The first weekend of water ramping

The first weekend of water ramping kicked off in a successful fashion this past Saturday and Sunday. In terms of the weather, we had a little bit of sun, a little clouds, a little wind, and a little rain. However, the nothing that the weather had to offer deterred Emma, Max, Rowen, Brian, or Cody from having a great time!

Each day was jam packed with activity. We enjoyed everything from water ramping, trampolining, walking, swimming, playing games of can jam and soccer, and having fun in giant sand pits. We broke briefly each day to stop and eat some lunch.

Here are some of our shenanigans:

Everyone progressed and learned new tricks this past weekend too! Max was learning misty's, and Rowen was learning front flips, both on the trampoline.

Emma learned her first back flip on skis:

Brian and Cody were both working on their first double corks:

I was thoroughly impressed with the effort that each athlete exerted this past weekend. And I can't wait for next weekend.

2013 USASA Ski and Snowboard National Championships

It is the spring of 2013 and another USASA National Championships has come and gone. Over the course of the winter thousands of athletes, in dozens of age groups, have competed in regionally sanctioned events, to try their hand at qualifying for and competing in the National Championships at Copper Mountain. More than 1600 athletes made the voyage to Copper this year to compete. The competitions took place over a two-week span of time. During the first week the snowboarders took to the slopes, and in the second week, the skier's had their turn. In total, 31 athletes from the Adirondack series competed in the disciplines of ski cross, slopestyle, rail jam, or half pipe, and most of the athletes competed in a combination of these events.

ADK represented at the opening ceremonies

Here is a bigger look at opening ceremonies. Can you find ADK?

The weather over the majority of the two weeks of competitions was absolutely spectacular. However, there were a few occasions where Mother Nature showed us her wrath and challenged the athlete's levels of maturity, determination, and perseverance. In true Adirondacker fashion, the athletes who represented this wonderful series proved, on these challenging days, that when the going gets tough, the tough get going! 

A snap shot of some happy ADKers

The list that follows is the full report of the athletes who represented the Adirondack series, and the results that they obtained at the 2013 USASA National Championships:

Snowboard Week

            Breaker Boys 12 – 13

Anthony Russo from Plattsburgh, New York
            – 19th in Border Cross
            – 22nd in Slopestyle
            – 23rd in Rail Jam

            Youth Men 14 – 15

Josh Boise from Plattsburgh, New York
 – 15th in Rail Jam
 – 25th in Border Cross
 – 58th in Slopestyle

Junior Men 16 – 17

Daniel Badgley from Owls Head, New York
 – 7th in Rail Jam
 – 12th in Slopestyle

Men's Jams 18 – 22

Dale Mortensen from Lake Placid, New York
 – 3rd in Slopestyle
 – 3rd in Border Cross

 

It was snowing hard on Dale's slopestyle day, but he still did a double frontflip, and he still got 3rd!

Dale claimed some more 3rd place hardware on his Boarder Cross day

Ski Week

            Open Men

Peter Palumbo from Gansevoort, New York
 – 6th in Rail Jam
 – 7th in Border Cross
 – 14th in Half Pipe
 – 30th in Slopestyle

Corey Brousseau from Saranac Lake, New York
 – 4th in Ski Cross

Skier girls 9 and under

Audrey Higgins-Lopez from Ithaca, New York
 – 1st in Ski Cross

Madeline Prichard from Old Forge, New York         
 – 3rd in Ski Cross

 – 4th in Rail Jam

 – 9th in Slopestyle

Girl Power!

 ADK all day! Here are two of the fastest/happiest girls that the ADK has on its roster!

Skier boys 9 and under

Kaylen Reiley from Saranac Lake, New York

 – 4th in Rail Jam

 – 8th in Slopestyle
 – 11th in Ski Cross

Max Oechsner from Delmar, New York– 18th in Slopestyle

 Skier boys 10 – 12

 Alex Ruhl from Ridgewood, New Jersey – 21st in Ski Cross

 Daniel Eaton from Saratoga Springs, New York – 34th in Ski Cross

 Linus Sante from Queensbury, New York – 40th in Ski Cross
 – 45th in Slopestyle

 Jack Deweese from Saratoga Springs, New York – 34th in Slopestyle

 Bryant Ward from Queensbury, New York – 40th in the Slopestyle

 Avery Higgins-Lopez from Ithaca, New York

 – 6th in Rail Jam 

 – 48th in Slopestyle

 James Jr. Ward from Queensbury, New York
 – 72nd in Slopestyle

 Skier men 13 – 15

Andrew Piper from Minerva, New York
 – 14th in Ski Cross

J. Sloan Ruhl from Ridgewood, New Jersey
 – 16th in Ski Cross

 Ryan Ruhl from Montclair, New Jersey – 41st in Ski Cross

Jacob Prichard from Old Forge, New York

 – 14th in Rail Jam

 – 25th in Slopestyle
 – 47th in Ski Cross

Skier women 13 – 15

Brett Deweese from Saratoga Springs, New York – 6th in Slopestyle

Emily Eaton from Wilmington, New York – 3rd in Ski Cross

Skier men 16 – 18

Jason Castle from Ilion, New York – 1st in Rail Jam
 – 8th in Slopestyle

 Jason was exceptionally stoked to receive his first major career win in Rail Jam at National Championships

