2nd - Women’s Snowboard Pro-Am Slopestyle
Leanna King: 2nd - Women’s Snowboard Pro Rail Jam
Ryan Ceasar: 4th - Men’s Snowboard Pro Big Air
Elliott Lane: 7th - Men’s Freeski Pro-Am Slopestyle
Chris Fellner: 9th - Men’s Snowboard Pro-Am Slopestyle
Matt Dussault: 12th - Men’s Freeski Pro Rail Jam
Cameron Keith: 27th - Men’s Freeski Pro-Am Slopestyle
Congrats to all the riders. Check out story and photos, including a great shot of Leanna King in the Pro Rail Jam at:
http://snowboardcanada.com/news?news_id=481&uniqid=1019
http://snowboardcanada.com/news?news_id=478&uniqid=1019
http://snowboardcanada.com/news?news_id=483&uniqid=62
