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Vol. 1, Issue 36
1/17/06
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This Issue is a Special Event Bulletin
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1. U.S. Olympic Halfpipe Team will be announced at Mountain Creek, Vernon,
NJ Sat. Jan. 21 See it on NBC Sun. at 5pm ET
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1. U.S. Olympic Halfpipe Team will be announced at Mountain Creek, Vernon,
NJ Sat. Jan. 21 The final Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix halfpipe
competition at Mountain Creek next weekend will determine the U.S. Olympic
Halfpipe Team.
Hey Szine Readers,
Forgive me for the month-long gap in sending out the Szine. I've been out
riding 9 times, and busy with my Flexmeter Flexible Snowboard Glove and
Guard business. And I still haven't gone through the big pile of junk mail
from the last 3 months.
Anyway I wanted to make sure you know about the BIG event this weekend at
Mountain Creek, NJ. The US Olympic Snowboard Team will be chosen and
announced. Friday, Saturday and Sunday competitions are open to the public
and free of charge. (But if you don't have a lift ticket, you'll have to
hike up the hill.) I'll be there. Write me if you decide to go and maybe we
can all meet up!
If you go, remember you'll be climbing on slippery snow to watch the events
so wear good boots - your snowboard boots or others with traction. If you
have snow crampons for extra traction you might want to bring them. And it
will be dark, and possibly COLD! and you won't be moving around much while
spectating. So dress extra warm.
Mountain Creek is Danny Kass's true home mountain, where he grew up, before
moving to Mammoth, CA, so the crowds will go WILD for him.
Danny is nice to his fans. Look here -
http://www.snowboardsecrets.com/Articles/danny.htm
We're rooting for Ross Powers too, after attending his snowboard camp a
couple of season back -
http://www.snowboardsecrets.com/rosscamp.htm.
And if Scotty Lago is a new name to you, you can get to know this smart
young New England rider from the Flow Team here -
http://www.snowboardprofiles.com/pro.php?id=13
Danny, Ross, and Scotty all look like locks for the team.
Here's the schedule:
3:45-4:15pm Halfpipe Finals Warm-ups
4:30-6pm Halfpipe finals
6:15-8pm Fountains of Wayne concert / Slednecks demo
8-8:45pm Olympic Announcement - Ceremony/Fireworks
If you can't make it, you don't have to miss out - NBC will air a one-hour
special of the Mountain Creek Grand Prix and Olympic announcement the
following day, Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. ET. OLN will broadcast more
coverage during its "Ten Weeks to Torino" programming, Sunday, Jan. 22, at 5
p.m. ET
The Olympic Team is chosen from the results of the 2 earlier Grand Prix and
this one. The fields started with about 100 men and 50 women.
Scroll down to see the elite list of 25 men and 13 women (who will compete
in the pre-Olympic finalé for spots on the team), and their point scores. 16
riders will be chosen from the list below based on their performance points.
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday competitions are open to the public and free of
charge and will feature a sponsor village filled with prizes and giveaways.
Both offer spectators an opportunity to see Olympic-caliber riding, right
here in our own backyard.
On Saturday, the entertainment kicks into full gear as the Olympic Naming
Ceremony will be fun for the whole family, and include a concert by
Grammy-nominated recording artists, Fountains of Wayne, sponsored by New
Jersey Travel and Tourism, and Red Bull will present the SCS Slednecks
Freestyle Snowmobile Demo, with some of the world's top freestyle snowmobile
riders pushing the sport to its limits. After the live Olympic team
announcement, the evening will be topped off with a fireworks display as we
wish the new U.S. Olympic Snowboard Team luck as they head for Torino,
Italy. On Sunday, don't miss the Fruit by the Foot Junior Jam as the
under-13s compete in the same halfpipe as their role models had the previous
night.
Following the second Grand Prix stop at Mt. Bachelor, OR, Shaun White
clinched a spot on the team, by claiming his third straight Grand Prix
victory. White, who wowed crowds and judges alike at the earlier
Breckenridge stop with back-to-back 1080s, dazzled onlookers Sunday as well.
