| _______________ |  | Gorgone, Kay Earn Titles Again | | MT. HOOD MEADOWS, Oregon (March 23) - It was another day of titles for U.S. Snowboarding's Michelle Gorgone (Boston) and Zac Kay (Mount Shasta, CA) as each pulled in their second this weekend, becoming parallel slalom U.S. champs during NorAm finals at Mt. Hood Meadows Sunday. | |
| _______________ | | Bleiler Third at Burton U.S. Open | | STRATTON, Vermont (March 22) - U.S. Snowboarding's Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) finished third in halfpipe at the 2008 Burton U.S. Open Saturday. Australia's Torah Bright won and Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) was second. | |
| _______________ | | Gorgone, Kay PGS National Champions | | MT. HOOD MEADOWS, Oregon (March 22) - U.S. Snowboarding's Michelle Gorgone (Boston) and Zac Kay (Mount Shasta, CA) laid down the fastest times to take parallel giant slalom national champion titles Saturday during NorAm finals at Mt. Hood Meadows. The event doubled as the U.S. Championships for PGS. | |
| _______________ | | More U.S. Medals in Junior Worlds SBX | | VALMALENCO, Italy (March 21) - U.S. Snowboarding wrapped up the World Junior Championships Friday with two more podiums. Callan Chythlook-Sifsof (Girdwood, AK) picked up silver with Brooke Shaw (Litchfield, CT) taking bronze behind champion Marion Perez of France. Thursday, Kaitlyn Farrington (Bellevue, ID) took silver in halfpipe. | |
| _______________ | | Bretz Named to U.S. Team | | PARK CITY, Utah (March 21) - Snowboarding prodigy Greg Bretz (Mammoth Lakes, CA), who recently put a World Cup win on his list of accomplishments, has been added to the 2008 U.S. Snowboarding roster. Bretz will join the U.S. Snowboarding halfpipe pro team, Snowboarding Director Jeremy Forster announced. | |
| _______________ | | Farrington Second in JWC Halfpipe | | VALMALENCO, Italy (March 20) - Kaitlyn Farrington (Bellevue, ID) took her riding to the next level Thursday as she grabbed silver in halfpipe at the 2008 Snowboard Junior World Championships in Italy. | |
| _______________ | | Vito, Clark Win Big at Grand Prix Final | | KILLINGTON, Vermont (March 16) - Salt Lake City Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) and U.S. Snowboarding's Louie Vito (Columbus, OH) rocked the pipe hard to win the halfpipe competition as well as the overall season titles at the Killington stop of the Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix Sunday. | |
| _______________ | | Killington Pipe Moved to Sunday | | KILLINGTON, Vermont (March 15) - The final stop of the 2008 Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix was postponed for Sunday as a relentless fog moved in over three quarters of the pipe in Killington on Saturday. | |
| _______________ | | Gorgone, Reiter on PGS Podium | | VALMALENCO, Italy (March 15) - U.S. Snowboarding picked up two podiums in the final World Cup of the season Saturday. Michelle Gorgone (Boston) had a career best Saturday finishing second in the parallel giant slalom finale in Valmalenco. Justin Reiter (Steamboat Springs, CO) was third in men's. | |
| _______________ | | Holland, Chythlook-Sifsof Win Big at JKOM | | SUN VALLEY, Idaho (March 14) - U.S. Snowboarding's Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) and Callan Chythlook-Sifsof (Girdwood, AK) railed through an incredible day of intense snowboardcross heats to win the last leg of the Jeep King of the Mountain tour in Sun Valley, ID Friday. | |
