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But my dreams they aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
 
 
clean slate... a new start.. start over....

     x
 
  Well maybe i should ?
 
Maybe i should learn how to be alone and not go insane
 
stop trying to find someone who completely understands me because I will just be dissapointed with the results
 
xoxo -brianne


Published On: 1/2/2008
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South Jordan Skate Contest Results (JUNE 30th 2007)

Thanks for all the contestants and spectators for showing up and supporting technique in the annual South Jordan County Fest Contest.

Beginner

 

Top 20
1. McCabe Jensen
2. Mitchell Schultz
3. Colton Nelson
4. Cameron Anderson
5. Maxwell Schultz
6. Conner Sprouse
7. Micheal Mortensen<----wooo! lol
8. Topher Moreno
9. Jace Call
10. Josh Lowery
11. Kyle Kenner
12. Marcus Ria
13. Jacob Almodova
14. Jesse Kinder
15. Mathew Skinner
16. Dallas Morgan
17. Johnny Knucsen
18. Lucas Brown
19. Ryan Snoddy
20. Michael Marchand

Intermediate

Top 12
1. Justin West
2. Scott Kenner
3. Eric Nguyen
4. Christian Mcrtchan
5. Spike Moreno
6. Nico Deguzman
7. Garret Martinez
8. Isiah Salazar
9. Cassey Ross
10. Cody Cornia
11. Jacksen Larson
12. Sean Winkowski

Expert
Top 10
1. Caleb Orton
2. Danny Sook
3. Kevin Fedderson
4. Jason Gianchetta "Cheese"
5. Matt Fisher
6. Brad Dunn
7.Austin Namba
8. Brandon Hobush
9. Beau Davis
10. Trent Ashton

Best trick was cancelled do to Chase taking a beating! Chase when you read this Nike SB has some free shoes for you so e-mail or call the shop and we will get you a free shoe voucher. Also we want to know if you're ok!?!



Published On: 9/4/2007
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DRAPER SKATE CONTEST RESULTS


Technique would like to thank all of you for coming out to the first Annual Draper Skate
Contest, hosted by Technique. Below are the results for all three divisions. Skater’s were
judged on difficulty, style, use of all skate park obstacles and consistency. Skate’s were
scored by four judges, the score was then determined on a over all average.
Congratulations to the winners!


RESULTS FOR BEGGINER:
1.Dillon Gunther
2.Trayson Bowers
3.Joe Sandmire
4.Ted Poulson
5.McCabe Jensen
6.Maurice Vanditter
7.Austin Woodward
8.Kyle Kenner
9.Colt Nelson
10.Jaden Jorgensen
11.Jimmy Mcmahon
12.Tyson Black
13.Pablo Rasales
14.Mac Siripong
15.Garret Wooley
16.Rylee Johnson
17.Hasting Madsen
18.Michael Mortensen
19.Carson Hoch
20.Jenner Allen
21.Canyon Macey
22.Conner Parsons
23.Shawn Eddlemon
24.Isiah Sanchez
25.Nathan Martinez
26.Alec Hewitt
27.Devin Baldwin
28.Nolan Hernandez
29.Sebastian Lawerence
30.Brighton Marquis
31.Mike Ruschton
32.Kacey Hebdon
33.Kade Hernandez
34.Jake Morgan
35.Logan Guenther
36.Landon Cloes
37.Dustin Black
38.Mike Black
39.Lane Jensen
40.Joseph Cannan
41.Devun Black
42.Brayden Martinez


