DILLON – On Wednesday evening in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Frisco professional snowboarder and resident Jason Wolle said he took his final novel coronavirus test after a month of quarantine and traveling for the US pro and rookie teams of skiers and snowboards.

After entering the bubble in Park City, Utah, and testing negative several times, the athletes flew to Austria for a 10-day quarantine in Innsbruck. Finally, a crew of park and pipe athletes – including fellow Summit County-based snowboard and skiers Chase Blackwell and Jaxin Hoerter – returned to the snow at Stomping Grounds Park above the glaciers in Saas-Fee, but not until after several avalanches. and the danger of snow delays things a little.

Once on a world-class superpipe on a glacier, Wolle has gone to great lengths to try to land a double-cork front 1260 on the snow. Wolle has done a tough three-half-rotation, two inversion tricks in the airbags, and he hopes it will be an important part of running him through the halfpipe if the Copper Mountain Resort hosts the US Grand Prix World Cup competition. in December.

“The main thing about this trick is continuing your rotation,” said Wolle, a member of the rookie team. “It’s about not turning any less, because there’s the risk of your face hitting the deck.”

Wolle said he was impressed by how hard Blackwell worked to land the 1260 rear double cork.

“A lot about this trick looks like it’s all about timing and snapping your lips out of the way,” says Blackwell. “So it’s about figuring out the position of the body and the timing and how hard you have to throw it. The challenge I’ve faced so far with this trick is that once you’re in the air it feels a lot like doing backside 1080, but you have to keep looking and looking around and watching the landings. This definitely looks like less of a consequence. I’ve become bigger to have more time to rotate. “

Blackwell, a member of the professional team, said it was the next step for him after landing behind the 1080s at the Aspen X Games and at last season’s Laax Open.

“And I’ve done frontside 1260, and I’ve also started doing frontside double-cork 1260s, which is a new model for me. I did my first workout at Burton US Open, then I did it at Mount Hood, and then I did some here. “

Hoerter says his biggest focus is on adding a right-sided double cork to the 1260 to run it through the pipe. The skier, in his first year on the professional team, added that he and his coaches are discussing a new optimal path through the pipeline he could achieve in the first few competitions of the season.

“Last year, I had built ones that were running for a few years now, but this year is new,” said Hoerter. “I fell on the opposite wall, moving things. It’s a completely new situation that I haven’t been in, one that is exciting and fresh, and my coach is very happy to see this new combination. “

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