U.S. Ski and Snowboard finally figured out what Ski and Snowboard Club Vail knew all along. At the national governing body’s annual awards last week, Chris Laske was named snowboard development coach of the year.
The Summit County community was well represented at the third day of the 2023 Revolution Tour at Copper Mountain Resort on Thursday, Jan. 26. After watching the freeski halfpipe and slopestyle finals the two previous.
Team Summit athletes were busy competing at Copper Mountain Resort’s New Year’s Eve Rail Jam on Saturday, Dec. 31, while Nina Schamberger competed in Michigan on Monday, Jan. 2. At Copper Mountain Resort, Team Summit.
Summit County once again justified why people call the area a mecca for competitive winter sport athletes. Some of the best local winter sport athletes found themselves at the top of the podium this week.
On Feb. 26-27, the Team Summit park and pipe team competed at Aspen, Buttermilk and Snowmass in park and halfpipe competitions. Team Summit performed extremely well over the two-day event with 13 first-place finishes, 11.