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Date: July 11, 2006
Event: ASJ Slopestyle finals
Location: Timberline Resort, MT Hood OR



For the third day in a row, bright summer sunny skies greeted the competitors and spectators for the slopstyle contest, the final event of this year’s ASJ. All the riders and spectators were waiting to see who would drive away with the Volvo and ride away on the Harleys – the two big prizes for overall performance and style at the event. At the end of the day Elena Hight took the keys to the Volvo for the best overall performance at the event. Danny Kass and Jamie Anderson rode away with the Harley-Davidson Most Inspired Rider Award.

The slopestyle course for the event was a great representation of a typical snowboard park. The course started with a rail park that led into a triple jump line and ended with a short halfpipe into a quarterpipe. The rail park at the start had many options and led to creative lines. The first was shaped like a church steeple and was dubbed ‘the church rail’ by Pat Bridges, editor of Snowboarder Magazine. Riders were able to air up and use it as a traditional box or hit it from either side like a wall ride. After the church box there were c-boxes on the left and right. The last rail features had a choice between rainbow box, an up-gap-down box and an up-flat-down box. The course rewarded the riders with the best overall riding skills.

Overall, the level of riding was super high with riders only making small mistakes on one of the obstacles or sections of the course. Many riders with insane runs didn’t even make it to the podium because the competition was so tight. The ladies dropped first for an hour jam session. Here are highlights from the top ranking women’s runs.

Women’s Final Runs
1. Jamie Anderson: tailslide 180 out on the church box, cab 270 on to the rainbow, frontside 3, backside 180, to switch straight air, McTwist in the halfpipe, hand plant on the quarterpipe.
2. Chanelle Sladics – frontside boardslide on the c-box, frontside 270 to 180 out, frontside 5, frontside 3 tailgrab, frontside 7 to frontside Cab 3 in the pipe.
3. Natasza Zuerk – board to fakie on the right c-rail, switch 50/50 over the rainbow rail, Cab 5, frontside 7 to backside 5.
4. Marie-France Roy – switch boardslie on the church, frontside board on the c-box, switch boardslide on the rainbow, backside 5, Cab 3, frontside 7, stale fish in the halfpipe and handpant on the quarterpipe.

Best trick – Silvia Mittermuller frontside 7 tailgrab on the last jump.

The men dropped after the ladies for a two-hour jam session. Like the pipe contest, the battle for the top spot was a two-man slug fest. Jussi and Andreas Wiig were in the classic battle of 9s and 1080s. Jussi prevailed in the end with solid top to bottom runs, out-riding Andreas on the rail section of the course. Danny Davis took second on his final run by putting it all together in the nick of time. Danny Kass, who was on fire all week on the hill and in the poker tournament took the third spot with classic Danny Kass tech and style. Below are the top runs:

1. Jussi Oksanen – backside to fakie on the church rail, switch 180 to tail press 180 out, switch backside 9, frontside 1080, frontside 7, Haakon flip on the pipe wall and a hand plant on the quarterpipe.
2. Danny Davis – frontside 270 to 270 on the church rail, 50/50 gap to backside 180 over the down rail, switch backside 9, frontside 7, backside 7, frontside 9 in the halfpipe, alley oop backside rodeo on the quarterpipe.
3. Danny Kass – frontside board 180 out on the church rail, backside on the c-rail, switch backside 270 on the rainbow rail, backside 9, frontside 7, backside 5 crail, frontside 9 in the halfpipe and an air to tail stall on the quarterpipe.
4. Andreas Wiig –frontside board slide on the church rail. Skipped the c-rail, tailslide to frontside bs the rainbow, into a switch backside 9, frontside 10, backside rodeo 9, frontside rodeo 7 on the quarterpipe.
5. Wyatt Caldwell – Cab to Smith 270 out on the church box, switch to Smith gap switch frontside , frontside 9, Cab 7 (cab to backside rodeo), Cab 9, frontside 7 in the halfpipe.
Best trick – Andreas Wiig switch backside 9.

:: source : burton.com

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