Snowboarding News - May 2007

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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 yea ... Read Full Story r, Victoria's alpine resorts experienced a disappointing snow season. Buller had to cancel aerial and snowboarding events. Hotham, on the other hand, experienced the lowest level of snow in 40 years.

Millions were spent by Victoria's ski resorts to boost their snow-making equipment by 20 per cent. A cold snap at Hotham, which included a low of minus 4.6 degrees, had made possible the use of the snow-making equipment. The ski season starts on June 9.

For more information, read the full story at www.theage.com.au.

 

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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 ... Read Full Story ,500 competitors participated in the competition. Messler then went to Bad Gastein, Austria to compete in the Federation of International Snowbaording (SIF) "Race to the Cup" series. He finished third in the series. About 136 snowboarders from 42 countries participated in the series.

His ranking in the series qualified him for the U.S. Snowboarding Junior World Team. In the international rankings, he is in the 23rd spot.

For more information, read the full story at www.blockislandtimes.com.

 

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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 als ... Read Full Story o a long time rider with the Ski and Snowboard Club Vail.

Waring will be joining Minturn's Dylan Bidez in the rookie team. They will be joined in by Bidez' sister, Clair, on the women's halfpipe team, raising the chances for winning the Vail Valley Olympic snowboarding medal.

For more information, read the full news story at www.test.denverpost.com.

 

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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.
< ... Read Full Story br> January 22 and 23 has been set as practice and elimination days.

For more information, read the full news story at www.3w.skipressworld.com.

 

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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. ... Read Full Story

Farrington ranks 11th overall in the USSA national half pipe rankings and sixth overall in slope style. Farrington was also named to the World Junior Team.

For more information, read the full news story at www.mtexpress.com.

 

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