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Church

Time: 6PM-Whenever

Where: 3125 S Decatur St Denver 80236

Cost: $10 (includes admission for entire evening and raffle tickets for swag)

Hosted By: Friends of 7Twenty

Questions?? Email Truffleshuffle420@gmail.com

Also This past weekend we had another win from one of the 720 ladies who seem to be unstoppable! Emily Blewitt won Womens slopestyle at the Keystone stop of the Gatorade Free Flow Tour. She also won her self a free trip to the finals which are also being held in VT.  And you all thought she just rode rails…

Last but not least, the newest member of the 720 family Cooper Sclar took home gold this past weekend at Winter Park King Of The Groms!  This is huge seeing as how Cooper nearly didn’t get  in due to a packed field. Well you can’t keep him out or keep him down! Way to go Cooper keep up the good work. I’ll put up some pictures once Winter Park gets their crap together!!

AG: Tell me your name and a little about where you’re from

LW: Lauren and I’m from St. Louis, Missouri. I rode Hidden Valley (in St. Louis) for 6 years before moving to Colorado. Its small but I got mad love for Hidden Valley!  Hidden Valley is all fake snow and rails.

Pic by Justin Tibbs

AG: Some people might not know you’re deaf, can you tell us how that plays into your riding and daily life?

LW:  It’s hard sometimes.  Everyone says their best days snowboarding are with their friends, but for me, that can also be one of the hardest days.  It’s easy for everyone to forget that I am deaf (probably because I can talk) and everyone just talks and assumes I’m tuning into the conversations.  Not true, I’m most likely thinking about unicorns and bacon since I have no idea what everyone is saying.   Another thing that’s particularly frustrating is sometimes all of us are getting into a routine (like lapping a park or doing the same fun run again and again) and all of a sudden, everyone goes another way while I still do what we were doing.  It’s kinda funny, that’s when it hits my friends and they go, “Ohhh!!  We forgot!!!!”  Other than that, I like being deaf especially on a powder day.  It’s just really peaceful and makes me think I’m the only one there.  It’s pretty fantastic when you’re just floating and totally tune out.  As for daily life, it’s not as hard because I wear my cochlear implant (it makes me hear!) but I still cannot hear perfect.  I still need to read lips to understand someone.  I don’t wear it snowboarding because it’s not waterproof and it falls off too easily.

AG: So I know you like rails and park crap but do you have any interest in Powder?

LW:  Oh yeah!!!!!  We had no powder at Hidden Valley, natural snowfall was very rare.  We didn’t even have tree runs, it was just mud in the trees.  Ever since I moved out here, I’ve become addicted to it.  I’d love to get a lot better at riding powder.  I already dropped some cliffs and cornices thanks to you, and it is so much fun.  Nothing like it!

Pic by Kiet Miller

AG: Who is supporting you besides 720 boardshop?

LW:  I am very grateful to have AblePlanet, Roxy, and Holden support me.

Pic by Kiet Miller

AG: Who are your influences in snowboarding and tell us who about your crew you ride with

LW:  I don’t really have any influences, I guess… I just go out and do whatever.  I don’t even watch much snowboard videos.  However, I dig that karate kick you do when you ollie, I wanna try that sometime.  My crew I ride with are some of my good friends who like to just chill and enjoy snowboarding.

AG: I know you have 3 dogs, is that kind of like being a crazy cat lady but only with dogs?

LW:  Hahahaha… those are YOUR dogs!!!!  You already had the husky and the beagle, and wanted my mom’s english bulldog!  I had nothing to do with it

AG: I know competing is a big part of snowboarding when you’re trying to make a name for yourself but you seem to enjoy it, tell us why you like competitions

LW:  Who the heck told you I like competitions?!  I really don’t like them at all, it’s pretty stressful because I have NO idea what’s going on and sometimes the other competitors take advantage of that and won’t tell me what’s up.  Thanks.  However, one thing I DO like is that competitions make me step up my game and I try new things I’ve never tried before.  Oh, and most of the times, there’s photographers there and sometimes I get sweet shots!!

Pic by Kenneth Hoglund

AG: On that same note what is it exactly you hope to gain from snowboarding?

LW:  I’m just snowboarding because I love it so much, it’s why I moved to Colorado in the first place!  I had no agenda when I came out here, I just wanted to snowboard and all of these things just started falling into place.

Pic by Shannon Johnson

AG: Do you have any funny stories about any of the 720 crew you’d like to share with us?

LW:  Heh, yeah.  Lakota threw up on my couch once.  I actually had a sheet over that couch, that was what he threw up on then he grabbed the sheet and threw it in the river in my backyard.  He forgot to wash out the stain that seeped through the sheet and I found out what happened.  I wouldn’t let him back in unless he got Febreeze, and he got extra strength… perfect.  I plan to burn the couch eventually, we should have a bonfire.

AG: So your ride or die homie and 720 teammate Jessi Huege and yourself watch alot of Jersey Shore and we all call her J WOWW, does that make you Snookie?

LW:  No, I’m not short enough.  She’s like, 4′9 and I’m 5′2!  Plus, this didn’t happen to me:

Pow!  Right in the kisser!!

AG: Any last words?

LW:  Thanks for interviewing me, it was fun!  Go snowboarding, everyone!!!!!!  And remember, I can’t hear you… so throw a snowball or something if you see me!

Pic by Shannon Johnson

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Womens first place winner Emily Blewwit

Lakota puttin it down

Chicken likes skittles, snowboarding and I heard he has a new girlfriend too… Sorry ladies

Bobbi` Gray Clifford takin the road less traveled, I told him it was a rail jam and not a big air contest

Dan the man

Newest member of the 720 grom team Cooper Sclar

This is why hes the newest member of 720

I like watching him snowboard and Judges across the land do too! Gray on his way to the podium

Lakota ain’t scared of no rail

Chicken through the eyes of Daniel

Pretty good for a girl? NO, PRETTY DAMN GOOD!!!

Cooper all sideways and junk, Know what I’m sayin??

Texans…

1 half of the Midget Mafia AKA “Adrian’s tiny army of darkness”

Man Child Lakota Sage

CHICKEN!

Oh Gray

FREE BIRD!!!

Chicken, Bobbi` Gray & Emily enjoyin a day of snowboardin

What is that kid up to?

Number 1 draft pick Cooper showin why he can hang with the 720

Those Geico Cavemen or Lakota and Judge Zach Lewis?

Big winners of the day, Best Grom Cooper Sclar and Best Women Emily Blewitt

]]> http://720boardshop.com/?feed=rss2&p=300 0 http://720boardshop.com/?p=296 http://720boardshop.com/?p=296#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:05:15 +0000 Adrian http://720boardshop.com/?p=296 To whom it may concern,

I’m very sorry about this weekends results at the Boulder Snowboard Group “Rail Riot” this weekend at Loveland Ski Area.

Ha Just kidding We KILLED IT once again!!!  Congrats go out to Bobbi` Grey Clifford for slayin on saturday and getting second place in the mens division, Emily Blewitt for getting First in the womens division and the groms for sweeping the podium! I would also like to give props to all the kids who made it to the finals (4 of 10 in the finals including 1 girl in a all male final). I would also like to welcome new team rider Cooper Sklar to the mix and say Hell Yeah for Crushing in the grom group!! I’ll post some pictures tomorrow evening once I figure out what facebook is and how to steal some pictures from boulder snowboard group!

Till later you captain,

Adrian