It is always nice to end on a high note and this past week we did exactly that! We held a private shoot for team rider, X Games gold medalist and the unbeatable Jamie Anderson. The park wasn't only built for Jamie but 15 of her closest friends as well, who happen to be the best female snowboarders in the world.
Jamie Sends It Into the Night Sky
The private park featured a large log jib, large butter pad, large jump, urban rail features, wall ride, large tree tap, and huge 65 ft gap jump. The girls threw down all week and absolutely destroyed each feature. Female snowboarding is defiantly progressing at an exponential rate thanks to girls like our own Jamie Anderson.
Brian Walker
Jamie was also kind enough to let our team session the jump one day so some of the boys got to get after it. The jump and private park were on point each day thanks to the Terrain Park staff that worked countless hours all season long to give guests the best park(s) on the South Shore. Thanks for your work throughout the season.
Cheers to the Best Park Staff Around
Stay tuned for a season wrap up video coming soon. Thanks for a great season.
On Saturday, March 9th, Sierra hosted the Billabong Flaunt It Finals. The ladies were not messing around when they showed up for this TTR Four Star slopestyle and rail jam. The riding was very impressive- solidifying the fact that female snowboarding is no hype.
The guys at Snowboarder Magazine challenged Sierra's Terrain Parks Program to get creative with a single, multi-line hit for the One Hit Wonder contest held on March 12, 2011. What happens when you put our crew up to this sort of task? Feature design mastery and creativity! What resulted was a SIX line single feature incorporating the brand new dance floor, down flat down, a creeper lift tower rail, a tree bonk, a sizable center jump, another tree bonk, a flat box and finally a down rail. That's a lotta features! Check out the recap to see how the competitors laid it down. Congrats to winner and Sierra team rider Scotty Hoffman. 
Here it is, the park boys' very own session of Terrain Park Takeover Tuesday. We're pretty dang lucky here at Sierra to have a family of talented filmers. Lane Power, with Wojtek Targosz as a stand in, has been the genius behind many of our TPTT videos. He has a way of making us look well spoken and sharp! This week, it was all up to the boys to capture the goods. Yeah, they can ride, but filming is a whole other ball game. How do you think they did? Are you a better amateur filmer? Prove it and we'll declare you champ! Upload your video to facebook.com/SierraAtTahoe.
Sierra team riders and Tahoe Dangerzone front man Nick Visconti presented us with a challenge we couldn't refuse: Game of S.N.O., North Shore vs. South Shore. The contenders rolled into The Alley on the park's opening day for the 2011 season. Typical Cali sun blazed down as defenders and offenders faced off on the mellow jump and down round bar. Dew Tour shred Sam Hulbert battled Sierra's Nikki Weiss on the jump. Spin for spin, grab for grab, these two were nearly perfectly matched up as they tried to out trick each other for hours. Meanwhile, Nickie Fresh represented North Shore shredders against South Lake's original Scotty Banger on the rail. Nick's jib skills are undeniable, but his knees were shaking in his tight pants as Scotty opened up his bag of tricks. Scotty found Nick's weakness with back 270's and cab 270's hardway. As the sun was settling, snow dominator Jordan Nield dropped into a downhill race against North Lake's Tim Eddy. Dying to know the final score? You'll just have to wait for the next episode of 
Sierra-at-Tahoe is nothing less than a winter dreamland right now. Regular storms are cycling through, Huckleberry Gates 1 through 4 are open, Bashful park is absolutely dialed after the re-build, the mini-kink line on Upper Snowshoe is so fun, the pipe is being pushed and The Alley is getting pre-build work. Honestly, 2010 is wrapping in the best way possible. Get out and rip!
