Stop #1 of the Eastern Snowboard League for 2012. Holiday Valley had perfect conditions and an immaculate course set-up.

Snowboarding and the subculture that define it are truly infinite by design. Founded upon the concepts of dynamic individualism, the Eastern Snowboard League has been formed as an avenue to highlight the talent and competitive identities of the riders and resorts based on the east coast. This league will be a collaborative effort of select resorts and brands which embody the originality, progression , and undying spirit of east coast snowboarding.

Eastern Snowboard League from 4278parks on Vimeo.

Frank Knab making some hot laps in 4278 Parks as well as a hot lap on the Mountain Coaster! Frank is a local ripper who spends most of his time these days in Mammoth Lakes in California. Frank was a Training Center Coach for a great many years. He provided Snowboarding Training in slopestyle, rails, halfpipe and park skills. Team members from the Training Center compete in regional and national USASA events as well as Holiday Valley sponsored events.

With the opening of the Foxfire terrain park, skiers and snowboarders made their way out to shred the features on this blue-bird day. As snow and weather permit, you’ll often see changes made to the features in the park. So always check out the entire park before you shred it. “Smart Style” Terrain Park Safety guides can help educate you to get the most out of your sessions.

If this is as bad as it gets, I’m Happy. Holiday Valley experiences tough times with Mother Nature. Chuck, Paul, Cody, Dan, and Rob shred the rail park in the rain.

It actually rained so hard that Western New York lost a good portion of it’s power.  Holiday Valley and Ellicottville maintained, but the resort ski-lifts were closed early.

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Riding in the rain, power outages, grass skiing from 4278parks on Vimeo.

The boys from K2 Mid-Atlantic Snowboarding were back once again at Holiday Valley for the High Ollie Pop Contest!

Winner: Owen Scott, 36″

This event took place during the Demo Day 2011- Holiday Valley – we’d like to thank all the local dealers, as well as territory reps who came out to support the annual HV Consumer Demo Day!

K2 ‘Pop This!’ from 4278parks on Vimeo.

We haz a park open at the bottom of Mardi Gras! So come shred Holiday Valley. It’s a less that optimal weather cycle that we are in but our crews are making the best of it. So you should too.

The Rail Park at the base of Mardi Gras features a variety of progressive and creative jib lines. And if you’re new to riding, Holiday Valley is a Burton Learn to Ride Center and Burton Kids Learn to Ride Center! What this all means is that you’ll learn from the best instructors using the best teaching methods on the best equipment.

Yes We Haz Park Open! from 4278parks on Vimeo.

Get stoked for the 2011-2012 season!  Opening day is December 13th, 2011 at 9AM. Holiday Valley is one of the top ten resorts in the east for a reason… Lots of Love go into everything we do.

Some action out of the skiers who frequent 42/78 Parks at Holiday Valley.

WIKI: Freeskiing or Newschool skiing involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from a combination of the growth in popularity of snowboarding as well as the progression of Freestyle skiing. “Newschoolers”, or those who specifically ski in this style (as opposed to traditional freestylers, big mountain skiers, racers, etc.) are often found in terrain parks, which are designed specifically for tricks.

The great thing about the Cindy’s lift is that you can easily hook up with a crew and bomb either of the 42/78 parks which are accessible from the top.  This is called “hot-laps”

Rome Snowboards returns to Holiday Valley Resort for the 2nd annual ‘Rome Stoken! Series’ Rome SDS brings you the end of season stoke you crave. Stoken is the un-contests of all contests. It’s a time to celebrate the shred season as it winds down and warms up, in a huge crew moving from feature to feature just having a good time.

The Stoken may include: all, some, or none of the following good times:

• Reverse Limbo Ollie Bar – mad ups bro
• One Hitters – could be a hip, quarter pipe, pipe, or on the chairlift
• The Long Slash – spray and pray
• Barrel Bonks – little tap, tap, taparoo
• Mystery Flavor – could be anything…

Mens Results:
1. Cody Voit
2. Frank Knab
3. Brendan Lovelock

Ladies Results: Cadi Lynn & Carly Harrington!

Thanks to Rome SDS, and the Mid-Atlantic crew for rolling out and making this event happen!

Adam Sauerwein, Trey Clauss, Corey Potter, Cody Voit, and more getting some hot laps in on this bluebird St. Patty’s Day 2011.

Hot laps at the 42/78 Parks include riding Cindy’s chairlift and hitting the Foxfire or Snoozer terrain parks. When the suns out, the guns come out.

Music: Dropkick Murphys “I’m Shipping Up To Boston”