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Many thanks to the 30,000 fans who represented a winter Dew Tour record crowd this past weekend at Snowbasin resort. The entire weekend was spirited by good times and of course, big air. To kick off the weekend, Ski Utah and our good friends at Freeskier threw a party in Ogden, complete with the Yeti. Click here for photos of the Yeti out late.

Ski Utah and Ride Utah bellied up to the superpipe to capture each athlete’s style and amplitude with a single snap. Enjoy, these sick photos shot on Super Saturday at Snowbasin.

Local Utah riders produced for the huge crowds. Tom Wallish, of Park City, claimed the top podium spot in the men’s freeski slopestyle while Jen Hudak, of Salt Lake, and Sage Kotsenburg, of Park City, placed second in the women’s freeski superpipe and men’s snowboard slopestyle respectively. Here are all the results:

Women’s Freeski Superpipe Results
1. Sarah Burke
2. Jen Hudak
3. Ros Groenwoud

Men’s Freeski Superpipe Finals Results
1. Jossi Wells
2, Simon Dumont
3. Peter Olenick

Men’s Freeski Superpipe Finals from AlliSports on Vimeo.

Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals Results
1. Elena Hight
2. Kaitlyn Farrington
3. Queralt Castellet

Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals at Snowbasin from AlliSports on Vimeo.

Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals Results
1. Danny Davis
2. Steve Fisher
3. Jack Mitrani

Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals at Snowbasin from AlliSports on Vimeo.

Freeski Slopestyle Finals Results
1. Tom Wallisch
2. Andreas Haveit
3. Bobby Brown

Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals Results
1. Spencer O’Brien
2. Jenny Jones
3. Megan Ginter

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals Results
1. Chas Guldemond
2. Tyler Flanagan
3. Sage Kotsenburg

Check it out. Get out there and get some for yourself.

Quad Wednesdays At Brighton. 4 Ski for the Price of One! That’s $15 each. And to top it off the money goes to CHAIR-ity. Get it?  Okay, not funny.  But don’t miss out.  Here are the dates when Quad Wednesday are going down and who it benefits. Come on out, fill up a quad chair with your bro’s and do something CHAIR-itable this holiday season.

Brighton opened today and good times were had by all. With two lifts and a few runs open it was good to be back on the snow. The Brighton terrain park crew did a great job getting a selection of jibs and rails out.  Burton Snowboards was also there doing board demos. Itching to ride? Get on up to Brighton and take a few laps and butter some boxes.

The weather patterns look like they are improving and we should get some real snow tomorrow, Friday night, and Saturday. Pray for snow!

Let the jibbing begin! Footage from Brighton’s pre-opening rail jam.

Dude’s got big shoes to fill, but, he’s from Mammoth and June Mountain, so he’s got to be pretty good, right?

Park City Mountain Resort is pleased to welcome Jeremy Cooper to the team as our new Terrain Park Manager. Jeremy started as a park builder at Mammoth Mountain in 2002 and became park manager at June Mountain in 2005.  Under Jeremy’s direction, June’s parks have risen to be ranked among the top resorts in the country by several industry publications.

Park City Mountain Resort is committed to maintaining our position as a leader in action sports and continuing to push the progression of the industry.  We feel that Jeremy’s experience and passion will allow us to continue to be an industry leader.  Jeremy is excited for the level of support he’s already seen from the resort and is looking forward to bringing some fresh new ideas to the resort.  Once Jeremy gets on board we’ll get him to write an official blog post giving you guys his ideas, plans and hopes for the upcoming season.

Jeremy has some big shoes to fill with the departure of Jim Mangan. Jim has done amazing things for the resort including putting together a world-class team of athletes and building terrain parks that have been named the best parks in the country by several industry publications.  He was very successful in positioning PCMR as one of the most recognizedsnowboarding resorts in the world.  Jim is moving on to pursue a career in film.  We wish him the best in his new endeavors.

Is it really spring already? Somebody forgot to tell Utah. I’ve been riding powder for weeks straight. I rode the last 4 out of 5 days and I don’t think I touched a groomer for longer than 10 seconds. Check these newest videos for proof.

Snowbird:

Brighton:

Brighton #13 from spencer finlinson on Vimeo.

This is the best time of the year for night skiing.  It’s not even dark out until almost 8 o’clock now so that means plenty of time to get wicked before the lights even come on.

Last night we went to Brighton to get our shred on after work style.  It was awesome.  It was dumping out and it was still light so we went and hit up a little cliff in the Mary’s area.  We rode this thing until we tracked up the landing and then did a run through the Mary’s chutes before it got dark.  Then it was pow turns under the lifts with no crowds until they shut the lift down. What a night.

Andy Getting Awesome

Kristian getting sick after work style.

Think again.

Snowbird was awesome today.  More snow on the way.