The Canadian Shield Mount Seymour

Words by Andrew McIver
Photos by John Riddle & Gillian McIver

This past weekend Mt Seymour, BC played host to the second of four stops on The Canadian Shield Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle Tour. An unprecedented 160+ pre-registered athletes showed up for Friday's practice, making it clear that a tight battle for the $20,000 cash purse and prizing was to be expected for the weekend ahead.


The ski side of things went down on Sunday afternoon, which similarly to the snowboarders utilized a best of three run format. Ian Cosco was able to improve upon his second place finish at Mont Tremblant to take the pro open men's division win and $5,000, making him the current pro men's ski tour leader. His winning run consisted of a 270 disaster on the down-flat-down rail to a right cork 9 nose and a left switch 720 on the jumps, while the SBC Skier Magazine Standout Trick award went to Ahren Stein for a huge switch misty 1080.


In the women's pro open division, Yuki Tsubota once again took top honors and $2,000, also making her the current tour leader in her category. Her winning run included the SBC Skier Women's Standout Trick, a cork 7 mute.


The K2 Skis amateur open men's division was one of the day's largest fields and full of talent. Braedon Wheeler was able to secure the win on his second of three runs. He was joined on the podium by Ali Tracy, who took home the win in the K2 Skis amateur open women's division after competing in the pro open women's snowboard competition earlier in the day.


In the Disney XD X-Elerator + 13-15 division, the win went to Tommy Polomsky. with Jacob Shepansky in second, while the Disney XD X-Elerator 12 and under category was won by Todd Heard who put up high scoring runs throughout the competition.



The next stop of the Canadian Shield Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle Tour lands at Calgary's Canadian Olympic Park (COP) this coming weekend, February 24th - 26th. For event details and registration, be sure to check out thecanadianshield.ca.