Snow Stylin'

First Day of the Season...

2008-12-01T23:26:00.001-06:00

Tristin's first day of the season at Hyland!

He was stylin' in his new Technine gear!

Tristin and Ian hangin'

Tristin's First Skateboard Comps!

2008-07-13T11:24:00.003-05:00

Tristin had his first skateboard comps yesterday at Plymouth and Maple Grove. His first one he got 7th out of 22 and his second one he got 6th out of 21! Here he is at Maple Grove.

Tristin's New Video Remix

2008-06-30T02:18:00.001-05:00

Tristin's First Sponsor!

2008-06-26T12:19:00.002-05:00

Tristin got his first sponsor!

THANKS TECHNINE!

All he could say was "That's so SWEET!"

Andreas Wiig...

2008-06-23T14:37:00.001-05:00

When Tristin was hanging out in town, the team was playing "Tap" with Andreas Wiig and Scotty Arnold. Tristin tapped Andreas and he picked him up and ran around with him. This is the only pic his friend got from his camera phone

Back from Mt Hood!!!!

2008-06-23T13:22:00.006-05:00

Tristin is back from Mt Hood, OR with lots of new friends and memories!

He had a great time snowboarding out at Windells with his teammates in June!

Here are some of his pics he took along the way!

(l-r) Ian, Hunter, Leo, Ethan, Jake, Dylen, Lizz, Tristin, Jasmine, Joe...

front row...Mason and Jack.

Lindsey Jacobellis snowboarded with them one day!

Tristin ridin' the rails...

Mt Hood...Day 2

2008-06-16T22:54:00.002-05:00

Last night:

Tristin called and said "Mom...I think I broke my wrist, or twisted it
bad" He was pretty bubbly though and didn't sound upset. I asked How
and he explained he was ollieing over something on his skateboard and
fell.
9am:
"Hi Mom, we are heading up to the mountain to snowboard!" he was pretty excited!
8pm:
"Hi Mom, I couldn't find my goggles in my bag so I had to buy a new pair!" YEAH RIGHT! Good reason to get a new pair...he has been wanted a new pair! "I got a pair that came with a bonus pair, so I got two pairs!" "Oh...and I lost my lift pass!" So how are you going to snowboard? "I don't know! Guff didn't know, he will find out tomorrow"

Trying something new...

2008-06-16T22:52:00.003-05:00

Tristin was in the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a week and tried a couple new things!

Sandboarding on the Dunes

Boogyboarding in the Atlantic

Mt Hood...Here we come!

2008-06-15T18:28:00.002-05:00

Tristin left for Mt Hood this morning at 7am! He is by far the smallest and youngest, but he will have a great time and learn lots...hopefully snowboarding stuff and not older kid stuff!

Tristin and Mason having a quick breakfast

before the plane ride (so sad it is blurry)

Tristin, Guff and Hunter boarding the plane.

6:30pm: Tristin just called and is heading to Mt Hood. He said they saw Mt St. Helens and they are almost to camp. He sounded very excited and said they got to skateboard in the airport too!

Snow in May????

2008-05-24T20:17:00.004-05:00

First G-Team rail jam! Yep...70 degrees and sunny and snow!

Little patch of snow about 100 feet long with some rails to grind!

Skateboard training...

2008-05-06T18:56:00.006-05:00

Skateboard training has also started and thankfully we had nice weather after two days of rain and a chance of snow even! The first morning the clouds parted and the sun came out. It was a cool 45 degrees though with strong winds.

Tristin hadn't been to a skate park before and enjoyed all the different features of the park. He picked it up pretty quickly and learned how to drop in too.

Trampoline Training...

2008-05-06T18:53:00.002-05:00

Trampoline Training has started and Tristin is enjoying it very much.

He says that it goes too fast. He is landing his 540 spin, doing arials and

front flips. Plus, he loves hanging out with such a cool guy like Guff.

Sk8boarding...

2008-04-27T19:10:00.001-05:00

We are on to skateboarding and trampoline for the summer!

We built a halfpipe in the garage for Tristin to practice on.

