Created: 04 April 2019
Any fan of really good snowboarding was in for a treat at the 2019 USASA National Championships at Copper Mountain Resort on Wednesday afternoon, as a perfectly-cut halfpipe, ideal weather conditions, and an exceptional field of riders from around the country all combined to produce an Open class halfpipe competition that was, quite simply, excellent.
Created: 03 April 2019
Zeb Powell took home top honors in the Hard Rock Riviera Maya Rail Jam Tuesday night. Silver and bronze went toDavid Retzlaff and TJ Fitzgerald respectively.
One of the highlight competitions of snowboard week at the 2019 USASA National Championships went down on on Tuesday night at the Centre Village base of Copper Mountain Resort, as Zeb Powell and Alexis Roland took top honors at the Open class rail jam in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
Created: 02 April 2019
Abby Champagne earned her first USASA National Championships title in PSL Tuesday.
Racing for the Open Class riders wrapped up on Tuesday at the USASA National Snowboard Championships at Copper Mountain Resort with slalom competition taking to the perfectly prepared Copperopolis slope, where Abby Champagne won her first career National Championships title and Robbie Burns made it two-for-two after taking the giant slalom win on Monday.
Created: 02 April 2019
The second day of snowboard competition at the 2019 USASA Nationals Championships was filled with blue skies and history making moments in every age group from Ruggies to Methuselahs. Here are just a few:
Created: 01 April 2019
Forty-nine year old Lynn Ott takes home her first National Title in PGS at Copper Mountain as part of the 30th Anniversary USASA Nationals.
Day two of competition at the 2019 USASA National Snowboard Championships at Copper Mountain Resort dawned sunny and cold and - save for the occasional wind gust - perfect for another full day of competition at the world’s biggest and best celebration of snowboarding.
Monday’s competition line-up was highlighted by giant slalom racing in the Open Class group, where two long-time USASA competitors earned their first Nationals titles, as Lynn Ott and Robbie Burns were both able to achieved a goal they had been chasing through a dozen (or more) Nationals showings by taking the 2019 PGS gold medals.
At 49-years-old, Ott is a force both on and off the slope, proving that age ain’t nothing but a number with her performance on Monday, while also working tirelessly behind the scenes as the head of the US Snowboard Racing Team, the number one support organization for alpine snowboarding in the States since USSA halted funding for the racers.
Created: 01 April 2019
Seven-year-old Chinese phenom, Patti Zhou, made waves at the first day of the 2019 USASA National Championships taking home National titles in both halfpipe and rail jam. In Columbia Halfpipe finals, Zhou landed back-to-back 540s, impressing the judges who gave her the highest score of day with 99. When nightfall hit, she took to the Hard Rock Riviera Maya Rail Jam to earn her second gold medal of Nationals competition.
Created: 31 March 2019
The first day of competition at the 30th anniversary of the USASA National Snowboard Championships went down on Sunday at Copper Mountain Resort, where a typically jam-packed day of riding saw action across all six Nationals venues.
The top-tier Open Class riders highlighted the day over on the boardercross course, where a strong field duked it out on the tricky Copper track and Anna Miller and Cole Johnson took top honors in the respective women’s and men’s fields.
Last season’s third-overall rider on the Nor-Am circuit, 22-year-old Miller came into competition in Copper fresh off her first full season on the World Cup tour, and on Sunday her rise to the upper echelon of the SBX world was on full display as she put on a dominant performance.
