Gatorade Free Flow

KMS swept the Grom and Women's Gatorade Free Flow halfpipe.

Women's Halfpipe results:

Maggie Leon 1st
Abby Lancour 2nd
Sophi Anderson 3rd

Grom Halfpipe Results:

George McKeever 1st
Ryan Sihler 2nd
Joey Leon3rd

Gatorade Free Flow

Our weekenders swept the junior jam
Junior Jam railjam results:

Joey Leon 1st
George McKeever 2nd
Jake Fournier 3rd

Gatorade Free Flow

Killington hosted Gatorade Free Flow this past Sunday for a junior jam railjam and a halfpipe. The halfpipe was in great condition and the weather was great. The junior jam had a great setup as well. Here's a shot of both the halfpipe and railjam at sunrise.

Gatorade Free Flow

We had a great day of competition at Okemo. The slope style course was tight but the girls made the best of it. Maggie Leon was the youngest female competitor and still found her way into third place. Sophi Anderson had a great first run. She cleaned the entire rail section, executed a nice double method on the first jump, and landed a frontside five forty to cap off her run.

Gatorade Free Flow

This past Saturday we had a Slopestyle at Okemo. Here are some photo's of the course.

USASA Southern Vermont Series: Bromley SX/SBX

After a challenging weather week, the KMS Snowboard Team performed well under variable conditions this past weekend at Bromley, VT. Snow followed by rain followed by a huge drop in temperature on Friday led to...solid conditions on Saturday morning. So solid that the start of the skicross and boardercross races were delayed almost 2 hours. When the race finally began though, KMS sophmore Logan Farmer logged the third fastest time of the day in trials, joined by Jesse Kunkowski of Mendon, VT who was second fastest in his age group. Once heats began though, the sun came out and the course slowed down a bit, giving spectators excellent racing to behold. Will Steller, 15 of Killington VT was neck and neck with 2 other racers going into turn 2 and was edged out of the course. Ethan Farmer, 10 of Randolph VT had a rough pull out of the start gate and also ended up missing the finals. After winning 2 heats to advance to finals, Jesse Kunkowski ended up slipping in turn one and taking a crash. After falling in time trails, KMS Class of '16 Nikki Sardelli won her semi-finals heat and got the hole shot again in finals, winning the race for the Breaker Girls! Logan Farmer, KMS CLass of '14 also advanced through heats to finals and raced to victory in his age group Youth Boys. Rounding out the day was KMS Skicross Racer Mazie Hayden, 11 of Pittsfield VT. Mazie was the only girl in her age group and raced against a fellow Killnigton skier for finals...HE was 18 years old and barely beat her. Go Mazie!

KMS '16 Nikki Sardelli out in front during BX finals

Sunday's schedule began on time, under partly sunny skies and colder conditions. Race 2 saw the appearance of Chris Oko, 8 of Milford, CT, and Tin Skoric, 8 of Rutland, VT. Also new to the fray was Alex Sheppard, 15 of Woodstock, VT. Heats were again highly competitive! This day saw start technique proving to be the difference. Both Will and Alex were edged out in heats after good time trials runs. Jesse Kunkowski went down in his first heat as well as Chris Oko. Ethan Farmer had great starts and fought through 2 heats to finals were he earned a fourth place. Tin Skoric took advantage of a collision by the race leaders in his heat to advance to finals in his age group as well and grab fourth place.

The day was won again by veterans Mazie Hayden who was pitted against two 15 year old girls and won her finals heat! Mazie also pulled down second place overall regardless of age group. After another fall in time trials, Nikki Sardelli battled back to win Breaker Girls finals and take the gold again! Nikki is now undefeated in SVS races with 6 starts and six gold medals. Logan Farmer raced to 1st in his age group again, as well as third overall regardless of age group.

Logan Farmer (KMS '14) races to first place Youth Boys and third overall

Ethan Farmer in time trials

Nikki Sardelli (KMS '16) naps while waiting for her heat. Ethan Farmer look on as does Chris Oko.

Shane Smith BOOST rider

Logan and Will ready for time trials.

Weekend Plan

Good Morning All,

We're looking at a very busy weekend for the snowboard teams, after a very busy weekend! For those of you not following the blog, facebook or twitter of the team, here's what you missed:

Congrats Team!