INTERMEDIATE CONTEST RESULTS:
1.Nick Meyer
2.Misael Cano
3.Conlin Hooley
4.Ben Mcqueen
5.Chase S.
6.Oton Nhuw
7.Dewey Palmer
8.Scott Kenner
9.Brandon Hobush
10.Cash Banditson
11.Tyler Turley
12.Joe Chamberlin
13.Sean Winskowski
14.Mac Siripong
15.Mitchell Schultz
16.Rennie Mcgregor
17.Jake Romero
18.Evan Ellison
19.Kyle Kenner
20.Austin Comstock
21.Colto Kynaston
22.Brad West
23.Aaron Jacques
24.Mario Cdebaca
25.AJ Gomez
26.Nick Mcneal
27.Kenny Hicks
28.Dalton Parker
29.Bronson Harwell
30.Colton Erickson
31.Cody Cornia
32.Kevin Muniz
33.Vini Marquez
34.Cody Sherer
35.Garret Bell
36.Curtis Wooldrige
37.Carson Darkman
38.Maxwell Schultz
39.Nick Swatzke


EXPERT RESULTS:
1.Zack Silver (Quicksilver)
2.Kevin Fedderston
3.Morgan Hartwell
4.Colin Brophy
5.Alex Whipp (Worm)
6.Beau Davis
7.Holland Redd
8.Jason Gianchetta (Cheese)
9.Zach Hippo
10.Danny Souk
11.Aaron Gailey
12.Colton Brown


BEST TRICK WINNER:
1.ZACK HIPPO
2.Zack Silver (Quicksilver)
3.Beau Davis



Published On: 5/21/2007
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HOW TO MAKE LOVE

Ingredients:

4 Laughing eyes

4 Well-shaped legs

4 Loving arms

2 Firm milk containers

2 Nuts

1 Fur-lined mixing bowl

1 Firm banana

Directions:

1. Look into laughing eyes.

2. Spread well-shaped legs with loving arms.

3. Squeeze and massage milk containers very gently.

4. Gently add firm banana to mixing bowl, working in and out until well creamed. For best results. Continue to knead milk containers.

5. As heat rises, plunge banana deep into mixing bowl and cover with nuts, leave to soak (preferably NOT overnight).

6. The cake is done when banana is soft. If banana does not soften, repeat steps 3-5 or change mixing bowls.

Notes:

1. If you are in an unfamiliar kitchen, wash utensils carefully before and after use.

2. Do not lick mixing bowl after use.

3. If cake rises, leave town.



Published On: 1/10/2007
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Karma in Buddhist teaching is defined as the consequences of your actions/decisions whether it be intentional or not.

In Confucianism there is the Golden Rule - "Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you."

In the Bible there are several scriptures pertaining to how we should treat others - "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." Luke 6:31, King James Version."

In lay man's terms it is "What goes around, comes around".

Persoanlly I've seen Karma in action, sometimes the results were immediate other times it was not. One such example of immediate Karma was when one of my friends needed money because she was moving. This friend of mine doesn't work because of physical limitations and a group of us decided to raise a small amount for her. I had only a few dollars to spare since my finances was tight but said to myself, "what the heck, she needs it more than I". A few days later while I was checking my emails I noticed i received a paystub from one of the survey companies I sometimes participated in. I've almost forgotten about it, the amount was twice that of what I gave my friend.

There were also other times in my lfie when I did something that hurt someone, whether it was intentional or not. And years later the same thing happened to me, this time I was on the receiving end.

There are also times when Karma doesn't make sense like when an innocent child is raped and killed. I ask myself, what did that child do to warrant such a tragedy? There are also many good people who suffer while deceitful people prosper.

Do you believe in Karma?


Published On: 12/16/2006
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My Journal: June 2006
By: silversnowkat


I've had a lot going on, and just haven't been online much to write about it. So I'll see if I can paraphrase much of it here.

Chalk Art:
This is my first ever attempt at chalk art. I drew it on the wall outside my sisters apartment building.
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Wrist still pains me, grrrrrrrrrrrr

So my wrist is STILL giving me problems; pain, immobility, unable to grip on the pinky and ring finger. Exactly two months after the initial injury, I had an MRI last week. The MRI results:

  • Impression:
    1 Intra-articular distal left radius fracture with volar tilt of the distal component. Nondisplaced intra-articular fragment involving the radiolunate articulation and distal radioulnar joint.
    2. Edema with suspected tear in the ulnar attachement of the triangular fibrocartilage.
    3. Erosion of the dorsal aspect of the lunate without edema.

