Snowboarding News May 2007

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THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
	Snow Joy for Victoria's Alpine Resorts
	Victoria's alpine resorts have received a good amount of natural snow yesterday. At Falls Creek and Mount Hotham, fifteen centimeters of snow had fallen. Ten centimeters fell at Mount Buller while five centimetres at Lake Mountain, Mount Baw Baw and Mount Buffalo. Last year, Victoria's alpine resorts experienced a disappointing snow season. Buller had to cancel aerial and snowboarding ev Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
	Messler, National Snowboarding Champion
	Bryan Messler, 20, of Guilford, Connecticut has dominated the U.S. Snowboard Association (USASA) nationals competition held at the Northstar resort in Lake Tahoe, California last April. Earning three gold metals, Messler became the competition's overall winner. More than 1,500 competitors participated in the competition. Messler then went to Bad Gastein, Austria to compete in the Federat Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
	Vail Teenager to Join U.S. Rookie Squad
	Fourteen-year old Broc Waring has been selected to join the U.S. Snowboarding Freestyle Team's rookie squad. Waring, who is from Vail, Colorado and an eighth-grader at Vail Mountain School, has been participating in halfpipe competitions since he was 11 years old. He is also a long time rider with the Ski and Snowboard Club Vail. Waring will be joining Minturn's Dylan Bidez in the rook Read Full Story
MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
	Winter X Games Set on January Next Year
	The next Winter X Games has been officially set on January 24-27, 2008. The event, which includes skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling, will be held at Buttermilk Ski Resort in Aspen, Colorado. Buttermilk Ski Resort will be the host of the Winter X Games until 2010. January 22 and 23 has been set as practice and elimination days. For more information, read the full news story at Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
	Seventeen-Year Old Nominated to the US Team
	Kaitlyn Farrington, a 17-year old Bellevue girl who is a junior at Wood River High School, has been nominated to the US Snowboarding Team. Farrington, one of the four snowboarding athletes who were elected this 2007-2008 season, will be riding for the Rookie Half pipe Team. Farrington ranks 11th overall in the USSA national half pipe rankings and sixth overall in slope style. Farringto Read Full Story