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Travis Rice riding into 1st
place at the Burton US Open | Photo: Rob Farrington/Burton
16.03.2007 | Stratton, Vermont
Travis Rice & Jamie Anderson win the US Open
Slopestyle
Travis Rice and Jamie Anderson won todays slopestyle
competition at the 25th Annual US Open Snowboarding
Championships held at Stratton Mountain Resort. Travis
and Jamie each took home $20,000, Motorola cell phones
and $5,000 each for winning the Snickers Best Trick
Awards.
“I’ve been competing at the US Open
since 1998,” said Travis Rice. “My mom
brought me when I was 15, and it was the first time
I saw the pros compete in person. So I’m stoked
to win my first US Open slopestyle title. It was
definitely tough conditions out there for us gladiators,
so I’m glad we made it through it.”
Jamie Anderson, whose entire family gathered in
Vermont to cheer her on, had this to say about her
win today, “The US Open is a really huge contest,
and I’m stoked to win.”
Heavy snows on the East Coast slowed down the slopestyle
competitors, who each had three runs to get their
best scores. Travis Rice made the best of it, winning
his first US Open slopestyle competition with a
frontside boardslide on the first rail to a backside
720 Japan air, frontside 720 melon grab, backside
rodeo 720 nosegrab, switch backside 180 and a front
boardslide to 270 off on the final rail. Travis’
backside rodeo 720 on the third jump also earned
him the Snickers Best Trick award and an extra $5,000.
Finnish rider Janne Korpi impressed the judges with
his frontside boardslide, backside 720 mute grab,
frontside 900 melon grab, Cab 720 mute grab, switch
backside 720 and ending with a half Cab boardslide
on the rail, earning a second place win. 2006 US
Open slopestyle champion Shaun White took third
place on the slopestyle podium with a boardslide
to fakie, switch backside 540, frontside 1080, backside
720 mute grab, Cab 900 ending with a lipslide on
the final rail.
In the women’s competition, a diverse group
of ladies from six different nations including Austria,
Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and the
United States with ages ranging from 16 to 31 rode
in the slopestyle finals. 2006 US Open slopestyle
champion Hana Beaman did her best to reclaim her
title. But it was sixteen-year-old Jamie Anderson
who earned first place with a run that included
a frontside 180 indy grab, Cab 540, frontside 360,
method air and a nose press to tail press on the
last rail. Jamie’s smooth Cab 540 earned her
the Snickers Best Trick award as well. 2006 US Open
halfpipe champion Torah Bright took second place
in the women’s competition with her first
run and British rider Jenny Jones took the third
place spot on the podium.
After today’s slopestyle finals, Janne Korpi
took the lead in the Burton Global Open Series standings
with Kevin Pearce behind him by less than 100 points.
For the women, Torah Bright took the top spot. Tomorrow’s
US Open halfpipe competition is the final chance
for riders have to win the Burton Global Open Series
championship, which awards $100,000 each to the
winning male and female riders.
In the TTR World Tour Ranking List, Shaun White
moved from 4th to TTR World Nr. 1 spot. Travis Rice
moved from 13th to 4th place and Kevin Pearce moved
from first to second place. Antti Autti is currently
in third place. Jamie Anderson continues to lead
the women’s TTR rankings.
The male Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour Champion
will be announced after tomorrow’s US Open
halfpipe finals and the women’s Ticket To
Ride World Snowboard Tour Champion will be announced
after next week’s Roxy Chicken Jam in Park
City, Utah.
Check out forthcoming TTR events at:
www.ttrworldtour.com
:: source : burton press
    
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