This year’s golf tournament, the seventh annual Akes/Flyin Ryan Tournament at Rocky Ridge, was a spectacular success. The tournament sold out quickly and was truncated due to Covid-19 concerns. Nevertheless, 29 teams ventured forth at the Rocky Ridge Golf course and had a terrifically good time in the glorious September weather. We were overwhelmed with the Read More…
Two competitors were given Flyin Ryan Spirit Awards on the weekend of February 29th at the IFSA Freeride Competition at Smugglers Notch – Clement Fischer and Carolyn Price. Clement Is a UVM skier who was participating for the first time in a free ride event. When he saw the course he was understandably nervous and Read More…
We would like to congratulate our dear friend and IT extraordinaire David Punia and his new wife Elaine for an extraordinary wedding celebration conducted on Saturday at the Temple Sinai. The evening was jam packed full of music, laughter, great friendship and food. Jackie and Peter Hawks felt privileged to be part of the festivities. Read More…
The following post is written by Everett Tillett, Outreach Coordinator for the Flyin Ryan Hawks Foundation. On Sunday March 1st, 2020, High Fives hosted their 9th annual Fat Ski a-thon fundraiser at Sugarbush on the Valley house quad chair. The event raised $248,000 for athletes who have sustained life changing injuries. Peter Hawks, the Read More…
About 600 people attended this event where Aaron Rice, one of our Adventure Scholars, was one of the four presenters along with a climate scientist from the University of New Hampshire, the President of the Green Mountain Conservation Advocacy Group, and the former CEO of Alterra. Alterra, based in Aspen, Colorado, owns 35 ski areas Read More…
Long Trail’s Flyin Ryan IPA has become a staple in local bars and at skiing events throughout Vermont. But Farrell Distributing has taken it up a notch with their recent production of three videos featuring the IPA and background on the mission of Flyin Ryan. The footage was shot at Mad River Glen by Drew Read More…
Sugarbush Ski Resort recently reached out to various ski enthusiasts in the Vermont community, asking them to share their insights on skiing and their connections to Sugarbush. When Peter Hawks sent them his write-up he had no idea they would end up featuring him in his own article! Entitled ‘My Deep History with Sugarbush and Read More…
Flyin Ryan had the pleasure of tabling at the Outdoor Gear Exchange Movie Night on Friday, December 6th 2019. We had the opportunity to share our new core values challenge card in a public setting for the first time. We placed a card on each seat prior to the event and followed up by talking for a couple Read More…
Our good friends at Outdoor Gear Exchange have a program they call the Nickel Bag Program. We were the beneficiaries of their October proceeds totaling $304.00. Thank you OGE! They also sponsored one of our recent Adventure Scholars: Holden Bradford, an up and coming freeride skier from Crested Butte, Colorado. Read his application materials Read More…
We again participated in the Big Kicker event which is conducted jointly by Mad River Glen and Sugarbush to usher in the ski season. The event was held on Saturday, November 23rd. This year the location moved to the Glen Ellen lodge at Sugarbush and included a very well orchestrated and popular rail jam. Read More…
