South Island Grom Series 2009: Taylors Mistake

With event organisers moving the contest to the more sheltered Taylors Mistake, Christchurch, the grommets were rewarded with pumping two-to-three foot peaks for most of the day. With the sun belting down, groms of all ages rounded up Event 2 of the South Island Series in style. www.seventhwave.co.nz

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Jay Peak Owners Buy Burke Mountain

The Mountain has 260 acres of skiable terrain across 50 named trails with 2,011 vertical feet and 100 acres of maintained glades

Burke Mountain, in Northeast Vermont, has new ownership with strong ties to the region.
An ownership group made up of principals in Jay Peak Resort,Vermont has purchased neighboring Burke Mountain. Ariel Quiros, who along with Jay Peak president Bill Stenger bought Jay Peak Resort from Mont Saint-Sauveur Valley resorts in 2008, is heading the group, called Q-Burke. Stenger is involved as well.

"This is a separate company with the same ownership principals," says Steve..