Roxy Grom Report - Ty and Kirby Team Up!

The Roxy snow team groms Ty Walker and Kirby Kelly have had one exciting season. Check out this report from their coach:

Snowboarding has brought together another dynamic pair of shredders.  Teaming up in mid March at Stowe Mountain Resort, Roxy groms Kirby Kelly and Ty Walker have been traveling and competing all over the country this spring.  If you were at the US OPEN in Stratton, Vermont, you may have noticed 12 year old Ty tearing up the big line in the slopestyle course.  Or maybe you happened to notice Kirby chilling in second place on the podium after the Junior Jam contest.  Their next adventure brought them west to the Roxy Chicken Jam at Mammoth Mountain.  Both girls put fourth respectable efforts in pipe and slope against the best women snowboarders in the world.  However the highlight for the girls that trip was getting to ride with other Roxy groms, Kirra Kotsenburg and Maddie Mastro (which if you're not keeping track that's two KK's and one MM).

After all the fun shredding and filming with the other girls, Ty and Kirby were off to Copper Mountain, Colorado for USASA Nationals.  Sunday April 5th was the first day of competition for the girls and it would start off at the slopestyle course.  Ty competing in the menehune (10-11 year old) division and Kirby in the Breaker (12-13 year old) division were at the top of the course trading speed advice and encouragement before their runs.  Both girls were determined to eliminate the term "girl jumps" from everyones vocabulary never once heading for anything but the big line of jumps right down the middle of the course. Kirby and Ty pushed the level for women's snowboarding right out of the gate, Kirby throwing deep straight air Indies and methods over the 35, 40, and 45 foot jumps her first run and Ty stomping an impressive first run of frontside 3 indy, backside 3 tail and a deep method over the 45 footer.  Holding it down through the rail section was no problem for the girls as their first runs would be all they would need to hold down the top podium spots for their respective age groups. 

Kirby and Ty continue competing this week at the USASA Nationals in Copper.  Ty also competed in and won gold in her boardercross race on monday and has her slalom and giant slalom races coming up on wednesday and thursday.  Both girls are looking forward to friday for their halfpipe contest.  If you are in copper root on all the Roxy groms and ams as they compete to be the next champions in the worlds largest amateur contest.

 

The Roxy snow team groms Ty Walker and Kirby Kelly have had one exciting season. Check out this report from their coach:

Snowboarding has brought together another dynamic pair of shredders.  Teaming up in mid March at Stowe Mountain Resort, Roxy groms Kirby Kelly and Ty Walker have been traveling and competing all over the country this spring.  If you were at the US OPEN in Stratton, Vermont, you may have noticed 12 year old Ty tearing up the big line in the slopestyle course.  Or maybe you happened to notice Kirby chilling in second place on the podium after the Junior Jam contest.  Their next adventure brought them west to the Roxy Chicken Jam at Mammoth Mountain.  Both girls put fourth respectable efforts in pipe and slope against the best women snowboarders in the world.  However the highlight for the girls that trip was getting to ride with other Roxy groms, Kirra Kotsenburg and Maddie Mastro (which if you're not keeping track that's two KK's and one MM).

After all the fun shredding and filming with the other girls, Ty and Kirby were off to Copper Mountain, Colorado for USASA Nationals.  Sunday April 5th was the first day of competition for the girls and it would start off at the slopestyle course.  Ty competing in the menehune (10-11 year old) division and Kirby in the Breaker (12-13 year old) division were at the top of the course trading speed advice and encouragement before their runs.  Both girls were determined to eliminate the term "girl jumps" from everyones vocabulary never once heading for anything but the big line of jumps right down the middle of the course. Kirby and Ty pushed the level for women's snowboarding right out of the gate, Kirby throwing deep straight air Indies and methods over the 35, 40, and 45 foot jumps her first run and Ty stomping an impressive first run of frontside 3 indy, backside 3 tail and a deep method over the 45 footer.  Holding it down through the rail section was no problem for the girls as their first runs would be all they would need to hold down the top podium spots for their respective age groups. 

Kirby and Ty continue competing this week at the USASA Nationals in Copper.  Ty also competed in and won gold in her boardercross race on monday and has her slalom and giant slalom races coming up on wednesday and thursday.  Both girls are looking forward to friday for their halfpipe contest.  If you are in copper root on all the Roxy groms and ams as they compete to be the next champions in the worlds largest amateur contest.