“I don’t know what it is about the place,’’ the US Snowboard Team rider said. “I guess it’s my type of course.’’
He’s had a couple of top-10 World Cup results, placed eighth at the Worlds in January, and was fifth at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo.
The 25-year-old is a bit banged up from competitions, dealing with a bruised foot, sprained ankle, and slight whiplash, so he’s resting up before making a European sojourn to Italy and Switzerland next month for the World Cup’s last leg.
“I think every venue has a different style,’’ said Cheever. “I like the longer courses. I think that is the progression of the sport . . . longer, faster, bigger.’’
Thinking ahead Crotched Mountain has started selling a $119 end-of-season pass that offers unlimited lift access from Sunday through the end of the season. The night-skiing hot spot in southern New Hampshire is further sweetening the deal with “buy early’’ incentives for 2011-12 adult, junior, or family passes by throwing in the end-of-season pass for free to anyone who springs for next year’s pass . . . Sugarloaf has Maine’s only Nordic downhill race Sunday at 10:30 a.m. The $20 entry fee includes a T-shirt and bragging rights . . . Ski from March 1 until the slopes close for the season at Wachusett Mountain for $139 . . . Okemo drops Thursday pricing in March to $39 per lift ticket, provided you make the purchase online . . . Attitash turns back the clock to the 1980s on March 6 with its Spread Eagle World Championships. Prizes will be awarded for both big jumps and “best-dressed’’ contests, which, when talking about skiing fashion from 25 years ago, can only mean neon day-glo attire. If you’re really into the decade that spawned MTV and form-fitting Lycra, Sunday River has an entire ’80s weekend planned March 11-13, with prizes for best retro hair, rock star, and famous look-alike.
