Double Trouble highlights for January/ February 2007

January

Whitetail Rail Jam, Mercersburg, PA:
Travers and Reagan traveled to Whitetail Mountain Resort to compete in the Whitetail Opening Rail Jam in January. With 45 riders showing up and only two age groups, Reagan landed on the podium with a second place showing. Travers did not make the podium but rode well.

Seven Springs “X” Games, Somerset, PA:
Travers and Reagan traveled to 7 Springs Resort to compete in the resort’s “X” game rail jam competition. With over 120 riders and a well groomed terrain park, Reagan ended up third and Travers fifth in the competition. It was a good day and the boys met a lot of new friends.

The OAKLEY Rail Jam, Mc Henry, PA:
Reagan traveled to Wisp Resort to compete in the Oakley Rail Jam sponsored by Oakley. Reagan competed in the 15-19 age group which was stacked with lots of East Coast and local competition. When the jam was over, Reagan received first place and the highest score of the day amongst any of the riders- a 9.6 out of 10! As a result of his riding ability and his on- snow attitude to help other riders- both older and younger, Reagan and Travers have received an OAKLEY sponsorship for snowboarding and wakeboarding. Travers did not attend the jam as he had a Physics project due the following day. Look for Travers and Reagan to be sporting their new Oakley gear starting this week!

February

United States of America Snowboard Association( USASA), Mason Dixon Region, Season Opener, Mc Henry, MD:
Slopestyle event- Travers and Reagan traveled to Wisp Resort for the season opener of the Mason Dixon USASA Region. On Saturday, the Slopestyle event was held with top riders from MD, PA, VA, WV and OH. Reagan and Travers competed in the 14-15 Youth Men Division which is the most stacked class with probably the most talented kids riding in all of the series. As a result of Reagan hitting all the major (hardest) rails, he earned a GOLD metal for his efforts. Travers on the other hand, was disappointed that he didn’t podium, as he had perfect runs but just missed the podium.

Half Pipe (HP) Event:
The half pipe event was cancelled, due to the pipe not being ready. There will be (2) half pipe events at the next stop of the USASA at & Springs.

BoarderCross Event:
Since the half pipe event was cancelled and we were already at the resort with lots of friends, Travers decided to take his frustrations out on the boardercross course on Sunday. Even though he was underweight by 40-50 lbs. And riding a slopestyle/ half pipe board, he decided to give the course a try. As a result of hard racing, Travers won his heat race and advanced to the finals. In the finals, with wind chills of 20 degrees below and icy conditions, Travers cruised to a third place finish and a Bronze metal in the event. From this point forward, Travers will be riding boardercross, as another event for the rest of the USASA series. Reagan due to being a little small and a big weight disadvantage, will sit out BX and cheer Travers on. Ummmm, we’ll see about that!

I hope this has all our friends and sponsors up-to-date on Double Trouble. If you need anything or feel that a company may be interested in Travers and Reagan, feel free to contact me.

Have a nice day,

Travers and Reagan O’Leary
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