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Winter Dew Tour, Day 1: Slopestyle Prelims.

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
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The Dew Tour slopestyle preliminaries wrapped up about an hour ago and we now have our list of riders headed to the finals tomorrow. Unfortunately, our homestate boy, Yale Cousino, missed the cutoff by 2 places (only the top 9 finishers qualify for finals). He landed solid tricks in the top half of the course on both his runs but had trouble on the last two booters.

On the women’s side, the top 5 finishers are headed to the finals tomorrow.

Men’s Snowboarding Slopestyle results (Chas Guldemond, Tyler Flanagan and Sage Kotsenburg have a bye):

1 Eric Willett 86.67
2 Ulrik Badertscher 86.00
3 Torstein Horgmo 82.33
4 Sam Hulbert 82.00
5 Nick Poohachoff 76.50
6 Nick julius 74.50
7 Ian Thorley 73.83
8 Brandon Reis 71.50
9 Scotty Vine 69.50
10 Nate Kern 62.33
11 Yale Cousino 60.50
12 Seth Hill 56.67
13 Wyatt Caldwell 54.33
14 Halldór Helgason 48.83
15 Broc Waring 39.83
16 Jake Black 39.67
17 Silas Stannard 20.17

Women’s Snowboarding Slopestyle Results (Spencer O’Brien has a bye):

1 Jenny Jones 83.83
2 Janna Meyen-Weatherby 82.00
3 Jamie Anderson 74.17
4 Kjersti Østgaard Buaas 71.83
5 Megan Ginter 68.83
6 Lynn Neil 67.17
7 Chanelle Sladics 24.00
8 Kimberly Fasani 21.17

Women’s snowboarding slopestyle finals take place tomorrow from 1:30 – 2:10pm. Men’s snowboarding slopestyle are 2:30 – 3:30pm. For a full schedule of events, clickity click here.

Buncha dudes in bibs waiting at the start gate for the Slopestyle Prelims.

Buncha dudes in bibs waiting at the start gate for the Slopestyle Prelims.

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Seth Hill (Jacksonville, OR) moments before drop-in.

Vermont-boy Yale Cousino relieves pre-slopestyle run jitters by texting.

Vermont-boy Yale Cousino relieves pre-slopestyle run jitters by texting.

Ian Thorley visualizes his run before dropping in.

Ian Thorley visualizes his run before dropping in.

Wyatt Caldwell owns the gap on the first feature of the slope course.

Wyatt Caldwell owns the gap on the first feature of the slope course.

Eric Willett took first place in the prelims by making gnarly features like this up-gap-down look easy.

Eric Willett took first place in the prelims by making gnarly features like this up-gap-down look easy.

Yale Cousino spins the first booter.

Yale Cousino spins the first booter.

Seth Hill. First booter.

Seth Hill. First booter.

Torstein, who beat Shaun White to take first in slopestyle at last year's Dew Tour stop at Mount Snow, placed third in prelims today.

Torstein, who beat Shaun White to take first in slopestyle at last year's Dew Tour stop at Mount Snow, placed third in prelims today.

The signature Toyota Tundra truck bed canon box.

The signature Toyota Tundra truck bed canon box.

Don't look Yale Cousino's pants directly in the eye. They don't like that.

Don't look Yale Cousino's pants directly in the eye. They don't like that.

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terrain park Cliff’s Notes

Monday, December 21st, 2009

the slow start to the 2009-2010 snowboard season is behind us, fellow shredders.

cold nights have kept Vermont snowmakers busier than Tiger Woods’ attorney, and ropes are dropping like bad habits. Jay Peak is over 80% open and Sugarbush, known for its “if there’s snow on it, drop the rope” ethos, is 95% open. not too shabby when you consider it was in the 40s and raining just a few weeks ago.

all you freeriders have plenty of terrain to work with this week at every mountain in Vermont.

freestylers: here is your Cliff’s Notes version of what’s happening in the parks in Vermont this week:

STRATTON: Tyrolienne is open with a fresh layout & design. a 10′ box, A-frame box, 15′ battleship rail, 30′ flat box and four jumps are waiting for you. and don’t forget about the Vans Cold Wars Rail Jam on Dec. 26, under the lights on Tyrolienne – a great way to test out the new bindings your mom got you for XMas.

SUGARBUSH: you’ll find a 24′ down box, 24′ down rail, 24′ double kink (double kink? hi ohhhh!) and a 9′ flat box at the base of Lincoln Peak. rumor has it there’s a small, skate-inspired jib playground on Rim Run too.

Killington, Dec. 19.

Killington, Dec. 19.

CARINTHIA at Mount Snow: Carinthia continues to kill it this year with half a dozen parks already open. go-to park Nitro is holding strong with 18 features.

STOWE: Stowe is easing into things with a few small parks open, including the Rail Garden and Midway. P.S. have you played “Find Your Line” on stowe.com yet? you can bust methods off of moguls – watch out for the trumpet on rider’s left, though. that’s right, a trumpet.

KILLINGTON: Mouse Run is open with a handful of features. and i think we can all agree that we’re waiting, boards in hand, for a few big storms so we can get into The Stash. hurry up, snow.

OKEMO: the big news: the AMP Energy Bus on Nor’Easter is now open for the season. if you’ve never experienced the bus… i mean just look at this thing. Miss Bonnie, the prettiest PR lady in VT, tells us the Ross Powers Superpipe is getting absolutely blasted with snowmaking and should open soon.

BOLTON: Bolton is sittin’ pretty with four features in the Jungle Jib park, including a rainbow box, a butter box, a flat-up-flat box, and a down bar rail.

there it is. the VT snowboard season is officially blown open. now get ‘er done.

happy holidays from all us at Ski/Ride Vermont.

-Luke

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