Trains

On Saturday, April 14th, The High Fives Foundation will present their annual Trains Freestyle Ski & Snowboard Contest at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in the Lake Tahoe, California region. The event will feature top ranked professional skiers and snowboarders (check out the list of athletes below), The Silver Boombox Thief on the turntables, and event production from Crux Events.


This year's installment of Trains has a new format, where teams of 10 people will compete along with individual contests in the morning, where awards will be handed out for the Best 540, Best Male and Best Female. These individual winners will become the captains of each team, and will pick their respective teams of 10 for the Trains event.  


Here's a look at the details for the event, along with the list of athletes that will be in attendance...
 
Charitable Contributions ($5,000 Total): Five charities will be chosen to by winning competitors. These winning will donated to the athletes’ choice of the Shane McConkey Foundation, Arne Backstrom Memorial Fund, SkiD.U.C.K., Reeve Irvine Research Center and Vermont Adaptive.

Cost: Trains is FREE to watch! Catered food from Full Belly Deli in Truckee, California will be available for a $5 donation, vitamin water will be on hand to provide hydration for any occasion, as well as Jamie Lavalle’s world famous Buffalo chicken wings, which will also be available for a $5 donation.
 
Post Event Party: Immediately following the contest at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, a post-event party will take place at Sun Deck in Olympic Valley with great food & drink specials and DJ One-Truest on the turntables.
 
Thank you to the Trains 2012 Sponsors: Volkl Skis, Marker Bindings, Alpine Meadows | Squaw Valley, vitaminwater (official non-alcoholic beverage), Miller/Coors (official alcoholic beverage), DieCutStickers.com, Powder Magazine, GoPro, Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Sports Basement, Start Haus, Smith Optics, Arcade Apparel, Discrete Headwear, Skullcandy and TRX Suspension Training.
 
Thank you to the Trains 2012 Partners: BigTruck Headwear, Full Belly Deli (Truckee), Aelix Clothing (official clothing sponsor), the Auburn Ale House and Sports Insurance.