A culmination of winter free ski and snowboarding events takes place this weekend at the USA Snowboard and Freeski Association 2021 Pacific Northwest Regional Championship at Mt. Hood Meadows.
Sixty athletes from the USA Snowboard and Freeski Association (USASA) Hood Series have accepted invitations to compete at the USASA National Championships in Copper Mountain, Colo., for freestyle skiing and snowboarding events which began on April 1 and go through the 12th.
BEND (AP) — They come in nearly every color scheme imaginable, from camouflage to bright pink. Most skiers and snowboarders on the slopes are wearing them, and if you're not, well, you are not just reckless, you are . GASP! ... unfashionable. "Now I feel like if you go up to the mountain, it almost looks weird if you don't have one on," says Mikaela Costigan, accessories buyer for Powder House Ski & Snowboard in Bend.
When Sean FitzSimons entered the U.S.A. Snowboard and Freeski Association National Championship this year, it was the fourth time the 13-year-old snowboarder from Hood River competed in the event.
Fantastic February transitioned into marvelous March on Mount Hood, and as this winter’s erratic attitude improved dramatically from depressing December, it delivered enough snow by the start of spring to end in an almost average April.