Holiday Valley Freestyle Extravaganza Day 1: Slopestyle

By: Sean Crotty

After some crazy weather changes swept through WNY this week, ski areas had to do some shuffling to get their events off. 
Holiday Valley changed their venue, running the dual Slopestyle event Saturday. 



HoliMont FLITE Team had a VERY impressive showing on the other side of the mountain. 



Slopestyle 1: In female action, Lexi Crotty took first overall, with Alliy Hansen sharing a spot on the podium in 3rd place and Hayleigh Holland finishing 8th. 

In male action Griffen Hansen took the top spot in Slopestyle 1 sharing the podium with Lucas Goodin who nailed 3rd place.

Females:

Lexi Crotty 1st in age; 1st overall


Alliy Hansen 1st in age; 3rd overall


Hayleigh Holland 4th in age; 8th overall



Males:

Griffen Hansen 1st in age; 1st overall


Lucas Goodin 1st in age, 3rd overall


Parker Johnston 1st in age; 9th overall


Spencer Williams 3rd in age; 10th overall


Jared Smolinski 4th in age; 11th overall


Jake Wayland 6th in age; 13th overall


Sean Ryan 2nd in age; 14th overall


Ryan Henri 6th in age; 17th overall


Evan Dermott 1st in age; 18th overall


Brandon Crotty 7th in age; 27th overall 


Mitchell Wayland 12th in age, 30th overall



In Slopestyle 2, FLITE Team continued their excellent results with laying down some smokin' laps in the park. 



In the second session, Lexi Crotty and Griffen Hansen once again stormed the podium; with Lexi taking the top spot and Griffen taking second place.

Hayleigh Holland joined Lexi on the podium for her personal best run securing 3rd place. 



Females:


Lexi Crotty 1st in age; 1st overall


Hayleigh Holland 3rd in age; 3rd overall


Alliy Hansen 2nd in age; 6th overall



Males:


Griffen Hansen 1st in age; 2nd overall


Parker Johnston 1st in age; 5th overall


Lucas Goodin 1st in age; 6th overall


Spencer Williams 3rd in age; 9th overall


Jared Smolinski 4th in age; 11th overall


Sean Ryan 3rd in age; 12th overall


Ryan Henri 5th in age; 13th overall


Jake Wayland 4th in age; 14th overall


Evan Dermott 1st in age; 17th overall


Mitch Wayland 9th in age; 22nd overall


Brandon Crotty 5th in age; 23rd overall



Holiday Valley B meet at Holiday Valley on Sunday, February 3^rd

B Moguls

Females:

Elissa Cole 1st in age, 1st overall

Lexi Crotty 2nd in age, 3rd overall

Magdeline Vasatka 2nd in age, 4th overall Kenedy Cooper 3rd in age, 5th overall Marissa Vasatka 4th in age, 6th overall Alliy Hansen 4th in age, 12th overall Emma Hawkes 8th in age, 14th overall Hayleigh Holland 10th in age, 17th overall Samantha Morrell 11th in age, 22nd overall Riley Morrell 3rd in age, 25th overall

Males:

Griffen Hansen 1st in age, 7th overall

Lucas Goodin 5th in age, 8th overall

Parker Johnston 1st in age, 10th overall Jared Smolinski 6th in age, 11th overall Sean Ryan 2nd in age, 13th overall Reese Cooper 4th in age, 15th overall Ryan Henri 9th in age, 17th overall Travis Goodin 10th in age, 22nd overall Cameron Evans 5th in age, 23rd overall Nicholas O'Neill 19th In age, 36th overall Matthew Voelkl 4th in age, 46th overall Evan Dermott 5th in age, 48th overall

Moguls:

Females top 3

Elissa Cole took the overall top spot, with Lexi Crotty securing 3rd overall

Combined overall results from Saturday's Slopestyle Events and Sunday's Mogul event had Lexi Crotty taking top overall female and Griffen Hansen taking 2nd place overall.

Way to represent FLITE Team!

HoliMont Athletes Bring Their “A” Game on Sunday Feb. 3rd

If a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world, can it cause a hurricane in a different part of the world?  That theory does exist.  What we do know for sure though is that a rainstorm in Vermont can cause good fortune in Western New York.

A little over a week ago, Killington Resort was scheduled to hold a USSA “A” mogul competition but some unfortunate torrential rainfalls destroyed the mogul field and eventually, when the temperature dropped shortly thereafter, turned the slope into an unskiable sheet of ice.  The decision was made to cancel the competition.

At that point a dedicated group of parents began exploring options on other locations to hold the event.   On Thursday, January 31^st, HoliMont decided that it would host the event and in approximately 48 hours, the Downspout slope, which previously only had mounds of manmade snow on it, was groomed out, bumped up, and turned into a mogul course worthy of a sanctioned competition.  

Forty-four freestyle participants came to HoliMont from neighboring Holiday Valley, Killington, Waterville Valley, Bristol, Gould, Hunter, Killington Mountain School, and Seven Springs.  Thanks to the hard work of the mountain crew, FLITE Team instructors, racing, and parent volunteers who worked far into the night to get the bumps ready for the competition, the meet was a tremendous success. 

In the first meet, Allison Benedict from Killington came in first in the Women’s Overall.  HoliMont’s own Maggie Ryan came in second and Georgia Wood from Killington Mountain School was third.

On the Men’s side, Robbie Andison from HoliMont took first place, showing off an impressive combination of aerial spins and speed through the bumps.  Abe Studler from Killington was second, and Trevor Wahl from Killington took third.

For the second Women’s meet of the day, Allison Benedict from Killington was first, Maggie Ryan from HoliMont took second, and Georgia Wood from Killington Mountain School took third place.

Once again, HoliMont’s Robbie Andison captured first place on the Men’s side.  Holiday Valley’s own Adam Zuckerman secured an impressive second place finish and Brian Kroetz from Bristol took third place.