Heavenly Gunbarrel 25 weekend
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He is, of course, renowned for his spiky Mohican but he's swapped it for a more sedate beany hat in the video below. 

Which look do you prefer? We go for Mohican every time.

Plake, now lives full-time in Chamonix, but he returns to the US several times a season.

The Gunbarrel seems like a never-ending mogul-carousel where at least 25 laps are compulsory. One statistic stands out though - there are 1,800 vertical feet or approximately 549 vetical metres, multiply that by a minimum of 25 laps and .... ouch! 

Our knees hurt just working out the maths.

Heavenly's Gunbarrel mogul fields are notoriously difficult. Have a look at the video and judge for yourself.

Iron Man, Iron Woman and Iron Kids titles were awarded as follows.

Iron Man was Dave Sannazzaro with 42 laps. Two kids were incredible and were appropriately named Iron Kids each managing 38 laps. The Iron Kids are Dino Ambrosi and Liam Galbaith.

Whilst Kimberely Plake (his wife) took the Iron Woman title with 36 laps.

Do you think you could handle at least 25 laps on the most brutal mogul run in the world?



Winners of Gunbarrel 25 at Heavenly April 2011

Men's Ski:  

1st   Janez Demsar
2nd  Emmett Richmond
3rd   Jason Scott

Womens Ski:

1st    Amy Czesnowski
2nd   Kimberley Plake
3rd    Christine Dobrowolski

Boy Skiers:  

1st     Shanti Koskinen
2nd    Sage Wright
3rd     Zack Shearer

Girl Skiers:  

1st     Taryn Baker
2nd     Mia Idzorek
3rd      Sarina Piccinonno

Snowboarders:
1st        Jonathan Hirschfield
2nd       Jen Menzel
3rd        Ed Wilson

IRON MAN
Dave Sannazzaro -  42 laps

IRON WOMAN
Kimberley Plake  - 36 laps

IRON KIDS
Dino Ambrosi -  38 laps
Liam Galbaith -  38 laps

For a PlanetSKI interview with Glen that we recorded a couple of winters ago in Tignes see the video below. Even if you have seen it before it is well worth a watch to see again what makes the man tick!

For the spirit of the mountains

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