Redbull Buttercup at Darkside Fri 1/20

Maggie Leon- 1st Women

Robbie Ettori- 1st Groms

USASA Slopestyle Sat 1/21

Ethan Farmer 8th

Sophie Anderson 3rd

Maggie Leon 4th

Ryan Sihler 7th

Jake Fournier 11th

George McKeever-Parkes 13th

Joey Leon 14th

Juston Peyton 9th

Bobby Bergen 12th

Robbie Ettori 13th

Will Stellar 14th

Peter Hoops 9th

USASA Pipe Sun 1/22

Abby Lancour 3rd

Sophie Anderson 4th

USASA BX x2 at Smuggs Sun 1/22

Nikki Sardelli 2nd, 2nd

Logan Farmer 1st, 3rd

Ethan Farmer 3rd, 3rd

WOW! Big weekend!

For this weekend, it's going to be busy again :-)

Sat and Sun USASA Boardercross Competitors have already received info from me. If you did not receive that info and would like to, let me know.

Sat Gatorade Freeflow Tour competitors, Evan will send you info in a separate email

Sun Gatorade Freeflow Junior Jam and Pipe Competitors will meet Coach Evan and Gillian at BEAR MOUNTAIN at 7:30 AM. Practice for the jam and pipe begins at 8:00 AM. Full schedule for the day can be found here.

Junior Jam is at the base of the pipe at Bear from 9:15-9:45 with awards directly following.

Pipe practice is 8-10, with Ladies Pipe finals from 12:30-1:00. Pipe awards will be at 4:15 PM at Bear.

All snowboard team members not competing will be on their usual schedule, meeting at the club, ready to rock at 8:30 AM both days.

Upcoming events:

Sat 2/4: USASA Slopestyle at Okemo

Sun 2/5: USASA Pipe at Okemo

Sat 2/11: USASA BX at Bromley

Sat 2/11: Ktown Showdown #2 at Killington

Sun 2/12: USASA BX at Bromley

Sun 2/12: USASA Slopestyle at Crotched Mountain, NH (Ridemass Series)

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KC Gandee

Snowboard Program Director

Killington Mountain School / Killington Ski Club
2708 Killington Road

Killington, VT 05751

www.killingtonmountainschool.org
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Notes from the KSC/KMS Competition Programs Office

Volunteers Needed

Saturday and Sunday 1/28 & 1/29

Freestyle B Klassic- Lower Superstar

Volunteers are needed for Course Workers, Choppers and other positions.

{ClICK HERE TO REGISTER}

Sunday 1/29

VT Cup GS- Needles Eye

Volunteers are needed for Course Workers, Gate Keepers and other positions.

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Saturday and Sunday 2/4 & 2/5

Freestyle A Klassic

Volunteers are needed for Course Workers, Choppers and other positions.

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Sunday 2/5

MVC Ross GS- Bunny Buster

Volunteers are needed for Course Workers and Gate Judges.

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Other future events are open for volunteering. Check out the webpage. CLICK HERE

Morning workout

We started with some great team building exercises and moved on to some circuits.

Ethan's idea of fun between bx races

Covered chair at Mt. Snow

A good way to rap up a day of competition.

Powder Day at Killington

We all had a great day enjoying the new snow by heading into the woods.

USASA Southern Vermont Series: Bromley GS and SL

L-R Logan Farmer, Ethan Farmer, Nikki Saradelli, Sophie Anderson, Kamran Goossieaux

Under blue skies and sub-zero morning temps, the KMS Snowboard Team charged into today's alpine race event with purpose. Ethan Farmer, 10 of Randolph, VT scored a 2nd place finish in GS and a fourth in Slalom for Menehune Boys (10-11). Nikki Sardelli, KMS Class of '16, continued her undefeated Southern Vermont Series season with wins in both GS and Slalom for the Breaker Girls (12-13). KMS BOOST student-athlete Sophie Anderson, 15 of Littleton, MA took first in GS and 2nd in SL in her first day of alpine racing ever.

KMS Class of '14 Logan Farmer took 2nd in both GS and SL. Logan also took 3rd Overall in GS regardless of age group! Rounding out the KMS Team was Kamran Gossiaeux, 16 of Andover, MA with is first ever gold medal in the Southern Vermont Series: 1st in GS and second in SL. Way to go team!

