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News: IFSA Elects Jason Frazie News: IFSA Elects Jason Frazier As New President, Eric Schmitz As Head Judge

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Spectators watch as a freeskier competes in a big mountain competition. Photo by Amy Jimmerson/FWT.

Salt Lake City, Utah – Board members of the International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association (IFSA) have recently elected a new President for the 2013 season. Jason Frazier of Salt Lake City, Utah, will be overseeing the development of big mountain freeskiing and snowboarding as the new President of the IFSA. Frazier comes to the board of directors after three years of competing on the Freeskiing World Tour as well as an eleven year career in the financial industry, working in market growth and development. With an educational background in economics, accounting and finance from the University of Utah, Frazier is a perfect fit for the Presidential position of the IFSA.

"I couldn't be more excited to be working with the IFSA. It's an organization that continues to develop and promote the sport of big mountain riding," said Frazier. "My vision for the IFSA is to bring the sport to a whole new level of exposure, while focusing on continued safety and an athlete centered experience." Over the past two years the IFSA and junior freeskiing have flourished under the leadership of Rob Greener. Greener will remain on the board as Vice President and continues to spearhead junior IFSA events.

More changes for 2013 include a new IFSA Head Judge for the season. Eric Schmitz, longtime close friend to former Head Judge, the late Jim Jack, has been elected to this position. Schmitz is a former freeskiing competitor, champion, and multiple title holder.

"We are thrilled that 'Schmidty' [Eric Schmitz] has accepted the position as Head Judge with the IFSA," said Frazier. "Schmidty's commitment to our high standards of consistency and excellence make him a perfect fit to continue the legacy of our previous Head Judge, Jim Jack."

"2012 will forever be remembered as the year we said good bye to our mentor, friend and brother, Jim Jack. May we always keep his passion alive as we celebrate our sport together in the mountains," stated the new President of the IFSA, Jason Frazier.

Click Here To Visit The IFSA Website
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Ski Gangs Of Aspen Ski Gangs Of Aspen

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This 8mm footage shows the Aspen scene in the 1970s.

Drugs ran rampant and territorial rumbles were commonplace — Aspen in the 1970s was a gangland. It was a tableau of the Wild West where an eight ball of cocaine could be bought from your server at a handful of popular restaurants and a few local crews were in charge.

Just like today, there were two sides to the atmosphere in Aspen. Shrouded in opulence, the wealthy sipped wine in penthouse apartments and lived lavishly in their ski-in, ski-out condominiums. Meanwhile, at the ground floor (and even in underground locales), the original ski bum generation was migrating to Aspen in droves. In search of parties and powder, kindred spirits quickly started grouping together. They’d look for untouched lines in the spruce groves on Ajax in the morning and rage in the subterranean bars late at night.

Brought together by an affinity for powder, a desire to ski with the best in town, and never-ending nights of debauchery, ski gangs formed in Aspen during the 1970s.

THE PREDECESSORS

Two different cliques paved the way for the post-war, post-college (or flunked out) ski bums. It all started with a duo of brothers from Southern California and a lone guy from Colorado’s front range. Jack and Don Crawford and Gene Reardon were at the epicenter of Aspen’s skiing and partying scenes in the late 1960s. In direct contrast to the ski bums that would soon follow these three guys up into the Rockies, the Crawfords and Reardon had endless bankrolls and they generously used their wealth to throw some of the best parties Aspen has ever seen.

The Crawfords quite literally struck it rich in the ’60s, finding oil along the coast of Huntington Beach and parlaying the crude into a multi-million dollar business. At the same time, Gene Reardon (known as “Chief” because of the long headdress he would sport late at night) was a Denver-based attorney. The “Chief” amassed a fortune as a trial attorney while garnering an appreciation for life’s finer things: powder days, long nights, Danish supermodels, and vintage wines.

Long before rocking a “one-z” on the mountain was cool or the closing party at Aspen Highlands was canonized as one of the biggest on-snow shindigs in Colorado, the Crawfords and “Chief” Reardon were throwing raucous parties where people would dress up or dress down (clothing was optional), and get after “it.”