Jake Wenn from Jay, New York
 – 13th in Slopestyle

Alex Higgins-Lopez from Ithaca, New York – 11th in Rail Jam
 – 14th in Slopestyle

Max Finn from Northwood School
 – 20th in Slopestyle

Oliver Holmes from Saranac Lake, New York
 – 4th in Rail Jam
 – 33rd in Slopestyle

Sam Johnston from Rockport, Ontario
 – 5th in Ski Cross

Skylar Glick from Lake Placid, New York
 – 17th in Ski Cross

Skier men 19 and over

Jonathan Ruhl from Ridgewood, New Jersey – 3rd in Ski Cross

In total, the athletes representing the Adirondack series claimed 2 gold medals, 5 bronze medals and 13 other top 10 positions! This was the best showing from the Adirondack series to date. However, I am pleased to announce the most important part which is: every athlete from the Adirondack series returned home happy, healthy, ready for summer, and yet eager to compete again next year.

 On this happy note I will leave you with a quote from an NYSEF athlete taken on April 14, 2013: "can it be next season yet?"

Gapore Day

There is nothing quite like Gapore Day! It is occasionally the case that skiers and riders get too serious about the art of sliding down a mountain. Gapore Day is our way of ensuring that no one gets to serious. We dress silly, we ski goofy, we smile, we laugh, and we have a great time! In this way we are all able to connect with the core values of why we ski in the first place.

To put it in the words of a good friend of mine, "You've got to keep the shred alive!" - Dan Marion

New Athlete Edits

Footy Fest time is here, and although there will not be a location for the event, the competition will still take place online this year. Please take the time to check the 2 NYSEF athlete submissions included below. They are well made, and show off the incredible freestyle talent of the athletes. Enjoy.

Northwood freestyle ski edit

Here is an awesome edit put together by the Northwood Freestyle Ski Team. In it you will view the skiing talents of Jason Castle, Stewart Wells, Taylor Bond, and Max Finn. They have all been progressing like crazy this season. To check out more of what the team has been up to go: here

JP's random iPhone memories

Hey everyone,

So I happened to be going through the photos on my phone and felt that some of them were too good to keep all to myself. I wanted to share them with you all.

Jake, Gavin, and Alex on a beautiful, early season, bluebird day.

Looking out at an inversion from the summit quad.

Three great skiers posing in front of the Great Range

A view from the deck of the aerial hill at the Lake Placid World Cup

Some NSA athlete's enjoying their evening volunteering at the World Cup

Zach Horrocks looking Epic!

This is awesome! As you can see Brian and Max have exchanged their jackets. 

2013 Empire State Games Opening Ceremonies

The Ausable River flooding

The Ausable River how it should be!

Ruby shredding the gnar!

.... Still shredding

Glade girl, Brett finds some freshies

These photos are all kind of random, but I hope you have enjoyed them.

- JP

Photos from USASA slopesyle 2

Last Sunday's slopestyle competition was a blast! The weather couldn't have been better, and the level of competition was seriously impressive. Thanks to the athletes for all the great attitudes you all had.

I'd like to give a huge thanks to Jake Sporn for taking photos during the competition. Below are some of the photos he took of NYSEF Freeriders. If you would like to check out any more of Jake's work please go here.

Alex hiking during practice. Gotta get those runs in

Spotting the landing zone at 270

Stylin' out an iron cross in the middle of a flat 3

Greg was slayin' the front 270's all day

NYSEFer's like to see the world upside down - example a

Thank you Jack for being example b

Avery is showing that when he is not upside down, he likes to be backwards

Jason showing his skills with the right 270 on

Jason is now showing how he has one of the best shifty spins in the business

Look carefully at Erik's right hand... Now that's what I call a tail grab

Johannes lockin' in that 50-50

Alex's December edit

The Skiing Weatherman came to Witeface.

The Sunday before the holiday camp had started, the NYSEF freestyle skiers happened to stumble upon The Skiing Weatherman at the top of the Broadway terrain park. After talking to him for a little bit he asked if he could film us skiing through the terrain parks. That made many of the team members very stoked! We took one lap with him through both parks as a group. Many of the shots he got from this one run were eventually used in his episode filmed at Whiteface. Check it out:

"Boxing day at Whiteface"

It's always a wonderful thing to see former NYSEF athletes continuing to push themselves and have fun skiing post-NYSEF. NYSEF alum, Nick Edwards recently posted an edit from a day that he spent skiing at Whiteface with his brother Matt. Nick is currently a student at St. Lawrence University, and Matt is a current student at the Northwood School, in Lake Placid. Both of them are enjoying their holiday time away from school, as you can plainly see in this edit. Enjoy.