The Telus Ski & Snowboard Festival is upon us! Several usual events will take place including skier & rider super pipe and big air. One new event that took place this weekend at the top of the Emerald chair on Whistler was The Stompede. The Stompede challenged skiers & riders to put on a slopetsyle type run thru hits & rails condensed into one area. 

Who took the crowns? Kaya Turski again took first place in the women's ski category and Mike Henitiuk won the men's. For riders, Star of Peace Quinn was crowned winner of the women's snowboard Stompede, and Craig Beaulieau, landed in first in the men's snowboard finals.

For a behind the scenes of what went into building the Stompede...


Snow cats prep the Stompede event site.

Park Lead Hand Anto Orts and Park groomer Keith Zajac were building the features for Stompede & the park rangers helped out with final shaping. Local & Atomic rider Dennis Bannock provided input for the course design which Anto & Keith were creating. Everything you can imagine was on the Stompede course including a huge channel gap with a box suspended over it, vertical log jib and multi face cowboy hat table top.


Park Ranger Loreti shapes the vertical log jib 

There's plenty more action coming later this week. For more info on the Festival running until April 23, check out www.wssf.com or http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/twssf.   

 

Keith steps out of the cat to inspect suspended box 

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