Get ready for a big weekend at Squaw Valley USA, home of American spring skiing. The sun is gonna be out, KT is gonna be serving up perfect California corn, and the 18th annual Cushing Crossing is scheduled for this Sunday, April 27th 2008.

If you’ve never seen the Cushing Crossing, do yourself a favor and get to Squaw this Sunday. The basic idea is this: take a bunch of Squaw Valley rad dog/lunatics, surround them by about a thousand boisterous, sun-dazed onlookers, and let them go careening down the hill in whatever costume/vehicle they see most fit to challenge the icy waters of Lake Cushing!

The conditions seem just right for this year’s event to be a huge party: the snow is gonna be great and the crowd is gonna be irie from a great day’s skiing, bluebird skies and California sun. Expect to see alot of lawn chairs, dogs, cervezas, and spectacular crashes! It’s also rumored to be the last day of KT for 2008, which is a whole other party all together…

One final tip for those planning to enter (and perhaps a graphic memory for those who attended the 2007 classic): if you wear a thong, don’t crash til you reach the pond!

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Ed Hubbard
April 2008

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The annual Gunbarrel 25 was held at Heavenly Mountain Resort this past Saturday, April 5th. Many of this year’s champions are by no means new to the glory and fame that goes along with a Gunbarrel Title. Janez Demsar, the mens champ, has now won the event 4 years in a row. David Sannazzaro, who won the ironman award by completing 40 laps in the allotted 6 hrs, also won the same award last year.

These aren’t the only multi-title champions to walk away from this year’s event. Andre Villaret, who took the title in the experimental division this year, was the men’s ironman champion in 2005. Meeghan Flaherty won both the women’s division and the ironwoman competition, just as Shanti Koskinen achieved the same feat by taking 1st in the boys’ division and ironkid competitions. Jonathan Hirschfield also turned in a repeat performance by winning the snowboard division for the 2nd straight year.

More complete results can be found below:

Men-Ironman
110 - David Sannazzaro -40 Laps

Men – 17 and up
111 – Janez Demsar– 3.10.15
139 – Tyler Bradford - 3.34.32
149 – Tom Bork – 3.36.20

Girls under 17
11 – Taryn Baker – 4.08.00
40 – Dominique Dabija – 5.48.25
46 – Skye Kidd – 6.05.23

Boys under 17
5 – Shanti Koskinen – 4.02.37
2 – Sage Wright – 4.10.16
52 – Shain Stafford – 4.14.12

Women 17 and up
6 – Amy Czesnowski – 4.20.27
35 – Meeghan Flaherty – 4.24.44
9 – Kimberly Plake – 4.30.25

Iron Women
35 – Meeghan Flaherty – 35 laps

Women Boarder
48 - Jen Menzel – 4.37.08
8 – Kate Sanyer – No time

Men Boarders
51 – Jonathan Hirshfield – 4.31.04
38 – Mark Emmerling – 5.05.30

Experimental
32 – Andre Villaret – 5.00.30

Iron Kid
5- Shanti Koskinen – 37 Laps

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Ed Hubbard
April 9th, 2008

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