Finally.
It’s been weeks since a significant snowfall blanketed southern Vermont (up north they’ve been getting successive small storms that have added up). But we finally got a 4 – 8″ blessing on February 16 and 17 at Okemo, Stratton, Mount Snow and Magic. Look below for a little helmet cam footy from a run through The Trials at Mount Snow at 9am on February 17. Fresh.
Good to have you back, snow.
In an hour the 2010 Olympics kick off with the opening ceremonies. Three Vermont snowboarders will be competing: Lindsey Jacobellis (Snowboardcross, Stratton), Hannah Teter (Halfpipe, Okemo), and Kelly Clark (Halfpipe, Mount Snow). Ross Powers (Snowboardcross, Okemo/Bromley) will be on stand-by as an alternate.
Head here to check your local listings for a television schedule.
Here’s the full snowboarding event schedule:
February 15, 2010
10:30 – Snowboard – Men’s Snowboard Cross Qualification
14:00 – Snowboard – Men’s Snowboard Cross 1/8 Finals
14:26 – Snowboard – Men’s Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
14:42 – Snowboard – Men’s Snowboard Cross Semifinals
14:53 – Snowboard – Men’s Snowboard Cross Finals
February 16, 2010
10:00 – Snowboard – Ladies’ Snowboard Cross Qualification
12:15 – Snowboard – Ladies’ Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
12:29 – Snowboard – Ladies’ Snowboard Cross Semifinals
12:40 – Snowboard – Ladies’ Snowboard Cross Finals
February 17, 2010
13:05 – Snowboard – Men’s Halfpipe Qualification
17:15 – Snowboard – Men’s Halfpipe Semifinals
19:15 – Snowboard – Men’s Halfpipe Finals
February 18, 2010
12:30 – Snowboard – Ladies’ Halfpipe Qualification
16:00 – Snowboard – Ladies’ Halfpipe Semifinals
18:00 – Snowboard – Ladies’ Halfpipe Finals
February 26, 2010
10:00 – Snowboard – Ladies’ PGS Qualification
12:15 – Snowboard – Ladies’ PGS 1/8 Finals
12:51 – Snowboard – Ladies’ PGS Quarterfinals
13:09 – Snowboard – Ladies’ PGS Semifinals
13:31 – Snowboard – Ladies’ PGS Finals
February 27, 2010
10:00 – Snowboard – Men’s PGS Qualification
12:15 – Snowboard – Men’s PGS 1/8 Finals
12:51 – Snowboard – Men’s PGS Quarterfinals
13:09 – Snowboard – Men’s PGS Semifinals
13:31 – Snowboard – Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom Finals
The Dew Tour slopestyle preliminaries wrapped up about an hour ago and we now have our list of riders headed to the finals tomorrow. Unfortunately, our homestate boy, Yale Cousino, missed the cutoff by 2 places (only the top 9 finishers qualify for finals). He landed solid tricks in the top half of the course on both his runs but had trouble on the last two booters.
On the women’s side, the top 5 finishers are headed to the finals tomorrow.
Men’s Snowboarding Slopestyle results (Chas Guldemond, Tyler Flanagan and Sage Kotsenburg have a bye):
| 1 | Eric Willett | 86.67 |
| 2 | Ulrik Badertscher | 86.00 |
| 3 | Torstein Horgmo | 82.33 |
| 4 | Sam Hulbert | 82.00 |
| 5 | Nick Poohachoff | 76.50 |
| 6 | Nick julius | 74.50 |
| 7 | Ian Thorley | 73.83 |
| 8 | Brandon Reis | 71.50 |
| 9 | Scotty Vine | 69.50 |
| 10 | Nate Kern | 62.33 |
| 11 | Yale Cousino | 60.50 |
| 12 | Seth Hill | 56.67 |
| 13 | Wyatt Caldwell | 54.33 |
| 14 | Halldór Helgason | 48.83 |
| 15 | Broc Waring | 39.83 |
| 16 | Jake Black | 39.67 |
| 17 | Silas Stannard | 20.17 |
Women’s Snowboarding Slopestyle Results (Spencer O’Brien has a bye):
| 1 | Jenny Jones | 83.83 |
| 2 | Janna Meyen-Weatherby | 82.00 |
| 3 | Jamie Anderson | 74.17 |
| 4 | Kjersti Østgaard Buaas | 71.83 |
| 5 | Megan Ginter | 68.83 |
| 6 | Lynn Neil | 67.17 |
| 7 | Chanelle Sladics | 24.00 |
| 8 | Kimberly Fasani | 21.17 |
Women’s snowboarding slopestyle finals take place tomorrow from 1:30 – 2:10pm. Men’s snowboarding slopestyle are 2:30 – 3:30pm. For a full schedule of events, clickity click here.
Buncha dudes in bibs waiting at the start gate for the Slopestyle Prelims.
Seth Hill (Jacksonville, OR) moments before drop-in.
Vermont-boy Yale Cousino relieves pre-slopestyle run jitters by texting.
Ian Thorley visualizes his run before dropping in.
Wyatt Caldwell owns the gap on the first feature of the slope course.
Eric Willett took first place in the prelims by making gnarly features like this up-gap-down look easy.
Yale Cousino spins the first booter.
Seth Hill. First booter.
Torstein, who beat Shaun White to take first in slopestyle at last year's Dew Tour stop at Mount Snow, placed third in prelims today.
The signature Toyota Tundra truck bed canon box.
Don't look Yale Cousino's pants directly in the eye. They don't like that.
Stroll through a snowboard shop or stalk any terrain park this season and you’ll realize: plaid is the new purple. It’s everywhere, including on the backs of the 2010 Olympic snowboard team.
But there’s a very particular plaid I want you to look for this weekend. And if you keep your eyes peeled, there’s free cheese in it for you. That’s right, FREE cheddar, baby.
Cabot Shredders are rocking "Buffalo Check" jackets all season.
The Cabot Shredders, a team of snowboarders bedecked in red and black-checkered plaid jackets and special Cabot boards (both supplied by Burton), will be riding at select resorts throughout the winter. If you spot one, don’t be shy — step right up and say, “Good day to you sir (or madam). I hear your cheddar is quite delectable. May I trouble you for a 3/4-ounce hunk?” and you’ll get a free 3/4-ounce sample of Cabot’s Seriously Sharp cheddar. (Note: you don’t actually have to speak like Sherlock Holmes – you can just say “hi.”)
If you don’t spot a Shredder on the hill, look around the base area in the afternoon, where Cabot reps will be doling out Seriously Sharp.
RideVermont caught up with Chris Pierson, Cabot’s Marketing Manager, to get the skinny on Cabot Creamery, stationed in the shadows of Mount Mansfield in Cabot, Vermont.
“At Cabot, it’s all about our dairy farmer-owners,” explained Chris. “We promote and support local agriculture. Cabot is a dairy farmer-owned cooperative… and 100% of our profits go directly back to our [approx. 1,300] dairy farms.”
Gotta respect that.
Chris went on to say that the Cabot plant, which produces cheeses with worldwide acclaim and numerous awards, pulls milk from farms of all sizes from all over New England and New York.
So keep your eyes peeled for the red-and-black-checkered jackets this Saturday at Mount Snow and Stratton and this Sunday at Sugarbush and Stowe. Support VT and eat more Cabot. Your local farmer will thank you.
-Luke
P.S. The Darn Tough Twitter-Off is heating up at http://www.twitter.com/ridevermont. If you’re not yet a follower of @RideVermont, follow us and simply tweet “I get rad @RideVermont”. We’ll randomly select a winner on Monday and a brand new pair of Darn Tough socks could be coming your way.
