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World Class Pro Snowboarder Takes Early Lead and Wears the Winner’s Jersey Moving into Wednesday’s Surf Contest.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 13, 2008 –In an exciting end to a beautiful weekend in Squaw Valley, Calif., the first stage of the first-ever Ultimate Boarder™ competition went off in flawless conditions as a group of 45 of the world’s best action sports athletes took to the state-of-the-art slopestyle snowboard course at Squaw Valley, Calif. After solid runs by snowboarders, surfers and skaters alike, there were no surprises as the ten-man final was comprised entirely of snowboard focused competitors. When all was said and done, Todd Richards from Encinitas, Calif., went a little bigger than the rest of the field and won the first stage of the “triathlon of our generation.”