I-Pod Wins Men’s Snowboard Superpipe, Dew Tour Killington Complete

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Pete

In a crowd- and judge-pleasing explosion of huge tricks that included a double cork 1260, into back to back 1080s, Iouri Podladtchikov managed to unseat the reigning champ Louie Vito in his final run down the 22′ superpipe. With the crowd on fire, Vito came through with an equally massive run of double corks down the pipe, but it wasn’t enough to win the judges over.

Photo by Ben Sarle

This was I-Pod’s first Winter Dew Tour Superpipe win, so needles to say, he was pretty stoked.

Here’s some recap footage from the his winning run and the close second place run from Vito, courtesy of Alli Sports. Take notes. This is how the big dogs get it done.

And what kind of Vermonters would we be without giving a special shout out to miss Devin Logan, representing the 802 and taking home a second Dew Tour trophy for second in Women’s Freeski Slopestyle. Great job Devin and good luck in Snowbasin.

Dew Tour Killington Recap: Day 3 Finals

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Pete

In case you didn’t see the Ski Superpipe Finals last night, it was a pretty epic showing. (And coming from snowboarders, that’s saying something.) After Eric Willett killed it on the Men’s Slopestyle Finals, Vermont’s own twin-plankin’ pro Devin Logan went on to take a close second place behind Tahoe’s Maddie Bowman in Women’s Ski pipe. We had the pleasure of interviewing Devin after she stepped off the podium. Stay tuned for that interview as the ladies dominate our blog all next week. (We’re pretty stoked for a little domination, who wouldn’t be.)

The night rounded out with a session of high-flying excitement from the Men’s division. But you knew that because you watched it live on NBC or at least backed it up on the DVR. Here’s the low down from the podiums.

1. Eric Willett, 2. Seb Toots, 3. Justin Morgan. Photo Courtesy of Alli Sports

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final Results
1. Eric Willett :: 91.00
2. Sebastien Toutant :: 85.50
3. Justin Morgan :: 80.25
4. Aleksander Ostreng :: 80.25
5. Jake Aaronson :: 69.00
6. Antoine Truchon :: 66.50
7. Gjermund Braaten :: 60.75
8. Ulrik Badertscher :: 55.50
9. Charles Reid :: 53.00
10. Chas Guldemond :: 53.00
11. Mark McMorris :: 44.25
12. Staale Sandbech :: 41.50

1. Maddie Bowman, 2. Devin Logan (VT), 3. Brita Sigourney. Photo Courtesy of Alli Sports

Women’s Freeski Superpipe Final Results
1. Maddie Bowman :: 87.50
2. Devin Logan :: 86.00
3. Brita Sigourney :: 85.00
4. Annalisa Drew :: 75.25
5. Anais Caradeux :: 73.25
6. Ayana Onozuka :: 72.75

1. Torin Yater-Wallace, 2.Tai Barrymore, 3. Tucker Perkins. Photo Courtesy of Alli Sports

Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final Results
1. Torin Yater-Wallace :: 93.75
2. Tai Barrymore :: 88.50
3. Tucker Perkins :: 85.75
4. Justin Dorey :: 83.00
5. Kevin Rolland :: 80.50
6. David Wise :: 78.75
7. Joss Christensen :: 77.38
8. Duncan Adams :: 76.75
9. Taylor Seaton :: 76.50
10. Gus Kenworthy :: 76.00
11. Noah Bowman :: 73.25
12. Xavier Bertoni :: 46.25

Can’t make it to the mountain today? Tune into NBC for the thrilling conclusion of Men’s Superpipe Finals — LIVE at 3:00PM.

Eric Willett Wins Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle, Dew Tour Killington

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Pete

Eric Willett takes the win at Killington. Photo: George Watts, RideVermont.com

Breck-based shredder Eric Willett crushed it today at the Men’s Slopestyle Finals with a series of insanely big doubles on each of the three 60-70 foot booters on the course at Bear Mountain, Killington.

Up top, in the street-styled rail section, Eric laid down smooth front 270s on both down rails, gapping onto the second and off the cannon a front board switchout.

