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Hey Folks,

Thank you for another fantastic year on the snow!  As the season thinks about switching over to Spring and eventually Summer, and we all dust off our golf clubs, lacrosse sticks and soccer cleats, I just want to pass along a couple of messages.

First, Thank You!!! to all of you who volunteered throughout the season, whether it was coaching, race crew, registration, scoreboard duty, bib collection, bib sorting, all of your efforts are appreciated and help make this (more…)

OMST and OMS Riders in Nationals

Thanks to everyone for a great season and CONGRATS to everyone who qualified for Nationals! We had 12 athletes qualify!  Here is a list of who will be competing in Copper next week.

Livvie Jennings- Slalom
Anna Valentine- Halfpipe and Slalom
Taylor Spaulding- Halfpipe and Slopestyle
Mason Colby- Giant Slalom and Slalom
Amanda Burnham- Slopestyle
Leah Jennings- Slopestyle and Halfpipe
Jason Stein- Halfpipe
Emmit Ellmaker- Halfpipe
Eric Verillo- Halfpipe

OMST/OMS Riders who qualified but not going to Copper
Richie Hogie- Slalom
Ginger Brown- Slopestyle
Austin Hawkes- Slopestyle and Halfpipe

Hey All,

Don’t forget about our Annual Seasonal Awards Party and Fun Race on Wardance this Saturday the 26th!

We will be grilling up burgers and dogs out by the Yurt and running a Duals Course on Wardance!

So kids, bring your parents by and show off those skills you’ve been learning all year by beating them down the hill!

We will also be handing out awards for season-long accomplishments in each program!

All the fun will get started mid-morning and the food and awards will begin around lunch!
Thank you for a great season!!!

OMS and OMST riders performed well at the US OPEN Junior Jam this past weekend.  There was a huge field of 80 young halfpipe competitors (13 and under) from all over the country and even as far as Ireland and Japan.  The spring elements made for a perfect halfpipe day with warm temps and sunny skies and the 22′  US Open U tube was in tip-top shape for the competitors to blast airs in.

Austin Rebetz (OMST) grabbed a 26th place finish with a clean run that included some nice straight airs and a couple 5′s.  Taylor Spaulding (OMST/OMS) finished 23rd with a very clean run of some large tailgrabs, methods, and stale’s all out of the 22′ foot pipe.  Austin Hawkes (OMST/OMS) rounded out his excellent pipe year with a 12th place finish with a technical run that included a huge frontside 5 followed by a large roast beef, method, and nosegrab and a clean ally-oop andrecht handplant to stoke out the judges.

Nice work guys!

OMST Riders battled some tough elements over the weekend at Okemo’s USASA slope and pipe finals.  Despite the fog, rain, and poor visibility, everyone rode extremely well and continued to push the freestyle envelope.

USASA Slopestyle Finals Results:
Ryan Bell 1st place Ruggie Boys (7 and under)
Morgan Hawkes 3rd place Menehune Girls (10-11)
Ben Black 10th place Menehune Boys (10-11)
Richie Hoge 13th place Menehune Boys (10-11)
Ginger Brown 5th place Breaker Girls (12-13)
Taylor Spaulding 6th place Breaker Boys (12-13)
Austin Hawkes 8th place Breaker Boys
Austin Rebetz 11th place Breaker Boys
Mason Colby 12th place Breaker Boys
Leah Jennings 2nd place Youth Girls (14-15)
Amanda Burnham 6th place Youth Girls
Kai Lichtensteiger 15th place Youth Boys  (14-15)
Emmitt Ellmaker 6th place Junior Men (16-17)
Brett Stein 12th place Junior Men

