By Brooke Geery
Killington hosted the cutest comp of the year on Saturday, Jan. 5 in Red’s Backyard terrain park on Ramshead. Mini Shred Madness went down on a custom-built setup, featuring a box, flat rail, down rail, and jump, perfect for the littlest rippers to show off their stuff.
Skiers and riders were divided into two groups: super grom, ages 9 and under and grom, ages 10-13. Each group got an half hour to show off their best tricks, with the help of the Woodward Killington Park Crew, Killington Mountain School and Killington Snow Sports School coaches. A few of the smallest shredders also received some assistance hiking back up from the daddy ski lifts, which were running strong all day.
Mini Shred Madness is designed to promote learning and growth, with just a little taste of competition. While the real prize was fun, some athletes also walked away with extra recognition and goodies from the event’s sponsors.
The best overall awards for the older division went to Jayden Pytlik, 13, (male ski) and Lindsey Barrows, 12, (female ski), Joey Pimentel, 11, (male snowboard) and Viviana Pecchia, 11, (female snowboard).
In the supergrom division, the awards were gender neutral with the “Beast” skier award going to Eli Yukica, 8, and the “Beast” snowboarder award being claimed by Lyle Barnes, 7. The “smooth operator” awards went to Juliana Branson, 5, (ski) and Finley Hauke, 9, (snowboard). The “110%” award, for the most overall effort, went to Chip Cheung, 5 and the Positive Attitude award was well-earned by Paisley Hauke, 5.
The second Mini Shred Madness event of the season will take place at Pico Mountain on Saturday, Feb. 24 and registration is open now at Picomountain.com.
By John Everett/Killington Resort
Killington Ski Resort hosted Mini Shred Madness on
Saturday Jan. 5. It was a fun and competitive event
for young skiers and snowboarders. The event took place
in Red’s Backyard terrain park on Ramshead and featured
a specially built setup with various obstacles. Mini Shred
Madness aims to promote learning and growth while
providing a taste of competition. In addition to having a
great time, athletes had the chance to win recognition and
prizes from event sponsors.
