{"id":1957705,"date":"2026-05-27T09:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1957705"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:35:18","slug":"8-year-old-vermont-snowboarder-rides-151-days-in-2025-26-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1957705","title":{"rendered":"8 Year-Old Vermont Snowboarder Rides 151 Days in 2025-26 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Harley Ruffle with his parents at Stratton Mountain, Vermont. | Image: Jill Ruffle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Harley Ruffle<\/a> has already recorded six straight 100-day seasons at just eight years old.<\/strong> It\u2019s a feat that many skiers and riders never accomplish, and something he plans on doing every season. This season, Ruffle was shredding the slopes and hitting the terrain park for a whopping 151 days. He started snowboarding when he was two years old, immediately fell in love with it, and hasn\u2019t stopped since. Ruffle lives just outside of Killington<\/a>, Vermont, with his parents, and that\u2019s where he mostly hits the slopes.<\/p>\n

This season was different for the Ruffle family, who typically take road trips during the season, traveling to different ski resorts.<\/strong> They got rid of their RV at the end of the 2024-25 season, which forced Harley and his parents to stay local this year. Being able to stay in an RV helps the Ruffles save on costs such as lodging, which adds up quickly when they\u2019re on the mountain over 100 times a season. \u201cThis season without the RV was hard because I was home while he was riding.\u201d Jill Ruffle said in a phone interview with SnowBrains<\/em>. \u201cPeople would call saying, \u2018Get out here, he\u2019s killing it,\u2019 and I\u2019d be stuck in meetings.\u201d The Ruffles are currently building a school bus conversion \u2014 a \u201cskoolie\u201d which will make next season much easier for them to travel more.<\/p>\n