South Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson dominated the women’s slopestyle field once again at the 2012 Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships, scoring a 90.10. US Open mainstay Kjersti Buass, of Norway, took second place while Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi, who won the 2011 slopestyle comp, took third.
Slopestyle winner Jamie Anderson on course.
Jamie Anderson.
New Zealander Shelly Gotlieb took 5th place.
Canadian Spence O'Brien took 8th.
When I was a kid growing up (yep, in Vermont) we’d be lucky if we could get the fuzz on the TV clear enough to watch our Saturday morning cartoons on a “local” station out of Maine. Nowadays, thanks to the advent of the world wide web, we can watch just about anything we want instantly and in crystal-clear high definition. And for us snowboarding bums stuck at work this week, it means we can check in on the Burton US Open action LIVE from our desks, with no bunny-ear tuning necessary.
If you didn’t get to tune in today, (or make it to the mountain… where it was a sun-drenched 50 degrees) the men and women’s slopestyle semi-finals were packed with monstrous runs on this year’s beastly course, crafted by the snow wizards known as Snow Park Technologies.
This ain't your grandma's backyard park. Photo Courtesy of Stratton Mountain Resort.
The Night Jam cometh. OOOAAAHHH! Photo Courtesy of Stratton Mountain Resort.
The Mini feature is mini by no means. Photo Courtesy of Stratton Mountain Resort.
There’s a lot left of the 30th Anniversary Burton US Open at Stratton Mountain and the good folks over at Red Bull TV are streaming it live for you at www.redbull.com/
LIVE WEBCASTS: U.S. Time Zones (EST)
Halfpipe Semi-Finals, Thursday, March 8 — 9:15 am
Slopestyle Finals, Friday, March 9 — 9:15 am
Halfpipe Finals, Saturday, March 10 — 9:15 am
Night Jam, Saturday, March 10 — 6:45pm
So when you get to work tomorrow, open up an extra window, turn the volume down and keep an eye on Louie Vito, Shaun White, Kelly Clark while you finish up those TPS reports for Friday.
Ride Vermont catches up with Devin at Killington.
We know what you’re thinking… This is Devin Logan, she’s a skier, not a rider. What gives? Well for starters, the fact that Ms. Logan is one of the sickest female skiers in the sport and oh yeah, the fact that she hails from a little hill down the road called Mount Snow. Maybe you’ve heard of it.
Ride Vermont was lucky enough to catch up with Devin just seconds after she stepped off the podium with her first (of what later became two) silver medals from the Dew Tour at Killington. One in pipe, one in slopestyle. Badass.
But enough from us. Let’s let Devin do the rest of the talking.
In a crowd- and judge-pleasing explosion of huge tricks that included a double cork 1260, into back to back 1080s, Iouri Podladtchikov managed to unseat the reigning champ Louie Vito in his final run down the 22′ superpipe. With the crowd on fire, Vito came through with an equally massive run of double corks down the pipe, but it wasn’t enough to win the judges over.
Photo by Ben Sarle
This was I-Pod’s first Winter Dew Tour Superpipe win, so needles to say, he was pretty stoked.
Here’s some recap footage from the his winning run and the close second place run from Vito, courtesy of Alli Sports. Take notes. This is how the big dogs get it done.
And what kind of Vermonters would we be without giving a special shout out to miss Devin Logan, representing the 802 and taking home a second Dew Tour trophy for second in Women’s Freeski Slopestyle. Great job Devin and good luck in Snowbasin.
In case you didn’t see the Ski Superpipe Finals last night, it was a pretty epic showing. (And coming from snowboarders, that’s saying something.) After Eric Willett killed it on the Men’s Slopestyle Finals, Vermont’s own twin-plankin’ pro Devin Logan went on to take a close second place behind Tahoe’s Maddie Bowman in Women’s Ski pipe. We had the pleasure of interviewing Devin after she stepped off the podium. Stay tuned for that interview as the ladies dominate our blog all next week. (We’re pretty stoked for a little domination, who wouldn’t be.)
The night rounded out with a session of high-flying excitement from the Men’s division. But you knew that because you watched it live on NBC or at least backed it up on the DVR. Here’s the low down from the podiums.
