Snowboard

It was another great season for the snowboard team. Our athletes had some great progression, traveled the entire world and saw some big success in their riding.  And while the season is ending for most of our crew, many of the Para athletes continue to be focussed on the upcoming Paralympics next March with several…

Para Team Update Wow, it’s been a busy month for Para Snowboard competitions. We have been on the road for almost a month with only a couple days at home between trips. To start with we headed off to Steamboat for the first World Cup held in the US since 2017. We had a training…

Para Snowboard Team Update The Para snowboard team has returned from a month-long Europe trip. Starting off in Pyha, Finland, the team earned some really great results in the SBX comp held there: Kate Delson finished 3rd in Women’s WC LL2/LL1 category, Aleks Godowski finished 8th in Men’s LL2 in his first-ever WC competition! Rebecca…

SBSEF Snowboard/ Team Utah Snowboard The Para team is at our second comp of the season in Finland where we are experiencing some very un-Finland like weather – above freezing temps!  (This is about as high as the sun gets this time of year in Lapland – photo above) All the athletes have made some…

Para Snowboard Team The Para Euro Cup and World Cup of the competition season. Spending a few days before the competition in Austria, Coach Seth and the 4 athletes (Jackie, Kate, Aleks, and Steven) got their riding legs warmed up with laps at Hintertux. And although the snow conditions were not always ideal, they were…

Hey everyone – not a ton going on as we prepare for the season. Next month starts to get much busier as we head off on our first international training trip to Europe followed by our first World Cup. By now we have done almost all of our one-on-one athlete meetings to set goals and…

Hey all – starting to ramp up in the snowboard world. We are in the process of checking in with all our athletes who are scattered all over the globe. Chatting about training plans and competition plans to make sure those align.  For the Para athletes, it’s an important year as this year will lead…

Many of the snowboard athletes have moved away from Utah for the summer and are catching up on rest and relaxation as well as working hard on strength and conditioning wherever they are, to be prepared when we get back on snow. The staff are busy planning the upcoming season including opportunities for fall training…

March and April were busy months for the snowboard teams. Our young riders continued to train here at home with some excellent conditions – working on meeting their own personal goals with Coaches Anna and Zane. Coach Anna has done an amazing job organizing that program and we have some new interest for next season…

Well once again as I am writing this update, almost all the snowboard teams are on the road. It seems like the competition season has gotten condensed into the later part of the season so it will be fast and furious right to the end. The Big Mountain Freeride team has had some great finishes…