Did you make it to this year’s Bomb Hole Cup? Joe Bauer (aka @JoeyBHowYaDoin) made the journey from his East Coast home in Montauk, New York out to Brighton in Utah, and he may have had the best time of any. He certainly had the best access. With mic in hand, Bauer once again played host alongside a returning Todd Richards and The Bomb Hole’s own Chris Grenier to keep the crowds engaged. But, according to Joey B, “The spectators made the event.”

The two-day snow extravaganza took place April 5-6 at the Millicent Chalet, with Day 1 dedicated to a Banked Slalom and Day 2 reserved for the Park Showdown and Community Get Together. The community did not disappoint. This year’s event was one to be remembered.

We asked Joey B if he had any Bomb Hole Cup 2026 plans yet. His response:

“There will definitely be a Bomb Hole Cup, most likely Brighton, but we are looking into some other locations—for a Bomb Hole Cup tour. You know, maybe open up the doors. It would be nice to spread the love… Keep your eye out for next year's Bomb Hole events.”

For now, relive the action from the 4th annual Bomb Hole Cup with Bauer on stage, in the corralls and then back home to the kitchen. If you know, you know. How ya doin?

Let the Bomb Hole Banked Slalom begin!

“This was my first roll up on the course. Like, I had just gotten there. Everybody gets out on the course, like 6:30-7 o'clock in the morning. Joey B aint doing that. Instead, I make breakfast burritos at the house and then I'll bring them to the course for everybody. And this is me en route to drop off a couple egg wraps. But I pulled up on this course, and I just couldn't believe the crowd that was there. 

I think, over 600 competitors total in this event on the banks. It was a big day and it was stressful, for sure for the guys running it. Looking at this might be a course operator's nightmare, but it went smoothly. It takes a village to make these kinds of things happen. Everybody played a small part in getting every single one of these racers through the gates in an orderly fashion.

So this was my first impression of just rolling up on the top of the course and being like, ‘Wow. Okay, the Bomb Hole Cup has arrived. This is it.’ You know, people take bank slalom seriously. Something to really hang your hat on, I guess.”

“This has been an idea in the making, the prop for the event. Run Through A Wall is a sister company of the Bomb Hole. And this is Luke Giacopelli, one of the managers over at Woodward Park City right here, just really owning the Run Through A Wall wall. Luke is at the top of the course, getting people fired up before they drop. You know, just genius marketing at its finest, I think is what we got right here. Luke came through and helped us out all day.”

Enjoying @runthroughawall’s finest. Available at thebombhole.com/products/the-brick.

“They were getting people fired up, and that's what the beauty of the Bomb Hole Cup is—it's just a loose operation.”

“The slogan for Run Through A Wall smelling salt is ‘Pop. Sniff. Perform.’ So that's pretty much what we are seeing right here. It's a pure testament of the slogan. This guy's popping, he's sniffing, and then he's gonna go perform on the board.”

That's this year’s Bomb Hole Cup overall winner right there. What they do is combine your best time from the Banked Slalom with how you perform in the Park Showdown, and they take somebody who's got pretty much one of the better times plus one of their better performances in the rail jam. And Pat Fava is, you know, he's a standout rider. This was his second Bomb Hole Cup overall champion title.”

JoeyBHowYaDoin with Noah Avallone, a rising kid that is doing grown man things. Not only did he win the Pro Men’s division of the Banked Slalom (a superpipe rider, just a month after competing in the inaugural Snow League) but he showed up and showed out all weekend long. Respect. 

“Noah was a standout rider on day one. He entered the Pro category, and he got first place. Which, at 17 years old is incredible. He's going up against really well known names, and he got best time of the day.”

“Noah's a good friend of mine, and his father is a good friend of mine. We live in the same town out in Montauk, New York—we surf together. I started coaching Noah when he was about 7 years old until about 12, then he went into Stratton Mountain School and his riding just took off. Now he's on the US Team, he's doing World Cups, and he's on track to reach the Olympics. It's just really exciting to see this kid come into his own with his riding, and he's just really got a lot of talent.”

The brains behind the operation, Chris Grenier holding up his baby 

In the Bomb Hole Cup, there's obviously, 1st, 2nd, 3rd [place winners] in the Open Men, Open Women, Pro Categories and the rest, but then there's a bunch of one-offs. There's like, Swagu Beef Award for a stylie rider. There's the Best Trick Award. And, you know, the Bomb Hole is all about their resi tips with their beanies, so there was a Resi Of The Day Award. It turns out that, you know, Chris Grenier, son Chip Grenier, just had the best resi of the day. And at five months old, the kid made his first podium, and he won Resi Of The Day. And Chris couldn’t be more proud. You know; like father, like son. 

