Blowing Rock native Luke Winkelmann joined over 50 snowboarders from 27 different countries on December 20 at SunTrust Park in Atlanta for the Visa Big Air competition.
The 18-year-old phenom and member of the United States Ski & Snowboard Team represented his friends, family and community well against some of the other top snowboarders in the world.
“Those guys were pros, every one of them. Luke’s runs were just perfection, we were really really proud of him and he had a big fan club there. Everybody was really proud. Luke had the greatest attitude and is just the nicest young man,” said Reba Moretz, who traveled down to the event with others from the area, including John and Brenda Speckman.