Saturday, March 17, 2001 -- Snowshoe, WV
Boardercross Brawl & Halfpipe Invasion (iPO Event Id#: 2381)
Story and photos by Don Parks
[Details]
[Coverage]
[Boardercross Results]
[Half Pipe Results]
[Pic Set 1]
[Pic Set 2]
[Pic Set 3]
[Pic Set 4]
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How did you like the boardercross course? "It was awesome," said 26-over female class winner Karyn Blanco (Ride Snowboards). How about the halfpipe? "Awesome," was the word used by overall men's winner Pat Cumashot (Nitro) to describe the conditions. Talking to the park regulars, it was unanimous that the halfpipe was in great shape. Some thought it may have been the best it had been all year, with an excellent, smooth transition.
But, before venturing into the pipe, it was battle time for the
boardercross bad boys (and girls!) Right out of the gates it was a
series of three nice hits on relatively small table-tops. This made
it interesting as the early air often had boarders three and
four-wide.
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In some of the other exciting finals it came down to a matter of who could stay standing. In the women's 26-over final the answer was no one. "The three of us crashed on the second hit and I got up and outta there first," is how winner Karyn Blanco saw it. In the men's 16-18 final, Chris Culler, Clayton Wille and Mike Valach tangled and landed in a pile before even reaching the first hit. This left smooth sailing for class winner Adam Cumashot (Ride Snowboards - Balzout). Wille, who got up to finish in third, used the excuse that maybe the winner help direct the other three into chaos. "Well, that's boardercross," replied a smiling Cumashot.
Other class winners included Jamie Justice, Women 19-25,
Matt Carey, Men 13-15, Doug Mercer, Men 19-25, and
Bill Krahn, Men 26-over.
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With Adam coming off a boardercross win, his older brother Pat, who only earned third in the 19-25 men's bracket, now had a second chance to show up his little bro. Still recovering from a swollen disk in his back, Pat took full advantage of what he called an "awesome halfpipe".
Not only did his 42.5 score win him the 19-25 age group, it earned him
the men's overall victory. His toughest challenger proved to be
brother Adam who he only beat out by a single point. But Adam's
efforts were plenty good enough to win the Men's 16-18 class. Other
men's class winners included Scott Henley (Simms), 13-15, and
Chris Gottschalk, 12-under, and Bryan Marshall, 26-Over.
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After all the fun on the slopes, it was time for some indoor celebrating. Snowshoe supplied the party with big time schwag provided by Flow, Balzout and Smith. If you didn't take home some of the goods from this event, then you must not have made the awards ceremony.
Special props go out to the folks that worked hard to deliver another (dare we say it again) awesome event. Thanks Theo Bliagous, Paul Lyttle, Bryan Marshall, Pete Moran, DJ Judd, Alan Dever and anyone else who extended a helping hand.