KMSST Week 12 Review

This was an exciting week for the team. Mitch got his new board early in the week and was able to train on it before the first big trip of the year. The team headed to Copper Colorado on Friday for USSA's second installment of the Revolution Tour. The team had a good flight into Denver and had no issues settling in to the condo at Copper. Max and Chris trained for boardercross on the first day, while Mitch and Alex practiced at the slope and halfpipe venues. The boardercross event was held on Sunday. Max and Chris's results can be found on the following link. www.live-timing.com

Rome comes through and Mitch is happy

Valvoline Instant Oil Change hooks up the teams ride

Alex training pipe early in the week

Chris airs out the pipe

Max does the same

Mitch going big

Alex hits the S-rail above the pipe on Dreamaker

Justin shooting the team on Thursday

Alex taps the Gatorade tank

Mitch

The team on the drive from Denver to Copper

Denver

Boardercross training for Max and Chris

Max gets out to an early lead

Max and Chris before their Time Trial

Chris on course

Max on the first bank turn

KMSST Week 11 Review

What a start to week 11... RAIN, RAIN, and more RAIN, which can be a depressing thing if you like winter sports. How ever, in this case, Killington managed to get the mountain into fantastic shape by Wednesday. The team was off on Monday while the wet stuff wreaked havoc on the hill. On Tuesday we checked out the parks and discovered an icy half shut down playground, so we packed up the Suburban and headed down to the Green Mountain Rock Climbing Center in Rutland. Max was out due to illness but the rest were happy to get there climb on. Wednesday and Thursday were spent in the Dreamaker park and half pipe. The temperatures dropped into the minus digits on Friday with lots of unfriendly wind making training unbearable. So the team opted for a road trip up to the Rome offices to warranty Mitch's broken board. A very friendly Justin St. Pierre was there to greet us and take care of our needs. He even went beyond and hooked the team up with stickers and pro forms... thanks Justin! The team competed in a USASA Southern Vermont series slope event at Okemo the following day. Junior Men results had Mitch in 6th, Chris 12th, Max 16th, while Alex got 7th in a huge field of Youth Men. Mitch and Alex competed in pipe on Sunday. Both nailed clean runs and just missed getting on the podium with 4th place finishes. The team has a few days left of training at Killington before leaving for Colorado on Friday to compete in the Revolution Tour at Copper Mountain.

Alex belays Mitch while Chris watches on

Mitch climbs the ceiling!

Method for Alex while the park crew buffs out the pipe

The boys take a visit to Rome headquarters in Waterbury, VT

Leaving Okemo after a long day of slope competition

Mitch at the top of pipe during Heat #2

THE RESULTS ARE IN!

KMSST Week 10 Review

Chris during his Time Trial on Monday

Heat 1 Junior Men - Chris(gate 5) and Max(gate 3)

Alex(47) during a Youth Men Heat on Tuesday

Another silver for Max... see you at Nationals!

The Killington pipe is born 1/21/10

Mitch

Max

Chris

Friday - Chris gets ready for the Free Flow Tour

Mitch during FFT practice on Sunday morning

Chris at the top of the course during Heat 1

Mitch waits to take his run with the top ten during Finals

Mitch gets 7th

KMSST Week 9 Review

Week 9... or maybe I should say week WOW! The first installment of the Revolution Tour began on Wednesday. The team traveled down for practice and was able to do some some pipe training for the first time of the season. The boys also hit the slope course to spend some time on the larger jumps. Killington's big park on Dreamaker and pipe are scheduled to open next week. Mitch and Alex competed in the pipe competition on Thursday and then slope on Friday with fellow teammate Chris Boera. On Saturday Mitch and Alex traveled to Waterville Valley, NH to compete in PB&J rail jam.

The boys find their own playground in the woods

Mitch flipping out on Tuesday

Alex and Mitch reunite with fellow Wisco at Mt Snow training

Alex waits for his turn in the pipe

Mitch at the top of the Mt Snow pipe

Alex frontside 3 on jump 2

Chris on jump 1

Mitch on jump 1

Alex slays the first rail and gets 6th for the day

Mitch takes 5th and an invite to the series finals at Mammoth, CA

KMSST Week 8 Review

The team was happy to back at it after a long holiday break. With conditions being their finest, the mountain did not disappoint anyone either. Monday was a bluebird day with tons of new terrain for the Wisco's to discover. The team trained mainly in the Stash park but also ventured around the rest of the mountain to see what else Killington had to offer. The team also spent some quality time with photographer Justin Cash on Tuesday and Wednesday . The photo shoot started in the Mouse Run park but with most shooting taking place in the Stash park. Some of the photo's can be found on Justin's blog and Facebooks "Stokelab". Finally, the team discovered the Ram's Head park on Thursday and enjoyed training the remainder of the week on a fun set up that provided a lot of flow similar to the courses they will soon be competing in. Although the jumps will certainly be a lot larger in the Rev Tour and Southern Vermont series. The team has been training in Stash, Mouse Run and Ram's Head parks since Killington's Dreamaker park is scheduled to open next week. The team has been preparing for this weeks first stop of the Revolution Tour at Mount Snow, VT. Followed by the fifth stop of the Volcom Stone's Peanut Butter and Rail Jam at Waterville Valley, NH.

Alex hits the last wall in the Stash park

Mitch going Method on Monday

Alex in the Stash park

Max in the Stash park

Chris rides high on the 1st wall in the Stash park

Freshies in the Stash

Mitch on the big wall

Mitch in the Mouse Run park on Tuesday

Photographer Justin Cash shoots the team in the Stash

Mitch & Alex discover the Ram's Head park