Coach Kevin Scriver with Riley, Cole, Liam, Becca, Reece, Brandon, Winston and Kiran at Alpine Ski Club

The Simple Snowboarding Grom team was all over the podium at the Alpine Superpipe stop of the Grom Series.  The crew spent a few days learning to ride pipe with Kevin in the Junkyard Mini pipe and Outback Superpipe at Louis before heading over to Alpine.

Congratulations to the following team members:

Kiran Pershad 1st Boys 11-12

Reece Crook 3rd Boys 11-12

Becca Ballantyne 2nd Girls 11-12

Riley Dillon 1st Boys 9-10

Liam Brearley 2nd Boys 8 and under

Cole Silverthorne 3rd Boys 8 and under

Simple Snowboarding’s 14 year old Coulton Conway put a lot of the older riders on notice at the Van’s Big Air series at Horseshoe Resort today. Coulton tore up the park with a Cab Cork 5, Back cork 5, Frontside 360 true nose, Front 1 on Switch Back 1 out, Cab 270 and a Back Lip… All done with Coulton’s signature super smooth style.. Congrats Coco!!

Coulton with another novelty Cheque.. A blank one!

CoCo took the following awards along with some extra cash for some other tricks on the jumps:
M.V.P.
1st in the Rail Jam
Best Switch Method

You can check out the Vans report HERE and the SBC Report HERE

Check the Video from the event below:

Check out Tim’s gear for the Winter.. Tim Rides for Flow, Billabong, Von Zipper and Fathom..

Check out some footage of Tyler riding at Keystone, Breck and home base MSLM so far this season…

Coulton Conway picks up his 1st place prizing from the Volcom Crew

Volcom’s Peanut Butter Rail Jam went down on Saturday February 11th at Blue Mountain and it was a great contest with a high level of riding from all who entered. The Simple crew had a strong presence with 9 team members spread over 4 categories. 7 of the 9 made finals and there was a Simple rider on the podium in every category. The weather couldn’t make up it’s mind as it changed from snowy and windy to clear skies and sunny off and on through out the Read More…

Simple Snowboarding team riders picked up another 8 podiums at the 2nd annual Beaver Valley Park Brawl.  An awesome event with heavy Ontario Snowboard industry support saw riders as young as 6 and as old as 24 turn up to take on Beaver Valley Park’s awesome set-up.  Check the video out below for some of the event highlights and also click Here to see the SBC report on the event.

Congratulations to the following team members on their Podiums:

Riley Dillon 1st Boys 10 and Under

Rebbecca Ballantyne 1st Girls 11-12

Kiran Pershad 1st Boys 11-12

Reece Crook 2nd Boys 11-12

Tim Crighton 2nd Male 16+

Jesse Loucks 3rd Male 16+

Tim Crighton 1st Male Barrel Bonk Jam

Christian Primrose 3rd Male Barrel Bonk Jam

Simple Snowboarding’s Natalie Allport joined fellow Simple Snowboarding team rider Kiersten Higginson for the Billabong Flaunt-It stop at Blue Mountain Ontario.

Natalie finished in 3rd in both the Slopestyle and Rail Jam and also picked up best trick for a Backside 540.  Click Here for the story covering the event..

Disney XD's Dropping In and Simple Snowboarding's own Coulton Conway Co-Hosted the event and gave out 2 spots direct to the finals of the Ontario stop of the Canadian Shield Tour...

Ontario’s most lucrative series for young Snowboarders kicked off with the Simple Slopestyle on Sunday the 15th of January 2012.  More than 40 riders turned out to take on the smallest features in the Junkyard park and grab their share of the loot up for grabs from over 37 Industry sponsors!!

Thanks to all of our event sponsors:
Rome, Volcom, Burton, Quiksilver, Oakley, Roxy, Rip Curl, Vans, Snowboard Canada Magazine, Capita, Never Summer, Spy, O’Neill, Electric, Endeavor, Salomon, Billabong, Technine, VZ, Nomis, Ripzone, Flux, 686, I/S, Union, Red, Special Blend, Bonfire, Capix, Simple, Anon, Four Square, Air Hole, Coal, Sandbox, Vivo, ProTec, and SnowboardCanada.com

Click here to see the Snowboard Canada report on the event and check the video out of the competition below:

Congratulations to the following Simple Snowboarding team members on their podiums:

Liam Brearley 2nd in Boys 8 and under

Riley Dillon 1st in Boys 9-10

Rebecca Ballantyne 2nd in Girls 11-12

Reece Crook 1st Boys 11-12

Kiran Pershad 2nd Boys 11-12

Mikey on the middle step of the podium...

15 Year Old Mikey Ciccarelli Blitzed the rest of the field today on his last run in the men’s Slopestyle event at the Youth Winter Olympics.  Finishing with a score of 94.25 out of 100, Mikey was 4 points clear of his closest rival for the event, Ben Ferguson from the USA who won Sundays Halfpipe event.  Simple Snowboarding’s Tyler Nicholson fell on his first run and ended up in 6th place.  Congratulations to both of our team members and also to Simple Snowboarding/Team Canada coach Elliot Catton who brought home 2 Gold Medals in Slopestyle for Canada and had all 4 of his team members in the finals for Halfpipe and Slopestyle!!

Mikey at the top of the 22ft Superpipe in Austria

Huge congratulations to Simple Snowboarding’s Mikey Ciccarelli, who was just shy of the podium at the Youth Winter Olympic Games today in Innsbruck, Austria. Mikey just missed out on a 3rd place by 0.25 with a score of 84.00 out of 100.  Mikey’s second run consisting of a Frontside Air, Backside 900, Frontside air, Backside 540, Frontside 720, Haakonflip, took him into 2nd place… only to be passed during the last few runs of the day by Slovenia’s Tim-Kevin Ravjnak and Japan’s Hiraoka Taku.  Well done Mikey and a HUGE congratulations from all of the Simple Snowboarding family!