Previous Pause Next 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus2.jpg The group of Kyrgyzstani snowboarders get ready to ride. 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus3.jpg Sports Visitor Nurzat celebrates with the new U.S. Snowboarding Champion, Kelly Clark, after the 2011 Snowboarding Grand Prix. 7408382410_85a20128ba.jpg Sports Visitor Nika catches some air in the park. 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus5.jpg Some of the Sports Visitors greet the Mammoth of Mammoth Mountain during a break from the action at the Slopestyle competition. 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus6.jpg Sports Visitor Anton drops in to the halfpipe. 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus7.jpg The participants from Kyrgyzstan receive bibs from the USSA as honorary participants in the Grand Prix. 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus10.jpg Sports Visitor Vladimir poses with National Team Coach Spencer Tamblyn. 7408382582_4a29d867fb.jpg The group stretches with national team members including Matt Ladley, winner of the Grand Prix, and Spencer Tamblyn, US National Team coach. 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus8.jpg The group gets an exclusive look from the top of one of the biggest and steepest half-pipes in the world. 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus9.jpg The group from Kyrgyzstan poses with their new American friends at Mammoth High School. 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus2.jpg 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus3.jpg 7408382410_85a20128ba.jpg 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus5.jpg 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus6.jpg 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus7.jpg 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus10.jpg 7408382582_4a29d867fb.jpg 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus8.jpg 640x360_snowboardersfromkygyzstanvisittheus9.jpg The U.S. Department of State office brought twelve snowboarders from Kyrgyzstan to participate in the first-ever Snowboarding Sports Visitor program.
