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Sun Peaks shredder claims Ullr girl title

MAY 2007 — VOLUME 5 ISSUE 5

Ullr in the form of a girl resides at Sun Peaks.

And she’s not some mythical presence responsible for the immense amount of snow this winter, but instead a real Powderangel. Angie Seeley, a devoted boarder who lives and works in the resort, recently won the If Ullr Was a Girl contest—a winter-long competition invented by Whistler/Blackcomb in search of a North American all-around-chick who best represents the female version of the Norse god of snow.

After months of collecting votes on the contest website where profiles of contenders were outlined in an attempt to lure friends, family and even random site visitors to vouch for them, three finalists in two categories—amateur and professional—were selected to go to Whistler for the 2007 TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival April 13 to 22.

Here the girls had to thrash it out on and off the slopes, exuding finesse on the mountain and style in all the right places, and Seeley made the cut on all accounts.

“It’s rad, I wanted it [to win] really bad,” she says. “When I first saw the contest I thought, ‘wow that sounds like me,’ so I entered it, and told everyone about it and they agreed with me that they should vote for me, so I won the votes and I got to go and prove it. And it all came down to the riding,” recounts Seeley.

For her competent jibbing at the MacDonald’s Stompede rail jam, which Seeley notes is not her strong point, saying she had to step up to it, and her fine turns down Chainsaw Ridge, a double black diamond area of Blackcomb where the Big Mountain Competition took place, Seeley won an enviable whack of prizes including a 2007/2008 Whistler Blackcomb season pass, a photo shoot, Oakley gear, K2 bindings, a Sapient board and Dakine gloves.

Both on-mountain contests put riders through their paces where they were scrupulously judged on a number of skill aspects, including fluidity, speed and control, and Seeley did her best, finishing on top overall. Ultimately Seeley says her crowning glory in gaining the title was not just the result of her riding style and having the mountain culture down pat, but her attitude—something she believes paved the way for her recognition as an adept goddess of snow.

“It’s about a good attitude, I guess. You can’t go in there and be complaining about everything—when you’re out there riding everyday you take what you get,” she points out. “It’s just basically the love of the sport and getting out there—showing the diversity of riding and the progression of the sport.”

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