WSI 2009! and a little Britney ;)

Its me, Dania! WSI, just like every other year, was OFF THA HOOK! There is no better place to be than Whistler in the spring for this event. The music was amazing, the skiing was ok, the weather was awful, but the peak to peak chair and the park jump set up was sooo sick. 

For me, WSI started off with the Britney Spears concert in Vancouver... yah... you can IMAGINE my excitment. She was so damn hott and so damn amazing. really, nothing better ;) We all dressed up as her in a different video and looked SMOKIN. 

SO WSI started off with a kicker party, not as much Max Fish as there normally is, but a ton of pole dancin and chargin the dance floor at Buffalo Bills. It was a busy busy week for me, felt awesome though! Big Air Quals started the

contest off, and my lil homie Megan Gunning won and i came second, so we were STOKED to be hitting the big jump the next night! We threw down with the boys in front of a hugeee crowd feelin awesome! We got to watch Roz G throw a sick 10 to take the win and the boys throw as many double corks as they could. Exhausted after, i decided to sleep instead of party so i could ski in Orage Masters the next day! 

Team Dynastar (aka, 70s basketball team) consisted of Riddle, Trennon, Rainville, McCrea, 

Me. Through the storm and fog, we tried our best to look awesome, make some baskets, and use team work to our advantage... In the end it was the Volkl team that took the win, but we did leave Surface a wee bit disappointed with kickin them out first round ;) 

Next day was pipe Quals, and through a fuzzy morning from a long night dancing, I made it through to finals, meeting Ange already there! Angeli on Finals day was going bigger than most of the guys on her first hit... It was insane and SOOO sick! I had not skied pipe in about three months, so i just went for it, trying the run I was used to and having fun with my friends in the sun! Lots of smiling and dancing and picture taking! Suprise to find... I WON! I had no idea, until all the girls were finished, and I was so stoked! WSI has always been a goal, so being up there with Ange in second and Megan in third was EPIC! I was so pumped for my chicas and we had a blast all day! Another WSI going down in the books ;)

MOUNT HOOD, OR!     summer time :) 

Hey its Dania again! Reporting from HOOD! Let me tell you, if you are not out here,  you should be! I began my June off with a phone call telling me that i could come down to Hood for a dollar less than a penny, and ski everyday! So

 i took it and immediately started livin the ark life... Oregon is the most beautiful place on earth, and I do believe i need to marry and American so i can someday live here :) The vinyards and trees and mountains are so gorgeous! The ark life (where i am currently residing), is pretty 

much a run down motel, infested with kids like me, just livin in Hood to ski and have pretty much the most laid back, awesome life you could ask for... We are here to ride, and timberline mountain is open all year round! Windells has offered us one of the sickest summer parks out there, and the best crew of employees to shred with everyday... 

THE 

ARK

So skiing started out for me GREAT! I was skiing in the sun and occasional fog, and learning a handful of tricks! Didnt like my after skiing job so much, so I stopped that and kinda somehow got away with making up my own! I am now a pipe coach for a couple hours a day up on hill, and a yoga instructor! LEGIT right!? sooooo life is good! I currently have a terribly bruised tail bone, trying to heal and get back out there soon... Meanwhile, Anna Segal is killin it doing rodeos and sick 5s... showin her little campers how its done! Moo was also out here for two sessions kickin it and skiing with us! Windells has a new Tow Rope for s few rails and some 30 footers that are super fun, a new bag jump which people are LOVING, and a real sick pipe!!! 

We are enjoying our ski time, party time at DA HOOD HOUSE, (all of dem crazy boys!) THE ARK, and surfing and beaching a ton on the coast! Lots of beach trips and Portland trips, boys and dress up, mess and trampolines, camp food, late nights and early mornings! I sent it hard for Canada Day :) have to represent, and for the 4th we took a trip to the Coast for some surfin, beachin, yoga

 on the beach, and sleeping on the sand under the stars.. :) 

Hell Yeah Modan!

The season wrapped up and I couldn’t ask for more. It was a slow beginning but the MODAN girls killed it. We traveled across the world and took home some big titles! With the MODAN productions shirts being repped at X-Games, World Cup, WSI, Orage Masters, and Winter Park this company is stirring up quite the talk and I have to say we couldn’t be more excited. This next season we are hoping to take it even farther and make this more available to the public and all the girls out their! Here is a thanks to the girls and congratulations. These girls have accomplished so much this season traveling all across the world from France and Japan to Canada and Mammoth there was nothing that could stop them. Thank you for taking us with you on your adventures and letting our name be known! We captured some great moments of the girls showing off the MODAN name!

The Adventures of MODAN- World Cup Finals & Winter Park Open

World Cup at Park City!

Blue bird skies and a freshly cut pipe invited some of the greatest pipe skiers to go at it again. The girls and I made a drive up to make some turns and watch the competition. As the girls made their first runs we cheered on the crew but it was a hard pipe being that one side of the pipe was in the sun and one was a sheet of ice made for a lot of injuries. Dania didn't get to make a run in finals due to the fact that she hit the deck on her pre-qualifiers breaking her scapula. It was a rough day for a lot of friends after Dania crashed Jen, then Roz, then Matt, then Mitch went done coming out with pretty minor injuries. It was great to see some people just kill it though Angeli walked away with first place and Meg Gunning rolling in at second. Even seeing our friends go down it was a good day sun was out and it was rad seeing Ang kill it!

