The Vans Cup kicked off at twilight on Friday night. The crowd was stoked and ready to get the weekends festivities started. If Northstar had a roof, I’d say it was a packed house.

The Night Rail Jam (Friday, February 29th)

Rail Jam Results

Women	Mens
1. Molly Aguirre ($3,000) 2. Desiree Melancon ($1,500) 3. Cheryl Maas ($1,000)	1. Chas Guldemond ($10,000) 2. Brandon Reis ($7,000) 3. Kade Madsen ($3,000)
	Best Trick: Joey Sexton

Slopestyle (Saturday, March 1st) 

There were a series of unfortunate events that occurred for me on Saturday. Unfortunately, I lost my pass in the village and my phone on the hill. Unfortunately, I left my camera at home and had to borrow my pal Ryan’s. Unfortunately, Ryan is VERY slow to e-mail me the photos I took. I’ll put them up as soon as he gets them to me. =)

Slopestyle Results

Women	Men
1. Cheryl Maas ($15,000) 2. Kjersti Buaas ($7,500) 3. Chanelle Sladics ($3,000)	1. Andreas Wiig ($20,000) 2. Mason Aguirre ($14,000) 3. Robbie Walker ($7,400)
Best Trick: Cheryl Maas – Backside 720	Best Trick: Mason Aguirre – Truckdriver frontside 1080

Superpipe (Sunday, March 2nd)

Some more unfortunate events happen on Sunday. I had forgotten to charge my camera while leaving it at home and my batteries died right after the women’s finals. Fortunately, though, I was able to coax my lil Cannon into turning on for a few seconds to capture the podium.

Molly Aguirre looked very strong after her first run, but broke herself off on her second go. She tried to get up again, but fell. After sitting at the base of the pipe, she went up to go for her 3rd and final run. She gave it another go, but she was obviously hurting, as she slipped out again, unstrapped, sat on her board, and rode it down the pipe. The competition seemed to be between Molly and Elena after the first run, but with Molly injured, Elena easily secured the top women’s spot with a frontside 9. I was able to grab a few moments with Miss Amber who let me know that she hadn’t been in the pipe in over a year and that this is the best the pipe ever gets, so how could she miss it?

Superpipe Results

Women	Men
1. Elena Hight ($11,000) 2. Lizzy Beerman ($6,500) 3. Kjersti Buaas ($3,000)	1. Danny Kass ($20,000) 2. Louie Vito ($14,000) 3. Iouri (iPod) Podlatchokov ($7,000)
	Men’s Biggest Air: 1) Andy Finch 2) Danny Kass 3) Steve Fisher

The event was a great thing to take part in. I can't wait to go again...I'll make sure to make it out to the parties next year.