Top 5 Moments from the Honda Session

The seventeen-year-old Vermonter has been dominating rail jam for the past two seasons, so he was a likely victor at the Session. He consistently landed in the money each time it was awarded and when all was said and done, he’d earned $6750 for his efforts, the most of anyone. After he was informed he’d taken it, Lucas was obviously stoked, but that didn’t stop him from climbing back up to take one more attempt at frontside board sliding the long double kinked rail. He landed it cleanly, and even though most of the crowd had already dispersed, it was one of the highlights of the night.

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Silvia Mittermuller Steps it up for the Girls

Silvia Mittermuller is probably the best female slopestyle rider in the world. Case in point: Her 540s up the step up. This super technical trick was not even attempted by any men before she threw it down cleanly. For her efforts, she was awarded $3,550 and a tie for second place. Had her binding not broken 45 minutes into the hour, she may have very well taken the win.

The Session rail course definitely lent itself towards skateboard tricks, where riders stall out on the top of boxes or quarterpipes. But for most people, doing a trick that was invented for boards with trucks and wheels, just doesn’t look good. Enter Lake Tahoe’s Sammy Leubke, who’s tweaked out frontside rock and rolls legitimized the entire thing, and made the photographers’ jobs easy.

Andreas Wiig Wins It (with his first run)

The perpetual bridesmaid, Andreas has gotten second for the past two years at the Session. But with his first fun, that included backside rodeo 900, to a cab 1080, switch backside nine to frontside 1080, Andreas posted a score that was high enough that no one, other than him was able to best it. Not satisfied though, he swapped the first 900 for a backside rodeo 1080, and won the entire competition by 3 solid points.

It wasn’t the first one ever done in competition, but it is pretty much the hardest trick in snowboarding today. Benedek’s feat was made even more impressive as the final jump was not actually perfect for the trick, as it did not shoot riders high enough in the air. But with Andreas stepping up the level as he did, David had no choice, and he delivered.