In laymans terms – broke bone, piece of it broke off is cause of swelling. Tore one of the ligaments that hold bone to bone,. Proceed to talk with surgeon, do not pass Go, do not collect money, but give copay to doctor. *sigh* I see the orthopedic surgeon guy next week.

 

Wakeboard Camp!!

The highlight of my summer is coming. I'll be flying out to Appleton, WI and spending a week at wakeboard camp. Any procedure on my wrist will have to wait until AFTER my vacation, as I do have priorities and stuff. About a month ago, I was sitting at home, board off my butt. Was online and thought what fun it would be to go wakeboarding. Then after realizing it had been over 3 years since I last took a vacation, had this great idea. I searched for the better part of a weekend on "wakeboard camps". Many of them cater only to groms, and though I'm short and the size of one, I'm well above the age bracket there. I had contacted a couple different camps that were of interest of to me, and then decided on one. http://wakeboardingcamp.com The camp owners of this one seem like totally awesome hometown laid back type people. I've been in frequent contact with them to the point this trip will be like going to visit old friends. I've got goals for myself which include personal riding, but also learning the basics of proper edging, pop off the wake, etc. both for coaching kids/friends on wakeboards, but also a better understanding of the sport to help cross over students who come to snowboard the first time who are wakeboarders. Since it's my left wrist causing me grief and I'm normally a left foot/regular foot rider, at camp there's a distinct possibility I'll be perfecting my switch riding. I saved up for camp. The $855 (cheaper than most others) is a significant investment for me, but a lot cheaper, and IMO more fun than going to Disneyworld or something like that. Saving up for this trip will have entirely been worth it to me.

 

Betta gets large home

At work, I've had a betta fish for about 3-3½ years now. He's mostly royal blue but with some other color variations. He has been a good sport living in a 1 gallon plastic tank with no filter, heater, etc. I've wanted to get some other fish, so I picked up a 10 gallon fish tank at Walmart earlier this week. I'll be waiting until after my trip next month (3rd week of June) before adding some "friends" in the tank though. I want to get a water testing kit to make sure the water pH, etc all stays stable so all fish will live happily. For now, my betta has been swimming all over in his big new home. He seems very happy. One day I'll find the battery charger to my old school digital camera or save up for a newer one, but don't have pictures at the moment.

There's what's happening in my life summed up.



Published On: 5/26/2006
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I awoke with a start one night to find that my left sock was missing. I hadn’t the faintest idea where it had gotten to because I could have sworn it was on my foot when I went to bed. I looked around the room and was oblivious to the pair of red eyes watching me as I looked for my sock. I looked in my closet and all I found was a pair of underwear and a sign saying ‘Look out for the spider!’ I’m not entirely sure why that’s there because I’m afraid of spiders and even the thought of one makes me shiver. But I shrugged it off and carried on my search. Finally I came across another sock that didn’t even match my plain white one. This one had a red stripe on it and had holes in it. Knowing that I’d look silly wearing only one sock I slipped that one on anyway and walked out the door.

To my horror there was a giant spider in the hallway. Seeing this spider made me remember the sign from 2 minutes ago. Oh well, I thought. The giant spider lunged at me but I rolled under it. It turned around and it shot a line of web at me but with my ninja reflexes I jumped over the line. That made the spider angry and it ran toward me but slipped on a Christmas catalog. Thank you Saint Nick. Taking that opportunity I jumped up onto the spiders butt and punched it right in it’s smug little face. To be totally honest that didn’t do anything but piss it off. It rolled over and stood back up. This time I was in trouble so I ran into my room and grabbed my knife and stabbed the spider right in the head. After realizing that it had just been stabbed in the head, turned to me and said, “What the hell! I was only playing. You didn’t have to stab me in my head!” It then ran out the window crying.

“What an odd way to start the day.” I thought.

