Waterville Valley, NH – U.S. Rookie Slopestyle team member Caroline Claire, of Wilmington, Vt., hit the podium twice at the Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour at Waterville Valley this week, including a win on Monday. The second stop of the Rev Tour featured back-to-back slopestyle competitions; Claire was first on Monday, second on Tuesday.
On Monday, Claire’s first-place run consisted of a left 540 blunt, switch left corked 540 high safety, 720 mute, 270 on, switch on, switch on front 270 out. She was joined on the podium by local girl Grace Henderson (Waterville Valley, N.H.) in second and Marin Hamill (Park City, Utah) in third.
“It was fun—it was really nice this morning. Conditions were good and I had a good run,” Claire said on Monday.
On Tuesday, the same ladies owned the podium, but in a different order: Henderson first, Claire second, Hamill third.
For the men, it was Ryan Stevenson (Washington, N.J.) who took the win on Monday, with Cal Carson (Winter Park, Colo.) taking second and Kiernan Fagan (Brownfield, Maine) in third. Tuesday’s podium was Mac Forehand (Stratton, Vt.) in first, Stevenson in second and Richard Thomas (Orono, Minn,) in third.
The Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour is the place for top amateur skiers and snowboarders to prove their merit and transition from competing at grassroots to the elite level. The next stop of the tour will be contested at Mammoth Mountain, Calif. Feb. 7-12, with halfpipe, slopestyle and big air competitions.