Tanner Hall Wins Skiing Men’s SuperPipe At Winter X 12
Jan 27 2008 / Aspen, COLUCKY NUMBER SEVEN
Tanner Hall Wins Skiing Men’s SuperPipe; Takes Home Record Seventh Winter X Games Gold Medal
Twenty-four-year-old Tanner Hall fended off tough competition from Simon Dumont to win the Skiing Men’s SuperPipe Final tonight, and he took home his record seventh ESPN Winter X Games gold medal in the process.
Thick snow fell on Aspen/Snowmass as Hall put down a second run that netted him a score of 92.33. Starting from skier’s left, he got seven hits out of the pipe (compared to five for Dumont), taking a right side 900 into a left side 1260 with grab, then finishing with a backside 1080.
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Hall now holds 10 total Winter X Games medals, including seven golds. He’s achieved a three-peat in both the Men’s SuperPipe and the Men’s Slopestyle, and he currently holds the most gold medals of any Winter X athlete.
Dumont’s third run, the last of the competition, wowed the crowd and included a monstrous 20’2” vert out of the pipe on a 720 grab – but his 91.00 on the run couldn’t overtake Hall.
“My drive this year was to train for this one event,” Hall said. “I’m 24 years old, and at this point this is one of my last big goals at X Games.”
SKIING SUPERPIPE MEN’S FINAL
Results from Aspen/Snowmass on Thursday, January 24, 2008
Name / Bib No. / Hometown / Score
1. Tanner Hall / 526 / Kalispell, Mont. / 92.33
2. Simon Dumont / 504 / Bethel, Maine / 91.00
3. Colby West / 522 / Canterbury, N.H. / 85.00
4. Andreas Hatveit / 507 / Sudndalen, Norway / 81.66
5. Jossi Wells / 527 / Wanaka, New Zealand / 75.00
6. Mike Riddle / 513 / Sherwood Park, AB, Canada / 70.00
7. Peter Olenick / 510 / Aspen, Colo. / 65.00
8. Sean Field / 540 / Tahoe City, Calif. / 64.00
9. Matt Hayward / 528 / Red Deer, AB, Canada / 50.33
10. Kevin Rolland / 531 / La Plagne, France / 0.00
QUALIFYING RESULTS - SKIING SUPERPIPE MEN’S
Qualifying Results from Aspen/Snowmass on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Top 10 advance to finals
Name / Bib No. / Hometown / Score
1. Tanner Hall / 526 / Kalispell, Montana / 95.33
2. Simon Dumont / 504 / Bethel, Maine / 89.33
3. Kevin Rolland / 531 / La Plagne, France / 82.66
4. Andreas Hatveit / 507 / Sudndalen, Norway / 78.00
5. Mike Riddle / 513 / Sherwood Park, AB, Canada / 75.33
6. Jossi Wells / 517 / Wanaka, New Zealand / 75.00
7. Matt Hayward / 528 / Red Deer, AB, Canada / 73.00
8. Colby West / 522 / Canterbury, N.H. / 72.33
9. Peter Olenick / 510 / Aspen, Colorado / 72.00
10. Sean Field / 540 / Tahoe City, Calif. / 70.00
11. Sammy Carlson / 501 / Tigard, Oregon / 69.00
12. John Symms / 532 / Salt Lake City, Utah / 67.00
13. Stefan Thomas / 533 /Park City, Utah / 65.33
14. Xavier Bertoni / 536 / La Clusaz, France / 45.00
15. Justin Dorey / 538 / Vernon, BC, Canada / 36.66
16. Brent Abrams / 539 / South Lake Tahoe, Calif. / 19.00
