Terrain Park Events

Monster Energy's Homecoming, Kristi Leskinen's Invitational

Seven Springs Mountain Resort is pleased to present Kristi Leskinen’s invitational ski and snowboard event, Monster Energy’s Homecoming, March 13 – 15, 2009.


As a special offer, lift tickets will be half off Saturday and Sunday, if purchased by 11 a.m.! At 8 p.m. on Sat., Seven Springs will light up the slopes with a Zambelli's fireworks show. Snow tubing sessions will also be on sale - two for one!


Leskinen, a pioneer in women’s freeskiing and native of Uniontown, Pa., took home a bronze medal at the Winter X Games IX in the Women’s Superpipe. Her career highlights also include: second place Slopestyle at the 2009 Aspen Open, second place Slopestyle at the 2008 North American Open, third place Slopestyle at the 2007 US and Japan Opens, first place Halfpipe in the 2005 Gravity Games, second place Halfpipe in the 2005 World Championships and in 1999 she was the first female to compete in the US Open.


"After traveling around the world to international competitions for the past 10 years, I'm thrilled to bring this contest to the resort where I grew up," said Leskinen, "We have an amazing group of athletes coming and Seven Springs is pulling out all the stops to make this event a huge success."


Top female skiers and snowboarders, including three-time Winter X Games gold medalist skier Sarah Burke; Tara Dakides, four-time Winter X Games gold medalist and two-time silver medalist; and Hana Beaman, three-time Winter X Games silver medalist, will join Leskinen at Seven Springs for the all-girls ski and snowboard slopestyle event and rail jam. The contest will be an opportunity for the girls to push themselves, progress the sport and raise awareness and interest in the sport among young girls and women.


Snow Park Technologies (SPT) will make a stop at Seven Springs on its way to the Burton US Open to build the course for the first annual event. The course will be created specifically for the purpose of showcasing the girls’ abilities and the sport. The event will be a rider-judged jam format encouraging the girls to go for their biggest tricks. The prize purse for the ski and snowboard contests will be $20,000.


There will be many opportunities for spectators to interact with the athletes, including clinics, autograph sessions and more. Steelers Super Bowl Champion Chris Hoke will also be on-hand for autograph sessions.


Fri., March 13, 2009
10 a.m. - 6 p.m., All day practice in The Spot


Sat., March 14, 2009
Half price lift tickets before 11 a.m.!
Two for one snow tubing sessions, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.!
9 a.m. - 12 p.m., Practice in The Spot
12 - 12:45 p.m., First heat
1:15 - 1:45, Second heat
2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Finals
4 - 5 p.m. Awards ceremony, Foggy Goggle
5 - 6 p.m., Autograph signing, Foggy Goggle
8 p.m., Zambelli's fireworks show
9 p.m. - 1 a.m., Monster Party in the Matterhorn Lounge


Sun., March 15, 2009
Half price lift tickets before 11 a.m.!
Two for one snow tubing sessions, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.!
8 - 9:30 a.m., Registration to ride with the pros
Limited space available
10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Ride with the pros, kids ages 10 - 16.
2:30 p.m., Amateur rail jam
Immediately after amateur rail jam, Pro rail jam


This schedule of events is subject to change.


List of attending riders to be determined. Please check back.