The Sammy Carlson Invitational is coming to Mt. Bachelor on May 19. This is big news in the ski world.

Here’s why: Carlson was the first skier ever to land a switch triple flip, a move he stomped at Mt. Hood in July of 2010. And, as reported by ESPN yesterday, his invitational includes such big name slopestyle/freeskiers as Sean Pettit, Alex Schlopy, Kaya Turski, Dane Tudor and more.

We’re pumped for this, despite Bachy’s new and reduced spring hours—a move that has drawn the ire of skiers, snowboarders, snow-tubers, snowshoers, nordic nerds, dog mushers and most of the rest of Central Oregon’s snow enthusiasts.

See Carlson getting rad below—actual footage of his switch triple rodeo 1260:

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Big-Ass Ski Competition Comes to Mt. Bachelor in May

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
March 27, 2012

<h1>Big-Ass Ski Competition Comes to Mt. Bachelor in May</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 27, 2012</p> <p><img src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0322/as_sammyc2_576.jpg" alt="Sammy Carlson Invitational" width="432" height="220" />The <a href="http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/7715251/sammy-carlson-invitational-coming-mt-bachelor-may" target="_blank">Sammy Carlson Invitational</a> is coming to <strong>Mt. Bachelor on May 19</strong>. This is<strong> big news </strong>in the ski world.</p> <p><strong>Here's why</strong>: Carlson was the <a href="http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/news/story?id=5360838" target="_blank">first skier ever to land a switch triple flip</a>, a move he stomped at Mt. Hood in July of 2010. And, <a href="http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/7715251/sammy-carlson-invitational-coming-mt-bachelor-may" target="_blank">as reported by ESPN yesterday</a>, his invitational includes such big name slopestyle/freeskiers as Sean Pettit, Alex Schlopy, Kaya Turski, Dane Tudor and more.</p> <p>We're pumped for this, despite <a href="http://www.mtbachelor.com/winter/mountain/tickets/springtacular/spring_operations" target="_blank">Bachy's new and reduced spring hours</a>&mdash;a move that has drawn the ire of skiers, snowboarders, snow-tubers, snowshoers, nordic nerds, dog mushers and most of the rest of Central Oregon's snow enthusiasts.</p> <p>See Carlson getting rad below&mdash;actual footage of his <strong>switch triple rodeo 1260</strong>:</p> <p><object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/ZDdOUexGuRM </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/big-ass-ski-competition-comes-to-mt-bachelor-in-may-2140236/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=18646&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/big-ass-ski-competition-comes-to-mt-bachelor-in-may-2140236/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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