Olympic Snowboard (Halfpipe) Team Announced

Now that the U.S. Grand Prix is over, here is the final top 5:

Men
1. Shaun White - 1000 pts
2. Scotty Lago - 800
3. Louie Vito - 800
4. Danny Davis - 645
5. Greg Bretz - 550

Women
1. Kelly Clark - 1000 pts
2. Grethchen Bleiler - 900
3. Hannah Teter - 800
4. Elena Hight - 650
5. Ellery Hollingsworth - 600

The names that are highlighted are the riders representing the U.S. in the 2010 Olympics. It looks like we are going to have an AWESOME team.
I'm sure you are wondering why Danny Davis came in 4th but didn't make the team... well, he is out for the season with a spinal injury. On the morning or January 17th, he crashed his ATV and sustained an L3 spinal fracture. He had surgery the following Tuesday (19th). From what I heard there weren't any complications and he is going to make a full recovery. This happened before the last stop of the Grand Prix, so I am going to guess that he would have been in the top 3 if he wouldn't have gotten hurt. Bummer, bummer deal. I was super pumped about Danny repping Michigan! Maybe in 4 years...

If anyone has received the newest issue of Transworld Snowboarding, you can see that Kevin Pearce made the cover! Click here for an update on his condition.

I am excited to announce that the city of Lansing is putting on a winter festival called Frost Fest. It is Saturday, February 13th in Downtown Lansing. From 1pm to 5pm there will be tons of things going on, but the most important "activity" that you need to check out is the snowboarding demos by us - Modern Skate & Surf. For more info on this event click here or call (517) 487-3322.