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MGT is back in Alberta

MGT continues to spread the shred in the Alberta Rockies this winter with a new partner in crime, MT. Norquay, just 5 minutes from Banff, Alberta. Push your terrain park trickery in one of the best terrain parks in the province. This 2 day camp, on the 8th and 9th of March, is the only Alberta stop and sells out every year so book online and get really, really good with MGT Snowboard Camp this season. MGT pro coaches Leanne Pelosi, Spencer O’Brien, Jacqui Berg, Molly Milligan, Marie-France Roy and many others have been helping campers fill their bag o’ tricks. New park, new tricks and new shred friends! Register online at www.mgtsnowboardcamp.com.

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Published by MGTSnowboardCamp: 8:51 PM

MGT Park Clinic and "2 BUCK CHUCK" Slopestyle

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Girls from near and far showed up to the 2 BUCK CHUCK All Girl Park Clinic and Slopestyle Contest presented by MGT Snowboard Camp, Burton and Grouse Mtn. This is the 5th annual contest series spearheaded by MGT and had 60 female riders pushing their skills over the January 5-6 weekend in spite of the face wash Mother Nature gave them.

The park clinic portion of the 2 BUCK CHUCK program kicked off on Saturday with pow turns, fierce fog and freezing rain but the Grouse staff were quick to dust off take offs and keep the soft landings for mellow consequences and progression. Campers were sponging every trick in the book from the MGT coaches Leanne Pelosi, Molly Milligan, Robin Van Gyn, Amanda Mourant, and Joanna Majcherkiewicz. The sponging was so good that the MGT coaches were being given a run for their money towards the end of the day. Minus the facial sting from the freezing rain, everyone went home with new tricks and new stoke for the 2 BUCK CHUCK slopestyle the next day.

Sunday’s slopestyle began with thick North Vancouver fog and a thick blanket of snow. But even thicker was the unbreakable vibe of the event created by entourage. Among the swarm were MC’s Damon Pyatt and Dixon from the Boardroom, the crew at Rip.tv and MGT coaches and riders Marie France Roy and Bev Vuilleumier. The competitors that came from everywhere to get a piece of the MGT pie had a large crowd to watch them get trickatronic. There were cupcakes, Red Bull, bumpin’ tracks, dance parties, and a whole lot of snow. The open jam kicked off with sick tricks like backlips and 180’s on being thrown down right off the bat. 14-year-old Brooke Voight stepped it up with a sick switch front board on the down rail and opened up the tech can of worms.

After a 2 hour jam, the MGT judges went into the cupcake bunker and made some hard decisions. MGT vet and last years winner, Raewyn Reid of Calgary landed in 3rd place by hammering out some switch-up’s on the flat down, back 180’s on the down bar. Raekwon, as she’s often referred to, took home $250 and a branded 2 BUCK CHUCK hammer. Not far ahead was Claudia Avon of Quebec in 2nd place who threw down consistently throughout the contest and landed a clean 270 onto the down bar. Claudia won $500, a 2 BUCK CHUCK branded hammer and a spot at the Billabong Flaunt It Slopestyle in Quebec in March. But it was Breanna Stangeland of Calgary/Whistler who stood out with spins on almost every feature, barley’s and 180’s on and off the down bar, and a backlip pretzel out which put Breanna in 1st and also won her best trick! Breanna took home $1150 cash, a giant 2 BUCK CHUCK branded axe and a spot to compete with the crème de la crème of the shred pie at the Burton Abominable Snow Jam in Mt.Hood this summer.

In spite of the weather, the 2 BUCK CHUCK logger jam blasted through and wrapped a 5th solid event that continues to increase female participation in contests and fosters progression. MGT sends out a huge Thank You to all the supporters, coaches, campers, Grouse Mountain terrain park staff and Jeff Silcock, Damon from Coastal Riders, Dixon from Boardroom, Leah from Rip.tv, Birnie at Dragon, crew at Burton, 32, Etnies Girl, K2, Billabong and the Canadian Snowboard Federation.

MGT Crew.