With deep pockets and a pension for partying, Jack Crawford and Gene Reardon were the original godfathers of Aspen’s ski gangs. Groups of hangers-on and friends rode their coattails, and their entourages became the first ski gangs in Aspen.

THE RISE OF THE SKI BUM

An article in the January 1963 issue of Time magazine said, “For boys, Aspen has some reputation as the place where the girls are. ‘The basic thing here is the lack of supervision,’ says Student Steve Barinka of San Diego Junior College.’” A good ratio of girls to guys in a mountain town — which is still an enigma — combined with the epic nightlife made infamous by the likes of the brothers Crawford and “Chief” Reardon, plus the end to the Vietnam War and world-class skiing, brought about the influx of ski bums in the late ’60s and early ’70s to Aspen.

Mark Hesselschwerdt, a founder of The Bell Mountain Buckaroos gang, fit the mold. Recently flunked out of college, Hesselschwerdt and his brother were en route to Aspen from Bozeman, Montana, in the fall of 1971. “We stopped at the Rossignol factory on the way down, and picked up a few pairs of Rossi Strata 207s. Those were the skis to have. Their sidecut radius must have been about 35 meters,” remembers Hesselschwerdt.

The brothers arrived in Aspen to find hundreds of kids their age in similar situations. “The war was over and town was full of kids,” says Hesselschwerdt. “Dozens of bars were just going off every night [in 1971]. Kids were roaming the streets.”

Foreshadowing scenes in Aspen Extreme, most Midwest skiers ended up in Aspen with the idea of becoming a ski instructor. Mark Hesselschwerdt showed up to the first day of the hiring clinic in 1971, shouldering his Stratas, along with nearly forty other aspiring instructors. By lunchtime of day one, the inaugural members of The Bell Mountain Buckaroos had made their introductions and found a bond in an underlying agreement: They were in Aspen to ski, not to teach. “To be in your boots and 30 feet away from 30 miles per hour was too much for all of us to handle.”

The ski gangs were raging in Aspen long before rocking a "one-z" was retro and cool or the closing party at Aspen Highlands was the biggest party on snow.

THE GOOD & THE BAD

Bell Mountain on Ajax, a steep pyramid-pitch that plunges skiers toward downtown Aspen, became the playground for the six core members of the Buckaroos. It can be skied from first chair until close because of its varied aspects and, more importantly, Bell Mountain is visible from the seven of Aspen’s eight chairlifts. Bell Mountain was the stage for the hot-dogging, mogul-loving Buckaroos to perform. Everyone in Aspen grew to recognize the gang. They were a fun-loving crew, always announcing each other’s descents down Bell Mountain like a play-by-play announcer for a football game and serenading good-looking girls in the gondola.

They developed an encrypted language to keep things within their group, intended to keep visitors glued to the trail maps while the Bell Mountain guys would fly past barking out directions to each other where they thought good snow would be (without any tourists chopping it up). Tourists would hear “Bucker’s Delight,” “Tubes,” and “Face to Face to Face” as the Buckaroos would do royal christies past them, headed toward secret powder stashes on Bell Mountain. It kept the tourists in certain spots, away from the Buckaroos’ goods.

The Buckaroos stuck on-piste, everything in-bounds was their terrain. The ski mountain employed most of the gang and they couldn’t risk getting their passes clipped for skiing out of bounds. Besides, they knew the mountain better than anyone and would be skiing soft snow days after a storm. The hot dog revolution was everywhere in the ski world and the Buckaroos were the guys pushing the limits in Aspen.

“I remember watching a K2 Demo film with John Clendenin in it. The way Clendenin was skiing, and the mescaline I was tripping on while watching the movie, blew my mind,” says Hesselschwerdt. “A light went off that night in my head. I thought, ‘Here I am teaching skiing in Aspen and I don’t even know how to ski.’” From then on, Hesselschwerdt was possessed. He devoured books about the French Technique of skiing, “lateral projection” and “independent leg action” became conversation topics over a beer. Hesselschwerdt began competing in all disciplines of skiing. He skied gates, performed ski ballet routines, and he did well. “I won the town downhill series only because I was a good freeskier,” says Hesselschwerdt. “And I made it to the second round of the Pro/Am ski ballet contest in Sun Valley on my 207s.”

