Mt Hood Meadows - Tuesday, January 11 - The NYSEF Rev Tour Team posted it's first result of the latest tour stop with an impressive 17th place finish in slopestyle by John Wilkins. Coach Justin Perry passed on the news that John had landed his first "Double Cork Rodeo 900" on snow in his last practice run before the contest started. The trick is a double off-axis backflip with a 180 degree rotation. After witnessing another rider land the trick - one that John had practiced countless times this past summer at the Olympic Jumping Complex's water ramps - he knew that it could be done on the relatively small jumps on the Hood course.
John wasn't able to land the trick in his first competition run but pulled it out in the second run which put him in 6th place with 15 riders to go in his heat. The top 6 from each heat move on to finals. "Two riders bested John's score bumping him out of finals but his 17th overall was by far John's best finish at this level and his first major contest result in some time", said NYSEF Freeride Director Mike Kirchner. "The last few years he had been plagued by season-ending injuries but he has perservered and worked his way back into top form. This is a great result." Up next for John will be Friay's Snowboard Cross.
The competition for the rest of the team continues today with NSA's Steph Lawee and NYSEF's KC Brousseau competing in Ski Halfpipe.
The Revolution Tour is USSA's top-level Junior National Tour and features competition for up-and-coming skiers and snowboarders in the disciplines of Slopestyle, Halfpipe, and Ski & Snowboard Cross. Other local athletes attending and competing this week include Jessica Powers(SBX), NSA's Matt Brady(SX), and Derek Dicastro(SBX).
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