Idaho Mountain Express: Banked slalom is a big hit on Baldy

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Banked slalom is a big hit on Baldy

Riders test the old pipe

Nate Farrell carves into the pipe during Sunday’s race on Baldy. Courtesy photo by Hillary Maybery

Baldy's old halfpipe was put to good use Sunday, as Sun Valley Company and Smith Sport Optics staged the first annual Baldy Banked Slalom.

The event attracted a big field of 96 snowboarders, 88 who posted single-run finishes.

Class champions were Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation alum Spencer Cordovano for the men, Desiree Melacon for the women and Clyde Montgomery for juniors.

Winners earned the three spots to the Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom (world's oldest snowboard event).

Top results by class (best of 2 runs), with racer's age, were:

Men's Open: 1—Spencer Cordovano, 23, 40.61 seconds. 2—Ryan Roemer, 16, 40.68. 3—Mark Oliver, 29, 40.98. 4 (tie)—Yancy Caldwell, 26, and Kai Robrahn, 37, 41.36. 6—Chase Josey 41.43. 7—Taan Robrahn, 28, 41.76. 8—Cory Smith, 38, 42.10. 9—Wil Duval, 33, 42.22. 10—Jeremy Black, 23, 42.25.

11—Ryan Cruze, 26, 42.48. 12—Nate Farrell, 27, 42.81. 13—Pat Lee, 28, 43.33. 14—Evan Lawler, 30, 43.62. 15—Joshua Hadden, 29, 44.12. 16—Zach Venzon, 34, 44.22. 17—Danny Gariepy, 26, 44.31. 18—AJ Grabos, 36, 44.57. 19—Hou Boy Shaw, 24, 44.68. 20—Charlie Hoch, 23, 44.78.

21—John Kaiser, 36, 44.97. 22—Josh Keefer, 28, 44.99. 23—Kenton Carruth, 41, 45.14. 24—Pat Miller, 19, 45.23. 25—AJ Ogden, 24, 45.27. 26—Rudi Broschofsky, 29, 47.10. 27—Matty Komar, 22, 47.12. 28—Chatham Baker, 32, 47.35. 29—Matt Baldwin 48.63. 30—Jim Slanetz, 47, 48.70.

31—Edward Sawicz, 26, 48.96. 32—Jake Schmillen, 37, 48.99. 33—Andy Gilbert, 41, 49.27. 34—Billy Olson, 40, 49.90. 35—Aaron Pearson, 34, 50.21. 36—Carson Johnson, 26, 50.35. 37—Matt Rowell, 26, 50.75. 38—Joe Marx, 40, 50.98. 39—Mike Connelly, 47, 51.12. 40—James Young, 41, 51.16.

41—Daniel Fairbanks, 26, 51.94. 42—Reidar Oyen, 44, 52.09. 43—Evan Pierce, 21, 52.33. 44—Andrew McCabe, 37, 52.41. 45—Gabriel Embler, 37, 52.73. 46—Frank Stanton, 42, 53.05. 47—Clint Lightner 53.22. 48—Logan Barway, 26, 53.35. 49—Connor Smith, 17, 53.48. 50—Jess Kiesel, 29, 54.42.

51—Eric Carlson, 42, 54.67. 52—Rob Schult, 35, 55.78. 53—Gene Fairbrother, 20, 55.94. 54—Tyler Howe, 29, 56.08. 55—Ian Sundby, 31, 56.19. 56—Anthony Anderson, 36, 56.46. 57—Kevin McCann, 53, 57.01. 58—Griffin Rowell, 21, 58.72. 59—Justin Godsey, 30, 62.71. 60—Greg Randolph, 39, 65.76.

61—Corey Rowell, 24, 74.55. 62—Samuel Mollner, 23, 76.11. DQ—Wyatt Caldwell.

Women's Open: 1—Desiree Melacon, 24, 44.19. 2—Heather Black, 21, 45.88. 3—Tami Harrison, 23, 47.06. 4—Ciam Parten, 30, 49.18. 5—Paige Rainear, 23, 49.98. 6—Josie Bunce, 17, 52.21. 7—Janessa Gilbert, 38, 52.22. 8—Charlotte Baker, 28, 55.10. 9—Desiree Baldwin, 18, 56.33. 10—Amber Marsh, 27, 58.14.

11—Sarah Silva, 21, 58.31. 12—Amie Thomas, 26, 60.02. 13—Melissa Keegan, 25, 61.75. 14—Liz Wallace, 43, 61.84.

Juniors: 1—Clyde Montgomery, 13, 48.35. 2—Elk Spencer, 10, 48.92. 3—Clara Jenner, 11, 51.41. 4—Cora Schneider, 12, 52.43. 5—Emmy McCune, 12, 53.87. 6—Payton Bacca, 10, 60.35. 7—Lieder Schwartz, 10, 63.23. 8—Phoebe Ericksen, 10, 71.64. 9—Amelia Cookston, 11, 81.68. 10—Ethan Marx, 9, 90.55. 11—Maverick Epstein, 6, 135.00.

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