Bev Vuilleumier

Ms. Superpark 4 Day 3: Silver Linings

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4/3/08
Words: Pat Bridges
Photos: Ryan Hughes

How rad would it be if people who had real jobs could just say they don’t feel like going to the office because the weather isn’t perfect. That’d be sweet. If you are reading this you are doing so because writers don’t have the luxury of claiming a “weather day”.

While a majority of the Ms. Superpark athletes found Wednesday’s gray skies as the perfect opportunity to “chill” and recoup from a hectic season of shooting and competing, those girls hungry enough found their way into the park, feasted on the immaculate features and reaped the photographic rewards that milky skies yield. Intimate sessions ensued. On the double line Bev Vuilleumier and Izumi Amaike traded tricks. Bev was going for gigantic sevens and nines on the bottom booter while Izumi stomped a dozen cab fives on the upper right-to-right gap. Colleen Quigley added a new line to the step up-hip-cube by using the step up takeoff as the starting point for an alley oop pocket air into the tight wallride landing.

On this day the ten or so girls who showed up to ride June were the best female pro snowboarders in the world. In other words, some of our sport’s top female talent need to realize that they are only professional snowboarders when they are snowboarding and doing the associated tasks.

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Reader Comments

Posted Sat Apr 5, 2008, 2:28 PM — By billybird

look deeper into the problem pat.you support the corporate hands that feed you by allowing them to turn rad women snowboarders into money grubbing point chasers.FIS anyone? After the beating those girls took on the pro circuit this year i wouldn't be jumping for nothing either.Battle fatigue is a real condition and I'm sure many of these women are suffering from it. no team challenge this year no mens superpark you as an influential and highly respected member of the snowboarding elite realize what the real problem is and instead of addressing that you choose to blame the girls.weak ps that was a great setup you had this year.too bad

Posted Sat Apr 5, 2008, 9:47 PM — By Pat Bridges

The point you make about contests is valid and one I have voiced myself. The riders aren't asking for more contests. The only people concerned with adding events to an already overloaded schedule are outsiders looking to cash in on snowboarding. There will be people who have never stepped foot on snow that will be making more money off of snowboarding with the Dew Tour next year than any of the riders who even win the events. All these contests do is cannibalize the rider draw making for a lackluster show. When there were less than five significant national contests a year all the head turners would show. The oversaturated video market is causing the same dilemna. I mentioned how it was a hectic season. Even that was being generous because a majority of the girls who sat this day out competed in less than five contests this year. Most only three. Some didn't do any. There is a mens superpark this year as well as five mini superparks and the Launch event which is a superpark for emerging talent.

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