Willett sends it off the cannon. Photo Courtesy of Alli Sports.

We caught up with Eric in his post-win high to get a rider’s perspective on the east coast Dew stop.

Men’s Slopestyle
1. Eric Willett 91.00
2. Sebastien Toutant 85.50
3. Justin Morgan 80.25
4. Aleksander Østreng 72.25
5. Jake Aaronson 69.00

Well done fellas and good luck in Snowbasin.

Dew Tour Killington Recap: Day 2 Semi-finals

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Pete

Instead of boring you to death with a bunch of ranking stats and leaderboard numbers (sorry math nerds), we thought we’d just post up some of the highlights from yesterday’s Semi-Final rounds at the Dew Tour in Killington.

Videos courtesy of Alli Sports/DewTour.

High winds put the Men’s Ski Slopestyle semi’s on hold and they’ll be wrapping up this morning before the the guys start calling their drops in the slopestyle course ’round 11:30. Ok, they don’t actually call drops. The Dew Tour’s more organized than that and would probably make a big stink if they went out of turn. Who knows.

We’ll have more live update coverage and heart-warming chit chat on twitter and the blog all weekend. See you at Bear Mountain.

Dew Tour Killington Recap: Day 1 Qualifiers

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Pete

As promised folks, here’s the qualifier and last chance qualifier final standings from today at Bear Mountain. Take a look at who’s moving on to tomorrow’s semi-finals.

Men’s Snowboard Superpipe
1. Tore Holvik — 87.75
2. Broc Waring — 80.00
3. Hans Mindnich — 73.50
4. Scotty Pike — 68.00
5. Ryo Aoki — 65.50
6. Kyle Mack — 64.25
7. Tyler Anderson — 58.75
8. Derek Livingston — 58.25
9. Scott Moline — 55.25
10. Bryan Daino — 50.00
11. Harrison Gray — 37.00

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle
1. Ville Uotila — 78.67
2. Seth Hill — 76.50
3. Ian Thorley — 73.83
4. Robby Balharry — 72.33
5. Matts Kulisek — 68.50
6. Jake Aaronson — 67.83
7. Kai Wiggins — 63.67
8. Mark Hoyt — 61.67
9. Craig Mcmorris — 60.83
10. Spencer Shaw — 60.83
11. Chris Tierney — 59.67

Men’s Ski Superpipe
1. Joss Christensen — 80.25
2. Kyle Smaine — 77.50
3. James Campbell — 75.00
4. AJ Kemppainen — 73.75
5. Christian Allen — 73.25
6. Marshall LaCroix — 70.75
7. Yannic Lerjen — 70.50
8. Lyman Currier — 68.50

Men’s Ski Slopestyle
1. John Strenio — 85.00
2. Henrik Harlaut — 82.17
3. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand — 80.83
4. Vincent Gagnier — 76.17
5. Willie Borm — 74.83
6. Josiah Wells — 72.67
7. Cody Ling — 72.00
8. Matt Walker — 69.33
9. Tim McChesney — 68.17
10. Robert Franco — 67.83
11. Alex Bellemare — 67.00

Women’s Ski Superpipe
coming soon…

Women’s Ski Slopestyle
1. Maude Raymond — 86.33
2. Eveline Bhend — 81.67
3. Eva-Maria Patscheider — 66.00
4. Maria Bagge — 60.33
5. Nina Rusten Andersen — 54.67
6. Rose Battersby — 34.50
7. Emma Whitman — 23.33
8. Jackie Kling — DNS

Things are shaping up nicely with a 100% chance of snow tonight, so Killington may be grooming a few inches of fresh into the courses tomorrow. Let’s hope. Here’s a little evening stoke to keep you warm while the flakes are falling.

Course Set. Riders Ready. Forecast Snowy. Dew Tour Prep Update 1/18/12

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Pete

It’s nearly time ladies and gents. The final countdown has begun and Dew Tour Killington is just a day away. We’ll admit we were pretty skeptical with the ability of Killington and Snow Park Technologies to build a 22-foot Superpipe and three-story booters in the Slopestyle course out of the seriously pitiful snowfall we’ve had. But we should have known better. We’re stoked and amazed at their snow wizardry and the final outcome. Props.

