Ski Salt Lake Shootout Winners Announced Gunderson takes home $4,000.00 with Best of Show Stunner
Mar 10, 2008
Adam Barker
Ski Salt Lake Shootout Winners Announced Gunderson takes home $4,000.00 with Best of Show Stunner
Salt Lake City- The inaugural Ski Salt Lake Shootout culminated this past weekend with an awards dinner to remember at Snowbird’s Aerie Restaurant. In a nutshell: great food, good company, a wealth of conversation after a week’s worth of amazing imagery, and most importantly—a healthy dose of prize money awarded to the winners of the Shootout.
Bellingham, Washington-based photographer Grant Gunderson took home the Best in Show Grand Prize and a $4,000.00 check with his mind-blowing shot of Bryce Phillips making a powder turn under star-trailed skies above Little Cottonwood Canyon. Up until 4:30 am the night before the judging deadline, Gunderson spilled the beans about this long sought-after shot. “This shot really means a lot to me due to the fact that so many variables had to come together for it to work. I got the idea for this two years ago, and then it took me about a year to figure out the technicalities of how to make it work, and then another year to get the right combination of conditions. To see the image win Best in Show is hugely satisfying.”
Hoots and hollers prevailed as competing athletes and photographers alike viewed a week’s worth of action during a 15-minute slideshow of the event. Ski Salt Lake Marketing and Media Manager and event organizer Adam Barker commented, “This has been a spectacular week of hard work and dedication on the part of all the participating athletes and photographers. We couldn’t ask for a better way to showcase the snow, terrain and beauty that sum up the Ski Salt Lake Experience.”
As Ski Salt Lake’s media partner in the Shootout, Ski Press Magazine will feature the winning images in their March issue of 2009. Video slideshows of the winning images, video interviews with the photographers and a compilation video of the entire week will be found at www.ski-saltlake.com and www.skipressworld.com. Below is a list of the winners pertaining to each image category (listed as photographer/athlete duos).
Best in Show
Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips
Air
Winner: Bryan Ralph/Sage Cattabriga-Alosa
2nd Place: Damian Cromwell/Dan Treadway
3rd Place: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips & Sage Cattabriga-Alosa
Powder
Winner: Tony Harrington/Ben Wheeler
2nd Place: Hank De Vre/Rob Greener
3rd Place: Damian Cromwell/Dan Treadway
Big Mountain
Winner: Tony Harrington/Jamie Pierre
2nd Place: Tony Harrington/Jason West
3rd Place: Jay Beyer/Andy Jacobsen
Mountain Lifestyle
Winner: Re Wikstrom/Pip Hunt
2nd Place: Tony Harrington/Ben Wheeler
3rd Place: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips
City Lifestyle
Winner: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips
2nd Place: Tony Harrington/Ben Murphy & Jamie Pierre 3rd Place: Bryan Ralph/Cody Barnhill and Tyler Knoles
Ski Salt Lake promotes Salt Lake and the Cottonwood Canyon resorts of Alta, Snowbird, Brighton and Solitude as the ideal winter vacation destination unmatched in accessibility, variety and snow quality.
Located just 40 minutes from the Salt Lake City Internationall Airport, the resorts average 500 inches of snow each year and collectively offer more than 7,500 skiable acres. Ski Salt Lake would like to thank the following partners in the Ski Salt Lake Shootout: Ski Press Magazine, Dynastar/Lange, Avis Car Rental, Utah Vacation Homes and Silver Fork Lodge.
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--www.Ski-SaltLake.com--
Attached Image Descriptions
1. Best in Show Winner: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips 2. Air Winner: Bryan Ralph/Sage Cattabriga-Alosa 3. Powder Winner: Tony Harrington/Ben Wheeler 4. Big Mountain Winner: Tony Harrington/Jamie Pierre 5. Mtn Lifestyle Winner: Re Wikstrom/Pip Hunt 6. City Lifestyle Winner: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips
Adam Barker
Marketing & Media Manager--Ski Salt Lake Salt Lake Coabarker@saltlake.org www.ski-saltlake.com
Ski Salt Lake Shootout Winners Announced Gunderson takes home $4,000.00 with Best of Show Stunner
Salt Lake City- The inaugural Ski Salt Lake Shootout culminated this past weekend with an awards dinner to remember at Snowbird’s Aerie Restaurant. In a nutshell: great food, good company, a wealth of conversation after a week’s worth of amazing imagery, and most importantly—a healthy dose of prize money awarded to the winners of the Shootout.
