February 25th 2013

2013 STEFT - Stop 1: Mad River Glen Results

Vavolotis and Silverstein Winners of Unconventional Terrain Competition

Words:  Chris James / STE SkiEO
Photos:  Chris James & Pat Waite

Stop 1 of the 2013 Ski The East Freeride Tour kicked off on Saturday with Mad River Glen’s Unconventional Terrain Competition.  With this event being postponed earlier in the winter, and the competition being rescheduled three times last year, the showdown was highly anticipated and completely sold out with over 100 competitors.  Fresh snowfall throughout the previous week was abundant and essential for the notorious Lift Line course to maintain adequate snowpack.  Temps were in the mid-20's all day with intermittent snow showers, providing comfortable conditions.  The venue was exposed and playful with plenty of features to get creative with, and the competitor field took full advantage of that.   

The Lift Line course at the infamous Tower 10...  ready for all sorts of action at Mad River Glen's Unconventional Terrain Competition. 
Photo: Chris James/STE.net


Eamon Duane charging the upper cliff band section with a huck off of the bottom boulder feature.  Photo: Chris James/STE.net


Dropping the last feature before the finish.  Photo: Chris James/STE.net

Tyler Wight straight lining Tower 10 cliffs like a boss.  Photo: Chris James/STE.net



3rd place finisher Skyler Perkins taking the double stager option off of the Tower 10 cliffs.  Photo: Chris James/STE.net

Coming out on the top of the Men's pack for the day was Colby Vavolotis, STEFT's 2012 overall champion, and the Women's winner was young gun Abbie Silverstein, STEFT's 2012 11th place finisher. 

Austin Stewart, winner of the Cliff Huckstable Best Air Award presented by Bern Unlimited. He took home a new lid, Bern crash pads, a signature Bill Cosby ugly sweater, and a framed photo of the man himself....  you put the spoon in the pudding!  Photo: Pat Waite/ STE.net



Telemark podium.  1st - Scott Silverstein (M), 2nd - Cody Spiegel (R), 3rd - Pat Colburn (L).  Photo: Pat Waite/ STE.net



Women's Alpine podium.  1st - Abbie Silverstein (M), 2nd - Arielle Gordon-Rowe (not pictured), 3rd - Sofia Robinson (L).  Photo: Pat Waite/ STE.net



Men's Alpine podium.  1st - Colby Vavolotis (M), 2nd - Myles Trainer (R), 3rd - Skyler Perkins (L).  Photo: Pat Waite/ STE.net


Stop 2 of the STEFT is this Saturday March 2nd with Magic Mountain's Southern Vermont Freeskiing Challenge.  Registration is filling up rapidly after the sell out at MRG's Stop 1. 
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OFFICIAL TOP 5 RESULTS
Mad River Glen Unconventional Terrain Competition
Stop 1 - 2013 Ski The East Freeride Tour

Men's
1st - Colby Vavolotis
2nd - Myles Trainer
3rd - Skyler Perkins
4th - Griffin Dunne
5th - Austin Stewart

Women's
1st - Abbie Silverstein
2nd - Arielle Gordon-Rowe
3rd - Sofia Robinson
4th - Chelsea Marshall
5th - Erin Magill

Telemark
1st - Scott Silverstein
2nd - Cody Spiegel
3rd - Patrick Colburn
4th - Wylie Picotte
5th - Ryan Dwash

Best Air
Austin Stewart

COMPLETE 2013 STEFT OVERALL RANKINGS HERE


COMPLETE  RESULTS
Mad River Glen Unconventional Terrain Competition
Stop 1 - 2013 Ski The East Freeride Tour

Men's

1 Colby Valvolotis 39.18
2 Myles Trainer 38.48
3 Skyler Perkins 38.43
4 Griffin Dunne 37.33
5 Austin Stewart 37.08
5 Dylan Dipentima 37.08
7 Nick Edwards 36.79
8 Turner Barbour 36.58
9 Danny Moore 36.42
10 Andrew Prescott 36.08
11 Brian Holtan 35.67
12 Eamon Duane 35.00
13 Ben Friedman 34.75
14 Ethan Holcomb 34.42
15 Alec Grab 34.38
16 Ely Kalkstein 34.33
17 Dominic Castine 34.08
17 Tim McClellan 34.08
19 Alex Krylov 33.42
20 Johnny Egan 33.00
21 Rowan Warren 32.63
22 Noah Schmidt 32.46
23 Turner Brett 31.96
24 Aidan Casner 31.63
25 Cole Phillips 31.58
26 Chris Eisold 31.50
26 Thomas Vickery 31.50
28 Conor Bauman 31.13
29 Malcolm Purinton 31.05
30 Joseph Falconeiri 31.00
30 Evan Vavpetic 31.00
32 Jason Beaudet 30.92
33 Cam Houghton 30.50
34 Brian Gilhuly 30.46
35 Alonso Darias 30.38
36 Sam McClellan 30.00
37 Jose Darias 29.92
38 Dan Gause 29.75
38 Colin Davis 29.75
40 Jacob Pratt 29.67
41 Theodore Grover 29.58
42 Eamon Gilhuly 29.42
43 Zachary Meyer 29.13
44 CJ Gaunce 29.04
45 Ben Dorfman 29.00
46 Charley Schmidt 28.75
46 Tyler Wight 28.75
48 Peter Lawrence 28.46
49 Evan Koncowicz 28.42
50 Jeff Colt 28.00
51 Michael Baccari 27.08
52 Ian Acker 27.00
53 Andrew Orgel 26.63
54 Nathaniel Shenton 26.62
55 Victor Elliott 26.17
56 Brian Orne 25.08
DSQ Samuel Bergeron 0
DSQ Michael Caughlin 0
DSQ Dustin DeLuke 0
DSQ William Elliott 0
DSQ Drew Gilmore 0
DSQ Andrew Rianhard 0
DSQ Parker Richmond 0
DSQ Carter Snow 0
DSQ Ben Southworth 0
DSQ Marcus Wadlington 0
DSQ Brooks Curran 0
DSQ Thomas Duggan 0






Women's

1 Abbie Silverstein 35.67
2 Arielle Gordon-Rowe 32.67
3 Sofia Robinson 32.00
4 Chelsea Marshall 31.58
5 Erin Magill 31.50
6 Mackenzie Young 30.50
7 Siena Teare 29.93
8 Ilka Hadlock 29.67
9 Meredith Julian 28.08
10 Emily Boyden 27.75
11 Lauren Macklin 27.17
12 Kate Colburn 26.82
13 Leanne Bernier 25.83
14 Danielle Brabon 25.33
15 Molly Hebert 24.92
16 Madison Loucy 24.25
17 Alexandra Evarts 23.58
18 Ariel Kent 16.75
DSQ Danielle Brabon 0
DSQ Leigh Brandenburg 0
DSQ Jane Eifert 0






Telemark

1 Scott Silverstein 35.33
2 Cody Spiegel 32.92
3 Patrick Colburn 30.63
4 Wylie Picotte 28.08
5 Ryan Dwash 25.50