April Newsletter - Freeride Program

The Freeride Program was firing on all eight cylinders throughout March.  With our season being extended through April 10^th, we’ve been busy training hard in the terrain park almost every and all practice! Lots of new tricks are being discovered – gotta love spring conditions!  When the Freeride Program Athletes’ weren’t training, they were testing themselves in competitions.

This March we had two Wednesday Night Lights (WNL) competitions, one IFSA Big-Mountain Event at Grand Targhee, the Dick’s Ditch Banked Slalom, and one of the Freeride Program’s longest standing athletes was invited to Verbier, Switzerland for the Freeride Junior World Championships!  In chronological order, the event results are as following:

WNL Rail-jam March 3^rdResults

12 & Under Ski Girls

2^ndPlace – Taryn Moe (one of our awesome Alpine Teammates).

12 & Under Ski Boys

1^stPlace – Taz McBride

12 & Under Snowboard Girls

1^stPlace – Ivy Lu Swain

3^rdPlace – Halle Heron

12 & Under Snowboard Boys

1^stPlace – Ellis Swain

3^rdPlace – Ace Emery

13-15 Ski Boys

3^rdPlace – Isaac Goralski

16 + Snowboard Men’s

1^stPlace – Jake Johnson

 

WNL Rail-Jam March 10^thResults

12 & Under Ski Girls

1^stPlace - Taryn Moe (one of our awesome Alpine Teammates).

12 & Under Ski Boys

3^rdPlace – Taz McBride

12 & Under Snowboard Girls

2^ndPlace – Halle Heron

3^rdPlace – Ivy Lu Swain

13-15 Ski Boys

2^ndPlace – Winston Ochs

3^rdPlace – Isaac Goralski

13-15 Snowboard Boys

2^ndPlace – Olin Brecker

16 + Snowboard Men’s

3^rdPlace – Jake Johnson

 

OVERALL WNL SERIES CHAMPIONS!

Girls Ski – Taryn Moe 

Boys Ski – Taz McBride

 

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort hosted its annual banked slalom event.  Dick’s Ditch is a local’s favorite event and the Freeride Program made a huge splash this year.  Our men’s groms set the tone for our older athletes and coaches by sweeping the podium and leaving the competition in the dust.

Dick’s Ditch 2021 Results - Snowboard

Men’s Groms (age 11-13) 

1^stPlace – Ace Emery

2^ndPlace – Ellis Swain

3^rdPlace – Olin Brecker

4^thPlace – Finlay Varga

Men's Amateur (14-19 

3^rdPlace – Neo Emery

4^thPlace – Jacob Johnson

 

Dick’s Ditch 2021 Results – Ski

Women’s Grom (age 11-13)

2nd Place – Metta Campbell

Men’s Grom (age 11-13)

4^thPlace – Isaac Goralski

5^thPlace – Tosh Carr

7^thPlace – Parker Gotham

 

After competing in our last rail-jam, our athletes grabbed their big-mountain equipment and headed over Teton pass to compete in the final IFSA event in the Norther Region.  The conditions were varied, the terrain steep, and the competition was stiff.  We had solid finishes and a few podiums – well done Athletes!

IFSA Jr Regional 2* at Grand Targhee, Wyoming – Results.

Ski Male U12

3^rdPlace – Taz McBride

8^thPlace – Renny Roberts

10^thPlace – Tosh Carr

12^thPlace Bennett Hultman

 

Snowboard Male 12-14

3^rdPlace – Ellis Swain

 

During the 2019-2020 winter season, Neo Emery competed in the IFSA throughout the United States.  Neo’s National ranking earned him an invite to Verbier, Switzerland to compete in the Freeride Junior World Championship this spring. At the writing of this newsletter, Neo is in Europe training and acclimatizing before the event.  Neo is one of our Freeride Program’s most senior athletes and we’re honored to have him represent the Jackson Hole Ski and Snowboard Club.  Please tune into Freeride Programs Social medial channels for updates.  Good luck Neo - We're so proud of you!!!

UPDATE - UPDATE - UPDATE!!!  Neo Emery has just won 1st Place at the Junior Freeride World Championships!  Please tune into our social media outlets for updates and pictures.  Way to go Neo - years of commitment, hard work, and dedication to the sport just payed off.  We are so happy for you!

Thanks to all the Freeride Program Athletes, Coaches, and Families that stuck with us as we navigated the toughest year this program has ever had.  I’m excited to drive forward into April and push the envelope of our training. If you haven’t already, please read April’s Student-Athlete Support Program update.  This information is relevant to all JHSC athletes:  Click here.  Keep the sunscreen, sunglasses, and facemask on - spring riding is about to get slushy!