Austyn Williams

After enjoying sunny skies during the first day of practice, skiers and riders were welcomed with a late spring storm to kick off the first day of competition at the 2008 Collegiate Nationals. But Colorado, a state that is famous for rapidly changing weather, lived up to its reputation. By the beginning of the men’s skiing qualifiers in the afternoon,  the skies cleared and Mother Nature showed some love for the Collegiate Nationals competition. Unfortunately, the great winter-like weather didn’t last all day, as the atmosphere faded between an amazing spring day and grueling weather conditions.

The changing conditions didn’t fare well for competitors, as many became confused on speed and how fast to drop into the jumps. Because of the changing weather, event coordinators let Tae Westcott, a freeskiing competitor from Fort Lewis College, take his first run to test the speed of the snow without counting …

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An epic blue-bird day starts off practice for the third-annual Collegiate Nationals competitors. Keystone’s A51 Park is renowned nationwide as one of the best parks and home to some of the top riders. For the past two years, the Collegiate Nationals Freeskiing and Snowboarding Open Championships took place in Lake Tahoe, with last year’s competition held at Northstar. The Keystone park crew has set up a sick triple tabletop set ranging from 30 to 45 feet and followed by three rail lines and a showboat quarter pipe to top it all off.

The 2008 Edge® Shave Gel Collegiate Freeskiing and Snowboarding Open Championships will feature strong local Colorado competition as well as athletes from more than 15 states who have traveled to compete. The hundreds of competitors registered for the competition come from Vermont to California and include Washington, Minnesota, Utah and Nevada, among others.

Keystone’s park crew has put …

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Fresno, CA, once a marshy wasteland, where in the later part of the 1800’s a settler could claim his land by staking the four corners of the property is now at the heart of a fertile valley which boasts itself as the raisin capital of the world amongst a host of other agricultural imports. The Cricket Campus Rail Jam Tour caravan was led north in search of another product of the valley, top-notch collegiate riders. Read full recap…

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COUNTRY’S BEST COLLEGIATE SKI AND SNOWBOARD SLOPESTYLE ATHLETES GATHER AT KEYSTONE RESORT FOR “2008 COLLEGIATE NATIONALS” ON MARCH 28-29

CBS SPORTS TO AIR “COLLEGIATE NATIONALS” ON MAY 25

CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK TO FEATURE 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF “COLLEGIATE NATIONALS” PROGRAMMING BEGINNING ON MAY 26

Registration open to all male and female skiers and snowboarders enrolled in a minimum of three college credits within the past nine months

Salt Lake City, UT, March 12, 2008– Some of the hottest collegiate ski and snowboard slopestyle athletes will gather at Keystone Resort in Colorado on March 28-29 for the 2008 Collegiate Nationals, a first-of-its kind event showcasing collegiate championships.

You can still register for the slopestyle competitions at the Edge® Shave Gel Collegiate Snowboarding Open Championships and the Edge® Shave Gel Collegiate Freeskiing Open Championships. Male and female snowboarders and skiers of all levels are encouraged to come out for a chance …

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As many who have come before us in search of new opportunities and the best burritos that the USA had to offer, so the Cricket Campus Rail Jam Tour made its way to the southwestern most tip of California, to the beautiful paradise of San Diego. In continuation of our search for the best of collegiate riders, we were led to the 5th stop of our tour where we were introduced to new jib styles and a plethora of beautiful women, as we all would agree, are the two most important aspects of a solid rail jam. Full article…

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Utah is a terribly misunderstood state. Though it may be the most conservative state in the Union, the Beehive state has all kinds of hidden gnarliness. For instance: the state snack is Jell-O, and there ain’t much that is more fun than Jell-O. As the Galvanic Crew verified, the 3.2% brew’s of the Beehive state can still get a bunch of sea-leveler’s loose (thanks to the altitude). And check out the natives: JP Walker, John Stockton, the Osmonds, and Roseanne Barr. Talk about wild! It’s practically a casting list for SLC Punk! 2.

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St. Valentine’s Day is a painful day for snowboarders. It reminds those wed to the winter the price of the snow life: little to no romance. Next to no money, beanies, a schedule dictated by snowfall, and poor hygiene aren’t much help in securing dates. After a lonely 14th, the Galvanic Design crew was in desperate need of a pick-me up. And pick up they did at the third stop of the Cricket Campus Rail Jam Tour at Colorado State University on February 15th.

DJ Gristified cranked the tunes and signaled the end of class and beckoning CSU students out to the three-rail setup on the Lowry Student Center Lawn. The three heats were stacked to the brim with the finest jibbers of the Rockies, and things got kicking as MC Chimpy T and Gristified called the session to order. The roster was filled by Colorado’s usual …

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