With Hesselschwerdt leading the way, the Buckaroos made a name for themselves as a talented and welcoming gang of guys; especially with the girls on the mountain. They would corral a girl into the gondola and serenade her as the bucket climbed up Ajax. “The acoustics in those old gondolas was like a shower,” says Hesselschwerdt.

More often than not, the singing would work. A lot of girls took the walk of shame from the underground bunkhouse at the Jerome Hotel (“where the help slept”) and later from the Buckaroo house at the base of the Smuggler mineshaft.

“Our second year in Aspen four of us guys lived together. Most mornings one of us would be in bed with a new girlfriend, one would be cooking breakfast, and two of us would be rolling joints,” says Hesselschwerdt.

As the Buckaroos grew and further wove themselves into the Aspen tapestry, trends started to shift and the disco era took a strong hold over Aspen’s nightlife. People started sporting lycra and sequins, and the Buckaroos didn’t get it. So, they went underground. Hesselschwerdt, Ron “Cheeks” Chauner, and a handful of original Buckaroos got proactive and opened their own nightclub under the Hotel Jerome. They called it the “Rocking Horse,” spent a ton of money on a huge sound system, and played the good stuff—rock’n’roll. “We hated disco,” says Hesselschwerdt. “If you go to a good wedding nowadays, the DJ is playing the stuff that we were playing at the Rocking Horse 30 years ago, like Motown, The Eagles, and the Stones.” Other gangs were welcome to the Rocking Horse, everything was mostly in good fun, but the Buckaroos ran the show.

If the Bell Mountain Buckaroos were The Rolling Stones and Motown, The Dogs were The Clash or Sex Pistols. Like punk rock, The Dogs were, and still are, a big middle finger to Aspen’s establishment. As hardcore as it gets, The Dogs came together as an antithesis to the Buckaroos. “Ski” and “ballet” were two terms never to be uttered in the same breath, or by the same person, The Dogs thought. And, “singing in the gondola, come one, who sings in the gondi?” asks Mikey Wechsler, one of The Dogs. “We’re just all about the vertical.”

Initially, under the leadership of longtime Aspen locals and skiers like Dan Harris the Acme All-Stars were the original rivals of the Buckaroos. Over the years, Acme morphed into The Dogs of Bell who continued the rivalry. At the front of the dog pack were, and are, guys like James Bond (no joke), Dan Harris, Jim Byrnes, and Mikey Wechsler—guys that pride themselves on never missing a day on the mountain.

They have been doing things their way since the ’70s, quiet and committed. “You’re doing a story on the ski gangs of Aspen?” asked James Bond, one of the leaders of The Dogs, when I approached him about learning about his gang. “Call the Buckaroos, they love the attention. We don’t do any of this for the notoriety; we do it for the fun of it. All these young guys want everything to be filmed and put up on Facebook. We filmed some shit, but it was just for us.”

In direct contrast to the welcoming Buckaroos, The Dogs have always been private. “We just don’t want strangers in our gondi,” says Wechsler. “We’re the first up on the mountain and the last down.” (But an Aspen Mountain ski patroller, who described himself as “unattached” to any gang, had to clarify; saying, “You’re the second crew up and the second to last crew down every day…”).

The Dogs rip around Aspen Mountain, barking while skiing. “I don’t think some of our guys have even skied Highlands,” says Wechsler. “The beauty of Ajax is that you can knock off vertical so f-ing easy.” They would bomb down bump runs through The Dumps, poach backcountry lines off of Richmond Ridge, keep secret stashes a secret, and knife through the glades on Bell Mountain.

