USASA Nationals

By Transworld
Mon, Apr 7 2008 12:00 am | 3 Comments

Ty walker won the Ruggle girls division and couldn't have been more pleased. Arielle Gold isn't smirking, she was super stoked to win the silver.

Nikolas Baden of Steamboat took the gold in the Grommets, Maverick Shaw form Lichtfield, CT walked with a silver, and Gave Ferguson of Bend, OR rounded out the podium.

Caydan Dwyer gets ready to drop in to the mini-bowl at the Cage.

Some groms chilling in the video editing lounge at the Woodward Cage at Copper. The full Woodward Camp's building materials were on site and it is scheduled to be open by next season.

There was nothing mini about the slopestyle course.

Patrick Reddy stuck a 9th place overall finish for Junior Men (16-17) on his Arbor and Alexander Walsh came in 12th in the Grommet Boys I (8-9) in his Vans.

Adaptive riders, snowboarders with handicaps, had their own division and Adaptive Action Sports (ADACS) was there in force. Here's coach Thomas Wolf, Bibian Mentel, who lost a leg below the knee but rode the pipe as an exhibition at this year¿s X Games, D

Quiksilver's Sean Keough, Cole Ortega, who took first overall in Breaker Boys (12-13), and his dad Charlie Ortega. Look out for Cole.

It's possible that the parents at the bottom of the pipe were more nervous than the riders

One of the Ruggle girls making the slalom gates look huge.

What could be better than a thousand little kids with an endless supply of Red Bull? If you're waiting for a punch line, there¿s not one. We really want to know.

Quiksilver and Nitro team rider, Cole Ortega with his guns in the air after claiming first in Breaker Boys slopestyle. Chase Demeulenaere and Brandon Sakiewicz came in on his tail.

HCSC and Oakley put on a rail jam on a real Boom Box

TWS were in the house

Kaitlyn Farrington took the Womens Open Class halfpipe title for 2008.

Libby Helmer with a sweet first hit frontside crail

Mens Open Class halfpipe podium. 1st place Ben Stewart from NZ, 2nd place Broc Waring, 3rd place Brett Esser.

Ben Stewart from NZ made the journey and took the Mens Open Halfpipe win.

Trevor Jacob from Mammoth Lakes, CA placed 6th.

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