There are so many ways I could take this first blog, because we have so much information to pass on to all of you! The first thing I want to say is THANK YOU! Thank you for coming to this page, thank you for making it to the end of each of my posts, thank you for being awesome and last but not least thank you for supporting the 2015 Smoking Aces Tour!!! Whether you are a competitor, a parent, a sponsor, a spectator, my mother or anyone else out there that gets excited about snow, you are all the flame behind this tour. You give us a reason to do what we are doing. You make these events bigger and better with your support. For that, I deeply and truly thank you. Being able to do something like this is a dream come true. Skiing has been deeply ingrained into my blood for generations. Competitive skiing drove me to places and situations that I could have never imagined. Now being able to give back to that community is something very special to me. One last time, thank you for this experience.
Now on to the reason we are all here. The 2015 Smoking Aces Tour! I am really excited to be getting things rolling for the 2015 tour. We are excited to have three of the best resorts in region hosting the tour. Schweitzer Mountain Resort just outside of Sandpoint, Idaho is the new comer to the tour. Whitefish Mountain Resort is back this year to host our second event, while Big Sky Resort has taken the honors of hosting the 2015 Smoking Aces Championship.
Here are the specific dates:
January 21st, 2015 - Ante Up Slopestyle - Schweitzer Mountain Resort (Sandpoint, ID)
February 28th, 2015 - Full House Slopestyle - Whitefish Mountain Resort (Whitefish, MT)
March 21, 2015 - Royal Flush Championship Slopestyle - Big Sky Resort (Big Sky, MT)
These dates really excite me! I believe that having some time between each of the event will give our traveling competitors some time to prepare for their trips, as well as give all the competitors time to dial in bigger and better tricks. Bringing Schweitzer Mountain Resort on this year is exciting, because it will bring a whole new group of shredders in to the tour mix. They have had very successful slopestyle events, such as Stomp Games. If you happen to watch any freestyle ski movies you may recall this resort. They know how to build big jumps! Whitefish Mountain Resort is my home resort. I have an undying love for this mountain. It is where I learned how to ski (later backflips/1080s/rail slides/etc.). They always put together a great terrain park with tons of features. As an epic side note, February 28th is my birthday! Having a tour date at my home resort on my birthday is going to be a fantastic gift to myself :) This brings us to the Royal Flush Championship Slopestyle at Big Sky Resort. Last year, the event at Big Sky Resort was our best turn out. At the end of the year the individuals in charge contacted us requesting to host the tour championships in 2015. How could I ever have said no? We are so excited to know that the 2015 Smoking Aces Tour Championships will be hosted at the "Largest Ski Resort in the United States!!" These three resorts together pack a very big punch. This is why I have no problem saying that the 2015 Smoking Aces Tour is the biggest and best slopestyle tour in the United States Northern Rockies.
We are also excited about the sponsors that are coming in to support the 2015 Smoking Aces Tour. There are returning sponsors and new sponsors alike. For all you riders out there, you know what this means. EPIC PRIZES and CASH PURSES!! As we get a better picture of who all of our event sponsors are we will get that information to your frontal lobes. We are always open to new sponsors, so if you know of anyone or have questions yourself, please do not hesitate to contact us.
As you can see the excitement behind the 2015 Smoking Aces Tour has obvious cause. This blog is going to be the number one place for everyone to gain information about the 2015 Smoking Aces Tour. I will be posting things regularly. Also, follow us on Facebook (/smokingacesfreestyle) and Instagram (@smokingacestour) for more of our media nuggets and contests. Keep your eyes here and your stoke factor high!
Cheers,
The Man Behind The Mask
