Over 80 skiers, snowboarders and snow bunnies once again trekked to Jay Peak for the 52nd annual Esto winter fest. Participants traveled from points as far away as D.C and Toronto and were treated to 2 days of blues skies and one day of snow, which for Jay Peak can be considered a weather triumph!

The return to Jay Peak was mainly driven by the great reception provided in 2013 and of course the remarkable transformation of Jay Peak to a world class winter sports destination.

While the crowd was a tad smaller than last year’s gathering, it was good to see some past participants return along with a few newbies to help commemorate our Esto East Coast tradition.

 

Our customary Saturday morning Esto NASTAR race attracted 45 skiers and boarders ranging from age 8 to 78. The competition was fierce and our Esto medal  and trophy winners are presented below. Raceday culminated with our evening awards dinner and dance that had participants cutting up the floor right up to our midnight curfew.

 

While the 2015 trip will likely move to a new venue, the initial scuttlebutt is that it’s going to be southern Vermont next time around.

 

Front L-R: Lilly Aasmaa & Jonathan Vilms.
Back row L-R: Taivo Milles, Katie Milles, Erko Sepp, Linda Nagy, Kristjan Sepp, Liisa Shimabukuro.

 

MEDAL WINNERS

 

Female Skiers
Age 9 -13
Lilly Aasmaa - Gold
Allison Vilms - silver

 

30’s
Liisa Shimabukuro - Gold
Kaja Kai Ojamaa – Silver
Tiiu Remmel – Bronze

 

40’s
Susan Leetma - Gold

 

50’s
Heidi Bement - Gold
Linda Nagy - Silver
Tiina Vaska  - Bronze

 

Seniors
Silja Melts - Gold
Mari Teedla - Silver
Epp Milles - Bronze

 

Male
Age 8
Carlos Shimabukuru - Gold

 

10 – 11
Johnatan Vilm – Gold
Mikk Aasmaa – Silver

 

13 – 15
Christian Sepp - Gold
Aleksander Aasnmaa – Silver
Taimo Pajos – Bronze

 

20’s
Alan Marley – Gold

 

30’s
Tarmo Remmel - Gold
Priit Nikker - Silver
Arne Rooman-Kurrik - Bronze

 

40’s
Erko Sepp - Gold
Ron Paletzki - Silver
Andres Vilms - Bronze

 

50’s
Toomas Kilm - Gold
Marcus Vaska  - Silver
Alan Laupa  - Bronze

 

60’s
Andrus Ers - Gold
Andrus Aasmaa - Silver

Seniors
Riho Melts - Gold
Mart Ojamaa - Silver
Jaak Vilms - Bronze

 

Female Boarders
Age 12
Annika Paletzki  - Gold

 

20’s
Aleks Martins

 

30’s
Alexandra Fallon – Gold
Liis Teene – Silver
Katie Milles – Bronze

Male
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Ian Martins – Gold
Alex Pede – Silver

 

30’s
Curran Fallon – Gold
Taivo Milles – Silver
Jaan Talvet - Bronze

Best Skier & Boarder Trophies

Best Male Snowboarder – Ian Martins  - 24.55
Best Female Snowboarder – Alexandra Fallon – 26.44
Best Young Male – Christian Sepp – 22.36
Best Young Female – Lilly Aasmaa – 25.56
Best Overall Youth – Aleks Jogi = 21.76
Best Male Skier – Erko Sepp – 20.54

 

Have a great spring and summer!

 

Andrus Ers