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| SuperPipe – 24 men and 20 women
After its recent success and popularity at last year’s Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, snowboarding halfpipe competitions are drawing bigger crowds than ever and continue to dazzle fans all over the globe. The X Games SuperPipe should be an impressive display that will include several of the Olympians from Salt Lake City. Using a new format this year, qualifiers will determine the top ten that will compete in a best-of-two-run final competition. Riding on a halfpipe that is 54-feet wide, 16-feet high and 500-feet long, athletes continue to develop styles and skills that push up the level of competition every year. Last year’s winner in the men’s competition, J.J. Thomas, put together a solid run including a 900, a fully flexed tailgrab and a switch McTwist. In the women’s competition, Kelly Clark owned the show. Her score of 94.00 was twelve points higher than the next closest competitor. Winter VI Medallists MEN Gold: J.J. Thomas Silver: Shaun White Bronze: Keir Dillon WOMEN Gold: Kelly Clark Silver: Stine Brun Kjeldaas Bronze: Natasza Zurek Qualified Athletes MEN (24) Event -- Rider -- Comments Top 5 Winter X Games VI --J.J. Thomas -- Golden, Colo. Top 5 Winter X Games VI --Shaun White --Carlsbad, Calif. Top 5 Winter X Games VI --Keir Dillon --East Shroudsburg, Penn. Top 5 Winter X Games VI --Daniel Frank --Oslo, Norway Top 5 Winter X Games VI --Danny Kass --Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 --Therry Brunner -- Davos, Switzerland Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 --Xaver Hoffman -- Murnau, Germany Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Gian Simmen -- Arosa, Switzerland Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Marcel Hitz -- Adligenswil, Switzerland Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Vinzenz Lueps -- Germany Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Giacomo Kratter --Sappada, Italy Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Henning Marthinsen Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Magnus Sterner -- Leksand, Sweden Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 Dani Costandache -- Klosters, Switzerland Top 10 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Markus Keller -- Davos, Switzerland ISF Junior World Champion 2002 --Elijah Teter -- Belmont, Vt. Top Rider SLC Olympics (not included above) -- Ross Powers -- S. Londonderry, Vt. Committee Decision -- Andy Finch -- Fresno, Calif. Committee Decision -- Markku Koski -- Finland Committee Decision -- Abe Teter -- State Line, Nev. Committee Decision -- Mike Michalchuck -- Pemberton, British Columbia Committee Decision -- Joe Eddy -- Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Vans Triple Crown, Breckenridge (Dec. 12 -15) Vans Triple Crown, Breckenridge (Dec. 12 -15) WOMEN (20) Event Rider Hometown Top 5 2002 Winter X Games -- Kelly Clark -- Mount Snow, Vt. Top 5 2002 Winter X Games -- Stine Brun Kjeldaas -- Oslo, Norway Top 5 2002 Winter X Games -- Natasza Zurek -- Vancouver, British Columbia Top 5 2002 Winter X Games -- Barrett Christy -- Vail, Colo. Top 5 2002 Winter X Games -- Pauline Richon -- Martigny, Switzerland Top 5 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Kjersti Oestgaard Buass -- Trondheim, Norway Top 5 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Fabienne Reuteler -- Wollerau, Switzerland Top 5 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Andrea Schuler -- Switzerland Top 5 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Lisa Hegertunwik Top 5 ISF World Rankings 2002 -- Manuela Pesko -- Lenzerheide, Switzerland ISF Junior World Champion 2002 -- Channelle Sladics Top Rider SLC Olympics (not included above) -- Doriane Vidal --Rivesaltes, France Committee Decision -- Nicola Thost -- Munich, Germany Committee Decision -- Tricia Byrnes -- New Canaan, Conn. Committee Decision -- Gretchen Bleiler -- Snowmass Village, Colo. Committee Decision -- Kim Stacy -- Stratton Mountain, Vt. Committee Decision -- Cecile Alzina -- France Committee Decision Vans Triple Crown, Breckenridge (Dec. 12 - 15) Vans Triple Crown, Breckenridge (Dec. 12 - 15) -30- Final competing athlete list subject to change. Contact: Deric Gunshor, 970-429-3174, deric.l.gunshor@espn.com Melissa Gullotti, 860-766-7216, melissa.c.gullotti@espn.com |
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