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The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs SportsUnited office, in partnership with Roxy, a brand of Quiksilver, is conducting a snowboarding Sports Envoy program in Armenia, March 3-7, 2010. Professional snowboarders and Roxy team riders Amber Stackhouse and Erin Comstock will be the first action sports athletes to be sent abroad as Sports Envoys by SportsUnited.

During their five-day trip, Stackhouse and Comstock will visit Yerevan and Tsaghkadzor. While in Yerevan, the Envoys will meet with middle school students, university film students, and female athletes to discuss the importance of participation in sports for women and girls. In Tsaghkadzor, the Envoys will conduct two snowboard clinics, give a snowboarding exhibition and judge a snowboard cross event.

Stay tuned from blogs from Erin and Amber while on their trip!

Watch the last Roxy Refreshment of the season: Skidaddle! The Roxy snowboarders hang up their snowboards for a day to brave the park on twin tip skis. Featuring: Alexis Waite, Erin Comstock, and Amber Stackhouse.

Check out this cool discount just for Roxy! It is absolutely amazing to snowboard in fresh powder that’s only accessible from the back of a snowcat! Definitely something you don’t wanna miss:

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How the shot went down, by Shanny Cohen:

This cover shot has really changed my perspective on shooting and skiing. Jony and I didn’t get to the Canyons until 2:15 in the afternoon and the light was horrible. It was early season, so no jumps or rails, only boxes. Regardless, we still decided to head up to see what we could get. We spent 45 minutes shooting with strobes due to the horrible light and late start. Our only option was to shoot the coolest looking box we could find. It’s all about dedication. Dedication from the skier and the photographer. For me it’s loving the sport enough to go out and ski regardless of the conditions. The Roxy outerwear colors pop and I have a smile on my face. Thanks to my Sponsors for the steezy gear : Roxy, Electric, Bern, Skullcandy, DonJoy, Surefoot and The Canyons. Thanks to Jony for the creative cover shot! 

Written by second place winner Kirby Kelly:

The Gatorade Free Flow Finals were on the same course and same weekend as the Dew Tour Finals at Mount Snow. I won second place and Summer Fenton took the win.

It was cool to be at the Dew Tour watching the finals before I competed on Sunday.

Ty Walker and I watched the finals from the bottom of the pipe, they had a whole light show going on, and it was awesome. All the girls were killing it and it was great to be there.

Sunday, was our day to compete, the pipe was awesome but just a little windy. I landed my first run with a backside 5 second hit into a front 3 then cab 3, I was happy with it but wanted to improve my score. My second run I landed a mctwist second hit and went into front side 3 and caught an edge and took a pretty hard fall, it was upsetting because I’ve landed that trick so many times.

Even though I was bummed about falling I still got second and was stoked. Summer stomped both her runs and scored a 92.00 in her second run with a a big stylish indie, backside 540 stalefish and a frontside 540. She was very stoked and was excited all her hardwork paid off.

The next day I saw Kjersti Buass, Chanelle Sladics, Sarka Pancochova and Jaime Anderson in the airport. It was cool because Jaime won the Dew Cup and I saw them compete in the pipe finals.

The Gatorade Free Flow was a fun weekend and a great experience, I’m glad I entered it. See everyone at the Chicken Jam !

Gatorade Free Flow Finals at WINTER DEW TOUR , MOUNT SNOW
FEB. 7th 2009
Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals
1. Summer Fenton
2. Kirby Kelly
3. Amber Arazny
4. Phoebe Novello
5. Ty Walker
6. Kendall Elliot

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