TERRACE snowboarder Sylvie Giannelia, 15, pulls out a big move at the Forum Snowboards Youngblood contest in Big White Feb. 8. She caught the judges’ attention and nailed top spot in the girls division. TARA VALK PHOTO

Boarders blow away southern competitors

By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN SYLVIE GIANNELIA took a southern snowboarding contest by storm recently proving the ‘northwest is producing some top notch

young talent,

The local 15-year-oid easily took top spot in the girls’ division at the un- ique snowboarding compe- tition in Big White Feb. 8.

Ruins teammate Mike Pederson, 16,. nabbed top spot: in-the .boys~ division and Tim Dopko; 23, nailed first place in.an exhibition division for riders over 19.

Pederson and Dopko both hail from Prince Ru- pert but ride at Shames Mountain.

“The kids. that won were amazing,” said con- test spokesman. Craig. En- gman,

“Sylvie was really good — they were all doing in- verted airs which is un- heard of at that level.”

The Forum Snowboards Youngblood competition is a series of contests taking place at select Canadian ski resorts throughout the winter.

At the end of the series an overall winner will be chosen to compete in a competition at Big Bear in California.

The idea is to get young amateur snowboarders to battle it out ona slope style .course. filled’ -with rails, boxes and jumps.

Riders are judged on

their execution, technical

ability and style.

The scope of ability at the Big White contest ranged from beginner ti- ders up to excellent.

“Really, Terrace riders wrapped. up,” said En-

. gman, also a former natio-

nal team coach.

“All of those people should be going to any event they can get to.”

Giannelia says it felt

Lt a Midgets split two TERRACE’S midget rep hockey team split a pair of

games with the Smithers Storm Feb. 7-8.

Smithers took the first game winning 5-1 with Jack Haworth picking up Terrace’s lone goal.

The next day, Terrace won 4-1 with Sean Maho- ney scoring twice, Stephen Cullis and Cody Lati- mer adding singles in the effort. .

good to be part of a north- ern crew who unexpected- ly blew away the competi tion.

“Some people were kind of like, ‘whoa, people from the north took it all,’” she recalled.

“Tt was really fun and winning was just’a bonus.”

Team manager Tara

Valk was impressed with -

her performance.

“It was all ages of girls so, Sylvie. was one of the youngest. girls’ in her cate- gory and it was her first competition,” Valk said.

Though Gianellia’s been snowboarding for six years she has only. compe- ted .at local comipetitions before this event.

..“[ was nervous ‘going into it — I didn’t really know how I'd do,” she said.

The recent development of.a terrain park at Shames Mountain helped the’ boar- ders prepare for the event

And Engman says the local riders made a big impression at the contest.

“They are amazingly talented and dedicated and they deserve all the sup- port they can get,” he said.

All three riders should be taking part in an up- coming boardercross com- petition at Shames Moun- tain next month.

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