The Superpipe gets lit. Photo Courtesy of Dew Tour on Facebook.

The weekend is going to be a busy one. If you’ve never been to a mountain during a major media event, just imagine the scene during Christmas weekend and multiply it by 10 or so. It’s going to be a straight up mad house, but that’s why we love it and you can bet your freezing bums we’ll be there representin’.

In fact, we’ll be providing constant updates and standings info as the rider progress through the semi-final and final rounds of competition. Stay connected with us on Facebook and join the conversation with hundreds of fellow spectators on twitter.

It even seems the weather may be good, 'magine that. Image courtesy of NOAA.

If you’re watching from home whilst icing some shred-related injury (the only excuse we’ll consider) then stay glued to the Killington Superpipe web cam. Who know’s maybe you’ll see us up there high-fiving Danny Davis or Louie Vito.

Here’s the schedule in case you’ve missed it on one of the millions of other sites talking about the Dew Tour. See you at Bear Mountain.

Thursday, Jan. 19th – Festival Village Opens at 9:30AM
8:45 AM – 9:50 AM :: Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Qualifier
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM :: Men’s Freeski Superpipe Last Chance Qualifier
11:05 AM – 12:45 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Last Chance Qualifier
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Last Chance Qualifier
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM :: Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Last Chance Qualifier
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM :: Women’s Freeski Superpipe Qualifier

Friday, Jan. 20th – Festival Village Opens at 9:30AM
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Semi-Final
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM :: Women’s Freeski Superpipe Semi-Final
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM :: Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Semi-Final
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Semi-Final
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM :: Men’s Freeski Superpipe Semi-Final
9:00 PM – 11:00 PM :: RAC @ Wobbly Barn

Saturday, Jan. 21st – Festival Village Opens at 9:30AM
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM :: Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Semi-Final
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final
3:00 PM – 3:40 PM :: Women’s Freeski Superpipe Final
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM :: Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final

Sunday, Jan. 22nd – Festival Village Opens at 9:30AM
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM :: Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM :: Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final

Look who’s coming to Killington. Dew Tour Prep Update 1/16/12

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Pete

Despite the fact we won’t be seeing our favorite shredding Betties kill it next weekend, like we know they would, a top-notch roster of athletes for the Dew Tour at Killington has just been announced including Vermont-natives Benji Farrow, Devin Logan, and the brothers Mitrani, to name a few.

Here’s the list of pro riders due to grace the slopes of Vermont. So grab a spot close to the fence and don’t forget your Sharpie. FANDOM TIP #76: We can tell you right now Scott Lago isn’t gonna sign your hairy back, trust us, we’ve tried. So just bring a blank t-shirt or something to coat in star-studded scribbles.

Men’s SNB Superpipe	Men’s SNB Slopestyle
Mason Aguirre	Mason Aguirre
Fredrik Austbo	Ulrik Badertscher
Zachary Black	Torgeir Bergrem
Danny Davis	Gjermund Braaten
Benji Farrow	Pat Burgener
Christian Haller	Danny Davis
Trevor Jacob	Chas Guldemond
Roger Kleivdal	Torstein Horgmo
Keito Kumazaki	Sam Hulbert
Matt Ladley	Nick Julius
Scott Lago	Dash Kamp
Arthur Longo	Sage Kotsenburg
Joeseph Mensch	Scott Lago
Nils Mindnich	Mark McMorris
Jack Mitrani	Justin Morgan
Luke Mitrani	Aleksander Ostreng
Iouri Podladtchikov	Charles Reid
Spencer Shaw	Brandon Reis
Louie Vito	Staale Sandbech
Ben Watts	Seppe Smits
	Jeremy Thompson
	Sondre Tiller
	Sebastien Toutant
	Eric Willett

Can’t make it to Killington? Pop on the tele Saturday, January 21 at 4:00PM EST and Sunday, January 22 at 3:00PM EST to watch the finals live on NBC.

