Tenney Saturday Demo Race

Feb 13th AP
Cool Hammerhead Sled racing had by all.
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Tenney Mountain Top to Bottom Night run!

The first of it kind in the US! Three Chaperoned Night Hammerhead runs for a limited group each Saturday. It was a sight to behold a trail of sled lamps and red blinking lights took to the slopes of Tenney this past Saturday as the first run of the season. It was groomed perfectly and although fast, it was also very controllable. A little spooky at first with limited head lamp illumination and then the very cool entrance into the well lit up terrain park, provided edge-of-the-sled excitement. One customer exclaimed "this is the most fun I've EVER had." We like to provide that. Thanks to the Hammerhead team of Max, Lightning and Brucie for helping out. Check the Tenneymtn.com website for more action coming up and call early to reserve a spot.

Cannon Hammerhead Sled Championship 09

And the winner is....

1st MAX SPEED with a time of 18:97 on his second KILLER run. Had to lock it up at the end in the small runout area (next to the pond skim pond).

2nd prize and a set of Kahtoola Micro Spikes: Randy Rutherford 19:59

3rd: John Rogers 21:20 New comer!

Kids Class

1st McKenna Cisle 21:62

2nd Dodge Garfield: 24:05

3rd Josh Lagorquist: 25:41

Rain, snow, the usual mixed bag for April, but we pulled it off with 23 racers staying late, braving it for a chance for stardom and a ride on the Hammerhead Sled. Congrats to all and especially the first-timers who managed to get down the steep downhill format course with only one wipeout. See you next season!

Jay Peak demo day and sled giveaway

This was the smallest slope venue we've had all season.  Leave it to the few who knew how to jazz down and have some fun anyway.  

Jay Peak March 09

Whaleback Demo Day

Closing it up on the final day at Whaleback. This is more an oversized Jib park than ski area but was rockin with crazy pond skimmers in some pretty cold wind.  Hammerheading was going on too of course. No HH made it across the pond.

Whaleback

Cannon Mountain Demonstration and Race

Incredible!  The winner of yesterdays Burke Mountain race Mike Mathers and his wife Jill dove to Cannonista turf 'er "snurf" to take the gold and silver with 6 one hundredth of a second difference.  Wow.  There was a Max Speed racer there- Craig Duckworth who only managed a middle-of-the-pack run.  The winner of the Hammerhead Pro sled at Ascutney a couple weeks ago walked away with 4th spot and a Snot Spot.  Cannonista's took 5th and 6th.  We had Mike and Jill do a head-to-head sled-off for bragging rights at home and the results are in the last 8 sequence above.  

Looks good to have an Open Final there in 2 Saturdays, check back for more info.

Burke Mountain Hammerhead Races

You missed it (unless you were there).  This was a killer race course that took up the whole J-Bar area.  Thank you Burke Management including Joe and Hanna who made this happen.  Read about it in the local paper here. Stay tuned for much more action next winter.

1.  Mike Mathers (Burke)

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Green Sled Design Challenge

Some funky designs, crazy rides, and of course minimal impact to the environment.  Winners walked away with a Hammerhead Sled, Bose headset, Kahtoola Micro Spikes and more.

Rain, Wind, and Hammerheads at Ascutney

Report filed by Max Speed
The winner of the sled was Jay Johnson whose racing name is "Hurian Waitt" Said his Grandfathers name was Waitt. He is a ski instructor at Cannon and Bretton Woods. Took the sled home in the back of his Mini Cooper. No one believed that it fit. Small but enthusiastic group, everyone really wanted to win the sled.
High sled usage for small crowd that was there. Too windy at times to leave canopy up, it blew over once. Sledders even came out during rain and stayed sledding until 4. Fun was had by all.

Ascutney 3/8/09 11:03 AM

Cannon Sat eve

LONG LINES waiting for Hammerhead Sleds!