| _______________ |  | 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. | |
