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