I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth when I noticed that I wasn’t holding a tube of toothpaste but instead holding a tube of tiny snakes. So I threw that in the toilet and got out a new tube but that to had snakes. This could only be the work of one person. The evil witch Zorath. All of a sudden the room went dark and with a flash of light and a bang Zorath appeared in my shower. In a quick, lightning fast jab I turned the hot water on and watched as she melted away in my shower.

“Now that that’s done with.” I said, “I can brush my teeth.”

“Not so fast!” said a voice.

“What!” I said.

“Not so fast!” said the voice again. “You think that mere water can kill the almighty Zorath?”

“Damnit, I thought this was done with.” I said.

“Not quite.” said Zorath.

“Ok, come on out and kill me.” I said.

The door to the shower opened and there standing in a puddle of water was Zorath. She took only one step, which happened to be right on the soap, and fell right on her spine and died.

“Hmm…well looks like it pays to drop the soap.” I said.

With those last words I brushed my teeth, snake free, and went to school. Little did I know that this wasn’t the end of this weird day.

When I got to school I noticed that the building was an odd shade of green.

“What an odd shade of green.” I thought to myself and walked to the door.

Once inside I knew that today wasn’t over. All the people were actually quiet. Not a single person was talking. Well that’s not true, their lips were moving but no sound came out. Then I realized that I had my headphones still in my ears, I took them out and all the sound returned. But the sound was different. Everyone sounded like farm animals. I turned around and there was a kid listening to the sounds of farm animals on his stereo. I gave him a weird look and he turned it off.

“Sorry.” He said

“Whatever.” I replied and walked off.

I saw Christine sitting alone drinking a drink and went over to her and sat down.

“Hey, what’s up?” I said.

“Nothing, what’s up with you?” she said.

“A lot, today has been pretty weird lately.”

“Really, How so?”

“Well, I got attacked by a spider and a witch in less then 10 minutes and the school is green.”

“Wow, that’s pretty weird.”

“Yup, so I was wondering if maybe you’d like to go out sometime. Maybe Friday?” I asked.

“No way! You’re a psycho and no one likes you!” she said and dumped her drink on my head.

“Get a life creep!” she said and walked away.

“Geez it was just a question, don‘t have to freak out or anything.” I said to myself and got up.

The first bell rang and I went to my class. This was when the weirdness really started. I walked in and my teacher was dressed like a Martian.

“Mrs. Wilson? Why are you dressed like that?” I asked.

“Because, young earth child, the great Lord Hangman from Nebula Delta in the Random Galaxy is coming and I must be ready for the transport to his ship.”

“Um…ok.” I said and sat down.

The class seemed to go by extremely slow today. Literally, the clock’s second hand ticked once every 5 seconds. So I threw a paper ball at it and it ticked normally. The bell finally rang and I shot off to my next class which was weird because I’ve never shot off to a class in my life. I get to my class and my friend Cam was standing on his head. Two things were really weird about this.

1. I’m always the first out of the two of us to get to second period even when I walk and

2. Cam was standing on his head. I didn’t know he could do that.

The next thing I know is I’m sitting in my seat. I don’t even remember walking into class. I turn around to ask Justeen if she knew what was going on but she was asleep. Nothing that weird there, she’s fallen asleep in class before. So I poked her with a stick until I got bored and did something else. Then out of nowhere a hamster falls out of thin air onto my desk. It stands up and announces to me that his name is Todd and that he is, in fact, a hamster. Then just as suddenly as he appeared, he vanished. In fact it was the exact same way he appeared only in reverse. This is what he said.

“.retsmah a ma I dna ddoT si eman ym ,olleH” then he crouched down onto all fours and did a backflip into the ceiling. That was the funniest thing I saw that day and ran out of the room laughing while Mr. Rigby was rambling on about toenails and vitamins. I ran down the hall laughing and all of a sudden I tripped and got knocked out.

I woke up two hours later in the doctors office and the first thing I noticed was a hamster running in a little ball on the ground stopping every 5 seconds to count to 10.

“Todd?” I asked. The little hamster looked up at me and said, “My name is Bill, Todd is my brother though.”

“Oh…ok.” I said.

