Rider Spotlight

 


LOCAL SNOWBOARDERS FINISH ON TOP IN REGIONAL COMPETITION

Bloomington, MN. (March 24, 2009) - Local snowboarders ride to the top as they edge out the competition.

G Team snowboarders have been stomping the competition in the local USASA snowboard competition series. These riders have been training since early September with the Midwest’s premiere snowboard team, The G Team. Over the past few months these riders have claimed topped spots in their age brackets by competing in the regional USASA series for Slopestyle, Boardercross, Slalom, Giant Slalom and Halfpipe. The top finishers of the Upper Midwest Alt series are ranked very high Nationally and will be competing in the National Championships at Copper Mountain, Colorado, from April 3-10, where the nation’s top riders will have the opportunity to go head to head.

G Team Riders Qualified and Competing at Nationals:

Ian Aarsvold
Grant Abrahamson
Jack Anderson
Peter Brichta
Mason Crawford
Joey Dryer
Ricky Graham
Thomas Graham
Meghan Graham
Patrick Hanna
AJ Hartzler
Ryan Holupchinski
Alex Houle
Jake Kaufman
Brandon Kirkland
Alex Kirkland
Ariana Koras
Elori Kramer
Brady Lem
Zachary Lulavy

Benny Milam
Hunter Murphy
Walker Murphy
Liz Nelson
Benton Obregon
Victor Smith
Jonah Stillman
Mark Tamminen
Will Taylor
Jack Taylor
Jamie Yarger
Competing Coaches: Richie Omdahl, Karl Koehle, Jesse Rorvig, Dustin Wells

Nationals Blog

4/2/09: G Team is gearing up for an awesome 2009 Nationals!  Team riders will be arriving over the next few days. 
The snow is great and there is plenty of it!  Stay posted as we blog throughout Nationals.

4/7/09: Nationals is going really well!   Everyone is doing really well and having a blast.  Results so far are listed below, any cell with a "tba" means no result yet for that ride in that event:

4/8/09: G Team is "killing it!"  Our riders are doing really well and having a blast.  More podiums today. 
We will update our results spreadsheet soon!  Only 2 days left!