Park City’s London Zarkos and Lincoln Miller awarded Beverly Hay Snowboard Cup

Along with the biggest snowstorm of the season, the USASA Big Mountain West Series rolled into Sun Valley’s Dollar Mountain Jan 30-Feb 2nd for four days of events, starting with two days and four races in Boardercross (BX) followed by two days of Slopestyle. 

Sun Valley Company did an amazing job with the venues at Dollar Mountain with heavy support from all departments including Race/Events, Snowmaking, Terrain Parks, and Mountain Management. SVSEF Snowboard and SVSEF Freeski staff also provided technical and equipment support as well as amazing parent volunteers led by Lindsay Armeen. 

BX kicked things off Thursday and Friday on one of the best tracks Sun Valley and the Series has ever had. USASA ran two races each day across multiple age groups. SVSEF Snowboarding had several standouts in the BX discipline including Camille Armeen with multiple podiums and Rylan Olson in the mix in every heat he ran. Riders were working to gain Regional and National points toward qualifying for the USASA National Championships at Copper Mountain, CO in April.

SVSEF BX Standout Athlete Results:

BX 1:

Breaker Girls 13-14:

3rd – Camille Armeen

5th – Vivian Smith

Youth Women 15-16:

1st – Naomi Gorringe

BX 2:

Breaker Boys 13-14:

1st – Rylan Olson

Breaker Girls 13-14:

1st – Camille Armeen

5th – Vivian Smith

Youth Men 15-16:

4th – Bixby Swanger

Youth Women 15-16:

1st – Naomi Gorringe

BX 3:

Breaker Girls 13-14:

1st – Camille Armeen

5th – Vivian Smith

Youth Men 15-16:

5th – Charlie Theobald

Youth Women 15-16:

1st – Naomi Gorringe

BX 4:

Breaker Boys 13-14:

2nd – Rylan Olson

Breaker Girls 13-14:

1st – Camille Armeen

5th – Vivian Smith

Youth Men 15-16:

6th – Charlie Theobald

Youth Women 15-16:

1st – Naomi Gorringe

New snow made things a bit slow in some less than ideal conditions, for the amazing park line that Sun Valley Company provided for the Slopestyle (SS) events. Nevertheless, riders rose to the occasion throwing runs with multiple spinning combos and technical rail tricks giving spectators a good show.

Rylan Olson continued to show he is an “ATV” on a snowboard throwing big 720s on jump two all weekend and even going for the biggest rotation of the contest with a backside 1080 that took him a little low on the landing but so much to come from this rider. Camille Armeen started her runs with a risk equals reward approach spinning a BS 360 on jump one. Charlie Theobald was going maybe the biggest of any of the riders on every feature, Viv Smith had nice Method Airs on the second jump. Naomi Gorringe had some of the most tech runs amongst the women and the most stylish BS 180 of the weekend. Karsen Miller spun on all three features and cleaned the rails on his way to multiple podium spots. 

SVSEF SS Standout Athlete Results:

SS1:

Breaker Boys 13-14:

3rd – Rylan Olson

Breaker Girls 13-14:

2nd – Vivian Smith

3rd – Camille Armeen

Youth Men 15-16:

6th – Bixby Swanger

9th – Charlie Theobald

Youth Women 15-16:

1st – Naomi Gorringe

Junior Men 17-18:

2nd – Karsen Miller

4th – Uzzi Almaras

SS 2:

Breaker Boys 13-14:

4th – Rylan Olson

Breaker Girls 13-14:

3rd – Camille Armeen

4th – Vivian Smith

Youth Men 15-16:

5th – Charlie Theobald

7th – Bixby Swanger

Youth Women 15-16:

1st – Naomi Gorringe

Junior Men 17-18:

2nd – Karsen Miller

4th – Uzzi Almaras

As is traditional to these events, the SVSEF Snowboard Program awarded the Beverly Hay Snowboard Cup to the best overall riders from the combined fourth Boardercross event and the two slopestyle events. The Beverly Hay Snowboard Cup has been awarded since 1999 and past winners include Olympians Graham Watananbe, Sean Fitzsimmons as well as Olympic Gold Medalist Kaitlyn Farrington. With podiums in all three events, this year’s winners are London Zarkos and Lincoln Miller both from Park City, UT. Zarkos and Miller were both on hand for the awarding of the trophy by its namesake Beverly (Hay) De Chevrieux, who has championed SVSEF Snowboarding since its inception in 1992.

“Hosting these events each year and awarding the Bev Hay Cup is always a highlight,” said SVSEF Snowboarding Head Coach, Andy Gilbert. “It gives the kids a chance to showcase what they have been working towards in front of the hometown crowd. It is also the midpoint of the season and really brings into focus what the goals are and what needs work as we head towards the finish line in April. The riders on the SVSEF Snowboard Team are coming into form in a major way and we expect great things from this group. The coaching staff was very pleased with the week we just had at Dollar!”

For complete event results, please visit: https://liveheats.com/usasabmw/events