Northwood’s Freestyle team had multiple competitions in January. The first weekend was a double rail jam in which Aston Ferrillo ‘26, Brynn Haran ‘28, and Yosef Spear ‘26 competed in. The next day, Aston competed in a slopestyle.

A rail jam is a competition with only rail and box features, as shown below. A slopestyle is a competition that includes jumps with a few rails at the start or finish.

Brynn Haran ’28. Photo provided.

Yosef Spear ’26. Photo provided.

Aston Ferrillo ’26. Photo provided.

Aston is a former ski racer, and this was his first rail jam. He scored in the middle of the pack, so he beat some people who have been doing this for a few years. He scored 6^th in the first and 10^th in the second. The next day Aston competed in his first slopestyle and placed 1^st!

Brynn is a snowboarder, but the competition still has the same layout. She placed 3^rd in both rail jams the first weekend.

Yosef is a skier and placed 2^nd in the first rail jam which was a great start to the season. Unfortunately, he lost all energy and could not keep it together in the second rail jam, so he placed dead last. “The day started off great and only went downhill from there,” Spear said.

The second weekend, there was another double rail jam in which Clay Fuller ‘25, Brynn, and Yosef competed. This was held at Titus Mountain in Malone, New York.

Clay gave it his all in the first rail jam but ended up taking lots of crashes and was quite bruised up after the first rail jam. He then decided to try a double backflip in between rail jams and slammed himself. He hit his head hard and could not compete in the second rail jam that day. His advice is, “Don’t try big tricks on small jumps.” Clay ended up announcing the second rail jam and the awards ceremony.

Brynn placed 1^st in both rail jams, which is a major win and a great accomplishment.

Yosef placed 4^th and 5^th in the rail jams which was not exactly what he was looking for, but he was not upset about his placings.