How’s it going Killington? Dew Tour Prep Update 1/9/12

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Pete

Dew Tour Superpipe is taking shape at Killington. Photo: Chandler Burgess/Killington Resort.

Look out a window. Any window. We don’t have to remind you what a slow season it’s been, far as natural snowfall is concerned. And with the Dew Tour coming to Killington in less than two weeks, the thought on everyone’s mind is “Will they be ready?”

To ease the stress cases out there, us included, Ride Vermont caught up with Sarah Thorson, K-Town’s own Communications Manager to get the skinny on mountain prep. You can always count on Sarah knowing the score and just like we expected, five minutes on the phone with her and our heart rates were back to normal and the perspiring had all but ceased. Here’s the word.

“Killington Resort is thrilled to host the largest on-snow event in the East and we’ve committed to provide the highest quality of snow for the upcoming event. These low temperatures have allowed our snowmakers to pile up the snow for the Superpipe and Slopestyle course at Bear Mountain and things are looking fantastic. It’s been a rough start for snowmaking, but as long as the temps are there, we are not stopping. We’re looking forward to having the best freeskiers and snowboarders from around the world compete at Killington Resort in the second stop of the Winter Dew Tour.”

Next up: On Monday, January 16, Alli Sports will announce who will be competing here in Vermont. Stay tuned to Ride Vermont for the latest. ‘Til then… Check out live images of the Superpipe construction here.

Winter Dew Tour coming to Killington, Jan 19 – 22.

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Luke Q

Danny Davis and Scotty Lago (photo courtesy of Alli Sports)

Here comes the Dew Tour.

Shaun White. Louie Vito. I-Pod. Torstein Horgmo. All the biggest names in the snowboard contest scene are in the pipe and on the slopestyle course at Killington, Vermont, January 19 – 22, for the second stop of the Winter Dew Tour.

Why should you go? Cause it’s free, first of all. But this is also your chance to see Olympic-caliber athletes in Vermont, not only in competition but also milling about the base area and hanging out signing autographs.

If you get there early and score a prime against-the-fence viewing spot on the deck of the halfpipe, you’ll be so close to the competitors you could almost reach out and touch them. Then, afterward, you actually will be close enough to reach out and touch them (We don’t recommend that, though. It’s creepy. Just be normal and get a high five or something).

Competition schedule for Winter Dew Tour, Killington, Vermont, January 19 – 22.

Learn to Ride for 29 Bucks, no joke.

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Luke Q

Learn to Ride Month in Vermont $29 won’t buy much these days. A meal for two at Chili’s. Maybe some used floor mats for a Kia Soul.

You can spend that $29 much more wisely. January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month, and we want first-timers to get out on Vermont’s slopes. We don’t want to brag, but our unscientific research has shown that we have the best, and most experienced, instructors in the world.

How does it work?

The majority of Vermont resorts are offering beginner lesson for the entire month of January, excluding Holiday periods (January 14-15) for just $29. The beginner lesson will include a full day beginner lift ticket, full day equipment rental, and a lesson with a professional instructor (lesson duration varies by resort). Due to the deeply discounted price, we will only offer one beginner package per person.

Please see below for resort specific age restrictions:

Valid for ages 13 and over:
Bromley Mountain Resort
Mad River Glen
Mount Snow Resort
Stratton Mountain Resort

Valid for ages 8 and over:
Jay Peak Resort

Valid for ages 7 and over:
Burke Mountain Resort
Killington Resort
Pico Mountain
Okemo Mountain Resort

Valid for ages 6 and over:
Smugglers’ Notch Resort
Stowe Mountain Resort
Sugarbush Resort

Valid for ages 4 and over:
Bolton Valley Resort

How to sign up?

Email info(at)skivermont.com with the following info:
-Your name, phone number and zip code
-Choose from the list above which ski resort you would like to visit
-How many people in your group that will be signing up for a $29 beginner lesson

We will respond to your email with further instructions on how to reserve your lesson.

Spread the word, learn to shred.

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