“What we got here is we got some sliced up tri tip steaks prepared by my friend Austin Granger. Granger works for Traeger grill. He's an incredible chef. So, Saturday night he comes up, he smokes these steaks on the Traeger outside, then we sear them inside, and we do a big family meal. There was a pork bone demi-glace that he whipped up—incredible stuff.”

“We love to break bread with the crew, it's just a great way to finish off day one. We had some meat, We had some salmon, We had scallops. We did roasted vegetables, roasted potatoes. You know, a big salad. But that steak was incredible, I gotta say. It was a nice treat, for sure. Everybody's got so much energy, ending with a feast.”

“So this was the debut of the live stream. It was the first time we ever did it, and it actually went off, incredible. We had Joe Sexton, J-Stone, who's the shaper for K2, as the the primary hosts, and then they had different guests coming in from time to time. In this picture you see Chris Grenier in there with them, going over the event and talking about highlights—just really making it look super professional. The live stream was a new thing for the Bomb Hole Cup, but it won't be the last. You can also go to the Bomb Hole’s YouTube and watch the whole event anytime.

“Noah Avallone again, doing a cab 900. The way the pro jump session starts is that you have to do a 900. If you don't have a 900 in your bag of tricks, our argument is that you shouldn't be in the “pro” category… This is Noah doing a cab nine in ode to how it used to be. We used to require it to be a cab nine. This year, we opened it up to all four nines, like whichever one you can do. But Noah stuck to tradition and threw the cab.”

“The king of one-liners. Todd Richards was there for year one of the Bomb Hole Cup. He came back for year four and was on the mic with me.

“Aiden Hascall, 450 to front board. He actually was the reigning overall champion of the Bomb Hole Cup 2024, and he's just a powerhouse of a snowboarder. Demonstrating some of his rail skills the hardest snow craft that he rides… I wish I could have captured that clip a little better, because he's stoked out right there.”

“A fan of Max Worbington giving Max the high five. That's the official Trade Squad handshake.Trade Squad is Max’s crew, and that's the official trade squad handshake right there. That's what we just witnessed.”

Hanging with the legend, Mikey LeBlanc was in attendance. 

“The guy is just an absolute legend. I was just walking off the course real quick and I saw this epic human grab me and say, ‘What's up, dude, let's take a picture.’ And he snapped a picture of me. And then I said, ‘Well, I gotta get a picture of you.’ And, you know, real, recognize real. 

When I did my Bomb Hole episode, Mikey was the co-host with Chris, and we just, you know, formed a great relationship. Mikey's an incredible human being, just the nicest guy in the world. So any chance I get to give him a hug and say hello, you know, I'm lucky to do that. Shout out Mikey LeBlanc—straight, legend.”

“This is the one-foot uphill race. We did this first at the Beat Down event earlier this season, and it was a freaking hit. It was a success. People line up dirt bike style, once everyone is ready. It's just three-two-one-GO. The prize is a Nidecker snowboard, but you have to race up the hill with one foot strapped in to claim the snowboard. 

And it was carnage, man. People are into it. I couldn't personally do it, but these incredible athletes are just displaying one of their many talents, you know, to be able to push uphill like that, like aggressively… It's impressive! That is open to the public, too. No registration, hence the amount of people that are doing it. People were like, ‘oh shit, I can do it?!’ And they just made it happen. It's really cool to get the crowd involved.”

“This one is a must-include moment from the final day that came straight from Noah's dad, Mike.

At the end of the Park Showdown, we do a Limo Pole Jam, which has kind of become a signature Bomb Hole Cup moment, and it's a great spectator event. The people really love it. I mean, they are jumping over this fully functioning, operational limo that Chris drives around. They've picked me up from the airport in it, and they drive it up on the hill. And this is Noah (again) just going full airborne with a front flip over that thing.”

“You never know what you're gonna see in the Bomb Hole Cup. For example, there’s this guy wearing a unicorn mask, then the camera pans over and Yuki goes flying off the pole jam.”

“Yuki Kadono was the overall winner of year one. And, you know, we just love Yuki in general. He's just a positive, positive human, and an incredible snowboarder. He just came off a heavy knee injury, and this is his first season back since the knee injury, and he was a standout rider. He's on the job doing what nobody else was doing. He stayed with us at the Bomb Hole Cup house this year and he's already determined to come back next year to win the whole thing.”

Decked out in Utah Hockey Club kit, the kid knows.

“Lil homie gave me some Parmesan as a thank you.”

The 4th annual Bomb Hole Cup was presented by Nidecker Snowboards and 10 Barrel Brewing’s Cheap Fun Beer. Supported by Turtle Box Audio, Sun Bum, Vans Snow, Prinoth Snowgroomers, Nitro Snowboards, Kustoms By Jay, Arbor Snowboarding, Joeys Footbeds, Coal Headwear, Yeti, Capita Super Corp, and Union Binding Co.