1. Eric Willett, 2. Seb Toots, 3. Justin Morgan. Photo Courtesy of Alli Sports
Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final Results
1. Eric Willett :: 91.00
2. Sebastien Toutant :: 85.50
3. Justin Morgan :: 80.25
4. Aleksander Ostreng :: 80.25
5. Jake Aaronson :: 69.00
6. Antoine Truchon :: 66.50
7. Gjermund Braaten :: 60.75
8. Ulrik Badertscher :: 55.50
9. Charles Reid :: 53.00
10. Chas Guldemond :: 53.00
11. Mark McMorris :: 44.25
12. Staale Sandbech :: 41.50
1. Maddie Bowman, 2. Devin Logan (VT), 3. Brita Sigourney. Photo Courtesy of Alli Sports
Women’s Freeski Superpipe Final Results
1. Maddie Bowman :: 87.50
2. Devin Logan :: 86.00
3. Brita Sigourney :: 85.00
4. Annalisa Drew :: 75.25
5. Anais Caradeux :: 73.25
6. Ayana Onozuka :: 72.75
1. Torin Yater-Wallace, 2.Tai Barrymore, 3. Tucker Perkins. Photo Courtesy of Alli Sports
Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final Results
1. Torin Yater-Wallace :: 93.75
2. Tai Barrymore :: 88.50
3. Tucker Perkins :: 85.75
4. Justin Dorey :: 83.00
5. Kevin Rolland :: 80.50
6. David Wise :: 78.75
7. Joss Christensen :: 77.38
8. Duncan Adams :: 76.75
9. Taylor Seaton :: 76.50
10. Gus Kenworthy :: 76.00
11. Noah Bowman :: 73.25
12. Xavier Bertoni :: 46.25
Can’t make it to the mountain today? Tune into NBC for the thrilling conclusion of Men’s Superpipe Finals — LIVE at 3:00PM.
Eric Willett takes the win at Killington. Photo: George Watts, RideVermont.com
Breck-based shredder Eric Willett crushed it today at the Men’s Slopestyle Finals with a series of insanely big doubles on each of the three 60-70 foot booters on the course at Bear Mountain, Killington.
Up top, in the street-styled rail section, Eric laid down smooth front 270s on both down rails, gapping onto the second and off the cannon a front board switchout.
Willett sends it off the cannon. Photo Courtesy of Alli Sports.
We caught up with Eric in his post-win high to get a rider’s perspective on the east coast Dew stop.
Men’s Slopestyle
1. Eric Willett 91.00
2. Sebastien Toutant 85.50
3. Justin Morgan 80.25
4. Aleksander Østreng 72.25
5. Jake Aaronson 69.00
Well done fellas and good luck in Snowbasin.
Instead of boring you to death with a bunch of ranking stats and leaderboard numbers (sorry math nerds), we thought we’d just post up some of the highlights from yesterday’s Semi-Final rounds at the Dew Tour in Killington.
High winds put the Men’s Ski Slopestyle semi’s on hold and they’ll be wrapping up this morning before the the guys start calling their drops in the slopestyle course ’round 11:30. Ok, they don’t actually call drops. The Dew Tour’s more organized than that and would probably make a big stink if they went out of turn. Who knows.
We’ll have more live update coverage and heart-warming chit chat on twitter and the blog all weekend. See you at Bear Mountain.
As promised folks, here’s the qualifier and last chance qualifier final standings from today at Bear Mountain. Take a look at who’s moving on to tomorrow’s semi-finals.
Men’s Snowboard Superpipe
1. Tore Holvik — 87.75
2. Broc Waring — 80.00
3. Hans Mindnich — 73.50
4. Scotty Pike — 68.00
5. Ryo Aoki — 65.50
6. Kyle Mack — 64.25
7. Tyler Anderson — 58.75
8. Derek Livingston — 58.25
9. Scott Moline — 55.25
10. Bryan Daino — 50.00
11. Harrison Gray — 37.00
Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle
1. Ville Uotila — 78.67
2. Seth Hill — 76.50
3. Ian Thorley — 73.83
4. Robby Balharry — 72.33
5. Matts Kulisek — 68.50
6. Jake Aaronson — 67.83
7. Kai Wiggins — 63.67
8. Mark Hoyt — 61.67
9. Craig Mcmorris — 60.83
10. Spencer Shaw — 60.83
11. Chris Tierney — 59.67
Men’s Ski Superpipe
1. Joss Christensen — 80.25
2. Kyle Smaine — 77.50
3. James Campbell — 75.00
4. AJ Kemppainen — 73.75
5. Christian Allen — 73.25
6. Marshall LaCroix — 70.75
7. Yannic Lerjen — 70.50
8. Lyman Currier — 68.50
Men’s Ski Slopestyle
1. John Strenio — 85.00
2. Henrik Harlaut — 82.17
3. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand — 80.83
4. Vincent Gagnier — 76.17
5. Willie Borm — 74.83
6. Josiah Wells — 72.67
7. Cody Ling — 72.00
8. Matt Walker — 69.33
9. Tim McChesney — 68.17
10. Robert Franco — 67.83
11. Alex Bellemare — 67.00
Women’s Ski Superpipe
coming soon…
Women’s Ski Slopestyle
1. Maude Raymond — 86.33
2. Eveline Bhend — 81.67
3. Eva-Maria Patscheider — 66.00
4. Maria Bagge — 60.33
5. Nina Rusten Andersen — 54.67
6. Rose Battersby — 34.50
7. Emma Whitman — 23.33
8. Jackie Kling — DNS
Things are shaping up nicely with a 100% chance of snow tonight, so Killington may be grooming a few inches of fresh into the courses tomorrow. Let’s hope. Here’s a little evening stoke to keep you warm while the flakes are falling.
