NYSEF athletes compete in Revolution Tour, Slopestyle, at Seven Springs, PA

February 26th - 28th

Jake Prichard (left), Brian Gardiner (right), and I embarked on an epic adventure to Seven Springs, PA a little over a week ago. Our mission was to compete in the eastern stop of the Revolution Tour - a FIS sanctioned Slopestyle and Halfpipe event. The Revolution tour serves a stepping stone for young aspiring athletes to gain points towards qualifying for Gand Prix, and World Cup level competition. This was Brian, and Jake's first time competing at this level and it was an inspiring, and educational experience for all of us. The course was huge, and the level of talent was through the roof!

1st 2 rail pads each with tree options to choose from

1st jump (50 ft to the knuckle)

2nd jump (65 ft to the knuckle)

After 2 days of training Jake and Brian were feeling dialed in and ready to compete. Jake's run was: Blind swap, to front swap, to forward on the trapezoid box - front 450 out of the flat rail - right wobble 720 with a tweaked safety grab on the first jump - and a double superman front flip on the second jump. Jake landed both of his competition runs and finished 31st!

Brian's run was: switch lip to k-fed on the top of the right wall ride - left foot forward, front 4 out of the cannon tube -  dub flat 720 on the first jump - and left double cork 1080 with a safety grab. Although Brian landed all but 1 of his training runs, he unfortunately fell on the first jump on both of his competition runs. Despite not having the best result it was an extremely valuable experience. Both athletes left Seven Springs with an incredible amount of confidence moving forward.