Brooklynn Hall and Ian Williams won gold at the USASA Nationals snowboarding event held this past week at North Star Resort on Lake Tahoe, Nev.
Hall and Williams compete with the Tamarack Sports and Education Foundation based at Tamarack Resort and competed at the nationals as part of the Payette River Mountain Free Ride Series team.
The event attracted more than 1,200 boarders and skiers from across the country.
Hall won gold in the age 11-15 division Half Pipe and silver in S1opeStyle, making her the overall Free Style champion for the 2006-07 season.
Williams threw down in the Open Skier division to take the gold while TSEF teammate Ben Moxham took silver and Payette River series member Steven Dickens of Boise took fifth after throwing out his shoulder while spinning to win on his last jump.
This finish gave the Payette River Mountain team the top two spots on the podium and three spots out of the top five.
Brayden Bringhurst of Boise, last year's S1opeStyle champion in the 16-19 age group, won silver this year while Arlie Hoene of Boise won bronze in the 11-15 division.
Other outstanding performances by skiers were TSEF's Conner Hall placing fourth in the age 1115 division HalfPipe, TSEF's Max Sherrow placing seventh in age 1619 SlopeStyle and William Marcial of Albertson College of Idaho and Justin Little of Lewiston taking fifth and seventh respectively in Half Pipe Open Skier.
Ben Greenland of Donnelly, skiing as an independent, ground out a fifth in the age 16-19 division Overall Free Style, and TSEF's Carson St. Pierre finished ninth in the age 10 and under division.
The boarders also had an outstanding showing with Al Butler of McCall competing in the Methuselah 60-plus, taking silver in the S1opeStyle and bronze in the Half Pipe, placing him second in the Free Style Overall.
Parker Duke of Boise had a strong showing by taking silver in the Half Pipe and fourth in S1opeStyle, giving him the No. 1 overall Free Style ranking.
Janell Kren of McCall put on a great showing, taking the women's Boarder Cross bronze in the senior women division. Sean Riddle of Lewiston placed fourth in the senior men Boarder Cross.
KixKamp of Sandpoint competed in the Gromet boys age 8-9, taking a bronze in slalom and fourth in the Giant Slalom, giving him fourth in the Alpine Combined.
Dash Kamp of Sandpoint rounded out the top 10 finishers, placing seventh in Youth Men SlopeStyle.
Overall the Payette River Mountain Free Ride Series took home 11 medals and numerous top fives and tens.
"I could not be prouder of our kids," said series director Randy Hall, who is also mountain events manager at Tamarack Resort.
"To go into a national event and show this much swagger and confidence says a whole lot about our community," Hall said.
"I would not be surprised to see some of our kids competing in the World Junior Olympics in the next two years," he said.