-KC

The course in the sun!

Sugarloaf BX Training

After a 7.5 hour drive o Thursday, Logan Farmer (KMS '14), Nikki Sardelli (KMS '16), Abby Lancour and WIll Stellar from our weekend comp programs and I arrived at our rental house (mansion) in Sugarloaf. Only 5 minutes from the mountain, we scored a 3 bedroom 2500 sq ft house with a great kitchen and HUGE rooms in which to hang out- all for $100 less than a 2 bedroom condo at the mountain! Thanks VRBO.com!

With a good breakfast in our bellies, we headed to the mountain for training day on the newly built boardercross- a team effort of CVA coach Mike Mallon and gold medalist Seth Wescott. Unfortunately, training was delayed one hour due to freezing rain and fog.

The start of the boardercross course this morning in the fog.

After walking the course, the team was able to slip it twice before...THUNDER. That's right. Thunder. In Maine in January. Lifts shut down and we ate lunch. After a long wait, the lifts finally opened again- for five minutes before another thunder clap shut them down yet again.

Nikki Sardelli makes herself a human target for snowballs while we wait.

The down time was getting to the crew...

Our team's patience finally paid off when, at 2:20, we were able to load the lift again. Just before another thunder clap. Our crew was able to get one more run down the course, with video, before the mountain closed for the day. We're off to the Anti Gravity Center tonight to play a little before the pre-race meal. After some course video watching, we'll hit the beds and wake up for our race tomorrow! Wish us luck!

Here's the course

Light the Night Rail Jam at Okemo

Women's Division Winner Maggie Leon and Coach Gillian Goodwill

With warmer than expected (or desired) temps, the KMS Snowboard Team traveled down route 100 to Okemo Mountain Resort for the Light the Night Rail Jam this past Saturday Jan. 7th accompanied by Coach Gillian Goodwill.

With a challenging and creative setup for the event, and plenty of spectators, the team had their work cut out for them! KMS Snowboard Team rookie Justin Peyton 15 of Woodstock, VT wowed the crowd by gapping onto the flat-down-flat-down rail. Joey Leon, 12 of West Simsbury, CT nailed his first backside lipslide in competition on the down bar. The stoke was high for the team, which setup Maggie Leon, 14 of West Simsbury CT for the win in the women's division! With a clean 50-50 of the entire flat-down-flat-down rail, there was no other choice. This was Maggie's first rail jam win of the season, but definitely won't be the last.

We're very proud of all the KMS Snowboard Team that traveled and competed- great job team!

-KC

USASA Southern Vermont Series GS and SL

The crew just before the GS start. Sunny skies!

Nikki Sardelli at the GS start.

The first USASA Southern Vermont Series (SVS) alpine race day is in the books after a morning GS and an afternoon SL. With sunny skies and warm temps (still...ugh), the courses were soft. The morning's GS was very turny and technical, while the afternoon's SL was fast and straight.

After some amazing Giant Slalom competition, the top three riders in the Menehune Boys (10-11) were seperated by less than 1.0 second after 2 runs with KMS Elite Team member Ethan Farmer, age 10 from Randolph VT, taking home the Silver medal. KMS Snowboard Team Class of '16 Nikki Sardelli, 13 from Killington, VT, had a great first showing of the season taking home the Gold for Breaker Girls (12-13) after two solid runs. KMS Sophomore Logan Farmer, 15 from Randolph, beat out the next rider by less than 0.1 seconds for Silver in Youth Boys (14-15). Also racing were Alex Sheppard, 15 from Woodstock, VT, who pulled in 4th place in Youth Boys and Kamran Gossieaux 16 from Andover, MA who scored a fifth place in Junior Boys (16-17).

The afternoon's fast Slalom course provided more great results for the KMS Team. Ethan Farmer had a fall in his first run but managed a 3rd place result and still landed on the podium. Nikki Sardelli continued a great day with another 1st place finish and Logan Farmer was edged out by less than one second to bring home the Bronze medal. Alex Sheppard landed a fifth place and Kamran Gossieaux rounded out the KMS Team with a fifth place spot as well.

Great Job KMS! We race again next Monday, 1/16!

USASA GS and SL at Bromley

Great day for training