From Teamwork and Sportsmanship to Competition, JHSC core values are the foundation of our student athletes' achievements!
Read on to learn more about recent Freeski and Snowboard events!
USASA Big Mountain West Series; Woodward, Park City, February 26-27, 2022
It was an amazing weekend down in Utah for the Freeride Program. We attended two half pipe competitions and a rail jam at Woodward at Park City.
Here are some highlights and results:
- It was Ellis Swain's first halfpipe competitions and he took 1st in both of them!
- Ace Emery traveled to train on bigger jumps and was spinning off the big line by the end of the trip
- Taz McBride had a career-best 4th place finish in rail jam
- Dean Hilke did his first backflip in the park
- Many JHSC athletes hit and spun the biggest jumps of their lives
- Bennet Hultman has only been snowboarding for four months and was straight airing the big jumps! (it was very impressive to see Bennett take full charge in his first competition in the pipe and place 4th!)
- Ivy Swain did a great job in the half pipe for her first time in competition!
USASA Halfpipe #1
Snowboard Female 11-12:
Ivy Lu Swain 2nd
Snowboard Male 13-14:
Ellis Swain 1st
USASA Halfpipe #2
Snowboard Male 11-12:
Bennett Hultman 4th
Snowboard Female 11-12:
Ivy Lu Swain 2nd
Snowboard Male 13-14:
Ellis Swain 1st
USASA Rail Jam
Freeski Male 11-14:
Taz McBride 4th
Dean Hilke 6th
Winston Ochs 7th
Isaac Goralski 8th
Snowboard Male 11-14:
Ellis Swain 5th
Bennett Hultman 10th
Snowboard Female 11-14
Ivy Lu Swain 1st
See Full Event Results: Halfpipe 1 and Halfpipe 2, Rail Jam
IFSA Junior Regional 2, Snow King Mountain, February 19-20, 2022
The Freeride Program hosted its second IFSA event of the year under sunny skies and with an enthusiastic and supportive hometown crowd in attendance. Sportsmanship and good vibes were evident all around! Here are some highlights from the event, as well as the JHSC finishes and full results:
- Noah Hilke got a 2nd in his first ever IFSA
- JHSC swept the U12 Male Snowboard podium
- Metta Campbell had a season best 3rd
- Senior Marvin Martell won his final home event of his junior career
- Renny Roberts had a park-influenced run with two switch tricks in his final run
Freeski Male U12:
Brendan Roberts 7th
Landon Campbell 9th
Freeski Male 12-14:
Taz McBride 4th
Ashe Bessette 5th
Isaac Goralski 12th
Porter Farren 13th
Renny Roberts 19th
Dean Hilke 25th
Freeski Female 12-14:
Metta Campbell 3rd
Snowboard Male U12:
Bennett Hultman 1st
Noah Hilke 2nd
Tor Brecker 3rd
Snowboard Male 12-14:
Ace Emery 1st
Ellis Swain 4th
Olin Brecker 5th
Snowboard Male 15-18:
Marvin Martell 1st
Collin Schubert 3rd
See Full Event Results HERE
USASA Big Mountain West Series, Sun Valley, February 9-13, 2022
The Freeride Program had an outstanding showing in Sun Valley. Here are some highlights from the weekend!
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Ellis Swain did his first Backside 720
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Ace Emery did his first Frontside 540 in competition
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Ivy Swain hit her biggest jump in competition
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Winston Ochs had a season best 3rd in Slopestyle
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Porter Farren had his first ever podium
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It was the majority of the team’s first skier/boardcross event
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The whole team developed friendships with athletes from other teams
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All events combined JHSC had 35 Podium medals and seven first place finishes
Check out the list of our finishes below!!