Bellingham, Washington-based photographer Grant Gunderson took home the Best in Show Grand Prize and a $4,000.00 check with his mind-blowing shot of Bryce Phillips making a powder turn under star-trailed skies above Little Cottonwood Canyon. Up until 4:30 am the night before the judging deadline, Gunderson spilled the beans about this long sought-after shot. “This shot really means a lot to me due to the fact that so many variables had to come together for it to work. I got the idea for this two years ago, and then it took me about a year to figure out the technicalities of how to make it work, and then another year to get the right combination of conditions. To see the image win Best in Show is hugely satisfying.”
Hoots and hollers prevailed as competing athletes and photographers alike viewed a week’s worth of action during a 15-minute slideshow of the event. Ski Salt Lake Marketing and Media Manager and event organizer Adam Barker commented, “This has been a spectacular week of hard work and dedication on the part of all the participating athletes and photographers. We couldn’t ask for a better way to showcase the snow, terrain and beauty that sum up the Ski Salt Lake Experience.”
As Ski Salt Lake’s media partner in the Shootout, Ski Press Magazine will feature the winning images in their March issue of 2009. Video slideshows of the winning images, video interviews with the photographers and a compilation video of the entire week will be found at www.ski-saltlake.com and www.skipressworld.com. Below is a list of the winners pertaining to each image category (listed as photographer/athlete duos).
Best in Show
Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips
Air
Winner: Bryan Ralph/Sage Cattabriga-Alosa
2nd Place: Damian Cromwell/Dan Treadway
3rd Place: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips & Sage Cattabriga-Alosa
Powder
Winner: Tony Harrington/Ben Wheeler
2nd Place: Hank De Vre/Rob Greener
3rd Place: Damian Cromwell/Dan Treadway
Big Mountain
Winner: Tony Harrington/Jamie Pierre
2nd Place: Tony Harrington/Jason West
3rd Place: Jay Beyer/Andy Jacobsen
Mountain Lifestyle
Winner: Re Wikstrom/Pip Hunt
2nd Place: Tony Harrington/Ben Wheeler
3rd Place: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips
City Lifestyle
Winner: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips
2nd Place: Tony Harrington/Ben Murphy & Jamie Pierre 3rd Place: Bryan Ralph/Cody Barnhill and Tyler Knoles
Ski Salt Lake promotes Salt Lake and the Cottonwood Canyon resorts of Alta, Snowbird, Brighton and Solitude as the ideal winter vacation destination unmatched in accessibility, variety and snow quality.
Located just 40 minutes from the Salt Lake City Internationall Airport, the resorts average 500 inches of snow each year and collectively offer more than 7,500 skiable acres. Ski Salt Lake would like to thank the following partners in the Ski Salt Lake Shootout: Ski Press Magazine, Dynastar/Lange, Avis Car Rental, Utah Vacation Homes and Silver Fork Lodge.
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--www.Ski-SaltLake.com--
Attached Image Descriptions
1. Best in Show Winner: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips 2. Air Winner: Bryan Ralph/Sage Cattabriga-Alosa 3. Powder Winner: Tony Harrington/Ben Wheeler 4. Big Mountain Winner: Tony Harrington/Jamie Pierre 5. Mtn Lifestyle Winner: Re Wikstrom/Pip Hunt 6. City Lifestyle Winner: Grant Gunderson/Bryce Phillips
Adam Barker
Marketing & Media Manager--Ski Salt Lake Salt Lake Coabarker@saltlake.org www.ski-saltlake.com