“Can I help you with anything?” asked Bill.

“Well let’s see, first off this has been one bizarre day and I’m getting a little sick of it.” I said, “I got attacked by a spider at 6:30 am, watched a witch die in my shower after turning my toothpaste into tiny shakes, the school is green, Christine thinks I’m a psycho, my English teacher is crazy, I’m talking to a hamster and now I’m in the doctors office and I don‘t remember how I got here! I don’t know, can you help!?”

“Well, no I can’t but I can say that it’s almost over.”

“Thank god.” I said, “I don’t think I can take anymore of this.”

Then all of a sudden the door opened and Bill went running out. The doctor, a real doctor, walked in and gave me my test results.

“I have brain cancer!? And I’m pregnant!? This seriously can’t be right.” I said.

“Oh oops, sorry, wrong file. Here this is yours.” He said and handed me my folder.

“I’m missing my mind and a loft sock. Yup that sounds about right.” I said.

“Here, take this clock and climb to the highest mountain and sing The Alphabet till the coo-coo bird pops out.” he said.

“Right and you’re a real doctor?” I asked.

“No…but I stayed at a Holiday Inn once.” he said and walked out the door with a smile on his face.

I went back to school and everyone was asking if I was ok but I didn’t tell them. All that was on my mind was where is my left sock? Then out of the corner of my eye I saw it, my left sock. It was running down the hallway being chased by a turkey sandwich. I ran straight for the sock and sandwich. I finally cornered the sandwich after it had eaten my sock. Thankfully the laws of everything obeyed the rules this time and I opened up the sandwich to find my sock in between the lettuce and turkey. I slipped it back on and went home.

That night I couldn’t help notice that my left sock had two red dots on it that looked a little like eyes, but I was to tired to care and went to sleep to have a freakier dream then what had happened that day.

 

::Soon to be a movie::



Published On: 4/18/2006
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For those that missed it, here is some results and facts.

This year the championships took place in the mountains of Vermont.  At Stratton Mountain Resort.

First off, Shaun White broke all known snowboarding records when he won the slopestyle event.  The slopestyle victory for the red tomato was his 12 consective win.  The kid is on fire.Volvo put two C70 convertibles up for the most valuable rider award.  Can you guess what male won?  Shaun White got a new ride as well as Hana Beamen.  Ski-Doo also put to new sleds up for grabs for the Outstanding Rookie Award which went out to Chas Guldemond (who almost took top spot from Shaun...) and Ellery Hollingsworth.  Mathieu Crepel was crowned the global ticket to ride (TTR) tour men's champion.  Congrats Mathieu.

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Shaun White
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Chas and Ellery
©2006 Robb Farrington

The Burton Open started off Friday night with the Quarter Pipe.  It was a night session which meant that the spectors stood out in the freezing cold to cheer on the riders. Danny Davis won it for the mens and Hana Beamen for the females.  Pat Moore and Junko Asazuma grabbed the highest air to take home $2,500 each.
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Men's Quarter Pipe

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Woman's Quater Pipe
©2006 Robb Farrington

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©2006 Robb Farrington
Saturday was halfpipe contest with something over 15,000 spectators out helping the vibe for the riders.  Shaun White looking like he was still in Torino took home first place and Torah Bright winning her first ever US Open medal took home first for the females.

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men's pipe  ©2006 Robb Farrington

Sunday, the last day of the championships, hosted the final contest.  Slopestyle was once again taken down by Shaun White.  Chaz Guldemond almost gave Shaun a run for his money placing second and Jussi Oksanen won the Snickers Best Trick for $5,000 as well as placed third.  Young 17 year old Spencer O'Brien did a repeat of last year to finish just behind Hana Beamen for second place and super young 15 year old Jamie Anderson took home third place.  Tara Dakides won the Snickers Best Trick with a backflip melon grab for $5,000.
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Men's Slopestyle left-right Chas, Shaun and Jussie
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Woman's Slopestyle left to right - Spencer, Hana, Jamie
©2006 Robb Farrington



Published On: 3/21/2006
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Snowboard.com News: The Tournament
By: snowboard.com


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April 2nd 2006


Event brief
 

On April 2nd 2006 Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta will play host to The Tournament. This new twist on the team challenge event format will pit team against team in a battle where strategy, skill, and an ability to ride all types of terrain will be the keys to success. Each team rider will compete in one of the three arenas - the quarterpipe, the jump, or the urban jib.  All sessions will have cash prizing for the top three finishers.  The team with the best overall results will take home $6 000 cash, as well as prizes worthy of THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!