Congrats Angeli!

Winter Park Open

Dania headed up to Winter Park to hit up the Winter Park Open here is a little excerpt that Dania gave me from her time up there.
"I ended up going to Breck for a day, and skiing with Carrie Roseman, killin it in the park lane, and she was stompin swtich 3s and 5s all day, as I was jumpin and tryin to improve my rail skills :) leaving to Winter Park the next day, it was SICK to be staying with Steve and Gary and Trevor... we brought the heat to the park and had so much fun skiing a new park! blue bird days for both days of the event, we were all throwing down and lookin good doin it ;) boys killed it, and I landed my 3 to 7 to 5 to box to 9 !!! then on my second run i fell, but found 20 bucks in the landing so I was stoked !
Finals day we hit the big jump and it was so rad, best 5 tricks big air format. the boys were so fun to watch, and Kristy Johns and I were throwing 9's to take it... I ended up doing my first victory lap! It was quite fun :) ! It was way to much fun! Mike Rogge and Dave made the announcing at comps something that the crowd really wanted to listen too!"

Sounded like a fun in the sun comp for sure congrats to all our friends! Congrats to Dania taking first and $750!

MODAN HATS

Molly and Jordan came up with some sweet hats for MODAN and that will add to next years collections! We are getting shirts, hats, bandannas and bracelet's made up! Just wait!

Here are the hats we got and the shirts from last year! Can't wait to release the 09/10 gear for you all to see!

power fist-- hell yeah!

A day at PC with MODAN

Unfortunately due to injuries and traveling we were unable to get a full edit out this season but next year we promise well will have a legit edit to really show off how good our girls are. However, good friend and DOS media filmer Evan Heath was nice enough to spend a day filming some of our girls late season and putting together an edit for us. Hope you enjoy.

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

MODAN

Quit Verning Around!

MODAN member Veronica Kelly came out with her 2009 promo edit which sparked an enormous amount of results. She strait kills it! We are so stoked on this. Check it out!

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

Veronica is back in Massachusetts for the summer so keep in touch for summer rail jams results.

The Adventures of MODAN- World Cup and X-Games (more to come)

The Adventures of MODAN!

So here we are after our first season of MODAN our girls traveled all over the world bringing home the big bucks and the trophies. The season went out with a banger with a big team win at WSI and a new team member. So here is the winter through the eyes of MODAN recapping the wins, the losses and the parties that came along with the competitions.

World Cup

Dania Assaly started her season by heading off to France to compete at the FIS World Cup Pipe competition at Les Contamines. She got to stay at a beautiful house at the base of the mountain with friends and the only way should could explain this adventure was "amazing, amazing, amazing!" Fellow Albertan team members were there competing and cheering eachother on making the trip even more enjoyable. With fine wines, cheeses and foods the girls got to explore all that this quaint town had to offer. Dania killed it after only four days of training at Copper Mountain prior to jetting accross the world. Dania tied for 3rd but came out in 4th with nothing but a smile on her face and a fire behind her knowing she wanted to only do better. We were stoked none the less and she left us anxious to see how far she would go in the season to come.

Some pictures from France that Dania took in her travels.

X- GAMES!

After the World Cup came not only training but a big reunion and some glorious blue bird days at world famous Park City Mountain Resort. Everyone was there training for the biggest competition in freestyle skiing the X-Games. Dania returned to catch some air on the beautiful pipe along with fellow team member Angeli Vanlaanen and other friends and big names including Byron Wells, Tyler Peterson, Tanner Hall, Peter Olenick, and Simon Dumont. Filmers were out and skies were blue and training was underway. Dania started landing her nines and nailing her right 5's getting ready to prove her spot as first alternate, it was so fun standing on the pipe filming next to the big names. Dania and Angeli headed down a few days early to train on the X-Game's pipe. Angeli got the hook up with a great condo provided by Red Bull Energy Drink one of Angeli's sponsors. The first days were strictly training and skiing but at the events started going off so did the parties. Red Bull started the night festivities with a bang with a Santagold concert. Angeli obviously got the hook up and the girls danced the night away. The second day rolled around and the rest of the MODAN girls headed down to Colorful Colorado to cheer our friends. With a two queen bed hotel room and seven girls it was crowded to say the least.  The next days were filled with several competitions, which we were able to get some class A viewing spots. Girls had practice and then Dania showed me the kind of living that they were experiencing as athletes I got to roll into the athletes tent and meet some of her good friends and biggest named athlete's both skiers and snowboarders it was a humbling experiencing to say the least, food everywhere, big screen TVs, and video games X-Games takes care of their athletes. As the day wrapped up everyone was exhausted Dania, Angeli and John Riddle went to a sushi joint in downtown Aspen to wrap up the night. The next day rolled around and the contests we had been waiting and training for arrived. Tension was on but it was so fun to watch the girls kill it in training. Unfortunately Mirjam Jaeger kept her spot in the X-Games despite injury so Dania was unable to compete in finals however were able to cheer on Angeli who killed it ending up in 6th place. It was a great show by all and celebrations were to take place at the Powder awards. So glad we got the opportunity to go with great friends. It is an experience I will never forget. I just hope next year we can make it next year to see Dania go big!

Here are some pictures from the trip.