do so. The states received NO notice that the convention was taking place, also in violation of the party rules.

An offer was put forth to the Yuma group to call all this off if everyone would just get together, hold a joint convention to elect new officers, and move on. The Yuma group refused. The judge in Texas agreed a joint convention was required, and ordered one to be held. The Yuma group boycotted that one as well, everyone else showed up. The judge then ruled convention valid, and David Collison the properly elected chairman.

AFTER the convention was ordered, Frank MacKay, of the NY IP, filed a suit supposedly on behalf of the RPUSA, trying to get a NY state court to effectively overrule a Texas state court,On Thursday 9thFebruary the event kicked off with the Rookies and the Ladies slopestyle finals. WithJakob KratzerandKelly Sildarutwo well deserved winners were found, congratulations!

As usual the park in Mayrhofen was in great shape with a down box or down rail option on top, followed by two kickers in a row and another rail option consisting of a canon pipe or a bit higher straight rail.

The second competition saw the men’s finals and the MFO went down under an unexpected almost bluebird sky and deep temperatures.Cyrill Hunzikerwas in the end a very happy winner. He shared the podium withSebi Geigeras second andJonas Hunziker, Nordica Freeski athleteon the third position.

With some artificial color on the take offs and in the landings the practice kicked off around 9:30am and all riders