25 years of the US Open - 1997-2001
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The Olympics being snowboarding into living rooms across the country. At the US Open, the Superpipe and Boardercross make their debut, and Danny Kass wins his first halfpipe title.
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Danny Kass took the coveted halfpipe title this year, edging out Vermont's Abe Teter by two-tenth of a point. And for the second straight year, Natasza Zurek dominated the women's pipe contest, bringing home another title.
2000
The new millenium brought the first Superpipe to the US Open -- a 300-foot long monster with 15-foot walls. This was the year of Canadian domination in the halfpipe -- Guillaume Morisset and Natasza Zurek made Canada proud with their winning pipe runs.
1999
Hometown hero Ross Powers stole the show and won the Halfpipe contest with huge McTwists and 900s. Nicola Thost won the women's halfpipe title for the second year running.
1998
"The Year of the Mist" - it was so damn foggy, you couldn't see from the top to the bottom of the pipe. Mike Michalchuk thre down an unthinkable double backflip and Terje pulled out a mammoth final run. But nobody could top Rob Kingwell, whose smooth and consistent riding earned him the halfpipe title. Nicola Thost had just won the first Olympic halfpipe contest and went on to win the US Open halfpipe title. The Boardercross competition made its debut at the Open as well.
1997
The halfpipe event drew a massive crowd of more than 10,000 spectators. Todd Richards narrowly edged out current Halfpipe World Champion Terje Haakonsen while Barret Christy ruled the women's pipe contest. The Big Air Finals saw huge inverted airs. It just kept getting bigger.
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