ISTC Sweep on the second day of the Mt. Hood NorAm! It was a great day of racing, with the most exciting action going down in the third berm. Mick, Jared, and Chris were battling for the top two spots in the second semifinal heat when Mick and Jared took eachother out in the third berm. Unfortunately, neither could catch back up to advance to the final.

In the final, Chris had the hole shot. with Mikey and Bobby chasing close behind. Entering the third berm, Bobby pulled the classic Minghini move of ripping the turn inside, making an amazing pass for the lead. Neither Mikey, nor Chris could overtake Bobby again, leading to Bob’s third gold medal in the NorAm’s this year! Great racing everyone!

1- Bobby Minghini
2- Mikey Perle
3- Chris Mahaney (HoleShot Tour Overall Champion!)
4- Mitch Pitman
5- Jared Minghini
6- Mick Dierdroff

9- Billy Pettengill
21- Spencer Davis
26- Justin Pasutto
34- Senna Leith

One more race in Big White to decide the NorAm overall winners… lets get em boys!

The first day of the Mt. Hood NorAm is in the books. ISTC finds the podium again with Chris taking second and Mikey taking third. Congratulations to todays winner, Mick Dierdorff, for an impressive day of racing. We are back in the wax room, prepping for another good day tomorrow!

1. Mick Dierdorff
2. Chris Mahaney
3. Mikey Perle
4. Bobby Minghini

9. Billy Pettengill
10. Jarod Minghini
13. Justin Pasutto
23. Spencer Davis
36. Senna Leith

Lets finish this trip strong boys!

PARK CITY, UT (Mar. 3) – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association named a group of 29 talented athletes who are currently competing at the 2013 FIS Junior World Snowboarding Championships March 3-10 at Erzurum, Turkey. Headlining the team is 2012 Junior Worlds silver medalist Indigo Monk and NorAm force Mike Perle (Saddle River, NJ). Athletes attending hail from USSA club programs as well the U.S. Snowboarding Rookie Team.

2013 U.S. SNOWBOARDING FIS JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM
(Name, team, hometown, date of birth) * denotes alternate

Snowboardcross
Men
Mike Perle, Saddle River, NJ 1/21/1994 (International Snowboarding Training Center)
Freddy McCarthy, Sebago, ME 7/14/1993 (Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club)
Ryan Roemer, Bellevue, ID 6/7/1995 (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation)
Jack Taylor, Wayzata, MN 11/2/1995

Women
Meghan Tierney, Edwards, CO 1/15/1997 (Ski Club Vail)
Alyssa Dolgin, Johnsbury, VT 5/27/1993
Karen Kobayashi, Rye, NY, 10/4/1995 (Stratton Mountain School)

HIGHLIGHTS
•Indigo Monk (Manhattan Beach, CA) will be looking move up from her silver medal in slopestyle from 2012 Junior World Snowboarding Championships in Valmalenco, Italy.
•Watch out for Mike Perle (Saddle River, NJ) he has been a strong contender on the NorAm tour this season with one win and two top five finishes.
Karen Kobayashi (Rye, NY) has been a consistent top 10 finisher on the NorAm tour this season.
•New this season is the inclusion of the team Snowboardcross event.
•The event includes snowboardcross, team snowboarcross, parallel GS, parallel slalom, halfpipe and slopestyle.
•In addition to top three medals, the Marc Hodler Trophy will be awarded for overall team performance.
•Invited athletes must be between the ages of 13 – 19 years old.
•Snowboard Junior World Championships take place in Erzurum, Turkey March 3-10, 2013.

QUOTES
Abbi Nyberg, U.S. Snowboarding Program Manager
I am excited for a great group of young athletes to represent the United States. It’s so crucial to have events like this to grow our sport and let the world about our emerging talent. It’s good for the athletes to gain experience at a really unique event.

EVENT SCHEDULE
Sunday, March 3 – Men and women’s snowboardcross finals
Monday, March 4 – Men and women’s snowboardcross team finals
Wednesday, March 6 – Men and women’s parallel GS finals
Thursday, March 7 – Men and women’s parallel slalom finals
Friday, March 8 – Men and women’s halfpipe finals
Saturday, March 9 – Men and women’s slopestyle finals
Complete schedule here

Great day at Sun Valley as ISTC sweeps the podium!
3 – Bobby
1- Mikey
2 – BIlly

The final heat was very exciting, as Billy used Bobby’s draft in the final rollers to make a pass for second!

Senna raced well, going out in the second round in a photo finish with all four racers.

Spencer was unlucky, being taken out after the first feature in heat one.

Langley took home gold in her home town in women’s skier cross, congratulations!

Great job today team! Now we are off to Mt. Hood for the next stage of the Nor Am!

2nd Race at Killington NorAm, Windy, windy, windy, draft, draft, draft! A lot of complaints about the course being a weight race! But there were a lot of complaints about Copper being too technical! But everyone still races the same course, and the best riders usually win! 2nd race results:

Men:
1-Mike Perle (USA/ ISTC)
2-Mick Deirdorff (USA)
3-Chris Mahaney (USA/ ISTC)

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Two of the longest-running competitions in X Games history, winter’s Snowboarder X and Skier X, will not be part of the show when the X Games return to Aspen in January 2013, event organizers confirmed Thursday. ESPN decided to cut the events, as well as Mono Skier X, and will not build the X Course for the first time in history.

Snowboarder X was one of three events that had taken place every year since the Winter X Games debuted in 1997, along with Snowboard Superpipe and Slopestyle. Skier X had been staged 15 of those 16 years, starting in 1998. Mono Skier X was added to the docket five years ago.

“These decisions are never easy, obviously,” said Tim Reed, senior director of content strategy for ESPN X Games. “We understand the ramifications these things bring. We come up with what we believe are the best events to showcase to our fans on-site and obviously the networks, too.

“There wasn’t one single factor that led to this decision. It just comes down to filling the schedule with how much we believe we need to make the event enjoyable to the fans and deliver on what we need from a product standpoint.”

Meanwhile, two events that were dropped last year, Snowmobile SnoCross and Speed and Style, are returning to the 2013 Aspen schedule. SnoCross had been featured for 14 straight years before it was omitted from X Games Aspen 2012.

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