MLK Competitions

The second set of SCCSC competitions took place over the long MLK weekend. Mammoth is currently being pounded by a huge snowstorm; the front end of this storm canceled Monday’s activity – our slopestyle competition. We still had a good Saturday filled with giant slalom and Sunday held the slalom for skiers and the skier/boardercross competition in the afternoon as the weather rolled in.

Congrats to our own Grace Parker for obliterating the competition in all 3 events! Also congrats to Tom Gibbings for getting the top spot in our league in boardercross and to Ben Gunton, Chris Farro, Matt Cook, and Chris Nelson for getting 4 of the top 5 spots in men’s skiercross! Go team!

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New Years Competitions

Over New Years the SCCSC held its first set of competitions. One of the days of competitions was canceled, taking away slalom and skier/boardercross competitions. Still we were able to throw down during the slopestyle competition, as well as participate in giant slalom for boarders and skiers. Check out the video for an overview of the weekend! Congrats to USC member Robby Thorpe for taking 1st place in slopestyle for male skiers, and Abe Kislevitz for taking 1st place in GS for male skiers!

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Ice Skating Edit (HD)

Winter break is here! Celebrate the end of finals with a little winter cheer with the USC Ski & Snowboard Team and get ready for some epic skiing and riding over break! The team sessioned the Mammoth Lakes Ice Rink on its opening day – November 27th, 2009. We were met with some unexpected snow showers!

Features the skating talents of Canadian native Ben Gunton, Abe Kislevitz, Rick Davey, Sean Flanagan, Andy Bui, Jessica Jaime, and Linh-Vy Starkey.

Video was filmed entirely on the GoPro HD.

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Thanksgiving Edit (HD)

University of Southern California Ski & Snowboard Team brings you another video shot entirely with the GoPro HD camera. Team members were able to shred the park and then take advantage of the fabled El Niño powder that dropped later in the Thanksgiving week. The 10 or so of us up for that week enjoyed 3 home-cooked Thanksgiving dinners in a row thanks to Sean Flanagan, Sam & Cindy, and finally Andy Bui. The week was filled with snow, hot tubbing, and an epic Christmas/Thanksgiving ice skating sesh at the Mammoth Ice Rink.

Song is Diamonds (Ratatat Remix)

Check out for the Ice Skating Edit filmed the same week!

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Video of the Week – HD

While Mammoth hasn’t received the same sort of snow pounding as Whistler, snow making crews have been doing the best they can and brought out a park that was fully shreddable for the first half of November. This video is from the weekend of November 20-22 and features tricks from team members Matt Cook, Ben Gunton, Abe Kislevitz, Rick Davey, and more.  Good news is we just got over 14″ of new snow here in Mammoth and are ready for another week of action.  Stay tuned and good luck on those finals!

This video was shot entirely on the HD GoPro camera.  Footage was shot at 60fps @720p resolution.  Be sure to watch in HD!

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GoPro HD Summer Video

At the end of last year, GoPro came to us with a bit of news. First off, they said our videos were exactly the type of thing they wanted to show off what anyone can do with their little cameras; and second, that they were coming out with epic new HD cameras at the end of 2009 that would blow us away.

They asked the USC Ski & Snowboard team to aid them in creating an HD Promo video of skiing that they could use at trade shows, in press-releases etc. Where can we ski during the summer? Oregon! We met up at Timberline in July, grabbed some lift tickets courtesy of GoPro and went to town with the new cameras.

We had X-Games pipe skier Tucker Perkins to help us out with some tricks, along with Chris Farro, who lives a quick skip away from the mountain during the summer. I had just returned from a week trip up in Whistler at Camp of Champions for 4frnt Team week and had unfortunately suffered a pretty severe heel injury up there. I could ski down the hill but there were to be no epic jump follows. Either way, in a few short hours we got these shots and were absolutely blown away by the quality.

Fast forward to now and GoPro is filling orders and shipping these things like mad – demand is on an insane level. We’re stoked to be working with GoPro and appreciate all that they’ve done with us so far!

Stay tuned folks and thanks for your continued support! Check out the GoPro camera here or with the sponsor link on the right side.

Song is Coloris by She

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Mammoth Opening Weekend

Welcome back to another year of weekly videos! Mammoth opened for the year this past Saturday with runs top to bottom.  Currently majority of riding is man-made/supplemented so riding is limited but we made the best of it!  Good times are always had when you’ve got a bunch of friends up on the mountain.  You’ll notice our video quality has greatly improved over last year – this was shot entirely on the new GoPro HD Helmet Hero.  This video is uploaded in standard res; however, videos to come will be in full HD once we get into some intense riding.

Stay tuned folks and thanks for your continued support!  Check out the GoPro camera here or with the sponsor link on the right side.

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Mammoth Passes – Revised

Mammoth Passes 2009/2010

This year Mammoth has rolled out a few different pass options, which are all available now. The terms and conditions can be somewhat confusing, so read on if you aren’t completely sure which pass to get.

$399 College Pass
Unlimited pass valid now until December 18th; valid again starting January 3rd, 2010 except on ALL Saturdays until April 17th. Also not valid during President’s day weekend (Feb 13-15). ** UPDATE ** This pass is NOT valid at June on 12/19-1/2 and 2/13-2/15; however it IS valid at June on all other days including Saturdays.

$629 College Pass
Unlimited, no-restriction pass valid at Mammoth and June

$599/$849 Costco Pass
Costco is offering $849.99 unlimited, no-restriction passes valid at Mammoth and June. If you are 18 and under, the pass is $599.99. Costco membership is required for purchase. The passes can be purchased online here.

All season passes can be purchased now at the Mammoth ticket desk or by phone at 800.MAMMOTH/800.626.6684. To purchase or pick up your college pass you must bring a valid ID and your current school schedule (12 or more units).

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10,000 Views!

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As we are about to embark on a new season full of anticipation and excitement, I can’t help but look back at the end of our great year. Our Spring edit, which is comprised of footage from an entire month of skiing after school got out in May is just about to reach 10,000 views. For your average internet video, this may not seem like a lot, but for us it shows that we are onto bigger and better things and will have a great fan-base to kick off the new season. Armed with multiple HD cameras, a lot of really talented individuals, and the atmosphere of the USC Ski & Snowboard team, our videos will be better than ever. Here’s to the start of a new season, without forgetting where we came from. Now let’s get these views past 10,000.

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Generations and My Own Two Feet Screening

POW Fundraiser

The Ski and Snowboard Team and Environment 1st have teamed up with Protect our Winters (POW) to do a screening of Generations, a short film about global warming and the effects it will have and is already having on snow-sports. Following will be a showing of My Own Two Feet, a snowboard film produced without the aid of snowmobiles and helicopters in order to benefit the environment. Free food will be provided from Organics To Go. We will also be giving away free swag! Donations will be accepted but are not required to attend. All money raised with be donated to Protect Our Winters and will be used in projects to curb global warming.  It should be a great time so make sure to come and bring all your friends!

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