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Photo: Crispin Libpscomb shot
by Marcel Lämmerhirt
29.01.2007 | Laax, Switzerland
Crispin Lipscomb & Holly Crawford Win
the 2007 Burton European Open Halfpipe Event
Blue skies and sun welcomed all HP finalists today
up on Crap Sogn Gion for the BEO final event day!
What a perfect day after inclement weather over
the last week. Canadian Crispin Lipscomb took home
the title and $ 10.000 prize-money. In the women’s
event it was Australian Holly Crawford who was unbeatable,
even though she was riding in pain with a broken
rib.
Crispin Lipscomb went by far the highest today and
his winning run included a frontside inverted 1080,
a cab 720, a frontside 900 melon, a backside 900
and a huge backside alley oop 360 indy at the end
of his run. Crispin had the following to say: “I
am so happy! It was a super sunny day with great
riding. This win makes me wanna come back to ride
this great pipe again here in Laax!”
Holly Crawford impressed the judges the most today,
after qualifying first in the semi-finals on Friday.
Today her winning run included a frontside 540 stalefish,
a japan air, a stalefish, a frontside 7 and ended
with a cab 540. Holly said: “It was an awesome
day, even though I was riding with the pain of my
broken rib. I’m so stoked to win the comp
today!”
All riders who competed in the BEO halfpipe event
earned points toward the Burton Global Open Series
(BGOS) men’s and women’s championship
titles worth $100,000 each, the largest single payout
in snowboarding. Crispin Lipscomb & Holly Crawford
each earned 8,000 points towards the BGOS championship
title for winning today’s halfpipe finals.
The male and female riders who accumulate the most
points during the BGOS event series, which includes
the New Zealand Open, the Burton European Open,
the Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open and the US Open,
will win the title. Currently, Ellery Hollingsworth
(USA) and Crispin Lipscomb (CAN) are in the lead
for the BGOS title after the BEO HP event.
After today’s event, the Ticket To Ride (TTR)
World Snowboard Tour Ranking List also changed.
Crispin moved from TTR Rank 127 into the TTR Top
30 at TTR World Nr 29. 3rd placed rider from today
– Janne Korpi – moved from25th to TTR
World Nr 14 and Iouri Podladtchikov made the Top
10 TTR and is now ranked 7th.
Be sure to watch complete webcast coverage of the
BEO halfpipe finals, parties and events on www.lat34.com/beo.
2007 BEO men’s halfpipe final results:
1. Crispin Lipscomb CAN
2. Iouri Podladtchikov RUS
3. Janne Korpi FIN
4. Peetu Piiroinen FIN
5. Markus Malin FIN
6. Rolf Feldmann SUI
7. Markus Keller SUI
8. Christian Haller SUI
9. Mitchell Brown NZE
10. Roger Kleivdal NOR
11. Sergio Berger SUI
12. Gian Simmen SUI
13. Henning Marthinsen NOR
14. Xaver Hoffmann GER
15. Stephan Maurer SUI
16. Luke Wynen USA
2007 BEO women’s halfpipe final results:
1. Holly Crawford AUS
2. Sarah Conrad CAN
3. Ellery Hollingsworth USA
4. Juliane Bray NZE
5. Meri Peltonen FIN
6. Andrea Schuler SUI
7. Lisa Wiik NOR
8. Anne Sophie Pellissier FRA
Check out forthcoming TTR events at:
www.ttrworldtour.com
:: source : burton press
    
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