Dawn of the Shred: Lite

Imagine this, its the year 2020, the globe is in the throws of major pandemic, the economy failing, a nation divided, yet one thing is able to keep chaos at bay and society afloat… the shred. With the smell of snow deep in our lungs and Jack Frost whispering in our ears, thoughts of skiers and snowboards dance in our heads. But with COVID sanctions placed upon us we knew that the Dawn of the Shred could not be the same as years past, hence the Lite.

This years home for DOTS Lite was located on UHeights South Lawn on the UVM campus. We found ourselves a nice slice of slanted earth where we plopped down our rails and drove away in the pursuit of snow. After daring, haggling, and bribing local ice-rink Zamboni drivers for 6 hours we found ourselves with enough ice-rink discharge to fill a small family swimming pool. With the event just a day away the rails were feverishly secured, jumps shaped, drop-ins erected, and rails waxed to perfection. Dawn of the Shred was back!

With everyone dawning their steeziest face mask and the crowd socially distanced the session was on! Over 30 local rippers from around Burlington showed out to compete for 1st place, and 2 cases of Red Bull. I have never seen so many bodies fly in one afternoon as I did this day, and needless to say the talent is through the roof. You better watch out for some these folks on the mountain because I am pretty sure their skis and boards are registered as lethal weapons, I’m just saying.

Check out this sick DOTS: Lite edit put together by our wonderful Media Director Meg Z. Also check out the Gallery for more photos from the event!