THE UNDERGROUND

While the likes of Jimmy Huega and Billy Kidd, Scott Brooksbank and Wayne Wong were doing crazy things and pushing the limits for everyone to see on the covers of magazines and in the videos, Aspen’s ski gangs were a poignant example of the infantry of skiing. They were on the front lines, living their passions day in and day out on the mountain, and rubbing pennies together to make it work.

To this day their legacies live on. Newschoolers in bright colors, baggy pants, and fat skis defer to the original ski “gang-bangers” of Aspen when it comes to matters concerning Aspen Mountain.
The Buckaroos are as cordial as ever. “Anyone is welcome to ski with us,” says Mark Hesselschwerdt. The caveat: “As long as you can keep up.”

And for all of the barking The Dogs still do, they’ve lost a bit of their bite. “We all just have a good time,” muses Mikey Wechsler. “We’re birds of a feather. Everybody loves skiing, most of us love the green, and everyone knows where to go on Ajax.”
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News: Stevens Pass Avalanche K News: Stevens Pass Avalanche Kills 3 Skiers, Alpental Avalanche Kills Snowboarder

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Stevens Pass, Wash. — Reports confirm that Freeskiing World Tour head judge Jim Jack, Stevens Pass director of marketing Chris Rudolph and skier John Brenan died Sunday in a slide outside of Stevens Pass ski resort in Tunnel Creek drainage.

At Alpental on Sunday, a 41-year-old snowboarder was killed after triggering an avalanche and being swept over a cliff. His name has not been released.

In the above MSNBC video professional skier Elyse Saugstad — who survived the Stevens Pass slide — recounts the tragic day.
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Jackson Shutdown Part 1 - Jere Jackson Shutdown Part 1 - Jeremy Jones' Further Unplugged Episode 3

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In episode 3 of Further Unplugged, Jeremy Jones teams up with The North Face athletes Jimmy Chin and Xavier De Le Rue for a late-season backcountry mission in Grand Teton National Park, just outside Jackson, Wyoming. The crew makes plans at Jimmy's house near the Tetons and then heads into the park to get some beta on the area. After a successful descent of the Sliver Couloir on Nez Perce, they run into some trouble. This two-part episode will be continued.

Further Unplugged takes you behind the scenes of Jeremy Jones' two-year snowboarding film, Further. Get an inside glimpse of what goes on between the lines as Jones and other top riders including Terje Haakonsen, Xavier De Le Rue and Josh Dirksen travel to exotic locations such as Japan, the Arctic Circle and the Wrangell-St. Elias Wilderness. Challenges arise around every corner as this crew attempts to push their minds and bodies further.
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News: Benjamin Ogilvie, Lexi D News: Benjamin Ogilvie, Lexi Dupont Win Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier In Revelstoke

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Revelstoke, BC – Revelstoke’s Separate Reality venue was host to Thursday’s Qualifier for the Swatch Freeskiing and Freeride World Tour. With few spots up for grabs in today’s Day 1 of competition, skiers pushed the limits of big mountain freeskiing to earn their spot. Taking first out of 60 competitors in the Men’s field was Benjamin Ogilvie from Fernie, BC. In first for the Women is Snowbird local Lexi Dupont from a stacked roster of 23 ladies.

“In today’s qualifier, it was definitely clear that skiers needed to step up in every aspect of the criteria; they had to have great technique, control and fluidity,” notes Head Judge Jim Jack on the selective cut. Out of the deep qualifier field, 13 men and 4 women will advance to today's Day 1 competition on North Bowl’s Unlimited Assets. “It was a very competitive cut, so congratulations to the skiers that made it in,” said Jack.

On the women’s side, athletes skied very smart and safe and 99 percent of the competitors stayed on their feet. “Winner Lexi Dupont skied fast and fluid, with direct fall-line skiing,” remarked Announcer Max Kuszaj. “Its no surprise she is sitting in the top qualifying position going into Day 1.” Canadian Crystal-Rose Lee was a close second. For the men, the majority of the skiers made the best use of the terrain and the style/creativity category by adding newschool tricks into their run, which benefited their scores. “A standout for me would be Fernie BC’s own Luke Nelson with his fast, fluid technical skiing on the top of Separate Reality, and smooth 360 at the bottom, encompassing all aspects we encourage in a competitor’s run,” says Kuszaj.

