Slopestyle Canceled

Due to high winds the coarse was voted too dangerous and slopestyle was canceled. Closing ceremonies were amazing. I will posted video and pictures as soon as possible. Now I am all packed up and about to start the long haul home!!!

Halfpipe Fun

I had an awesome few days of riding pipe. I qualified for semi's which was awesome. Judges weren't the biggest fan of USA in semi finals though, much like the ref's weren't in the last few hockey games. However, the contest was great. Ryo Aono of Japan took first followed by his team mate Kazuumi Fujita, and third went to Ho Jun Kim of Korea. I became good friends with both the Japanese and Korean snowboard teams.

Curling!!!!!!

We had a day to relax. So we decided to go check out women's curling. Though a long, slow game I think we all learned something.....Curling!!!

Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom

Snow made the coarse so slow. Our boy Sam Raine had a binding malfunction but still crushed it. Last minute they canceled second run, which put him just outside qualification. Had he got that second run he would of had the chance to climb the ranks. Bummer. David enjoyed some turns, though everyone else was on an alpine set up. However we had some fun. Apparently Red Bull uses its same marketing gig worldwide. Here we are with the turkish Red Bull Girls. They loved us, and insisted on handing us Red Bull one after the other. We left the mountain completely wired and bouncing off the walls. Also, here is Sam being a smooth American at the bottom of the coarse with a cute Netherlands girl. Amurica.

USA Mens Hockey Crushes Slovenia

I want one!!!!!

The ultimate snow transportation

Seafood on a mountain

In front of the Palandöken's lodge is a bbq. Here is what they are serving on display.

Team America

David and I representing the US at a snowboard captain's meeting.

Public Bathroom

Things can be a bit different here. In this situation you stand to do your business, and a bucket of water is used for flushing. We lucked out that the village is filled with your average toilet.

US Snowboard Team on Turkish News

a-t.v. is Turkey's biggest news station. A reporter wanted a story of the US team in Erzurum and chose to take us snowboarders around town. It was an awesome experience. They took us around the city and shared the rich culture and history. We even got invited to drink coffee in the back of a jewelry store by the owner! We spent most of our time trying Turkish foods. It was awesome. We came back that night and watched the segment about us on the tv here in the village. Click this link to view it, it starts about 56 minutes in. So skip ahead unless you understand Turkish and want to know what is happening.

http://webtv.atv.com.tr/webtv/videoizle/atv_ana_haber/175

Erzurum

We had a chance to cruise the city. Such a unique place with amazing history. The Turks love taking pictures with us and teaching each other our languages.