28 September 2000

Young snowboarders from Wanaka and Queenstown dominated the Casio G-Shock Grommets Championships at Cardrona Alpine Resort last weekend.

Riders for the Southern Alps Snowboarding team, which trains at Cardrona, took a third of all places in the Boardercross and the GS, as well as 7 out of 10 places in the Halfpipe.

Crispin Lipscomb, who trains a group of the SAS boarders, said, "they were a storm, a trampling of young magnets, an onslaught of talent. They trained well and were ready mentally, physically and tactically."

 

18 year old Jah Harris, currently the NZ Junior National Champion, won all three events in his age group. He put his success down to his attitude. "I was mainly just having fun."

11 year old Kendall Brown displayed similar tough talking after winning the Boardercross and Halfpipe: "I decided I was going win and I did." Scary to think what an attitude can do for you - even for pre-teens...