The halfpipe is 4 ft tall on each side and has a tabletop on one side.

Front page...

2008-04-14T23:41:00.000-05:00

Tristin made the front page of the local newspaper for his snowboarding! Pretty excited!

Click here to read the article

Tristin and Tyler's last day at Spirit Mt, Duluth

Rider of the Year!!!!

2008-03-19T21:18:00.001-05:00

Tristin was announced "Rider of the Year" for the G-Team Elm Creek!
He was so excited he said his heart was beating so fast when they announced his name!

He got a cool belt buckle with "Rider of the Year" and his name engraved on it!

Tristin and his belt buckle

Tristin and Coach Nick

Closing Time...

2008-03-19T21:11:00.000-05:00

The last Picture of the season!

Tristin and his friends at 9pm on the last day of the season!

Rail Jam...

2008-03-10T23:47:00.001-05:00

The Rail Jam at Elm Creek was a great day to see all the kids show off their talents! It was quite breezy standing out there but well worth it!

Tristin took 3rd place out of 7 in the 12 and under group in the rail jam at Elm Creek. He was the youngest by 2 years and he did a great job!

Congrats Tristins!

Tristin and Coach Guf planning a run

Rockin' the rails

2008-03-06T01:07:00.000-06:00

He's Sick...

2008-03-04T14:01:00.001-06:00

Tristin's Dad was out watching and was approached by an older kid, 17, who said "Your son is SICK!" he looked at him with confusion. The kid explained how amazing Tristin was out on the hill. Now, Tristin is getting the attention of the older kids and they are starting to "coach" him if you like. They play follow the leader, the older kid showing Tristin how to do something and Tristin following. They are all pretty impressed with his natural ability! So here are some new pictures!

Snowboarding in Feb...

2008-03-04T13:55:00.000-06:00

New Board

2008-03-04T13:49:00.000-06:00

Tristin got a new board!

Hyland SlopeStyle Competition

2008-03-04T13:46:00.000-06:00

No pictures from this competition, since I was video taping instead. Tristin rocked at Hyland!

He competed in one of the SlopeStyle's and took 5th place out of 9 in his group.
Way to go Tristin!

Giants Ridge Competition, January 2008

2008-03-04T13:39:00.001-06:00

Tristin competed at Giants Ridge in Bordercross, Slolom and Giant Slolom. For his first competiton he did great and was able to keep his times close to kids that have been snowboarding for much longer than he has been.

He took a trip to Ski Patrol for Bordercross and didn't get to finish after he was forced off the course as all the riders came around the corner. He bruised his ankle but was fine and took the rest of the day off.

The second day, he competed in Slolom and Giant Slolom which he only tried a couple days before for the first time. He took 5th and 6th in Slolom and 6th in Giant Slolom.

Here are pictures from the competition.

Some of the latest...

2008-01-20T22:39:00.000-06:00

2008-01-13T00:13:00.000-06:00

Snowboarding at Hyland...

2008-01-06T20:27:00.000-06:00

Crash n' Burn...

2007-12-27T19:39:00.001-06:00

Tristin's first Crash n' Burn happened today!

He bit the bullet on one of the rails and it bit him back!

First Snow practice...

2007-12-16T18:45:00.000-06:00

Tristin's first practice with the G-Team on snow.

On to bigger and better....

2007-12-16T18:36:00.000-06:00

In March we headed to Elm Creek for more of a challenge. It was 60 degrees out and one of the last days of the snow. It was so slushy but it was really warm out! It was a good thing it was slushy, it slowed Tristin down a bit as he headed down for the jump!

The tow rope was a challenge in itself!

First time over the jump...this is what Mom saw! Tristin.........and then nothing? Did he land? YEP!

Tristin mastering the jump and catching some air!

First Try...

2007-12-16T18:24:00.000-06:00

In January Tristin first tried snowboarding. Tristin's first try at snowboarding was in the backyard. He first tried building a hill from the trampoline.

That didn't work so well, so he built one off the deck. Still wasn't high enough for him though!