"The biggest thing I saw from all the Telluride athletes was that is was a good experience for them to compete against kids their own age, but who weren't the same kids they've been competing against all season," said TSSC snowboard coach Kirk Davis. "The Aspen coaches were really excited to have us there, and as one of the bigger contests before nationals, it was nice to have a smaller venue where the kids weren't under so much pressure, but definitely still felt the pressure of competition."
The event, although hosted in Snowmass, was a part of the USASA Southwest Series tour. Due to lack of snow, and hence lack of a halfpipe or boardercross course, events had to be moved to other venues farther north. The Aspen regional series graciously allowed boarders from the Southwest Series to "piggyback" on their halfpipe and boardercross events, enabling local riders to garner much needed competition experience before the snowboard Nationals event this spring.
"Even though Telluride athletes were racing for their own points in their own series, there was still a very real feeling of competition, with all the Telluride kids gunning for first place against the Aspen kids," TMS head snowboard coach, Jason Troth, said of the event. "Our kids were going in there cold turkey, and had to rely on their freeriding skills to get them through the competitions. They did exceptionally well considering they have no training venue at home."
BOARDERCROSS RESULTS
Junior Women, ages 16-17
Fern Miller (TMS), 3rd overall, 1st Southwest Series
Youth Women, ages 14-15
Molly Cooney (TSSC), 2nd overall, 1st Southwest Series
Youth Men, ages 14-15
Hagen Kearney (TMS), 1st overall
Layton Hebert (TSSC), 4th overall, 2nd Southwest Series
Josh Stump (TSSC), 9th overall, 3rd Southwest Series
Mike Nelson, 11th overall, 4th Southwest Series
Breaker Boys, ages 12-13
Cyrus Bennett (TSSC), 1st overall
Harry Kearney (TMS), 3rd overall, 2nd Southwest Series
Jerry Mark (TSSC), 3rd Southwest Series
Danny West (TSSC), 4th Southwest Series
Menehune Boys, ages 10-11
Jack Jones (TMS), 5th overall, 1st Southwest Series
Beecher Cooney (TSSC), 2nd Southwest Series
Fletcher Reich (TSSC), 3rd Southwest Series
Nicholas Nelson (TSSC), 4th Southwest Series
Grommet Boys, ages 8-9
Michael Fortenberry (TMS), 1st overall
HALFPIPE RESULTS
Junior Men
Dylan Cooney (TSSC), 1st overall
Youth Women
Molly Cooney (TSSC), 1st overall
Youth Men
Hagen Kearney (TMS), 1st overall
Layton Hebert (TSSC), 3rd overall, 2nd Southwest Series
Josh Stump (TSSC), 5th overall, 3rd Southwest Series
Mike Nelson (TSSC), 7th overall, 4th Southwest Series
Breaker Boys
Harry Kearney (TMS), 1st overall
Cyrus Bennett (TSSC), 5th overall, 2nd Southwest Series
Jerry Mark (TSSC), 11th overall, 3rd Southwest Series
Menehune Boys
Beecher Cooney (TSSC), 3rd
overall, 1st Southwest series
Jack Jones (TMS), 6th overall, 2nd Southwest Series
Nicholas Nelson (TSSC), 7th overall, 3rd Southwest Series
Fletcher Reich (TSSC), 9th overall, 4th Southwest Series
Grommet Boys
Michael Fortenberry (TMS), 2nd overall, 1st Southwest Series
A home snowboard competition will take place next weekend, on Saturday, Feb. 4, with the Air Garden opening for a Southwest Series slopestyle event.
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