 

Competition OUTLINE

 

THE TOURNAMENT offers Canada’s up and coming amateur talent the breakthrough opportunity to compete with top pro riders to vie for cash and bragging rights. This team challenge competition will require a rider from each to compete in one of the three arenas. Riders will compete in 90 min. sessions against members of the opposing teams. Team members will not be competing against each other. Teams will consist of 3 riders. Each rider must compete in only one of the three arenas of competition. A maximum of 35 team entries will be allowed. This will ensure each session will afford riders ample opportunity to showcase their quiver of tricks.

 Strategy is the key to this competition as teams choose which member competes in each arena. For a team to be awarded the title of THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS they must excel in all 3 arenas over the course of the entire day of competition from frozen morning jibbing to slushy afternoon quarterpipes.  Properly choosing when to exploit your teams’ strengths will make the difference between

success and failure.


 

 

THE Courses

Riders will be presented with terrain and obstacles designed to challenge and inspire all levels of competitor. THE TOURNAMENT will consist of three arenas - the Quarterpipe, the Urban Jib, and the Jump.

 

The Quarterpipe will be a 22’ high monster with wallride and jib options.  Riders will be judged on all the features of this unique quarterpipe. Giant airs will be necessary, but you must slay the entire beast to take the top spot.

 

The Urban Jib will demand versatility and creativity. This unique course will consist of a gauntlet of rails, boxes, wallrides, ledges, bombdrops, and a chimera. 

 

The Jump; The simplest of all the competition arenas. This 50’ straight jump will provide riders the opportunity to display their entire repertoire of tricks.  The jump will have multiple takeoffs.  Booters, floaters, and something out of the ordinary for the true combatant. 

 

STRATEGY

 

To win The Tournament each team will need to employ a strategy unique to their team that takes advantage of the team challenge format.  Each session will consist of a maximum of 35 competitors, each from different teams.  Points will be awarded to each competitor for their final placing in each session.  Teams will accumulate points for each session. The team with the highest points total from all the sessions will be the overall TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS.  Teams must choose who will compete in each arena.  Alberta in the springtime can be hazardous and icy at 11am, and windy and too soft in the afternoon of the same day. Choosing which team member can ride the best in the varying conditions will be vital to success.  Although, it has been known to snow three feet in 24hrs in April in Calgary.  Teams will need to be prepared to attack the courses and defend against Mother Nature’s offensives. Preparation and strategy will play a part in the outcome of The Tournament.


SCHEDULE

 

April 1
   
12 noon - 3pm              Practice
    8am Start                    Preparty

April 2
   
8am - 11am                     Registration/checkin 
    9am - 10am                     Practice
    11am                                 1st session
    1PM                                   2nd session
    3PM                                   3rd session
    5PM                                   Awards
               

                      

LIFESTYLE

 

Spectators are encouraged to grab a BBQ lunch and catch some rays on the deck, or if you are looking for action, try one of the free demos available in the event village at the base of the hill. The wild at heart will find elation and frustration in the snowskate mini park.   And the die hard rider can catch the last runs of the season in the COP terrain park and boardercross course; All this while DJ’s and riders spin the first day of April away.

 

The PARTY

 

Saturday night April 1st.  Celebrate a good day of practice. Talk about all the tricks you stomped and plan tomorrows attack. All while you watch some videos, dance with coyotes, and enjoy life with your friends.  

