{"id":12202,"date":"2009-12-09T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=12202"},"modified":"2009-12-09T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T17:00:05","slug":"ring-wraiths-descend-on-copper-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=12202","title":{"rendered":"Ring Wraiths Descend on Copper Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/10_GrandPrix_Generic.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/10_GrandPrix_Generic.jpg','popup','width=1342,height=603,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/10_GrandPrix_Generic-tm.jpg\" height=\"89\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"10 Grandprix Generic\" \/><\/a>Tomorrow (December 10, 2009), on the snowy slopes of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=11657\" target=\"_blank\">recently sold<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coppercolorado.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Copper Mountain Resort <\/a><\/strong>in the heart of Summit County Colorado, the big show kicks off with women&#8217;s halfpipe qualifiers. <\/p>\n<p>As never before snowboarders are well aware (thank you <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shaunwhite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shaun White<\/a><\/strong>) of what the Olympics can mean for fame, fortune, and everything that goes with it. And for United States halfpipe riders there&#8217;s only one way to get into the rings: The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ussnowboarding.com\/events\/event?eventId=1156\" target=\"_blank\">US Snowboard Grand Prix<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Top halfpipe riders will get five chances to show their skills: one at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ussnowboarding.com\/events\/event?eventId=1031\" target=\"_blank\">Copper Mountain<\/a><\/strong> this weekend, two at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ussnowboarding.com\/events\/event?eventId=1033\" target=\"_blank\">Mammoth<\/a><\/strong> January 4-10, 2010, and the final two at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ussnowboarding.com\/events\/event?eventId=1034\" target=\"_blank\">Park City<\/a><\/strong> January 20-23, 2010 (click resort names for event info). Then the team is chosen and it&#8217;s on to Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the jump for the full schedule of Copper Mountain events:<br \/>\n<!--more-->Thursday, December 10, 2009<\/p>\n<p>10:30 am &#8211; 11:30 am Women&#8217;s Heat # 1 Qualifiers<br \/>\nLocated at the Main Vein<\/p>\n<p>11:45 am &#8211; 12:45 pm Women&#8217;s Heat # 2 Qualifiers<br \/>\nLocated at the Main Vein<\/p>\n<p>Friday, December 11, 2009<\/p>\n<p>9:00 am &#8211; 10:30 am Men&#8217;s Heat # 1 Qualifiers<br \/>\nLocated at the Main Vein<\/p>\n<p>11:00 am &#8211; 12:30 pm Men&#8217;s Heat # 2 Qualifiers<br \/>\nLocated at the Main Vein<\/p>\n<p>1:00 pm &#8211; 2:30 pm Men&#8217;s Heat # 3 Qualifiers<br \/>\nLocated at the Main Vein<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, December 12, 2009<\/p>\n<p>11:00 am &#8211; 12:30 pm Half Pipe Finals<br \/>\nLocated at the Main Vein<br \/>\nAwares will be distributed immediately after competition<\/p>\n<p>1:00 pm &#8211; 2:30 pm Xbox Junior Jam<br \/>\nLocated at Copper Plaza<\/p>\n<p>7:00 pm &#8211; 8:30 pm Paul Mitchell Progression Session<br \/>\nAwards will be distrubted immediately after competition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow (December 10, 2009), on the snowy slopes of the recently sold Copper Mountain Resort in the heart of Summit County Colorado, the big show kicks off with women&#8217;s halfpipe qualifiers. As never before snowboarders are well aware (thank you Shaun White) of what the Olympics can mean for fame, fortune, and everything that goes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12202"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12204,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12202\/revisions\/12204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}