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Billabong returned once again to Sierra-at-Tahoe for the fifth stop on the Flaunt It Slopestyle & Rail Jam snowboard series. With a $2,000 purse, valuable TTR points, a trip to the Flaunt It finals at Mont Tremblant and tons of product on the line, female riders came out from all over the globe – New Zealand, Norway, Utah, Colorado, New Hampshire, even Canada, eh.
The day kicked off with epic sunny Sierra conditions on the perfect Lower Bashful slopestyle course. The jam format allowed the girls to log at least five or six runs so they could have fun and get pumped without the pressure, upping the ante with each new trick.
Tahoe locals were ripping but it was Utah’s Wasatch Project shredder Lynn Neil whose stylish runs including a huge Cab 5 to Backside 7 scored her first place, a fistful of cash, tons of Billabong and Dakine product, and the coveted Nixon gold 42-20 watch. Fellow Wasatch Project crew Jessika Jenson took home the Dakine Best Trick for a Nollie Front Cork 720, and Tahoe shredder Nicki Slechta dominated the rail jam clinching first with her Front Board 270 out.
Flaunt It heads back up north of the border to Mount Seymour in BC this weekend and the series wraps up in Mont Tremblant on March 27th. With a cash purse of $10,000 up for grabs, riders better sign up now!
Sierra-at-Tahoe Results:
Slopestyle
1st - Lynn Neil
2nd - Nicki Slechta
3rd - Jessika Jenson
4th - Kumara Kelley
Rail Jam
1st - Nicki Slechta with a Front Board 270 out
2nd - Erika Vikander with a 270 on and off
3rd - Lynn Neil with a Front Lip 270 out
Dakine Best Trick
Jessika Jenson for a Nollie Front Cork 720
Sierra shred sisters enjoying the sun
The girlrs strut their stuff during the morning slopestyle jam session
Slopestyle winners: Kumara Kelley (4th), Nicki Slechta (2nd), Lynn Neil (1st) and Jessika Jenson (3rd)
Rail jam winners: Erika Vikander (2nd), Nicki Slechta (1st) and Lynn Neil (3rd). Photo: Megan Villa
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