As for what he'll focus on heading into Torino, White said he'll work on
incorporating three 1080s into his run, so the event in Jersey should be a
real crowd pleaser.
Gretchen Bleiler won her second Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, landing
in the top women’s spot, with Hannah Teter and Elana Hight rounding out the
top three.
The U.S. Olympic Snowboard Halfpipe Team will qualify exclusively through
these three Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix events, with scoring based
on the best two out of five halfpipe contests. The elite field at Mountain
Creek has been determined by the results of the earlier contests and is made
up of those athletes best qualified to make the Olympic Halfpipe Team,
including:
16 riders will be chosen from the list below based on their performance
points. Men
Rank Name Points
1 SHAUN WHITE 2000
2 MASON AGUIRRE 1600
3 DANNY DAVIS 1200
4 ROSS POWERS 1090
5 SCOTT LAGO 1050
6 ANDY FINCH 1000
7 DANIEL KASS 900
8 STEVEN FISHER 720
8 JARRET THOMAS 720
10 KEVIN PEARCE 710
11 TOMMY CZESCHIN 640
12 CHAD OTTERSTROM 620
13 KEIR DILLON 610
14 LOUIE VITO 560
15 MICHAEL GOLDSCHMIDT 550
16 ROB KINGWILL 400
17 LUKE MITRANI 380
17 JACK MITRANI 380
19 LUKE WYNEN 320
20 TYLER EMOND 280
21 ABE TETER Top 25
22 WYATT CALDWELL Top 25
23 TRAVIS RICE Top 25
24 PAT MOORE Top 25
25 ELIJAH TETER Top 25
Women:
Rank Name Points
1 GRETCHEN BLEILER 2000
2 HANNAH TETER 1800
3 ELENA HIGHT 1400
4 TRICIA BYRNES 1050
5 LINDSEY JACOBELLIS 860
6 MOLLY AGUIRRE 850
7 KELLY CLARK 760
8 ELLERY HOLLINGSWORTH 690
9 CLAIR BIDEZ 680
10 ELIZA GREENE 650
11 SABRINA ST. MARIE Top 25
12 KRISSY FAGA Top 25
13 JOANIE ANDERSON Top 25
The 2006 Grand Prix season features one of the largest overall purses for a
snowboarding series; prizes total more than $340,000 and include two new
Chevrolet trucks awarded to the male and female overall Grand Prix winners,
along with the best broadcast package for the sport on NBC, America’s
Olympic network, and OLN, the leader in action sports and outdoor adventure
programming. NBC will air a one-hour special of the Mountain Creek Grand
Prix and Olympic announcement the following day, Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m.
ET. OLN will broadcast more coverage during its ‘Ten Weeks to Torino’
programming, Sunday, Jan. 22, at 5 p.m. ET
ABOUT MOUNTAIN CREEK
Located less than 50 miles from New York City and owned by Intrawest,
Mountain Creek boasts state of the art snowmaking with skiing and riding on
46 trails over four peaks accessible by recently upgraded lifts. A vertical
of more than 1,040 feet combined with a huge network of terrain parks, the
region’s only Superpipe, the single largest snowmaking installation in North
America and world-class lodging facilities have quickly made Mountain Creek
the premier winter resort in the region. A true four-season destination,
Mountain Creek features summer family fun at Mountain Creek Waterpark and
Diablo Freeride downhill mountain bike park, as well as luxurious
townhouse-style accommodations in Black Creek Sanctuary. The Appalachian,
the resort’s premium ski-in-ski-out condominium hotel located at the foot of
the mountain will open to the public this winter, marking the true birth of
the Village at Mountain Creek, and as the master-planned village grows look
for additional lodging, retail, meeting and conference space.
www.mountaincreek.com
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Thanks for reading The Snowboard Szine!
Lauren
Editor and Creator of
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http://www.SnowboardEventsCalendar.com
http://www.SnowboardRegistry.com
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Westchester County, NY
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