The North Island Secondary School’s Snowboarding Competition took place in the last week of term 3. Despite races being postponed on the first day due to blizzard conditions, the full three events took place.
Sam Readman (right) gaining his Bronze for the Slopestyle event.
Westlake’s best result in the Dual Slalom event was a 13th place by Casey Sturrock (year 12), while year 10 student Nick Burt pulled out a fast 1st run, only to break his collar bone at the end of it. The Slopestyle event with over 120 boys competing from all over the North Island saw Sam Readman (year 11) get in the top 20 securing 3rd place with a smooth, stylish second run. Meanwhile the Boarder X event where four riders head down a tight, fun course racing each other in knock-out fashion, saw Sam Readman and Bailey Smith (year 12) produce solid runs only to be knocked out in the quarter finals.
The team of the above boys, along with Glen Jeffrey (year 13), Luke Moriarty (year 11) and course assistant Blake Readman came 4th overall in the Boy’s Team event, narrowly missing out on a podium finish by 1.5 points. Westlake continues its proud tradition of being the best performing team in Auckland. Trident High School were 1st place, followed by Ruapehu College and Hamilton Boy’s High School. Congrats to all involved and a special thanks to Mr Smale and Mrs Peak for their organisation and making sure the team had a fun and safe trip.