Freeski Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ashe Bessette – 3rd
Taz McBride – 5th
Porter Farren – 4th
Eli Oda – 8th
Freeski Breaker 13-14 Male:
Isaac Goralski – 5th
Winston Ochs – 1st
Snowboard Grommet 9-10 Male:
Ryder Musselman – 1st
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ace Emery – 2nd
Bennett Hultman – 3rd
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Female:
Ivy Swain – 2nd
Snowboard Breaker 13-14 Male:
Ellis Swain – 3rd
Freeski Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ashe Bessette – 3rd
Taz McBride – 6th
Porter Farren – 4th
Eli Oda – 5th
Freeski Breaker 13-14 Male:
Isaac Goralski – 4th
Winston Ochs – 3rd
Snowboard Grommet 9-10 Male:
Ryder Musselman – 2nd
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ace Emery – 6th
Bennett Hultman – 7th
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Female:
Ivy Swain – 2nd
Snowboard Breaker 13-14 Male:
Ellis Swain – 2nd
Freeski Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ashe Bessette – 2nd
Taz McBride – 3rd
Porter Farren – 4th
Eli Oda – 7th
Freeski Breaker 13-14 Male:
Isaac Goralski – 5th
Winston Ochs – 2nd
Snowboard Grommet 9-10 Male:
Ryder Musselman – 1st
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ace Emery – 2nd
Bennett Hultman – 3rd
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Female:
Ivy Swain – 2nd
Snowboard Breaker 13-14 Male:
Ellis Swain – 2nd
Freeski Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ashe Bessette – 2nd
Taz McBride – 4th
Porter Farren – 3rd
Eli Oda- 5th
Freeski Breaker 13-14 Male:
Isaac Goralski – 5th
Winston Ochs – 1st
Snowboard Grommet 9-10 Male:
Ryder Musselman – 1st
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ace Emery – 4th
Bennett Hultman – 3rd
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Female:
Ivy Swain – 2nd
Snowboard Breaker 13-14 Male:
Ellis Swain – 2nd
Freeski Menehune 11-12 Male:
Taz McBride – 4th
Porter Farren – 7th
Eli Oda – 11th
Freeski Breaker 13-14 Male:
Isaac Goralski – 8th
Winston Ochs – 3rd
Snowboard Grommet 9-10 Male:
Ryder Musselman – 4th
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ace Emery – 1st
Bennett Hultman – 8th
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Female:
Ivy Swain – 2nd
Isla Massie – 3rd
Snowboard Breaker 13-14 Male:
Ellis Swain – 5th
Merrick Massie – 7th
Freeski Menehune 11-12 Male:
Taz McBride – 9th
Porter Farren – 10th
Freeski Breaker 13-14 Male:
Isaac Goralski – 10th
Winston Ochs – 5th
Snowboard Grommet 9-10 Male:
Ryder Musselman – 3rd
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Male:
Ace Emery – 1st
Bennett Hultman – 8th
Snowboard Menehune 11-12 Female:
Ivy Swain – 2nd
Snowboard Breaker 13-14 Male:
Ellis Swain – 3rd
Merrick Massie – 8th
Grand Targhee IFSA Junior National Qualifier; February 3-6, 2022
Athletes competed against competitors from as far away as Alaska, with nearly every state in the West represented. Conditions were tough with a very strong field of athletes. The Qualifier was held on Reliable, and the Finals were held on Bobcat: JHSC athletes skied smart, smooth runs, and the results showed!
Collin Shubert, 2nd place, 15-18 year-old Male Snowboarders
Ellis Swain, 3rd place, 12-14 Male Snowboarders
Metta Campbell, 5th place, 12-14 Female Skiers
USASA Big Mountain West Series: Slopestyle and Rail Jam, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Jan 8-9, 2022
After a five-year hiatus, the USASA rejoined forces with the Freeride Program and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort to host a slopestyle and rail-jam competition in early January. The Freeride program had the strongest presence on the winner’s podium, and even had multiple podium sweeps!
- Over 20 Freeride Program athletes tested themselves in this sanctioned event
- JHMR has already committed to hosting another USASA event next season!
- Our athletes’ results have the Freeride Program moving towards National invites