Location TBA

 

ENTRY FEES & PRIZING


Entry fees will be $225 per team of three.  Each team must consist of three riders.  There are no age groups or gender categories for this competiton. Everyone will compete on a level playing field for the $6000 CAD. However, there will be a prize package for the top female team and the top team under 18 years of age.  These prize packages will each have a retail value of $3000.  Teams can register online at coda.ca or on April 1st from 9am – 4pm and April 2nd 9am – 11am at Canada Olympic Park.  First come, first served. A maximum of 35 teams will be allowed entry. All competitors must have a valid CSF or affiliated provincial membership.

 

NOTE:    Teams eligible for the female team prize pack must consist of all female riders. Teams eligible for the under 18-prize package must consist of riders under 18 years of age on the date of competition. No exceptions and you must have valid proof of age. All competitors under 18 will also require a parent’s signature in order to compete (waiver and release of liability).

 

Prizing for the sessions will be $1000 / $650 / $350 CAD to the top threeriders in each session as decided by the judges.  This prizing is individual based, and is not a team prize. If you want to split it with your team that is your choice. The Overall Team prize of $6000 CAD will be divided into three equal amounts to each member of the winning team.

Published On: 3/13/2006
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Well... the Olympic Snowboard Parallel Gaint Slalom is now over.  Here are your results.

For the mens:

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Gold Medal winner Philipp Schoch (R) of Switzerland and Silver Medal winner Simon Schoch (L) of Switzerland (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)

1. Philipp Schoch (SUI)
2. Simon Schoch (SUI)
3. Sigfried Grabner (AUT)

For the woman's...


Gold medal winner Daniela Meuli of Switzerland celebrates in the Womens Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom Finals (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Gold medal winner Daniela Meuli of Switzerland celebrates in the Womens Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom Finals (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

1. Daniela Meuli (SUI)
2. Amelie Kober (GER)
3. Rosey Fletcher (USA)


Published On: 2/23/2006
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Snowboard.com News: Olympic Snowboard Cross
By: snowboard.com


For the past two days Snowboard Cross made its big debut in the Olympics.  For those of you that missed it, here is a break down of what you missed.

The mastermind who built the Olympic Snowboard Cross is Canadian Jeff Ihaksi.  The course runs 700 metres long, with a vertical drop of 175m.

How it works is that competitors first do 2 time trails to be seeded.  This means that the riders get to do two runs by themselves on the course being timed.  For the men's, 36 men got two runs and the top 32 wil be seeded into the finals which means 4 men will be dropped.  The finals are when four guys at a time get seeded into heats, and the two riders that make it down first out of the four get to move on to the next round, the other two are knocked out of the competition.

USA got another gold for the Men's Olympic Snowboard Cross as Seth Wescott just beat out Slovakia rider Radoslav Zidek.  Seth was later quoted for saying "I think snowboarding is becoming part of the heart and soul of the Olympic Games!"

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Seth Wescott of the United States celebrates his gold medal in the Mens Snowboard Cross Final © Getty Images

Final results:
1. Seth Wescott (USA)
2. Radoslav Zidek (Slovakia)
3. Paul-Henri Delerue (France)
4. Jordi Font (Spain)


Regarding the female Olympic Snowboard Cross, the females had a strong battle and during the finals young USA rider Lindsey Jacobellis took a huge lead.  On the second to last jump Jacobellis decided to show off a little by tricking out a method only to bail on the landing giving the gold medal Tanja Frieden.

Frieden.jpg The final results for female Olympic Snowboard Cross:

1. Tanja Frieden (Switzerland)
2. Lindsey Jacobellis (USA)
3. Dominique Maltais (CAN)
4. Maelle Ricker (CAN)
Tanja Frieden © Reuters

Published On: 2/17/2006
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Well this is for those out in the world that either missed the event, watched the wrong channel or those that just didn't have time to watch the men's and woman's Olympic halfpipe in Torino. Here are the basics of what you missed.

