Jesse Paul wins So-Gnar Shred Circuit Finals

This past weekend on April 7, 2012 Winter Park Resort hosted So-Gnar’s Shred Circuit Series Finals. The Shred Circuit Finals consisted of the 11 winners that pre-qualifed after winning each of their tour stops, along with four riders that qualified from the morning qualifier round and 4 wildcard spots that were given.

So-Gnar launched the 6th Annual So-Gnar Mighty Midwest Snowboard Camp Tour in combination with all NEW Shred Circuit Contest series with the support of international brands like Red Bull, Contour & Allian along with local Colorado brands including Coalatree, Purl, People Water and Firehouse. The SGSCT is an organic, one-of a kind tour, that is truly an independent lifestyle tour of snowboard camps and the Shred Circuit (SC) contest series, which runs from December 2011 through April 2012 based on fun, creativity and the growth of snowboarding within each community we visit.

The Inaugural Shred Circuit Finals turned out to be an amazing weekend. Despite having a late night full of Karaoke the night prior to finals, the crew still managed to throw down on the custom So-Gnar setup. The music and ambiance was set courtesy of Michal Menert, Input, DJ A-ray, and Small Hands. Big ups to Chris Faronea for the great photographs from the weekend at Winter Park Resort.

A BIG thank you goes out to the tour sponsors:

Red Bull, Zumiez, Capix, Contour, Allian Snowboards, Coalatree Organics, BoomBotix, Evol Burritos, GrindTV, POW Gloves, Firehouse, S4 Eyewear, Snowboard Colorado Magazine, Steez Mini Mag, Purl Wax, Boa Technology, People Water, Winter Park Resort and So-Gnar

Here is the list of competitors from the event:
1 – Billy Rodriguez
2- Josh Tranby
3- Clay Hatzenbuhler * 2nd Place [ $500 ]
4- Jesse Paul * 1st Place [ $1,000 ]
5- Paul Buck
6 – Cullan Bernklau
7- Mitch Schmidt
8 – Oliver Dixon
9 – Dallas Ball
10 – Brendon Simmons * Winner of the Best trick award presented by Zumiez [ $500 ]
11 – Aaron Cardwell
12 – Stefan Krumm * Winner of a trip to join So-Gnar’s X Woodward @ Copper takeover session
13 – Kyle Kelly
14 – Cody Potter * 3rd Place [ $500 ]
15 – Austin Ezman
16 – Mike Lucedo
17 – Mark Kelsic
18 – Alex Zipperer
19 – Josh Boeser
20 – Cory Hathaway

 
1st Place – Jesse Paul, 2nd Place – Clay Hatzenbuhler. 3rd Place – Cody Potter

 
Jesse Paul blasts over the Satellite dish and the Shred Circuit sign to a completely flat landing

 
Jesse Paul has style for days, here he blasts over the culvert gap

 
The 20 finalists of the Shred Circuit with an incredible back drop hand painted by Dave Sheets