TOYOTA SUPERGIRL SNOW PRO WRAPS WITH OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, HANNAH TETER, CLAIMING HALFPIPE FIRST PLACE — AND THE COVETED SUPERGIRL CAPE

 

Snowboarding Contest and Festival at Bear Mountain Featured 100-Plus Competitors, Paired World’s Best Pros
With Top Amateur Talent in Unique Pro-Am Format Designed to Mentor Next-Gen Female Snowboarders

Halfpipe Pro top finishers (L to R): Anna Valentine, winner Hannah Teter, Faye Gulini. Photo Credit: ASA Ent.

Big Bear, CA (March 18, 2018) – ASA Entertainment wrapped two days of action-packed snowboarding contests and live music concerts at the Toyota Supergirl Snow Pro at Bear Mountain Resort this weekend. Hosted by 4-time Olympian and 10-time X-Games Gold Medalist, Lindsey Jacobellis, the event showcased many of the top-ranked snowboarders in the world, including 3-time Olympian Faye Gulini, who took first place in yesterday’s boardercross, and event co-host, Olympic Gold Medalist Hannah Teter, who earned first today on the halfpipe. Top amateurs competed alongside their heroes in a one-of-a-kind pro-am format that included team competitions in both disciplines, pairing the pros with amateur snowboarders as young as eight years old.

Day one of Supergirl Snow Pro featured the first-ever all-female boardercross (SBX) contest. Designed by Jacobellis, the custom-built pro-level SBX course was created to showcase elite talent, while also providing a platform for young competitors to learn from their heroes. In addition to competing and claiming second place overall, Jacobellis spent much of the event mentoring the next generation of up-and-coming riders.

“This event was my dream come true,” said Jacobellis, who worked closely with ASA Entertainment to create the event’s formats. “I want to thank ASA, everyone at Big Bear, and all the pros who came to support and mentor these young snowboarders. We had snow, sun, it was gorgeous … I just couldn’t be happier!”

In Saturday’s pro boardercross contest, the final field included US Team members Faye Gulini (1st place), Lindsey Jacobellis (2nd place), Colleen Healey (3rd place), and Meghan Tierney.

“In this event, what’s most important is getting the young girls involved and the camaraderie with all the female riders,” said Gulini, the Toyota Supergirl Snow Pro SBX winner. “Although I was super excited to cross the line first, I didn’t expect it because there were so many talented athletes out here!”

Supported by both the USSA and the USASA, today’s event featured a mini halfpipe pro-am competition with throwback obstacles, rails, and jibs that pushed the riders to get creative in their runs. In fact, SBX riders Tierney, Healey, and Gulini all decided to jump in on the action, where Gulini surprised the judges with her innovative runs to reach the podium twice, also taking 3rd place on halfpipe. Second place went to Anna Valentine, with Teter, earning 1st place and the coveted Supergirl cape.

“I was blown away by the level of riding,” said Teter. “Most of us pipe riders have only been riding super-pipe all year, so for us to come out and do a fun mini-pipe with rails in it was next level. It pushed everyone to think outside the box. I had no idea I was going to win because everyone was riding so well and throwing down stuff I don’t normally see these girls do. I’m super excited to walk away with Supergirl gold!”

This is the first event of the 2018 Supergirl Pro Series, the industry’s only large-scale, all-female action sports competition series. Developed in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products as a celebration of female empowerment 12 years ago, the Supergirl Pro Series provides opportunities for women to be front and center in areas of sports, entertainment, education, business, and popular culture where women are traditionally underrepresented. The annual events bring in more than 250 top female athletes who come from around the globe to compete.

To connect with the Supergirl Pro series via social media, follow @SupergirlPro, #toyotasupergirlpro, Facebook.com/SupergirlPro or visit www.supergirlpro.com.

2018 TOYOTA SUPERGIRL SNOW PRO WINNERS

DAY 1: BOADERCROSS CONTEST WINNERS PRO WINNERS
1st Faye Gulini
2nd  Lindsey Jacobellis
3rd Colleen Healey
4th Isabella GomezPRO AM TEAM BOARDERCROSS RELAY WINNERS
1st Colleen Healey, Riley Rivera, Lorena Kelley
2nd Isabella Gomez, Jayda Hammond, Reese Rivera
3rd Meghan Tierney, Lea Logal, Zoe Johnson
4th Anna Miller, Natalie DeBelinda, Abby Benton
DAY 2: HALFPIPE WINNERS

PRO WINNERS
1st Hannah Teter (Score: 86)
2nd Anna Valentine (Score: 74)
3rd Faye Gulini (Score: 72)

PRO-AM TEAM HALF-PIPE WINNERS
1st Zoe Kalapos, Lexi Simsovits, Reese Rivera
2nd Taylor Obregon, Tessa Maud, Abby Belton
3rd Hannah Teter, Riley Rivera, Lola Cowan

For the full list of AM winners in each category, please visit www.supergirlpro.com

Media contact: Jenn Chidester | 858.472.1952  jennifer@modernprinc.com
About ASA Entertainment:

Founded in 1994, ASA Entertainment Group, LLC is an action sports event, television and content production agency focused on creating and executing customized, turn-key marketing programs that range in scale from grassroots to global. ASA’s events, featuring skateboarding, freestyle BMX, inline skating, freestyle motocross, snowboarding, skiing, surfing and music, are broadcast domestically on eight networks (including CBS and FOX Sports), and distributed to more than 700 million HH globally via 30 international broadcast partners. ASA’s productions span the spectrum from large, international competitions such as the ASA Action Sports World Tour, the World Championships of Freestyle Motocross, the Supergirl Pro Series and the ASA Big-Air Triples to amateur contests, lifestyle and branded entertainment events, demonstrations, exhibitions, school programs and mobile tours. After 24 years as a leader in action sports, ASA Entertainment regularly connects brands to consumers through its platform of premium action sports and lifestyle content. For more information, visit ASAentertainment.com.

About Warner Bros. Consumer Products:

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, extends the Studio’s powerful portfolio of entertainment brands and franchises into the lives of fans around the world. WBCP partners with best-in- class licensees globally on an award-winning range of toys, fashion, home décor, and publishing inspired by franchises and properties such as DC, J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera. The division’s successful global themed entertainment business includes groundbreaking experiences such as The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi (opening 2018). With innovative global licensing and merchandising programs, retail initiatives, promotional partnerships and themed experiences, WBCP is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.

About DC Entertainment:

DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables. etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is one of the largest English-language publishers of comics in the world.

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