Local shredder and AST rider Shannan Yates takes 1st place at Chamonix with fellow AST riders Laura Dewey and Kaitlin Elliot finishing in 6th and 7th, respectively. This was the first stop on this year’s Swatch/North Face Freeride World Tour. All the American female snowboard competitors hail from our own Little Cottonwood Canyon. That includes Laura Dewey, Shannan Yates, Kaitlin Elliot and Laura Hadar. The first three of them are reppin’ Alta Snowboard Team and we’re proud to have them. Shred on ladies!