{"id":25364,"date":"2019-06-13T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park\/"},"modified":"2019-06-13T18:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T00:16:00","slug":"local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Local snowboard pros Chris Corning and Chase Blackwell share motocross passion, describe best of Woodward Copper\u2019s summer park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.5769980506823\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-367389-276\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | Local Vail-Summit pro snowboarder and two-time reigning FIS World Cup snowboard season champion Chris Corning takes a break during a dirt-bike riding session on June 4, at the Leadville Motocross Park in Leadville. Each summer, one of Corning's favorite off-snow hobbies is dirt biking.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.48644578313253\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11.674698795181\">\n<p><strong>Local Vail-Summit pro snowboarder and two-time reigning FIS World Cup snowboard season champion Chris Corning takes a break during a dirt-bike riding session on June 4, at the Leadville Motocross Park in Leadville. Each summer, one of Corning&#8217;s favorite off-snow hobbies is dirt biking.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/SummitDaily.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+SummitDaily.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11.jpg\" alt=\"Local Vail-Summit pro snowboarder and two-time reigning FIS World Cup snowboard season champion Chris Corning takes a break during a dirt-bike riding session on June 4, at the Leadville Motocross Park in Leadville. Each summer, one of Corning's favorite off-snow hobbies is dirt biking.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | A young snowboarder launches off of a summer-themed rail next to a giant-wave feature at Woodward Copper's Pipeline Park on Wednesday, June 12, at Copper Mountain Resort.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.541666666667\">\n<p><strong>A young snowboarder launches off of a summer-themed rail next to a giant-wave feature at Woodward Copper&#8217;s Pipeline Park on Wednesday, June 12, at Copper Mountain Resort.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/SummitDaily.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+SummitDaily.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-1.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-1.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-1.jpg\" alt=\"A young snowboarder launches off of a summer-themed rail next to a giant-wave feature at Woodward Copper's Pipeline Park on Wednesday, June 12, at Copper Mountain Resort.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | A snowboarder rides a rail at Woodward Copper's Pipeline Park on Wednesday, June 12, at Copper Mountain Resort.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.47133757961783\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9.4267515923567\">\n<p><strong>A snowboarder rides a rail at Woodward Copper&#8217;s Pipeline Park on Wednesday, June 12, at Copper Mountain Resort.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/SummitDaily.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+SummitDaily.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-2.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-2.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-2.jpg\" alt=\"A snowboarder rides a rail at Woodward Copper's Pipeline Park on Wednesday, June 12, at Copper Mountain Resort.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | Local Vail-Summit pro snowboarder and two-time reigning FIS World Cup snowboard season champion Chris Corning executes an inverted trick while riding a line through Woodward Copper's Pipeline Park on Wednesday, June 12 at Copper Mountain Resort.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.48453608247423\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9.6907216494845\">\n<p><strong>Local Vail-Summit pro snowboarder and two-time reigning FIS World Cup snowboard season champion Chris Corning executes an inverted trick while riding a line through Woodward Copper&#8217;s Pipeline Park on Wednesday, June 12 at Copper Mountain Resort.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/SummitDaily.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+SummitDaily.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-3.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-3.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CorningWoodward-SDN-061319-11-3.jpg\" alt=\"Local Vail-Summit pro snowboarder and two-time reigning FIS World Cup snowboard season champion Chris Corning executes an inverted trick while riding a line through Woodward Copper's Pipeline Park on Wednesday, June 12 at Copper Mountain Resort.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">COPPER MOUNTAIN \u2014 Summer equates to a whole heck of a lot of dirt-bike riding for Summit County U.S. snowboard pro team members Chris Corning and Chase Blackwell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Both Corning, a Vail-Summit local originally from Arvada, and Blackwell, who splits his time between Dillon and Longmont, are avid motocross riders once their snowboard seasons conclude each spring. They typically ride singletrack, though Corning has made it more of a recent habit to ride motocross parks. Just last week, Corning rode around at the Leadville Motocross Park with his girlfriend and competitive motocross rider Shannatay Bergeron, of Vail, and other friends. Blackwell, who just two weeks ago spent time at the AMA Pro Motocross event at Thunder Valley in Lakewood, said he\u2019s excited to check out the Leadville Moto Park for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Corning said dirt-bike riding can help with snowboarding because it keeps your mind focused. Just like in snowboarding, if you make one bad decision in motocross, you are going down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s been really fun to learn something new, push myself in a new way,\u201d Corning said. \u201cYou think fast just like you do on a snowboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Since the season ended for Corning, the 19-year-old, two-time defending FIS World Cup season snowboarding champion mostly has relaxed, though he joined Blackwell and other Team USA pro riders at a strength-and-conditioning camp at Mammoth Mountain in California last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Corning and Blackwell said the camp consisted of such strength-assessment technology as force-plate testing, which gauges how much power each rider can generate without the use of their hands. Corning, a young rider known for his ability to generate force on a big air jump or riding through a slopestyle course, was recorded on video by the U.S. Snowboard Team jumping through the ceiling panel. Reflecting on the camp \u2014 and on a successful 2018-19 campaign where he won the slopestyle World Championship in Park City, Utah \u2014 the snowboarder said he feels strong and healthy and is excited to start working one-on-one with coach Nate Henry of Landow Performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019ve been really stoked on how my body has been working and how everything has been riding,\u201d Corning said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Since the season ended for Blackwell, he\u2019s had fun at casual spring comps such as the Neverland Banked Slalom at Loveland Ski Area \u2014 a race he won. Blackwell also spent extended time at Mammoth with his buddy and fellow U.S. snowboard pro team halfpipe rider Ryan Wachendorfer of Vail. Back on the home front, Blackwell said he\u2019s helped his dad with manual labor for his commercial-framing business. With the building boom down near Denver, the more help the 20-year-old can provide, the better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">Pipeline Park: What makes it special<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Corning, who\u2019s attended Woodward Copper summer snowboard camps since he was 8 years old, said this year\u2019s park is the best yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">He pointed to a versatile hip feature at the top of the park as something fun for him to launch off and something fun for the kids to watch pros on and to mess around on themselves. Blackwell lauded the park\u2019s rail options and quarterpipe at the base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cLast year, it wasn\u2019t much of a quarterpipe,\u201d Blackwell said. \u201cIt was more of a slash bank to have fun with. This year, though, I\u2019ve been doing kind of some of my pipe tricks on it, some of the smaller ones, and helping kids to learn tricks on the quarterpipe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Woodward Copper on-snow supervisor Giri Watts said the mission of this Pipeline Park is to serve a wide spectrum of skills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAnd when the campers have a little bit of choice to create the experience for themselves, that creates a lot of buy-in,\u201d Watts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This summer, Woodward Copper installed some summer-themed features toward the bottom of the park, including pineapple and beach ball features and a wave. New this year, Copper campers can ride an up-down-up Killer Whale-themed sliding-box feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cMost of the campers (are) sliding straight off the end of the box,\u201d Watts said, \u201cAnd it offers a little bit of an up effect, that little bit of extra air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/local-snowboard-pros-chris-corning-and-chase-blackwell-share-motocross-passion-describe-best-of-woodward-coppers-summer-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Vail-Summit pro snowboarder and two-time reigning FIS World Cup snowboard season champion Chris Corning takes a break during a dirt-bike riding session on June 4, at the Leadville Motocross Park in Leadville. 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