USASA Halfpipe Finals Results:
Livvie Jennings 2nd place Ruggie Girls (7 and under)
Morgan Hawkes 2nd place Menehune Girls (10-11)
Ben Black 8th place Menehune Boys (10-11)
Richie Hoge 10th place Menehune Boys (10-11)
Taylor Spaulding 6th place Breaker Boys (12-13)
Austin Hawkes 2nd place Breaker Boys (12-13)
Austin Rebetz 7th place Breaker Boys
Taylor Spaulding 8th place Breaker Boys
Leah Jennings 4th place Youth Girls (14-15)
Kai Lichtensteiger 13th place Youth Boys  (14-15)
Emmitt Ellmaker 4th place Junior Men (16-17)
Jason Stein 5th place Junior Men

OMST parents and athletes,

Our final USASA event weekend is here and I hope all OMST competitors are stoked!  The Slopestyle finals will take place on Saturday on Saturday on Noreaster and with Pipe finals on Sunday.  Jerry and I will be holding slope and pipe training on Friday through OMS for anybody who is interested.  I would highly suggest the extra training if you can make it happen as they are changing the Noreaster course a bit for the event.  Please let me know if your son/daughter will be joining us on Friday.

For those of you who are not competing, training will continue as normal with a meeting time of 8am @ the Sitting Bull, lunch at 11am, 12pm pickup at the pipe, and dropoff at 1:30pm.  If anyone has any questions on the weekend and/or anything else, please shoot me an email.

-Luke

USASA Slopestyle #3 Mount Snow Results
Ruggie Boys (7 and under): Ryan Bell 2nd Place
Menehune Girls (10-11): Anna Valentine 1st Place, Morgan Hawkes 3rd Place
Menehune Boys (10-11): Ben Black 10th Place
Breaker Boys (12-13): Austin Hawkes 8th Place, Taylor Spaulding 10th Place, Austin Rebetz 16th Place
Breaker Girls (12-13): Ginger Brown 6th Place
Youth Girls (14-15): Leah Jennings 5th Place
Junior Men (16-17): Emmett Ellmaker 10th Place, Brett Stein 12th Place

USASA Superpipe #3 Mount Snow Results
Menehune Girls (10-11): Anna Valentine 2nd Place, Morgan Hawkes 3rd Place
Breaker Boys (12-13): Austin Hawkes 3rd Place, Taylor Spaulding 7th Place, Austin Rebetz 8th Place
Junior Men (16-17): Jason Stein 7th Place, Emmett Ellmaker 8th Place

Light the Night Rail Jam
Taylor Spaulding 1st Place 16 and under Div
Leah Jennings 2nd Place Women’s 16 and under Div
Ginger Brown 3rd Place Women’s 16 and under Div

We have our 3rd USASA Freestyle weekend coming up @ Mount Snow this weekend and it’s hard to believe that there is only two USASA events left! The conditions right now are a bit firm but with warmer temps and some snow in the forecast, everything should be in good shape for the weekend training and comps
Weekend Training
Meet at the Sitting Bull  @ 8am for morning session and at the Pipe @ 12pm for afternoon session.
USASA Mount Snow Competitors
Meet in the Carinthia Base Lodge @ 7:30am
Saturday Night Light the Night Rail Jam
Registration @ 4pm outside the Sitting Bull w/ a 6pm start.

2/19-2/22 – Training at Okemo
2/23 – OFF DAY (rest up!)
2/24 – Training at Okemo
2/25 – Training at Okemo/possible Mount Snow day trip
2/26- Training at Okemo/ USASA Slopestyle @ Mount Snow (Meet at Carinthia @ 7:30am)
2/27 – Training at Okemo/ USASA Pipe @ Mount Snow (Meet at Carinthia @ 7:30am)

OMST Racers Mason and Kaylin Colby traveled to Bromley for the USASA Southern Vermont Snowboard Series final GS and Slalom racers this past Saturday.  The set for the slalom course was tight and technical.  Mason nabbed a fifth place and Kaylin took second in this event.  In the afternoon GS race, Mason upped the ante with a 3rd place to take home the bronze and Kaylin Colby took home another silver with her second place victory.