When you're flying 50 or 60 feet out and throwing rodeos and inverted sevens, safety first is the best policy. In the end, Kirk Warner, Jef Billo, and Mikko Jauhianen took the top spots in the men's half pipe. For the women, East Coast ripper Kyla Duffy took top honors, followed by South Lake local Kristie Elder-Ussher and Lindsay Pugh. In the Big Air competition, the Basich name claimed the top honors in men's and women's, with Mike and Tina each stomping the biggest and smoothest jump in their respective groups. Aaron Rains and Cyrus Briggs rounded out the men's group, while Lindsay Pugh and Sally Szymaniak.
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American women today.
There are 1.8 million women in this country who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, and 1 million more who do not yet know they have the disease. In truth, though, no one seemed quite aware that a contest was going on. This is what makes Boarding for Breast Cancer a different kind of snowboard event. The riders were grinning as they launched large over the soft snow, spectators were creating small postholes as they danced in place to the beat, shirts were coming off, and long before the contest finished, the bro-down had long since begun. In the booth area by the base lodge, you could practice feeling a latex breast for lumps, or visit another booth site down for a free haircut and styling.