SNOWBOARD HOME PAGE | Snowboard Revolution
Snowboarder Crew Blog | Snowboard RevolutionSnowboard Photo Blog | Snowboard RevolutionSnowboard Street Marketing Blog | Snowboard RevolutionSnowboard Shop Blog | Snowboard RevolutionSnowboard Photogrpaher Blog | Snowboard RevolutionSnowboard Music Blog | Snowboard Revolution

Archive for the Chevy Grand Prix Breckenridge 06 Category

24 12 2006

Grand Prix Women’s Pipe and Random Photos

Posted by: admin in Chevy Grand Prix Breckenridge 06, Snowboard Contests

Giacomo Kratter puts the pedal to the metal…

1_Giaccomo.jpg

…The very next wall he broke his tibia, this stuff is no joke

 

2_Giaccomo.jpg

Gregory Bretz spins through a front 7

3_GregoryBretz.JPG

Luke Mitrani is more than just cute, big haired spoke kid for Mountain Dew, the kid rips!

 

4_lukemitrani.jpg

Chad Otterstrom, Transworld’s rider of the year, took some time away from filming stuff to get these insane first wall spins

 

5_otterstrom.jpg

Luke Wynen shows off his new colors…Stihl chainsaws. I saw Luke in Starbucks sat night hanging out with Kelly Clark, Tommy Czeschin and others. Luke said he was stoked to be sponsored but Stihl, they have and indy spirit like snowboarding and more corporate money means more money for snowboarders

 

6_wynen.jpg

 

Gretchen Blieler was there but only managed 7th place. We all still love her anyway

7_blieler.jpg

Cecile Alzina came from France and was looking pretty strong

 

8_CecileAlzina.jpg

Holly Crawford, from Australia was also looking like a contender. Holly managed to find 5th place

 

9_hollycrawford.jpg

Feels like we’ve been here before. Elena Hight got second last year and repeated that performance this year

 

10_elenahight.jpg

Of course we can not skip Kelly Clark, she won the whole show. With Hannah gone and Gretchen getting 7th it was obvious Kelly would win. She did not even have bust out a big run, she kind of cruised. Yea, huge airs like this are cruising

 

 

11_kellyclark.jpg

 

Michael Goldschmidt

 

12_Goldschmidt.jpg

 

Scotty Lago with a sick ass lien air

 

13_scottyLago.jpg

Vito and his kit

 

14_vito.jpg

 

Czeschin visualizes his run

 

15_czeschin.jpg

Scotty Lago moments before his run

 

15_lago.jpg

 

Some guy behind me was explaining to a girl he was with that Elena Hight was really hot because she looks good and rides so well. Guess you can not argue with that logic huh? Oh, for Elena’s secret admirer, she is nice too

 

16.jpg

Comments No Comments »

18 12 2006

Five Minutes with Danny Davis

Posted by: admin in Chevy Grand Prix Breckenridge 06, Snow & Skate

Danny Davis took the world by storm last season. The above stats tell it all. Growing up in Michigan, seems like all the new rippers come from the Midwest lately. Must be the shitty hills that motivate them to go out and rip every day; never get bored or complacent. You have to rip to stay interested when your hill only has 200’ vertical. Danny is part of the new crowd of rippers. He was born when I was a sophomore in college which means I am old enough to be his dad – scary. The kid rips let’s see what he is up to.

davis.jpg 

Born – June 22, 1988From – MichiganLives - ?

Stance – 23/15/-12

Finishes: 1st – 2006 Breck HP

                3rd – 2006 Breck QP                 3rd – 2005 Breck QP                3rd – 2005 Breck HP                 3rd – 2006 Bachelor HP                1st – 2005 Nippon Open HP                 1st – 2006 US Open QP                2nd – 2006 US Open HP                Transworld and Snowboarder – 05/06 Rookie of the yearSponsors – BurtonComparing notes with  Mason in the staring areadavis_mason.jpgThe sickest 1080 of the day during final run number 2davis1080.jpgThe scoreboard does not lie 

davis2.jpg

 

 

Rodeos on a 25 foot tall icy pipe are very difficult

 

davisbackrodeo.jpg

Comments No Comments »

18 12 2006

Chevy Grand Prix QuarterPipe

Posted by: admin in Chevy Grand Prix Breckenridge 06

Elena Hight got 2nd in the womens division. Imagine being pulled at 40-50 mph behind a snowmobile, at night, at a huge pile of ice. This comp was gnarly

Elena Hight

Last years champ Kevin Pearce, got 2nd this year
Kevin Pearce
Scotty Lago with his best trick winning 1080. This kid is on the rise
Scotty lago
Steve Fisher won with his giant 540’s
Steve Fisher
As if winning pipe was not enough, Danny Davis had to go and get 3rd in the qp contest
Danny Davis backside Rodeo
Steve Fisher - On top of the podium again - nice work
Steven Fisher

Comments 1 Comment »

18 12 2006

Danny Davis Crushes 1st Grand Prix of the 06-07 season

Posted by: admin in Chevy Grand Prix Breckenridge 06

Danny Davis Crushes 1st Grand Prix of the 06-07 season

∙ The pipe was good and I asked a bunch of heads; Louie Vito, Mason, Danny Davis, Rob Kingwell and others. If they say it was good, I believe them

∙ Breck has a pretty good base so if you live in California or the east coast, get your ass to Colorado

∙ Danny Kass, Shaun White, Travis Rice, Antti Autti, Hannah Teter and others were missing. I guess those guys don’t need $14,000. It is ok, the new crowd is taking over; Louie, Danny, Brad Martin and so on

∙ The Italian Stallion, Giacomo Kratter was there and made the finals but broke his tibia (shin) good luck to him and getting that healed

∙ Danny Davis was large and in charge. Transworld and Snowboarder’s rookie of the year lived up to his rep

∙ Brad Martin and Crispin Lipscomb are sponsored by McDonalds, what the hell is that?

“Thanks to JJ Thomas for clogging my toilet last night, that was fun” – Todd Richards

“Pipe is good, I hope I do well because I need to buy Christmas presents” – Mason Aguirre

“Scotty Lago has the only backside 900 worth judging” – Todd Richards

Captions

Brad Martin came out to take 4th place
Brad Martin
Tommy Czeschin, Olympic veteran, with one of his huge frontside airs on the first wall
Tommy Czeschin
JJ Thomas, another former Olympian – big method airs like this and some spinning put him in 5th place
JJ Thomas
Xavier Hoffman airs to fakie – so sick
Xavier Hoffman
Masenutz was looking solid and got 2nd place for his efforts
Mason Aguirre
The crowd and the pipe from the lift
Chevy Grand Prix Halfpipe
Danny Davis killed it. Here is one of his huge back to back 1080’s. This was his amazing first hit actually
Danny Davis
Women’s podium, l-r, Elena Hight, Kelly Clark and Soko Yamaoka. Look for a women’s gallery early next week
Womens Podium
Men’s podium, l-r, Mason Aguirre, Danny Davis and Tommy Czeschin
Mens Podium

Results
Women
1 Kelly Clark $14,000
2 Elena Hight $7,000
3 Soko Yamaoka $3,500
4 Manuela Pesko $1,750
5 Holly Crawford $1,000

Men
1 Danny Davis $14,000
2 Mason Aguirre $7,000
3 Tommy Czeschin $3,500
4 Brad Martin $1,750
5 JJ Thomas $1,000
6 Ross Powers $350
7 Steve Fisher $350
8 Rob Kingwell $350
9 Crispin Lipscomb $350
10 Louie Vito $100

Comments 1 Comment »