An Italian that goes by the name Roberto Moresi has spent the last 3 years building this pipe. It was built an extra 20m long making the pipe a total of 150m long. This allowed riders 5 hits instead of 4. Out of the 44 competitors, only 12 get to advance to the finals. So how it works is the 44 riders go, the top 6 get to advance to the finals. Then the rest get a second run and the top 6 from the second heat enter into the finals for a total of 12 riders.

Shaun White had a bit of a rocky start placing 7th after the first round, as well as Anti Autti who everyone claimed would be Shauns number 1 competitor seemed to be riding conservative.

White of the U.S. celebrates during the final of the men's half pipe snowboarding competition in Bardonecchia © Reuters
White of the U.S. celebrates during the final of the men's half pipe snowboarding competition in Bardonecchia © Reuters

In the end, Shaun took home gold, followed by US team mate Danny Kass for his second Olympic silver medal and Markku Koski took home bronze.
1] Shaun White
2] Danny Kass
3] Markku Koski
4] Mason Aguirre
5] Antti Autti
6] Gary Zebrowski
7] Markus Keller
8] Christophe Schmidt
9] Vinzenz Lueps
10] Risto Mattila
11] Crispin Lipscomb
12] Andy Finch

As for the woman's halfpipe, Kelly Clark had an amazing day till she tried her front 9 on her last hit and went down. Hannah Tetter pulled some huge big airs as well a smooth 900. Kjersti stomped a cripppler 7 off her last hit and Gretchen's final run was a crippler followed by back to back 5's and a 900 as her final hit.

Hannah Teter © Getty Image
Hannah Teter © Getty Image
At the end of the day, the results showed that Team USA came shy of one medal to make a clean sweap.

1) Hanah Teter
2) Gretchen Blieler
3) Kjersti Buuas
4) Kelly Clark



Published On: 2/14/2006
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My Journal: 6/4/2005
By: castelberg



yeah, as everyone was thinking the season is nearly over is the weather foreacst changing again and it seems as if we get up to 40cm fresh pow pow above 1000m altitude in the next 3 days.
hope the forecast is trow and looking forward to it.

Will guide form the 12-20 of april some japanese freeriders arround the powder in europe, so let's pray for freshies :-)

latest results:
2.april King of the mountain freeride contest 2005 RANK 1
3.april Madmountain freeride conetest 2005 RANK 1


upcoming events:
16-17 april 2005 World longboard Classic
7-8. Mai 2005 Sustenderby


some of the late (online)pressnews about me:
Insbruck Newspaper:
http://www.6020online.at/?channel=2&hdl=14&id=11&area=16
Method Magazine:
http://www.methodmag.com/index.php?id=40&tx_ttnews[backPID]=28&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1034


New Pictures?
Check out my snowboard.com photograllery and the website:
http://www.ralphcastelberg.ch/e_pictures.html



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yes, i do ride a 2m powder board, got a problem with that?

f*ck the system and enjoy your life

http://www.ralphcastelberg.ch
--- check it out ---



Published On: 4/6/2005
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My Journal: 20/4/2005
By: castelberg


this season has been good, even if the snow wasn't always as good as usual.
I did have some great freeriding in europe an japan, was meeting amaising ppl and had a lot of fun.
I hope the last frew days of this season will be good as well and I'm looking already froward to the next season in the powder ;-)

last 3 results:
2.april King of the mountain freeride contest 2005 RANK 1
3.april Madmountain freeride conetest 2005 RANK 1
16-17 april 2005 World longboard Classic RANK 1


upcoming events:
7-8. Mai 2005 Sustenderby
& some end of season drinking parties *lol*

some of the late (online)pressnews about me:
Insbruck Newspaper:
http://www.6020online.at/?channel=2&hdl=14&id=11&area=16
Method Magazine:
http://www.methodmag.com/index.php?id=40&tx_ttnews[backPID]=28&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1034


New Pictures?
Check out my snowboard.com photograllery and the website:
http://www.ralphcastelberg.ch/e_pictures.html

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yes, i do ride a 2m powder board, got a problem with that?

f*ck the system and enjoy your life
http://www.ralphcastelberg.ch



Published On: 4/20/2005
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