1.24.12 3:39 PM
Maria DeBari is on a winning streak… she just won her second stop of the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix! Congratulations Maria!
Maria rides the B-Pro for freeriding/technical big mountain conditions.
1.9.12 4:20 PM
“Of the six women invited to compete today, Maria DeBari topped the talented field with a score of 80.67; twenty-five points ahead of the next competitor. Honing her skills on Mt. Baker’s big mountain lines, DeBari chose a smart line, allowing her to ride fast and flawlessly down the steep face. Finishing second today is Margo Rozies of France with a score of 55.00. Third place goes to Snowbird’s Shannan Yates, overall The North Face Masters Tour Champion from 2011 with a score of 43.33. “- FWT
12.19.11 4:44 PM
Congratulations to Maria Debari, she won the 5th Annual Dirksen Derby! She also placed 7th in the Splitboard division out of the dudes and ladies combined!
Visit Espn.com for rad video and story from the Dirksen Derby…
Visit Snowboarder for some cool photos from the Dirksen Derby…
3.28.11 9:26 AM
The Legendary LBS went off this year! With one of the best courses in LBS history, times were smoking. The whole Mervin Crew dominated the course with BTX and C2-BTX technology under their feet.
A special congratulations goes out the the Eric and Cody Warble, the first father and son to both win the coveted Golden Duct Tape Trophies. Bend Oregon’s Gus Warbington won the Juniors for a second year in a row, and his bother Max took Silver in Mens Younger Ams, also Maria Debari took Silver in the Pro Women’s Category
Congratulations to all of the racers! And special thanks to the Mt Baker Crew!
PHOTO GALLERY BY TIM ZIMMERMAN
VIDEO BY TIM STANFORD
Congratulations to all of the racers!
MERVIN LBS PODIUMS:
GOLD
Eric Warble
Mid Masters – 1:34.81
Board: Lib Tech Banana Magic
GOLD
Cody Warble
Next Generation – 1:40.59
Board: GNU DK Mini
GOLD
Gus Warbington
Juniors – 1:34.83
Board: GNU Riders Choice
SILVER
Maria DeBari
Pro Women – 1:33.88
Board: Lib Tech Dark Series
SILVER
Mike Cummins
Mid Masters – 1:35.31
Board: Lib Tech Phoenix
SILVER
Max Warbington
Younger Amateur Men – 1:32.48
Board: GNU Riders Choice
BRONZE
Matteo Soltane
Next Generation – 1:55.62
Board: Lib Tech Lib Ripper
BRONZE
Weeg Simmons
Women Masters – 139.30
Board: Gnu B-Pro
BRONZE
Hank Kennedy
Juniors – 142.01
For a complete list of results visit: mtbaker.us
3.24.11 9:29 AM
Congratulations to Maria DeBari, she rode strong and fluid… she would have definitely won if she stuck the big cliff drop. Maria loves and rides GNU C2 Banana Technology, rocker between your feet blended with radial camber to boards contact points.
3.7.11 9:51 AM
Maria DeBari a first year competitor on the North Face Masters tour won the overall title for the women with 3 strong contest results this year! Congratulations Maria!
“I went into it knowing that if I stomped everything I could probably do well. Everyone is riding so hard right now, you just never can tell. I rode my line hard and I’m stoked on it,” said Maria DeBari. “I can’t believe my overall win was only by one point, I’m definitely going to have to share the celebration with Iris. It was a really tough season this year and I’m just so excited to wind up on top.”
1.25.11 12:20 PM
Maria DeBari took home the coveted Katana sword on her GNU B-PRO C2 BTX at the first stop of the 4th Annual The North Face Masters of Snowboarding on North Baldy in Snowbird, UT!
Maria DeBari went into her second run sitting in third place. She came out of the start gate slashing huge turns down the fields of glory and rode a difficult line above the amphitheater with a score of 83.3.
“I’m very stoked, wasn’t expecting to win but I tried my hardest,” said Maria DeBari. “The girls stepped it up so much from last year, everyone was so close. It’s great to see how much everyone has improved.
2.16.10 2:53 PM
After a weather day the clouds cleared enough for the top North Face Masters of Snowboarding qualifiers to rip down Crystal Mountain’s Silver King. Choosing from a plethora of 60-degree chutes, large cliffs and steep faces Crystal Mt local Forrest Burki put together a fluid, technical run to take the first place prize – a samurai sword and $3500. Maria deBari had a great technical line landing her in 2nd place just behind Shannon Yates.
Forrest was riding the GNU Billy Goat C2 Power Banana, and Maria was riding the B-Pro C2 Power Banana.
The North Face Masters of Snowboarding will head to Kirkwood February 25-27 for the finals.
For more info on the freeride tour please visit www.thenorthfacemasters.com
2.8.10 9:56 AM
Temple Cummins rides his C2 Power Banana into victory at the Legendary Mt Baker Banked Slalom! Antique camber racers walked away with serious Power Banana envy as Temple smoked passed them into first place. Temple had the fastest time on the course with a 1:43.08, and now has 4 wins total, just one behind Terje who has 5.
Photo: Annette Veihelmann
Other podium duct tape winners include, Cody Warble who placed first in Next Generation, Maria DeBari got 3rd in Pro Womens, and Max Warbington took 3rd in Younger Ams. Congratulations to all of the racers! Thanks to Mt Baker and the Crew there for 25 years of rad!
VIDEO RIPS:
PHOTOS:
By Annette Veihelmann
FINAL RESULTS:
PRO MEN
Temple Cummins-1st Place-1:43.08-GNU BILLY GOAT C2 POWER BANANA
Sky Risvold-6th Place-1:44.93-GNU BILLY GOAT MAGNE-TRACTION
Forest Bailey-28th Place-1:51.37-GNU RIDERS CHOICE C2 POWER BANANA
Nate Farrell-32th Place-1:51.72-GNU RIDERS CHOICE C2 POWER BANANA
Forrest Burki-33th Place-1:51.82-GNU BILLY GOAT C2 POWER BANANA
PRO WOMEN
Maria DeBari-3rd Place-1:54.66-GNU B-PRO C2 POWER BANANA
Megan Pischke-5TH Place-1:58.63-GNU B-PRO C2 POWER BANANA
Barrett Christy Cummins-7th Place-1:59.93-GNU B-PRO C2 POWER BANANA
YOUNGER AMATEUR MEN
Max Warbington-3rd Place-1:52.19-LIB TECH SKATE BANANA
NEXT GENERATION
Cody Warble-1st Place-2:00.43-GNU DK MINI BANANA
Check the LBS site for full results.
SNOWBOARDER STORY
TWS STORY
4.21.09 8:35 AM
Congratulations to Maria, she took first place in the Pro Women’s division at the Neil Edgeworth Banked Slalom up in Big White, BC on next years GNU B-Pro C2 Power Banana!