DEW TOUR: BRECK STOP

Mike Riddle, Halfpipe Winner at the Breck Dew Tour

SO! Despite the fact that us ladies were selfishly excluded from the Breckenridge stop of the Tour, it did not stop the boys from absolutely crushing the 18" halfpipe!

So proud of the top 12 guys, (most of whom threw dubs) showing that our sport is still rapidly growing, and there is barely time to catch up if you're behind!

My fellow teammate Banks Gilberti was a busy boy the past few days, making finals in superpipe, and semi finals for slopestyle! With his smooth style, blunt grabs, and stomped landings, Banks made his way up to the top 15 in Slope Semis, and placed 8th in Pipe Finals!! Congrats friend!

Banks Gilberti

Jossi Wells

Winner of superpipe last night was MIKE RIDDLE! My best friend and teammate absolutely KILLED it on his second run, going HUGE, grabbing hard, and stomping doubles! With a 93.00 points, he was the clear winner last night, with the lovely Kiwi, Jossi right behind him, also stomping his first two dubs in contest! So so proud!! The frenchies were on their game as usual too, with Xavier and Rolland coming 3rd and 4th, respectively. Justin Dorey, also going HUGE in this tiny pipe, landing his double first hit to get him into 5th place. SO proud of all the boys!

Justin Doery

Today in Slopestyle finals, Andreas Hatveit took the lead, with Tommy Wallicsh comin in 2nd, and Sammy in third. With most of these boys throwing doubles on two of the three jumps there were, the competition gets tight, and the boys have to be on their game!

Lets use this as inspiration girls! Lets spin more, grab harder and more consistently, and get tricky on rails! Show everyone we can do it too!

Next Dew Tour stop expects to add Women's Freeskiing Superpipe event, with a field of 20 ladies, and a 20,000 dollar purse... Now what do we say to that? As happy as I am, this is only a step in the right direction for this contest, as they have yet to add women's slope. Lets get on this! We have to be treated the same as everyone else, and we still have to make them realize that we are not happy and are expecting more. :) SOON! Let's get'em ;)

Signing out,

MERRY CHRISTMAS! See you in the New year!

I Got Colors

Early season laps at Breck with Banks, Keri, Bishop, and Dania! So fun!

KAYA TURSKI

Slaying as usual, Kaya Turski has something to say! Check out this video from her spring and summer 09. Girl knows how to absolutely push it, and brings her rollerblade game to the snow! Coming a long way from a hard couple years of injuries, she is back with real impressive tricks, always lookin so damn good on jumps and rails, i have seen her in the pipe to0.... girl knows how to bring it! Yah Kaya, keep leading the way to bigger an better things, and stay stoked!
(A little rollerblade Destructure part too, daymn it's no wonder this girl can ski!) SO ill!

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

MEGAN GUNNING

Little hometown chica Megan Gunning just showing them BLUNTS what up!!!
From Calgary Alberta, Megan is only just turning 17, goes SO big in the pipe, and can grab blunt on those 7s better than most guys I know! Slaying the pipe and slopestyle scene, Megan is one to watch for, if you have not skied with her already!
She is the illest, and one of the MOST fun and positive girls you will have the pleasure of riding with :)
YEAH girl! keep killin it!

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

SOOOOO ILLLLLL!!!!!!

Talk about steppin it up ladies! DAYMN! Check out Lynd-z in the pipe just Killin it!

Time to take a stand

This season is certainly going to be a different one for majority of female skiers in this crazy industry. With the exclusion of women in the 2009/2010 Dew Tour Circuit thus far, it is time to take a stand together and prove that we should be included just as snowboard women are.

Instead of thinking negatively on this topic, lets get our ski on harder than ever! Lets ride for ourselves, film and make edits, compete where we can, and have the time of our lives! This does not control how we ski, where we ski, or the people we ski with. This is not about proving ourselves to anyone, because in my opinion we have already done so and got shut down.

This is about ladies coming together, pushing each other even harder, and having a blast while doing so.

We need support, and to have this, lets show them what we have got by filming and writing... Any girl is welcome at anytime to post up edits on our Modan Blog. The whole idea behind this is to have girls that slay on the mountain get together and come up from under! It is a blog for chicas like us to get our footage out there, talk about what is going on in our lives, and keep up with the ski world we are all a part of! Lets get this blog rolling, have it be a foundation where girls can show off their talents and anyone can and will see it! Blog pictures and videos, stories and comments.

If we all do this the right way, maybe we can get the support we need, not just from others and those who dictate where our sport "should be going", but support from each other! That, is really the start we need to make a difference. So lets begin!

COLORADO!

For the past ten days, I have been out shredding in Co! It is awesome here right now, with almost nothin but blue sky, rails, jibs, and YUMPS!

Keystone opened with about 12 rails, and one perfect size early season jump.

AND! Breck has a perfect fun little three set in Park Lane we have been hitting for the past week.... Hot laps are in session.

Keri Herman is KILLIN it, I'm loving jumping again, and workin on my rail game! We are definitely getting some filming done so that is great! My little HD camera is working stupendously, and Jake Strassmen is helpin us out on camera too :) He is so awesome!

There have got to be about 150 snowboarders and skiers lapping Breck all day, so much fun!

Come out and visit!!!!

MODAN!

D is a Ninja

So the next couple weeks are going to be NUTS, thanksgiving break and all... but I will keep you posted! Get some chica footy up soon :)