Pulp Magazine Hosts Boardfest at A-Basin

Charity contests with the word "board" in them are a dime a dozen these days, however, June 1 and 2 a new kind of board was introduced into the contest circuit--wakeboards.

Boardfest, the two day skate, snow, and water event with music in the evenings was held at Soda Lakes in Lakewood, Colorado and at A Basin in Summit County. The contest offered snow, skate, and wakeboarders a chance to win over 30,000 dollars in prizes and cash. Proceeds were donated to Oneday, a non-profit organization that provides services for children with AIDS.

"Megan [Pischke] and I had never wakeboarded before," said overall winner in the pro women's division Barrett Christy. "We were out there with these pro wakeboard women. It was great." It must have been for Christy who walked away from the event three thousand dollars richer after placing first in snowboarding and fourth in wakeboarding.

Of the 184 registered competitors, sixty-two registered in wakeboarding. "What a blast wakeboarding is," said pro snowboarder Megan Pischke. Overall second and third place in the women's division went to Andrea Gaytan and Gayle Kakac. In the snowboarding portion, second and third went to Megan Pischke and Janet Antram.

In the men's division Billy Anthony placed first overall with Sean Murray placing second, and Kevin Delaney in third. The men's Pro snowboarding winners were Dave Dowd placing first and Mark Frank and Billy Anthony in second and third place.