32 SSWSC snowboard athletes from nearly every program competed across multiple disciplines in the USASA National Championships event at Copper Mountain March 28-April 3, 2025. Team SSWSC finished the week with 42 top-ten finishes including nine podiums. Five athletes were competing in their first National Championships ever. Just about every athlete competed across multiple disciplines.

Milo Matuga and Madden Matuga each took 2nd place for the Overall National Championship Award in their respective age groups. The Overall Award considers an athlete’s results in each of the five disciplines. Milo’s results included a 3rd, 5th, 6th, and two 12ths. Madden’s results included a 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 26th. Milo and Madden showed up every day prepared to give each competition their best effort.

After a jam-packed season on the Alpine Snowboard World Cup, Walker Overstake jumped back into Boardercross. He won time trials by almost 2 seconds and confidently took 1st place in Open Class Men’s SBX.

DAY 1
Half Pipe
Ruggie Girls (7-8):
7th Murphy Chamberlain

Ruggie Boys (7-8)
4th Bridger Eavenson
6th Milo Matuga

Grommet Boys(9-10)
8th Madden Matuga
Kellan Barella ended the day in 12th place after going huge out of the pipe - what a fun way to celebrate his 11th birthday! He even got a birthday shoutout from the announcer.

HALFPIPE FULL RESULTS

Giant Slalom
Menehune Girls (11-12)
6th Maddie Colon (first ever Nationals competition)

Menehune Boys (11-12)
8th Summit Lynch

GIANT SLALOM FULL RESULTS

Slopestyle
Youth Men (15-16)
6th Carter Einfeld
Carter qualified first in his heat for finals with a score of 89.67 which held as the highest score of the competition. Challenging weather conditions during the afternoon finals kept him from being able to put down the run he is capable of but was still a great way to end a progressive and solid season for Carter.

SLOPESTYLE FULL RESULTS

Boardercross
Open Calss Women
4th Logan Kolodsick
6th Alexandra White

Open Class Men
1st Walker Overstake
6th Brady Burton
8th Cooper Malia

Walker cruised through most of his rounds, but still made a great pass in the final heat to take home the win. Logan qualified 3rd on the day, but ended up making contact with another rider in the final heat causing her to spin out and ride part of the course switch before finishing 4th on the day.

BOARDERCROSS FULL RESULTS

DAY 2
Open Class Giant Slalom
1st Daichi Shimizu
3rd Walker Overstake
4th Shogo Suminaga

OPEN CLASS GIANT SLALOM

DAY 3
Giant Slalom
Ruggie Boys (7-8)
3rd Milo Matuga

Grommet Girls (9-10)
6th Amelia Bennett

Grommet Boys (9-10)
5th Madden Matuga
8th Jack Mora Bernat

GIANT SLALOM FULL RESULTS

Rail Jam
7-10 Girls
9th Brooklyn Einfeld

RAIL JAM FULL RESULTS

Boardercross
**2 Boardercross Olympians turned coaches Alex Deibold and Mick Dierdorff were supporting the riders this day
Menehune Boys (11-12)
7th Summit Lynch
8th Ellis Eavenson
9th Adam Lilly

BOARDERCROSS FULL RESULTS

Open Class Slalom
1st Walker Overstake
2nd Shogo Suminaga
3rd Daichi Shimizu

SLALOM FULL RESULTS

DAY 4
Slalom
Ruggie Boy (7-8)
5th Milo Matgua

Ruggie Girl (7-8)
5th Ellie Bennett

Grommet Boy: (9-10)
6th Jack Mora Bernat
7th Madden Matuga
9th Beckett Patch

Grommet Girl (9-10)
7th Amelia Bennett

****Everyone from SSWSC racing at the slalom course this day finished Top 10!

SLALOM FULL RESULTS

Giant Slalom
Breaker Boy (13-14)
5th Abe Cronkhite

GIANT SLALOM FULL RESULTS

Rail Jam
15-22 Men:
9th Carter Einfeld

DAY 5
Boardercross

Ruggie Boy (7-8)
5th Bridger Eavenson

Ruggie Girl (7-8)
3r. Murphy Chamberlain
8th Ellie Bennett

Grommet Boy (9-10)
2nd Crosby Van Ness
3rd Madden Matuga

Grommet Girl (9-10)
7th Amelia Bennett
9th Brooklyn Einfeld

RAIL JAM FULL RESULTS