MARCH 7, 2008 – Justin Hurd from Fort Collins, CO and Sara McMahan from Incline Village, NV won the men’s and women’s XTERRA Snowboard Dash-4-Cash race on a magnificent 50-degree sunny day at Snowbasin Resort.

Two-time Winter Triathlon World Champion Nicolas Lebrun from France won the men’s elite ski mountaineering 12k race as a tune-up for tomorrow’s XTERRA Winter World Championship.  His traveling partner Alexandra Borrelly, also of France, won the women’s elite race.

Both Hurd and McMahan walked away with $500 cash for their efforts.   Hurd, a professional triathlete and former All-American runner at UC Davis, finished in 16:47 – more than two minutes ahead of runner-up Phil Glenn from Reno, NV.  McMahan was the top female in 21:24, just a minute better than Christy McBride from Ogden, UT.

“This place is for real,” exclaimed Hurd, who use to work ski patrol at Northstar in Lake Tahoe, Nevada where he grew up.  “The facilities here are just amazing and the vertical is incredible…it’s a class of a resort.”

The snowboard race included four downhills and four climbs where riders had to carry their boards nearly 1,000 combined feet uphill. Both winners chose their footwear wisely – with Hurd in just the liners for his boots and McMahan in hiking boots with yak trax.

“I’m glad I went with the hiking boots because that was a lot of climbing,” said McMahan (pictured below)

France’S Lebrun/Borrelly Sweep Ski Mountaineering Elite Race

Two-time Winter Triathlon World Champion Nicolas Lebrun from France won the men’s elite ski mountaineering 12k race as a tune-up for tomorrow’s XTERRA Winter World Championship.  His traveling partner Alexandra Borrelly, also of France, won the women’s elite race.

Using climbing skins, ski mountaineering racers climbed 1,300 feet up an interesting winding route through the tree lines to the first of four checkpoints where they took off their skins and raced down to the next stop.  Subsequent climbs were roughly 500 feet, 300 feet, then 100 feet for a total of 2,200 feet of uphill.

“It was perfect up here today, the conditions were ideal and so beautiful,” said Lebrun.

Erika Sweigert of Victor, ID won the women’s junior 12k; Jared Inouye of Salt Lake City won the senior men’s 12k, Jarrett Moe of Park City, UT won the Senior 8k, Sari Anderson of Glenwood Springs, CO won the senior women’s 8k, Bruce Engelby of Pleasant View, UT won the Master’s 12k, Mike Kloser of Vail, CO won the Master’s 8k, and Vicky Johnson of Bear Valley, CA won the Masters 8k.

THE MAIN EVENT IS TOMORROW – SATURDAY – MARCH 8 @ 10 a.m. - Snowbasin Resort - UTAH

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