Tamarack Grand Prix

By Transworld
Tue, Feb 12 2008 12:00 am | Comments

Because of snow conditions, Tamarack's hp wasn't as mint as it was during last year's event, but it cleaned up just in time for Saturday's final.

Women¿s halfpipe podium: Kelly Clark (center) on familiar ground; and roommates Ellery Hollingsworth (left) and Clair Bidez (right). Gretchen Bleiler chose not to compete at Tamarack, and left Clark without a close fight. Clark¿s winning first run outscor

Snowboardcross riders like (left to right) Graham Watanabe, Seth Wescott, and Shaun Palmer competed at Squaw Valley on Friday, flew into Boise that night, and raced at Tamarack on Sunday.

Watching shreds like Seth Wescott and Shaun Palmer go at it in Snowboardcross is enough to make any rider (with huge balls and the ACLs of a ten-year old) want to wax up and throw on a bib.

Idaho is the new Colorado, really, but this shot is all about Summit and Eagle Counties--in the old Colorado. From left to right: the brothers Black, Zac (17), and Jake (19), coach Jim Smith, and Clair Bidez, who finished second in the women's event.

There's always got to be a couple of crazies, like these two "fans" of Ellery Hollingsworth. By the end of the weekend, these dudes were autographed up by snowboarding's finest. Don't expect either of them to shower for at least a week.

The pride of New Hampshire, Scotty Lago, blew the place up but had to settle for fourth place in Saturday's pipe final.

Louie Louie Vito stands atop a Grand Prix podium for the first time (he finished second at Tamarack in 2007). To the left of Vito is Elijah Teter (third) and to the right is Mammoth local Greg Bretz (second).

Colorado's Zac Black made his presence known by qualifying first for the halfpipe finals. Black rides with the Team Summit crew and is coached by Jim Smith (standing to the right of Black). His run included a front five melon, front nine tail, backside se

Kelly Clark drops in for a victory lap at the Tamarack, Idaho stop of the Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix. Foreground: Frontside air; Background: Lake Cascade. Kelly is now leading the points race for the overall Grand Prix title.

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TAGS: Grand Prix of snowboarding 2008, Idaho, tamarack

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