Pesko and Aono Top World Cup Opener in New Zealand
Sep 02 2007 / Cardrona, New Zealand
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Manuela Laura Pesko was all smiles after a perfect kick-off for the season: “I wasn't really convinced after my first run so I decided to focus more on having fun riding a half-pipe. That worked out well and I was riding like I normally do. I'm very pleased with the result especially because you never know where you stand in the beginning of a new season.”
"My better run was my first," Jacobellis said. "I was able to put my tricks together. It was awesome weather - the best we've had down here and that makes it so much easier to see everything. The winds didn't pickup until the last run. It's always nice to start the season with a podium."
Ryoh Aono of Japan, the defending FIS World Cup title holder in the men's half-pipe, won the men's contest with a great first run. Iouri Podladtchikov, the Russian-Swiss double citizen now starting for Switzerland, finished second followed by his teammate Rolf Feldmann.
Aono commented: “I didn't expect anything special from this World Cup opener – especially since it was pretty windy out there. But it my hard preparations for the new season already paid off. I will try to defend my World Cup title.”
The weather, which had been problematic through much of the week at Cardrona, located between Wanaka and Queenstown, cleared in time for good conditions.
The NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup schedule resumes Sept. 26-29 in El Colorado, Chile, with a pair of SBX competitions for men and ladies. The next half-pipe FIS World Cup is scheduled for Nov. 2 in Saas Fee, Switzerland.
Halfpipe - Men's Final Results
1. AONO Ryoh (JPN)
2. PODLADTCHIKOV Iouri (SUI)
3. FELDMANN Rolf (SUI)
4. WYNEN Luke (USA)
5. AUTTI Antti (FIN)
6. KORPI Janne (FIN)
7. HOLVIK Tore-V. (NOR)
8. TETER Elijah (USA)
9. MURAKAMI Daisuke (JPN)
10. KUDOH Kohhei (JPN)
11. WAL, VAN DER Dolf (NED)
12. LAMOUREUX Justin (CAN)
13. MATES Ben (AUS)
14. LADLEY Matthew (USA)
15. MAURER Stephan (SUI)
16. FRIBERG Daniel (SUI)
17. LIGOCKI Michal (POL)
18. MATTILA Risto (FIN)
19. HANSEN Kim-Rune (NOR)
20. BROWN Mitchell (NZE)
21. BIDEZ Dylan (USA)
22. CZESCHIN Tommy (USA)
23. ISHIHARA Takahiro (JPN)
24. HARINGTON Dominic (GBR)
25. BERGER Sergio (SUI)
26. HAMILTON James (NZE)
27. WARING Broc (USA)
28. VERGES Isaac (SPA)
29. WATANABE Kohdai (JPN)
30. DUSSAULT Gabriel (CAN)
31. BUZZONI Lorenzo (ITA)
32. WAKEHAM Daniel (GBR)
33. KILNER Ben (GBR)
34. MACHO Michael (AUT)
35. FALKEIS Stefan (AUT)
36. GRIMSRUD Per-Iver (NOR)
37. HAST Miikka (FIN)
38. VERGES Ruben (SPA)
39. MANCINI Alessandro (GER)
40. MAKURU Joram (NZE)
41. FLISAR Klemen (SLO)
42. PIETROPOLI Manuel (ITA)
43. HARDING Connor (NZE)
44. STEWART Ben (NZE)
45. MORGAN Ethan (GER)
46. NOVAK Matej (CZE)
47. SASIADEK Marek (POL)
48. STIGTER Pim (NED)
49. AALDERINK Tobias (NED)
50. RUEGG Thomas (SUI)
51. DAVIS Brendan (CAN)
52. KLEIVDAL Roger-S (NOR)
53. HALLER Christian (SUI)
Halfpipe - Women's Final Results
1. PESKO Manuela Laura (SUI)
2. JACOBELLIS Lindsey (USA)
3. BIDEZ Clair (USA)
4. YAMAOKA Soko (JPN)
5. CASTELLET Queralt (SPA)
6. HAUG Linn (NOR)
7. HALLER Ursina (SUI)
8. MCKENNA Lesley (GBR)
9. VALLEE Dominique (CAN)
10. NAKASHIMA Shiho (JPN)
11. IRONSIDE Charmaine (CAN)
12. CANDRIAN Sina (SUI)
13. MARREN Kelly (USA)
14. BYRNES Tricia (USA)
15. TSUYUKI Katie (CAN)
16. CONRAD Sarah (CAN)
17. SADAR Cilka (SLO)
18. HOFMEISTER Melanie (GER)
19. MITCHELL Paula (NZE)
20. BROWN Kendall (NZE)
21. NASH Claire (NZE)
22. BLEILER Gretchen (USA)
- Press Release