Skiers on the mountain experienced a mix of sun and snow with great conditions and visibility of the venue. “Conditions for this event are definitely shaping up to be some of the best we’ve had here at Revelstoke. The consistency of the snow will make landings cleaner and provides athletes a venue to showcase their abilities. Day 1 of the Swatch Freeskiing and Freeride World Tour starts today and will be broadcast live on www.freeskiingworldtour.com.

Tune in to www.freeskingworldtour.com for live non-stop action January 6-8.

Friday Jan 6: Day 1 Skiing

Saturday Jan 7: Snowboarding

Sunday Jan 8: Day 2 Skiing Finals

QUALIFIER RESULTS

Ladies     Result     Name     Home Mountain     Country     Score
    1     Alexis Dupont     Snowbird     USA     29.40
    2     Crystal-Rose Lee     Whistler     CAN     29.33
    3     Gillian McKercher     Sunshine Village     CAN     28.93
    4     Lauren Goss     Revelstoke     USA     27.43

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    5     Julie Thomas     Lake Louise     CAN     26.23
    6     Kim Bastedo     Revelstoke     CAN     26.17
    7     Kasie Stroshin     Whistler     CAN     25.90
    8     Jenny Strong     Whistler     CAN     25.30
    9     Rachel Findler     Whistler     CAN     24.97
    10     Alex Riedman     Crested Butte     USA     24.53
    11     Zoya Lynn     Revelstoke     CAN     24.53
    12     Alexandra Taran     Snowbird     USA     24.47
    13     Lucy Sackbauer     Vail / Big Sky     USA     24.43
    14     Maddie Crowell     Telluride     USA     24.40
    15     Lindsey Cannon     Telski     USA     24.03
    16     Jill Young     Whistler     CAN     23.83
    17     Karissa Tuthill     Jackson Hole     USA     23.70
    18     Hadley Hammer     Jackson Hole     USA     23.47
    19     Chloe Williams     Lake Louise     CAN     23.33
    20     Katrina Devore     Aspen     USA     23.10
    21     Jacqueline Knutson     Alta / Snowbird     USA     22.23
    22     Tracy Chubb     Sun Valley     USA     22.07
    23     Kelsey Boleski     Mad River Glen     USA     16.87

Gents     Result     Name     Home Mountain     Country     Score
    1     Benjamin Ogilvie     Fernie Alpine Resort     CAN     38.20
    2     Jake Sakson     Aspen Snowmass     USA     36.37
    3     Luke Nelson     Fernie Alpine Resort     CAN     36.30
    4     Blake Clarkson     Snowmass     USA     36.20
    5     Rylan Kappler     Revelstoke     CAN     34.73
    6     Ben Paciotti     Crystal Mountain     USA     33.93
    7     Conor Pelton     Crystal Mountain     USA     33.53
    8     Patrick Westfeldt     Aspen Snowmass     USA     32.07
    9     Sean Collin     Squaw Valley     USA     31.73
    10     Christian Boucher     Whistler     CAN     31.60
    11     Jason Jones     Adanac Ski Hill     CAN     31.40
    12     Sean Cochrane     Revelstoke     CAN     30.73
    13     Richard Small     Fernie Alpine Resort     CAN     30.63

