Snowboarding

Our competitive snowboard groups went to Copper Mountain last week to compete in the USASA National Championships. It was the first Nationals since 2019 and to say it was great to be back would be an understatement.

Athletes competed in Regional USASA competitions throughout the season in order to qualify for the national event. Within the one week, 30 athletes from Steamboat competed in Boardercross, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Slopestyle, Rail Jam, and Halfpipe.

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Results from Steamboat athletes throughout the week:

Boardercross:
• Open Class Men (raced April 3rd in a field of 20)
o 3rd - Cody Winters
o 9th - Ben Carpenter
o 11th - Walker Overstake
o 13th - Will Martin
• Menehune Girls (ages 11 & 12 raced April 5th in a field of 29)
o 5th - Ava Lilly
• Menehune Boys (ages 11 & 12 raced April 5thin a field of 63)
o 1st - Cooper Malia
o 10th - Bode Wellstone
o 17th - Kursey Szucs
o 35th - Caden McHaffie
o 50th - Thomas Halberg
• Breaker Girls (ages 13 & 14 raced April 6th in a field of 48)
o 1st - Gigi Boyd
o 8th - Ava Halberg
• Grommet Girls (ages 9 &10 raced April 7th in a field of 24)
o 1st - Aimee Wild
• Ruggie Boys (ages 7 & 8 raced April 7th in a field of 30)
o 3rd - Adam Lilly

Slalom:
• Breaker Girls (ages 13 & 14 raced April 3rd in a field of 25)
o 2nd - Gigi Boyd
o 10th - Ava Halberg
• Menehune Boys (ages 11 & 12 raced April 4th in a field of 37)
o 2nd - Cooper Malia
o 7th - Indy Lightner
o 9th - Thomas Halberg
• Open Class Women (raced April 5th in a field of 12)
o 12th - Cecelia Jones
• Open Class Men (raced April 5th in a field of 25)
o 2nd - Cody Winters
o 3rd - Steven Maccutcheon
o 4th - Tate DePaepe
o 6th - Daichi Shimizu
o 8th - Michael Smith
o 9th - Walker Overstake
• Grommet Boys (ages 9 & 10 raced on April 6th in a field of 31)
o 17th - Isaac Weinberg
• Youth Men (ages 15 & 16 raced on April 7th in a field of 34)
o 8th - Braden Duty
Giant Slalom:
• Menehune Boys (ages 11 & 12 raced April 3rd in a field of 38)
o 3rd - Cooper Malia
o 6th - Indy Lightner
o 8th - Thomas Halberg
• Open Class Women (raced April 4th in a field of 15)
o 9th - Kelsi Stephenson
o 12th - Cecelia Jones
o 14th - Cannon Diradour
• Open Class Men (raced April 4th in a field of 25)
o 1st - Cody Winters
o 2nd - Daichi Shimizu
o 4th - Steven Maccutcheon
o 8th - Tate DePaepe
o 15th - Ben Carpenter
o 16th - Michael Smith
o 23rd - Walker Overstake
• Grommet Boys (ages 9 & 10 raced April 5th in a field of 34)
o 23rd - Isaac Weinberg
• Youth Men (ages 15 & 16 raced April 6th in a field of 35)
o 4th - Braden Duty
• Breaker Girls (ages 13 & 14 raced April 7th in a field of 23)
o 2nd - Gigi Boyd
o 12th - Ava Halberg

Halfpipe:
• Ruggie Boys (ages 7 & 8 competed April 3rd in a field of 26)
o 1st - Adam Lilly
• Grommet Girls (ages 9 & 10 competed April 3rd in a field of 24)
o 3rd - Aimee Wild
• Breaker Girls (ages 13 & 14 competed April 4th in a field of 16)
o 3rd - Izzy Hamric
o 9th - Ava Halberg
• Breaker Boys (ages 13 & 14 competed April 5th in a field of 34)
o 6th - Reed Van Ness
o 28th - Samuel Erland
• Menehune Girls (ages 11 & 12 competed April 7th in a field of 19)
o 1st - Rocke Weinberg
o 6th - Ava Lilly
• Menehune Boys (ages 11 & 12 competed April 7th in a field of 40)
o 2nd - Aaron Wild
o 27th - Thomas Halberg

Slopestyle: (jumps and rails)
• Breaker Boys (ages 13 & 14 competed April 3rd in a field of 69)
o 11th - Reed Van Ness
• Ruggie Boys (ages 7 & 8 competed April 4th in a field of 33)
o 2nd - Adam Lilly
• Grommet Girls (ages 9 & 10 competed April 4th in a field of 24)
o 6th - Aimee Wild
• Menehune Girls (ages 11 & 12 competed April 6th in a field of 26)
o 2nd - Rocke Weinberg
o 5th - Ava Lilly
• Menehune Boys (ages 11 & 12 competed April 6th in a field of 64)
o 6th - Aaron Wild
o 32nd - Bode Wellstone
• Open Class Men (competed April 7th in a field of 31)
o 13th - Jesse Hamric

Rail Jam:
• Girls age 11-14 competed April 4th in a field of 29
o 7th - Rocke Weinberg
• Boys age 11-14 competed April 4th in a field of 50
o 12th - Reed Van Ness
It was a great way to round out our season and celebrate our progressions and successes.

Gigi Boyd and Ava Halberg (from left to right) at the top of the GS venue on April 7th.

Indy Lightner, Cooper Malia and Thomas Halberg (from left to right) at the top of the Slalom venue on April 4th.

SSWSC Snowboard Team Members at Opening Ceremonies on April 2nd. From left to right: Indy Lightner, Ava Halberg, Adam Lilly, Ava Lilly, Izzy Hamric, Thomas Halberg, Cooper Malia, Isaac Weinberg, Coach Maddy Schaffrick

Adam Lilly gearing up for his halfpipe run on April 3rd with coach Maddy Schaffrick

Kursey Szucs, Caden McHaffie, Bode Wellstone, Cooper Malia, Ava Lilly and Thomas Halberg (left to right) at the top of the Boardercross venue on April 5th.

Coach Danielle Adams, Coach Tim Hickory, Coach Maddy Schaffrick, Bode Wellstone, Ava Lilly, Coach Erik Gunderson, Cooper Malia (from left to right) after awards on April 5th.

Isaac Weinberg and Rocke Weinberg (left to right) at the bottom of the race venues on April 5th.