Colorado

I am currently in Colorado enjoying the Sun and Snow (even if there is less than last year) so far it has been awesome and completely enjoyable. Hopefully conditions back east aren't deteriorating too much. I heard we even got a bit of snow, which is much needed after Tuesday was exceptionally warm again- 50+ degrees in mid January is just not cool... However while I'm having an awesome time here I will not be posting as much, there's just too much for me to do here!I hope you will understand:

In the meantime, I suggest everyone watch the X-Games which are taking place in Aspen this year and started today. Tomorrow will be the men and women's slopestyle, the snowboard Big Air Final and the women's SuperPipe Final- definitely all worth checking out. The events are viewable on ESPN or Espn.com A lot of awesome athletes like: Scotty Lago, Louie Vito, Kazuhiro Kokubo, IPod, Danny Davis, the Mitranis, Kelly Clark, Gretchen Bleiler, Hannah Teter, Torah Bright, Torstein Horgmo, Mikkel Bang, Seb Touts, Halldor Helgason and many many more.


ps. Two more days to vote in Real Snow!

New Playlist

I've added a new playlist available for download here: STE Playlist 4 or on the right side of the page with the others. As always, all good stuff to ride to!

Technical difficulties

I apologize for the delay in the posting the last few days, been having some connection issues. Will post a real update soon!

Dew Tour Day 4

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Festival Village open from 9:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

Men's & Women's Ski Slopestyle Practice	8:00-9:45 a.m.
Women's Ski Slopestyle Final	10:00-10:45 a.m.
Men's Ski Slopestyle Final	11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Men's Snowboard Superpipe Practice	12:30-3:15 p.m.
Men's Snowboard Superpipe Final	3:30-5:00 p.m.

Yesterday saw the finals of the slopestyle event. The snow was coming down pretty heavily coating features. The riders still charged the course, but some were thrown off the slick conditions and suffered lower scores for it. Slopestyle veterans Chas Guldemond and Mark McMorris sent less than stellar runs and getting enough speed was clearly an issue for many of the riders.



Seb Touts commented: "It was tough conditions today since it was snowing and the speed was really bad. The first run I put down wasn’t a perfect run, but at least I got an 85.50 to help me hold onto second place. I missed my second rail on the second run, but it’s all good because with two second places I’m first on the overall Dew Tour.” (Allisports.com) Seb scored second yesterday and Justin Morgan scored third with an 80.25.

Eric Willett took first again, stomping the competition and the course at Killington. Willett Scored a 91 with a front 270 on the down rail, gap front lip 270 out on the gap down, front board switchout on the cannon into a a switch back 10 double, cab 9 double, and finishing out on a front 10 double on the three jumps.

Today is the last day of the Dew Tour at Killington and the much awaited Snowboard Superpipe Final. Big hitters like Jack and Luke Mitrani, Scott Lago, Louie Vito, Danny Davis and I Pod will be coming out and will no doubt be busting out some huge air and big spins. We'll see if Matt Ladley will continue to dominate the pipe like he has the past few days, it's definitely going to be some great competition! If you can't be there in person watch it live on NBC.

Vote Pat Moore

Round 2 of the X-Games "Real Snow" contest is pitting NH native Pat Moore against Canadian Louis-Felix Paradis. Please go give our local boy your votes, his part is great:



Real Snow

Voting is open till the 23 so get at it!

Dew Tour Day 3

Saturday, January 21, 2012
Festival Village open from 9:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
Womens Ski Slopestyle Practice	8:00-9:00 a.m.
Womens Ski Slopestyle Semi-final	9:00-10:30 a.m.
Mens Snowboard Slopestyle Practice	10:30-11:45 a.m.
Mens Snowboard Slopestyle Final	12:00-1:00 p.m.
Mens & Womens Ski Superpipe Practice	12:30-2:15 p.m.
Mens & Womens Ski Slopestyle Practice	1:00-4:00 p.m.
Womens Ski Superpipe Practice	2:15-2:45 p.m.
Womens Ski Superpipe Final	3:00-3:40 p.m.
Mens Ski Superpipe Practice	3:40-4:15 p.m.
Mens Ski Superpipe Final	4:30-6:00 p.m.

Yesterday provided us viewers with some truly sick runs to watch in both slopestyle and superpipe. These athletes are really stepping up the game and the Dew Tour is bringing out a lot of lesser know young guns looking for their chance to really break in and grab their place in the sun. Check out a few of the highlights from day 2:



Day 3 is all about the Snowboard Slopestyle finals. The riders have been pulling out all the stops to throw down some really gnarly tricks on this massive course and it's all leading up to today. The current top 5 on tour are: Gjermund Braaten, Sebastien Toutant, Charles Reid, Chas Guldemond, and Mikkel Bang. Only 9 out of 32 riders will advance from yesterday's semi-finals to today's finals with Eric Willett taking that top spot.

Dew Tour Day 2

Today's Schedule:

Friday, January 20, 2012
Festival Village open from 9:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
Mens Snowboard Slopestyle Practice	8:00-9:15 p.m.
Womens Ski Superpipe Practice	9:00-10:45 a.m.
Mens Snowboard Slopestyle Semi-final	9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Womens Ski Superpipe Semi-final	11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Mens & Womens Ski Slopestyle Practice	12:00-1:00 p.m.
Mens Snowboard Superpipe Practice	12:00-1:45 p.m.
Mens Ski Slopestyle Practice	1:00-1:15 p.m.
Mens Ski Slopestyle Semi-final	1:30-4:00 p.m.
Mens Snowboard Superpipe Semi-final	2:00-3:30 p.m.
Mens Ski Superpipe Practice	3:30-5:45 p.m.
Mens Ski Superpipe Semi-final	6:00-7:30 p.m.
Winter Dew Tour VIP Party featuring RAC DJ at the Wobbly Barn	9:00-11:00 p.m.

Results are in from yesterday's Snowboard Last Chance Qualifiers for Superpipe and Slopestyle. Ville Uotila took the top spot in slopestyle with a run of a 270 front boardslide into a backside lip and 50-50 backside 180, followed by a cab 720, switch backside 900, capped with a frontside 1080. To put it in perspective watch the following run through of the course, pretty sick.



In the Superpiper LCQ's Tore Holvick took first throwing down a backside air into frontside 1080 and cab 720, then a frontside 900 followed by a backside rodeo. Amazing to see the progression the sport has made over the years- watching these riders push the limits on every possible trick is inspiring. However, I'm disappointed that the Dew Tour has cut Women's Snowboarding from the Killington stop this year. They site lack of athlete turnout last year as the reason for the cut which is unfortunate because competitions like this are only going to grow the pool of high-caliber female athletes and raise the level of competition, both necessary things before we head to the Olympics in 2014.