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Friday, Mar 14, 2008
Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix on tap for Killington this weekend
Bear Mountain venue set up for the Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix

Bear Mountain venue set up for the Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix

Bear Mountain venue set up for the Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix

Bear Mountain venue set up for the Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix

While competitors took training runs, workers at the Killington Resort were busy putting the finishing touches to get Bear Mountain ready to host the Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix this weekend.

For the last 10 days, Killington has been rebuilding the Half Pipe on lower Dream Maker and a "Slopestyle" course on lower Bear Claw. The amount of snow that has been created and moved around to build the competition venue is nothing short of impressive. When you add in the lighting, public address, and television camera areas (NBC will be providing TV coverage), you start to appreciate that the resort did a lot more than just sending a couple of grooming machines out to move snow around to get ready for the event.

The schedule for the Chevy Snowboard Grand Prix this weekend is:

Friday March 14
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. SS Practice Bear Claw
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. HP Practice Dream Maker

Saturday March 15
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. SS Practice Bear Claw
8:30 - 9:15 a.m. Men's HP Practice Dream Maker
9:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Men's HP Qualifiers Dream Maker
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Women's HP Practice Dream Maker
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Women's HP Qualifiers Dream Maker
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Concert Bear Base - "Shiny Toy Guns"
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. HP Finals Practice Dream Maker
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. HP Finals Dream Maker
Awards immediately following

Saturday March 16
8:30 -11:30 a.m. Men's SS Qualifiers Bear Claw
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Women's SS Qualifiers Bear Claw
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. SS Finals Practice Bear Claw
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. SS Finals Bear Claw
Awards immediately following

(HP = Halfpipe, SS = Slopestyle)

I went over to Bear Mountain this morning to take some background pictures of the venue. It is really impressive what the resort has done to rebuilt the half pipe on Dream Maker and build the Slopestyle course on lower Bear Claw. It should be a fun event to watch.

Half Pipe on lower Dream Maker.
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Side View of the Half Pipe set up for the Chevy Grand Prix.
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Snowboarding Slopestyle course set up on lower Bear Claw
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A competitor takes some air during a practice session on the Slopestyle course.
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Let it snow!





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