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April 07, 2008
GRETCHEN BLEILER TAKES FIRST IN THE IN THE INAUGURAL COVERGIRL SNOW ANGELS INVITATIONAL IN SNOWMASS
Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler Takes first in the in the inaugural COVERGIRL Snow Angels Invitational in Snowmass
The World's Best Women Snowboarders Competed for a Prize of Over $20,000
Aspen/Snowmass, CO, April 5, 2008 - Gretchen Bleiler took home a significant $10,000 today, Saturday, April 5, for dominating the inaugural CoverGirl Snow Angels Invitational. The competition was fierce, with nearly fifteen of the world's best women snowboarders competing for over $20,000 in prize money.
Hannah Teter
Final results:
1st - Gretchen Bleiler, Aspen, CO. - $10,000
2nd - Kelly Clark, Mount Snow, VT - $4,500
3rd - Elena Hight, South Lake Tahoe, CA - $2,000
4th - Hannah Teter, Belmont, VT - $1,000
5th - Manuela Pesko, Lenzerheide, Switzerland - $500
Best Trick - Kelly Clark with a frontside nine hundred
Highest Air - Kelly Clark
Most Progressive Riding - Gretchen Bleiler
Best Trick, highest air, and most progressive award winners received a spa therapy and message treatment good for the Snowmass Club during the ESPN Winter X Games 13, January 22-25, 2009.
Podium
In addition to these awards, every athlete who competed received a portion of the $20,000 prize purse. The competition included an hour and fifteen minute jam session with full superpipe runs.
"This first year has been above and beyond all my hopes and expectations," said Bleiler. "We had amazing weather, a perfect halfpipe, an extremely progressive session in the park and relaxing off-the-hill activities. I couldn't ask for anything more."
The Snow Angels Invitational began on Friday, April 4 and continues this evening with the Oakley's Girls Night Out at Fly Lounge, opening to the public at 11 p.m. with a $5 cover charge. The proceeds will benefit Aspen Skiing Company's Environmental Foundation.
Group Photo
The world's best snowboarders are in attendance, including Bleiler, Hannah Teter, Kelly Clark, Tricia Byrnes, Elena Hight, Clair Bidez, Soko Yamaoka, Kaitlyn Farrington, Shiho Nakashima, Ellery Hollingsworth, Paulina Ligocka, Lizzy Beerman, Meg Pugh and Manuela Pesko.
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Posted by Dina at April 7, 2008 09:02 AM
