Ski shops offer competition

Boise’s snowboard shops have gotten together with Bogus Basin Ski Resort to put on series of terrain Park competitions throughout the 2002 Winter season.

“The events work as a circuit,” said Jacob Ives, salesman at the Water Ski Pro Shop. “You get a certain amount of points for each competition that you enter. At the end of the season, the judges add up the individual scores for an overall placing.”

The new system allows for more participants and the opportunity to win more prizes.

There will be four judges, and each competitor gets two runs. The final score will be a combination of the two runs. The judges look at the difficulty, magnitude and fluidity of the jumps, said Shawn Plimmer, an employee at the Board Room.

Now that you know their secrets, don’t forget your helmet and come join the Terrain Park Series.

Snowboarders as well as skiers, beginners or advanced, women or men, everyone is welcome to enter the events.

Events include:

• Feb. 9, Newt & Harold’s sponsors a Big Air competition. The event will consist of a quarter pipe on which skiers or snowboarders will have to perform their best tricks.

• Mar. 30, Zumiez puts on a new event for Bogus Basin skiers and snowboarders: a Handrail Championship. This one, borrowed from skateboarding, basically consists of sliding on a rail placed on the terrain, adding some spice to the move by grabbing or spinning.

• Apr. 6,, the Board Room sponsors a SlopeStyle event.

The registration can be done the day of the competition on the 3rd floor of the lodge or at any sponsoring shop.

The costs range from $15 to $20, depending on the event.

For more information, call 332-5100 or log on to http://www.bogusbasin.com.

Hortense Saget, Special to the Arbiter

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