Built Ford Tough Championships of Snowboarding Drops Into Mammoth

Mammoth Mountain, CA (Friday, January 24, 2003) - The second stop of the Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding, the Built Ford Tough Championships of Snowboarding is underway at Mammoth Mountain with the world's best riders including American Olympic medallists, Danny Kass, JJ Thomas and Kelly Clark tackling the Superpipe, Slopestyle course and the Built Ford Tough Rail Jam. Competition got into full swing today as early heats for the Slopestyle set the stage for men's and women's Slopestyle finals on Saturday.

Weekend Schedule

Saturday, January 24
- 8:30 AM - Men's Super Pipe Prelims
- 12:15 PM - Men's Slopestyle Final
- 2:10 PM - Women's Slopestyle Final
- 3:00 PM - Built Ford Tough Rail Jam
Sunday, January 25
- 8:35 AM - Women's Super Pipe Prelims
- 10:30 AM - Men's Superpipe Finals
- 1:00 PM - Women's Superpipe Finals
- 2:45 PM - Final Awards

The Built Ford Tough Championships will consist of three events - Slopestyle, Superpipe and Rail Jam. In Slopestyle, riders make an un-timed run loaded with jumps, quarter pipes and hand rails with the run judged on consistency and level of difficulty. In the Superpipe event, riders utilize Mammoth's massive super pipe walls to perform tricks judged on difficulty, execution and "amplitude". The Built Ford Tough Rail Jam features riders each taking a stab at pulling off the gnarliest moves on a specially built competition rail in a less formal setting, but with big cash still on the line.

For those who can't make it to Mammoth, the Built Ford Tough Championships, with more than $125,000 and a Ford Ranger FX4 at stake, airs on NBC Sports on April 5 at 2:30 pm EST.

The $375,000 Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding continues with the Vans North American Championships, March 6-9 at Bear Mountain Resort, Big Bear Lake, CA.

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