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    14     Amon Barker     Taos     USA     30.53
    15     Ryan Price     Donner Peak     USA     30.50
    16     Adam McCraw     Brimacombe     CAN     30.40
    17     Ryan Sullivan     Whistler     CAN     30.10
    18     Daryn Edmunds     Alta/Snowbird     USA     29.63
    19     Johnathan Lee     Snowbird     USA     29.50
    20     Paris Tolmachoff     Squaw Valley     USA     29.37
    21     Frank Howard     Snowmass     USA     29.30
    22     Simon Brandelind     Brantberget     SWE     29.20
    23     Rasmus Ekman     Sweden     SWE     29.03
    23     Evan Haines     Tahoe     USA     28.63
    25     Brent Malysh     Whitewater     CAN     28.20
    26     Drew Fisher     Alpine Meadows     USA     27.73
    27     Matt Potter     Breckenridge     USA     27.43
    28     Tommy Ellingson     Mt. Baldy     USA     26.63
    28     Tim Swartz     Jackson Hole     USA     25.37
    30     Brett Dawley     Powder King     CAN     24.60
    31     Darrell Haggard     Arapahoe Basin     USA     23.93
    32     Gabriel Ohlson     Bridger Bowl     USA     23.47
    33     Collin Adams     Albequerque     USA     22.83
    34     TJ David     Aspen Snowmass     USA     22.77
    34     Kyle Taylor     Whitefish     USA     22.63
    36     James Johnson     Mt. Rose     USA     21.30
    37     Andreas Hasselbeck     Whistler     GER     20.83
    38     Yu Sasaki     Whistler     JPN     20.83
    39     Henry Worobec     Bridger Bowl     USA     20.73
    41     Davis Souza     Alpine Meadows     USA     19.80
    42     Wiley Chubb     Sun Valley     USA     19.67
    43     Jason R. Frazier     Snowbird     USA     19.07
    44     austin ross         USA     18.13
    45     Ryan Walters     Bridger Bowl     USA     18.10
    46     Simon Reeves     Mt. Olympus     NZ     17.17
    47     JJ Vinet     Revelstoke     CAN     16.67
    48     Eric Young     Mt. Seymour     CAN     16.27
    50     Roland Forbes     Bogus Basin     USA     15.87
    51     Deven Bennett     Crested Butte     USA     15.60
    52     Will Collin     Squaw Valley     USA     14.87
    53     Cody Erwin     Lk. Louise / Kicking Horse     CAN     14.83
    54     Matt Francisty     Whistler     CAN     14.43
    55     Conrad Yarmocoy     Fernie Alpine Resort     CAN     14.17
    56     Josh Anderson     Squaw Valley     USA     14.00
    57     Vegard Helgesen     Tryvann     NOR     13.13
    58     Todd Mansfield     Canada Olympic Park     CAN     11.53
    59     Trevor Haley     Vail     USA     11.40
    60     Drew Rouse     Vail     USA     11.30
    61     Griffin Dunne     Smugglers Notch     USA     0.00
    62     Scottie Williams     Lost Trail / Powder Mtn.     USA     0.00
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Jackson Shutdown Part 1 - Jere Jackson Shutdown Part 1 - Jeremy Jones' Further Unplugged Episode 3

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In episode 3 of Further Unplugged, Jeremy Jones teams up with The North Face athletes Jimmy Chin and Xavier De Le Rue for a late-season backcountry mission in Grand Teton National Park, just outside Jackson, Wyoming. The crew makes plans at Jimmy's house near the Tetons and then heads into the park to get some beta on the area. After a successful descent of the Sliver Couloir on Nez Perce, they run into some trouble. This two-part episode will be continued.

Further Unplugged takes you behind the scenes of Jeremy Jones' two-year snowboarding film, Further. Get an inside glimpse of what goes on between the lines as Jones and other top riders including Terje Haakonsen, Xavier De Le Rue and Josh Dirksen travel to exotic locations such as Japan, the Arctic Circle and the Wrangell-St. Elias Wilderness. Challenges arise around every corner as this crew attempts to push their minds and bodies further.
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Las Lenas Freeride Comp 2009 Las Lenas Freeride Comp 2009

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August 28th, 2009

Story & Photos by Pete O’Brien
This past week, Las Lenas hosted a freeride competition. The event was held on Eduardo’s, a 2000ft. plus vertical face that over looks the entire valley.
The snow conditions were classic Las Lenas wind buff, which made the competition sort of an endurance race for the skiers. If anyone tried any big moves at the top, their legs would most likely be jello by the bottom.
Despite an avalanche taking out the lift that accesses the venue a week earlier, the event coordinator; Manuel Uranga made sure all of the riders were able to inspect and make it down their runs safely.
Big thanks go out to everyone who volunteered their time and efforts to make this event possible.

