For the sixth straight year, Sierra-At-Tahoe Resort, CA, hosted The 6th Annual Boarding For Breast Cancer (BBC) Snowboard + Music Festival on Saturday, April 14, 2001, and the event was a huge success raising over $135,000 in ticket sales.

With temperatures in the mid-sixties (F), blue bird skies, and excellent spring riding conditions, this year’s event drew a sell-out crowd of more than 6,000 energized spectators – the largest crowd in BBC history! The perfect weather conditions and strong band line-up helped raise over $135,000 in ticket sales.

Event emcee Sal Masekela did a great job entertaining the crowd between live sets from an eclectic band line-up. Taking the stage first, Grand Theft Audio’s metal meets electronica flavor definitely got the crowd moving. The beats kept flowing as Stereomud filled the venue with their heavy, organic rock sound. DJ Z-Trip took the stage next, and wowed event attendees by mixing and blending old-school eighties hip hop with classic rock, metal, and other atypical beats. The Kotton Mouth Kings drove the crowd into a frenzied state when they hit the stage, and techno-metal 2000 Ozzfest alums, Static-X, kept the crowd’s adrenaline pumping with their aggressive sound and energized performance. Headliner, Linkin Park, played an excellent set, and their solid performance was the perfect close to this year’s event.

Since its inception in 1996, Boarding For Breast Cancer has raised over $600,000 for the cause through its events and programs. .

In addition to great live music, BBC’s event attendees were also treated to snowboarding exhibitions by top male and female professional athletes. New to this year’s event were two invite-only jam sessions for the pros to throw down their best tricks. In the Men’s and Women’s VIP Halfpipe Jam, top honors went to Brian Richardson and Holly Lyons. In the VIP Terrain Park/Handrail Jam, Jason Wardell took it home for the men, and Hana Beaman for the women. Additionally, the Pro Halfpipe Jam saw top recognition go to David Bourroguant and Alexis Waite and, in the Amateur Halfpipe Jam, Lane Knaack rode the strongest for the men, and Paige Warner for the women.

The 6th Annual BBC Snowboard + Music Festival featured the largest breast cancer educational center in BBC history. Located in the heart of the event’ s tent city, the BBC message was brought to life by numerous breast cancer awareness and education exhibits. Certified nurses were on hand at the Festival’s clinic station instructing both men and women on how to give a self-breast exam. W.I.G (Women In General) featured the “Birth of the BBC Story” by Monica Steward, and Julianne Buescher’s extraordinary documentary about her battle with the disease entitled, “Resculpting of Venus: A Comedy About Breast Cancer.” The Modart artist collective engaged spectators in expressing breast cancer awareness through painting plaster breast molds. The Reno Breast Center, The Breast Cancer Action Group, and Tahoe’s Barton Memorial Hospital were also on-site to help educate and raise breast cancer awareness. The “BBC Passport” led event attendees to these educational exhibits, and was a great way to get everyone involved in the cause.

This season also saw Boarding For Breast Cancer’s Board-A-Thon (BAT) program raise over $32,000 for the cause. BBC’s BAT program is a six-event tour that lands at premier resorts across the country, beginning in December and wrapping up in late-April. The last BAT of the 2001 season is on April 28, 2001, at Mt. Bachelor, Oregon.

Since its inception in 1996, Boarding For Breast Cancer has raised over $600,000 for the cause through its events and programs. The money raised benefits various national and regional breast cancer research and education programs, as well as the BBC Foundation’s own youth-focused educational programs.

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