Snowboarding News April 2008

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WEDNESDAY, 30 APRIL 2008
	Torah Bright Voted Best Female Rider of All Time
	Australia - Twenty-one-year old Torah Bright is voted as the best female snowboarder of all time in a poll at the extreme sports channel EXPN. The Cooma-raised snowboarder was regarded as one of the future women snowboarding leaders during her teenage years. Bright has won two successive world professional tour championships this year, and has dominated women’s snowboarding since her 2006 Tor Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 29 APRIL 2008
	SOS Outreach Gears Up for Bigger Season
	PORTLAND, OR - With Mt. Hood still buried under more than 16 feet of snow, one local non-profit organization is already gearing up for an even bigger season next year. For the past eight years, SOS Outreach, an organization that builds character and self-esteem in at-risk and underprivileged youth through snowsports, has been quietly establishing itself in Oregon. This winter, nearly 100 young Ore Read Full Story
	Hotham Breaks All-time Record for Coldest Day Ever
	The latest super cold snap has put Mt. Hotham in the record books, recording the coldest day on record for April in Victoria yesterday. The maximum temperature at the alpine resort was just -3.3C, recorded at 2pm. The previous record for the state was -2C set in 1985. The new record has also seen more than 25cm of snowfall at Victoria’s highest resort, with blizzard weather conditions normall Read Full Story
MONDAY, 28 APRIL 2008
	Celia Miller on Betty Rides
	Sorry guys, Celia Miller is officially off the outerwear market, BETTY rides has signed her to contract! We are so excited to make this announcement as Celia is not only one of the nicest and cutest girls in snowboarding; she is also coming off a season of slaying it! I mean seriously slaying IT! Most recently, Celia was one of six pro riders invited to Whistler Blackcomb’s “If Ullr Was a Gi Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 24 APRIL 2008
	Brandan Conroy Takes Silver at USASA Finals
	Cooper Mountain, CO - Brandan Conroy, America's second ranked 13-year old snowboarder, took silver in the Combined Overall Snowboarding Competition for his age group at the United States of America Snowboard Association 2008 National Championships, held at Cooper Mountain, Colorado. The 13-year old Long Island, New York eighth-grader finished second in the highly competitive "Breaker Boys" Di Read Full Story