ASC Alpine Freestyle

Cody Laplante - National slopestyle champion

AFT athletes Cody and Logan Laplante made the trek to Copper Mountain, CO for USASA nationals and made quite the showing. Under sunny Colorado Skies, the brothers impressed competitors all over the world. Logan capitalized on the perfect Copper halfpipe, and his smooth amplitude jumped Logan from 59th to the 9th best 10-12 yr old pipe skier in the nation!

Logan boosting in Copper

Cody Laplante made two podium appearances with a silver in halfpipe and a gold in slopestyle! His gigantic cork 7′s in the slope course were the talk of every competitor, coach and spectator from all over the nation. Cody also held his own under the lights at the rail jam, making finals and ending up in 6th place, proving that he can compete on serious rail options with competitors 3 yrs his senior.

Cody Laplante, sliding his way to 6th amongst the big boys

Overall, The trip was fantastic with great weather, great skiing and a solid showing by the Laplante brothers. Congrats Cody and Logan!

Winter 11/12 has certainly been an interesting one for Tahoe and the Alpine Freestyle Team. Resorts are still open and snow is still in the forecast, so AFT will continue to offer training. This weekend is High Five’s annual Trains event at Alpine Meadows. This event is always a blast and the whole team will be there to support High Fives. Get ready for a team picture this weekend!

Saturday April 14th: Trains/ Team Photo at Alpine. Meet in the Mezz at 8:30

Sunday April 15th: Regular Training at Alpine. Meet in the Mezz at 8:30

An end of the year team party is in the works. Keep checking the website for details!

Those who are not doing the JFT will meet at Alpine in the mezzanine at 8:30 on Saturday and Sunday. We will be taking advantage of Alpine’s newly shaped jumps for the weekend.

This weekend we have regular training at Alpine Meadows. We’ll be enjoying the new snow and training for the upcoming junior big mountain events. Meet in the Mezzanine at 8:15 so we can stretch and get on the hill early!

Friday: Midweek Team- Alpine Meadows 1:00-4:00 Pow Day!

Saturday: Regular Training- Alpine Meadows 8:15-2:30

Sunday: Regular Training- Alpine Meadows 8:15-2:30

First off, Tahoe Junior Freeride Series has a great new website with everything you need to know.

http://www.tahoejuniorfreerideseries.com

The most important things to do now is let Drew know if you are interested in competing ASAP. Coaches invite the athletes into the comp, you cannot register on your own.  We encourage any of our athletes to participate in the contest. TJFS is an awesome series that we are very stoked to be involved with. Please send Drew an email at drew@alpinefreestyle.com if you want on the competition list.

Stoked on this edit of Elan/Dalbello team riders Braden Schroeder and Cooper Davidson skiing in Mammoth. Cooper and Braden grew up skiing on the Alpine Freestyle Team and turned out to have more style than anyone else on the hill.

Last weekend AFT athletes held it down at the USASA Slopestyle and Rail Jam. Look for more great results out of these athletes in the Gatorade Free Flow tour next weekend!

Slopestyle Results:

Cody LaPlante 1st place in 9 and under group for both comps.

Logan LaPlante 8th place in 10-12 age group.

Blair Meyer 1st place in 16-18

On Sunday 9 year old Cody Laplante finished with a 3rd place in the rail jam. Way to go Cody!