**Even though Las Lenas is the perfect place to host a freeride comp, they haven’t held one since the late 90’s. In order for this one to be successful, the organizers, judges, media and especially the riders all had to sacrifice something to make it happen. Seth Morrison, who is down here on an Oakley trip, was the forerunner.**

**Seth christening the Eduardo’s venue.**

**On the first day, I was able to post up right in the middle of the venue. My backpack and skis became an obstacle for the rider’s to avoid, and made it possible for me to get some close shots.**

**Third place overall: Oscar Sosa**

**Second place: Griffin Post**

**The winner: Gustavo Rossi**

**This comp is officially legit. Head judge: Jim Jack.**

**Mati Imbert**

**Unknown Rider Airs it out.**

**On the morning of the second day, when Drew Stoeklein put his boots on he noticed one of them was broken to the point were it would only go in walk mode. He quickly threw some bolts in it, and had just enough time to inspect, before he dropped in and got the highest scoring line of the day, for a fourth place overall. **
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Head Judge Jim Jack at the Las Head Judge Jim Jack at the Las Lenas Freeride Event

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This photo was taken by Pete O'brien during the 2009 Las Lenas Freeride competition
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Beer and Brats at the Munchenh Beer and Brats at the Munchenhouse

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The Munchenhouse is an open air beer garden where you order your Brat and they give you a vibrating blue light that goes off when your order is up. Tiff, Jim Jack, Dustin, Nielsen, Dash and Flip. Photos: Pete OBrien
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Green Ski Area Green Ski Area

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Story and Photos by Pete O’Brien

The town of Leavenworth Washington has been host to the TGR crew for the last few weeks during the Re:Session park shoot. It’s been a great place to base out of because there’s so much to do off the hill. With the Wenatchee River twisting through it and great spots for climbing and mountain biking, Leavenworth is one of the coolest little towns south of the border.
Just up the road from Leavenworth is Stevens Pass Ski Area. Stevens received 445” of snow this season and has some good hidden terrain, plus they operate under a 100% environment commitment, so they end up using things like the wind and the sun to get you up the hill. We’re definitely checking this place out next winter.**Most of the buildings in Leavenworth have an Austrian flavor with murals painted on them. Even businesses like McDonalds and Napa Auto have replaced their bright plastic signs with hand painted wooden ones. Photo Pete OBrien****Dylan taking down a box of Triscuits, Dash icing the knee, and Stifter on keyboards. Photo: Pete OBrien****The best TGR living conditions I've experienced to date. Photo Pete OBrien**

**Sage found a backcountry jib line through the trees with multiple natural hits. The next day it had snowed 6" and the boys sled lapped the crap out of it. Here's Tanner on hit 1 of many in that run. Photo Pete O'Brien**** Tanner hit the ReSession park hits at Stevens way more than any other rider. This Dspin was shot by Wiley on my still camera while I was running around trying to capture the action on a few other cameras. Photo Wiley Miller.**** Filming skiing on the RED camera is sweet because the rider can see the shot right after it happens and you dont have to reload the film camera in the middle of a heli shoot. Tanner and Todd reviewing their last shot. Photo Pete OBrien****Dash doesn't need any more big sleepy threes on film this year, but sometimes he can't help himself. Photo Pete OBrien**

**Schlopy got wicked tech on this hit. Photo Pete OBrien**

**Dylans cork spinning shiftys are REDICULOUS!!! Photo Pete OBrien****Wiley practicing with a tail 5 while Dustin films from the knuckle. Photo Pete OBrien**
**Park shoots are fun! This is actually what it feels like sometimes. When you take a step back it looks like a game. Photos Pete OBrien**

** The Munchenhouse is an open air beer garden where you order your Brat and they give you a vibrating blue light that goes off when your order is up. Tiff, Jim Jack, Dustin, Nielsen, Dash and Flip. Photos Pete OBrien**
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