Wake up and get up here! It is a gorgeous day on Mammoth Mountain. After three consecutive days of snowfall, the sun is out and the powder is really to be slayed. The parks are in reconstruction mode but tomorrow will be epic! So go on and blast yourself in the face with powder.
Congrats to our team rider, Mason Aguirre, for making the finals in Superpipe at the X Games. He finished fifth overall. Personally he should have probably scored higher, but in a sport that is judged there are so many factors that persuade the opinions of the ones judging, no one never knows what could happen. All the Athletes that competed did a great job! I was bummed though that I didn’t get to see all of the athlete’s runs. If only ABC would show more athletes and not the same commercials over and over again.
On a sad note, The Vans Cup has been cancelled here at Mammoth. Vans is being affected by the recession just as much as everyone else and unfortunately that means cutting back on sponsoring events. Hopefully things will pick up for the economy so that things will start moving forward.
Have a wonderful beginning of the week, and I look forward to watching huge pow slashes.

Due to the weather conditions, the USASA Slopestyle competitions that were scheduled for the weekend have bee postponed. The snowfall is supposed to continue through the weekend and therefore it would make it extremely difficult for the competition to be held at either resort. I will keep you posted on the exact dates that the competitions will be held. Have an amazing time playing around in all the fresh snow!

It started late yesterday afternoon and as the temperatures dropped the rain turned to snow. It is very wet snow but it is snow! As we locals like to call it “sierra cement.” This will give us a covering that will help make the pipe a little easier to build and the jumps a little bigger. The parks have all been so amazing and the weather has just made them even more fun. The Unbound cat crew has been doing a wonderful job of building all of the parks and keeping them exciting. As the day crew Everyday there are new features to play on and experiment with.
Today is the first day of Winter X-Games 13 in Aspen Colorado. A handful of our Mammoth riders are there to throw it down. Kristi Leskinen, our one female skier, will be competing in the slope style competition. Tara Dakidas will be shredding Boarder X. Mason Aguirre will be showing off his skills in both the half pipe and the slope style. Danny Kass and Gregory Bretz will be inventing and reinventing the trickiest of tricks in the half pipe. So please root them on!! I have so much confidence in all of our athletes, and I can’t wait for them to come out firing.
On a local note, Mammoth will be hosting the Vans Unbound series Slopestyle event on Saturday and followed up by another Slopestyle event on Sunday at June Mountain. This contest will also be a qualifier for the little guys and gals to get into the Grom Fest. All athletes that compete in these events are trying to qualify themselves for a trip to the USASA Nationals April 5th -11th at Copper Mountain, Colorado.

So Friday will be the day that Wonderland Park will be opening. There will be small jumps, small jibs, rollers and a ten foot Half Pipe. Thank you to all the people you came out to watch the Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam. Congrats to all the Mammoth Locals who competed. Special Thanks to the crew for working hard to make sure everything was perfect for the contest. Way to go Eric Meyers! Hopefully we see everyone again at the end of April for the PB&R Championships that are going to be held here in Mammoth.
Since it has been beautiful out, there has been plenty of pictures being taken. Adam and Greg have been out everyday filming for the Mammoth movie and all of our riders are pumped. Mark, Eric, and Nico are compiling tricks for M.A. Tricks Volume two. MArk Ass Tricks volume one can be watched on the Fuel Tv Website. ,
The Dew Tour starts today in Vermont. Tyler Flanagan and Greg Bretz are both there riding for Mammoth so cheer them on.
This Saturday will be our first Half Pipe contest of the year so if you want to participate become a USASA member and we will see you at registration in Roma’s room Saturday morning.
Alsoa huge shout out to Mammoth for scoring another amazing skier for our Team. Pep Fujas recently signed a partnership with Mammoth Mountain and we are all so excited to have him!

I hope everyone had a wonderful time on New Year’s Eve. Yesterday was another beautiful day in Mammoth. 2009 has started off wonderfully. Southpark and Main Park are so fun right now. There is now a 90 foot Middle and a sixty foot bottom jump at Main, so get ready to send it. The jump line in South is going off with three 35 foot hits. The Super pipe is still in excellent condition. Jibs galore and the boardercross are now both open. Come jump on the Red Bull wall ride and show us what you can come up with.
Sunday we are hosting the Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam. Come out to jam or just to watch the riders throw down.