It’s nearly time ladies and gents. The final countdown has begun and Dew Tour Killington is just a day away. We’ll admit we were pretty skeptical with the ability of Killington and Snow Park Technologies to build a 22-foot Superpipe and three-story booters in the Slopestyle course out of the seriously pitiful snowfall we’ve had. But we should have known better. We’re stoked and amazed at their snow wizardry and the final outcome. Props.
The Superpipe gets lit. Photo Courtesy of Dew Tour on Facebook.
The weekend is going to be a busy one. If you’ve never been to a mountain during a major media event, just imagine the scene during Christmas weekend and multiply it by 10 or so. It’s going to be a straight up mad house, but that’s why we love it and you can bet your freezing bums we’ll be there representin’.
In fact, we’ll be providing constant updates and standings info as the rider progress through the semi-final and final rounds of competition. Stay connected with us on Facebook and join the conversation with hundreds of fellow spectators on twitter.
It even seems the weather may be good, 'magine that. Image courtesy of NOAA.
If you’re watching from home whilst icing some shred-related injury (the only excuse we’ll consider) then stay glued to the Killington Superpipe web cam. Who know’s maybe you’ll see us up there high-fiving Danny Davis or Louie Vito.
Here’s the schedule in case you’ve missed it on one of the millions of other sites talking about the Dew Tour. See you at Bear Mountain.
Thursday, Jan. 19th – Festival Village Opens at 9:30AM
8:45 AM – 9:50 AM :: Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Qualifier
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM :: Men’s Freeski Superpipe Last Chance Qualifier
11:05 AM – 12:45 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Last Chance Qualifier
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Last Chance Qualifier
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM :: Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Last Chance Qualifier
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM :: Women’s Freeski Superpipe Qualifier
Friday, Jan. 20th – Festival Village Opens at 9:30AM
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Semi-Final
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM :: Women’s Freeski Superpipe Semi-Final
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM :: Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Semi-Final
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Semi-Final
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM :: Men’s Freeski Superpipe Semi-Final
9:00 PM – 11:00 PM :: RAC @ Wobbly Barn
Saturday, Jan. 21st – Festival Village Opens at 9:30AM
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM :: Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Semi-Final
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final
3:00 PM – 3:40 PM :: Women’s Freeski Superpipe Final
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM :: Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final
Sunday, Jan. 22nd – Festival Village Opens at 9:30AM
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM :: Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM :: Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM :: Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final
Despite the fact we won’t be seeing our favorite shredding Betties kill it next weekend, like we know they would, a top-notch roster of athletes for the Dew Tour at Killington has just been announced including Vermont-natives Benji Farrow, Devin Logan, and the brothers Mitrani, to name a few.
Here’s the list of pro riders due to grace the slopes of Vermont. So grab a spot close to the fence and don’t forget your Sharpie. FANDOM TIP #76: We can tell you right now Scott Lago isn’t gonna sign your hairy back, trust us, we’ve tried. So just bring a blank t-shirt or something to coat in star-studded scribbles.
|
Men’s SNB Superpipe |
Men’s SNB Slopestyle |
|
Mason Aguirre |
Mason Aguirre |
|
Fredrik Austbo |
Ulrik Badertscher |
|
Zachary Black |
Torgeir Bergrem |
|
Danny Davis |
Gjermund Braaten |
|
Benji Farrow |
Pat Burgener |
|
Christian Haller |
Danny Davis |
|
Trevor Jacob |
Chas Guldemond |
|
Roger Kleivdal |
Torstein Horgmo |
|
Keito Kumazaki |
Sam Hulbert |
|
Matt Ladley |
Nick Julius |
|
Scott Lago |
Dash Kamp |
|
Arthur Longo |
Sage Kotsenburg |
|
Joeseph Mensch |
Scott Lago |
|
Nils Mindnich |
Mark McMorris |
|
Jack Mitrani |
Justin Morgan |
|
Luke Mitrani |
Aleksander Ostreng |
|
Iouri Podladtchikov |
Charles Reid |
|
Spencer Shaw |
Brandon Reis |
|
Louie Vito |
Staale Sandbech |
|
Ben Watts |
Seppe Smits |
|
|
Jeremy Thompson |
|
|
Sondre Tiller |
|
|
Sebastien Toutant |
|
|
Eric Willett |
|
|
|
Can’t make it to Killington? Pop on the tele Saturday, January 21 at 4:00PM EST and Sunday, January 22 at 3:00PM EST to watch the finals live on NBC.