It was a cold evening in Vail Colorado for the 2008 Vail Snow Daze Rail Jam, With activities beginning shortly after 4 pm there was a great deal to see at this contest. The field was split into Amateur and Pro with the winners of the am division getting a shot to shread with the hot shots. The beginning of the event was a great show the amateur guys and gals killed it out there. As seen below Beaver Creek local Ben “Bennie” Hernreich cleans the dub-kink down flat down to catch the judges eyes.

and after doing so was very stoked (also referred to as excited)

The Skiers were also destroying the features at this years contest seen below locals “Coop Dawg” and “Johnny Blaze”show their skills on the down flat down rail, sooo much steeze!!!

After an hour of the amateurs killing it it came to be that The Rodriquez Brothers stood atop the amateur podium and moved into the finals. Ricky Rodriquez was standing a lil’ taller than his little brother today as the box for 1st was about 4 inches higher than 2nd.

above are the before victory shots of Billy and Ricky Rodriquez the looked just as stoked after they killed it out there.

The pro division was dominated by local pro Andrew “Droid” Steward, who was flipping off the Y-Rail at the bottom of the course and pressing his board in to all sorts of crazy contortions before spinning like a top back down to the snow. It really was a sight to see last Wednesday night as a variety of really incredible riders went at it for the number one spot. these riders included John Spriggs, Pat Milbury, Dave Lesh, James McCotter, Rob Bak, and many many others.

Seen below Billy Rodriquez is “handing the key to the city” to Andrew Steward

Andrew steward ended up winning the contest and his share of the 3000 dollars up for grabs. The Vail Valley local says he is looking forward to the rest of the season – “I don’t care what happens as long as I get to shread” – Andrew “Droid” Steward

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Today November 26 and tomorrow November 27 Beaver Creek Ski School is offering 1/2 price lessons to kick the 08-09 season off right!

The half price deal applies to regular season pricing, which can be viewed at Beaver Creek Resort. The discount does not apply to ski school packages or multi-day programs.

If you need/want more information call:

Adults: 970-754-5300

Children: 970-754-5464

Today November 26, 2008, Beaver Creek Resort put the first skier of the year on the lift at 9am. With Haymeadow, and Upper and Lower Latigo OPEN, as well as the Junkyard freestyle terrain park there is plenty of terrain for some great early season fun. The gondola and Centennial Express are the two means of accessing the Beav’s terrain making he total ride time from The Westin Gondola in Avon to the top of the mountain 11 minutes. Thanksgiving is tomorrow and there is snow in the forecast here in the Vail Valley, we can only prey that it comes in as planned. Now that Beaver Creek is open all of the I70 ski resorts are up and running for 08 – 09. THINK SNOW! THINK SNOW! THINK SNOW! THINK SNOW! THINK SNOW!

BEAVER CREEK, VAIL, KEYSTONE, BRECKENRIDGE, A-BASIN, and HEAVENLY RESORTS:

Skiers and snowboarders have an additional two weeks to take advantage of the best season pass deal EVER!!!!

The Epic Pass offers unlimited, unrestricted skiing at any of Vail Resorts destination properties, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone, Breckenridge, and A-Basin in Colorado and Heavenly Resort in Lake Tahoe, California.

The original price of the pass was $579 for adults, but that price ended on Saturday Nov. 15. The new price is $629 for adults and $309 for children. This will only last until the beginning of December then then only full access pass will be the Adult Full Pass, which is more than twice the price of the incredible Epic Pass.

When asked why they extended the deadline Vail Resorts Vice-President of Corporate Marketing stated, “we discovered that many people were unaware of the purchase deadline and have continued to express interest in purchsing an Epic Season Pass for this ski season. We made a decision to continue to offer our Epic Season Pass at a slightly higher price point, ||108% of the original offer|,| but one that is still a great value to skiers & riders”

Sales of the Colorado and Summit Passes have ended, bu those passes can be renewed online at ColoradoPass.com.

For more information abou Vail Resorts’ season passes, call 1-888-215-3867 or visit Season Pass Sales.

GET YOUR EPIC PASS TODAY BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!!!!!