RESORT BLOG

Photo Credit: Josh Spaulding
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STORY:
Suburban Blend, The Boardroom, Phatman and many more snowboard shops showed up at Holiday Valley for the Western New York regional shop wars. The teams were throwing down and everyone had a great time. Chris Perks and the park staff put together a dope slopestyle course that put the teams to the test.

The Slopestyle Course:

1st Obstacles: Left Side Flat Down Box, Right Side Down Rail

2nd Obstacles: Left Side 15 foot kicker, Right Side 20 foot kicker

3rd Obstacles: Left Side 20 Foot Kicker, Right Side 25 foot kicker

4th Obstacles: Left Side Down Flat Down Rail, Right Side Flat Down Rail

Shops Entered-

The Boardroom
Mud Sweat N Gears
245 Snowboard Shop
Ski Chalet
Sliders
The Shop @ Swain
Curleys
Suburban Blend
The City Garage

RESULTS
Ski Division
1st Mud Sweat N Gears
2nd The Shop @ Swain
3rd The City Garage

Board
1st Phatman
2nd The Boardroom
3rd The Shop @ Swain
Disqualified for not wearing helmets: Suburban Blend

This competition will be for snowboarders only on March 10th at Peek’n Peak Resort in Findley Lake, NY. There will be an entry fee of $3 which will go to Habitat for Humanity. Registration 9am-11am in the Retreat Lodge. Contest will start at 11:30 at the top of the Doncaster jumps.

There will be a male and female division. Children ages twelve and older will be accepted and there will be set age ranges for the competition to keep it competitive. They will be 12-15, 16-18, 19-29, & 30 and up. Each competitor under eighteen will need a parent or guardian to sign a release form. Competitors eighteen and older will also need to sign release forms. Helmets are required for all competitors.

The event will be held on Doncaster Jumps Rails and Boxes. Prizes include snowboards and gear.
Sponsors include:Buffalo Wild Wings Bar & Grill, Bay City Orthocare, Karbon, and ROME Snowboards
All images from the evemt will be posted on the Peekn.com user forum

NAME: Cockaigne
Web: www.cockaigne.com
Season: Nov-April
Tickets: All day $34, 1/2 Day $28
Vertical Drop: 1000
Top Elevation: 2100
Terrain Parks: 1
Superpipe: 0
Lifts: 4 total: 3 Lifts, 1 handle bars
Acres: .34
Snowfall: 275 Inches
Parks: 4 out of 10
Terrain: 6 out of 10
Town: 4 out of 10
Vibe: 9 out of 10
Who you might see: Jamestown Riders, Western New York up and coming rippers, Low key Lake Effect Powder Blasters
CLOSEST SNOWBOARD SHOP: Suburban Blend

Cockaigne is more than the Western New York legend. Its where the entire Revolution began for the founder and owner of Snowboard Revolution Johnny Centi. Back in the day when John was a wee little one he rode with the Cockaigne Snowboard Posse, an innovative young group of rebellions that raised hell at Cockaigne. This place is a build your own and get creative kind of reort. There are a ton of natural jib features and a ton of lake effect snow that falls every few weeks. This resort quite possibly gets the most snow in New York state. So if you want to get creative, ride a ton of snow, and experience an East Coast resort with mad snowboard history ride Cockaigne and ride the Legend.

Web: www.goremountain.com
Season: Nov-April
Tickets: All day $64, Weekdays $55
Vertical Drop: 2100
Top Elevation: 3600
Terrain Parks: 1
Superpipe: 0
Lifts: 11 total- 8 passenger Northwoods Gondola, 2 Quads, 1 High-Speed Triple, 1 Triple, 3 Doubles, 3 Surface lifts.
Acres: 344
Snowfall: 150 inches
Parks: 3 out of 10
Terrain: 7 out of 10
Town: 7 out of 10
Vibe: 9 out of ten
Who you might see: Albany Locals, New Jersey visitors, Vermont explorers, and family riders

For the New York freerider, Gore Mountain is one mountain that should be on your “must ride” checklist. The mountain holds snow in some tucked off runs for days after the powder has all been ridden.  So go get it. The people at Gore mountain were all super polite and they seem to have a good crew of up and coming snowboarders that visit on the weekends. They have a terrain park that is located at the Ski Bowl Park and will be open for night riding.  If you are looking for a mountain to escape the school atmosphere, city life, or just rip a sick NY mountain check out Gore. Gore is More.