Thursday, April 30th, 2009
The DC team just reupped on talent. They just announced that Torstein Horgmo is going professional. Not like Leon the cleaner style, but similar. He’s not going to be making big bucks, to go along with the competition that he’s been competeting against. He took first at Slope style in ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
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Aussie Torah Bright was pretty much a non-factor this season at the Winter Dew Tour but she showed today why she's considered one of the best female snowboarders on the scene with a blazing final run that secured her the win at the Toyota Championship at Tahoe-at-Northstar.
Bright was trailing Kelly ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
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Mason Aguirre has had a difficult Winter Dew Tour, but all that was forgotten after two huge runs at the final event of the season at Northstar-at-Tahoe. In snowy conditions at the superpipe finals Aguirre's two runs led the field, with Shaun White coming in with an off-day in third-place. ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
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Tanner Hall added to his impressive list of honors Saturday by winning the superpipe finals at the last stop of the 2009 Winter Dew Tour at Northstar-at-Tahoe. Hall's 93.75 was just enough to get by Simon Dumont (92.50), the only other person to win a superpipe contest at the Dew ...
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
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Tom Wallisch scored a surprise win as the freeskiing slopestyle finals went down Saturday at at Northstar-At-Tahoe's Toyota Championship, the final stop of the 2009 Winter Dew Tour. Wallisch entered the contest as a wildcard in slopestyle, having missed the previous two events.
Wallisch's 92.83 was enough to give him ...
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
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Torstein Horgmo scored a decisive win Friday at the Men's Slopestyle Finals at Northstar-At-Tahoe's Toyota Championship, the final stop of the 2009 Winter Dew Tour. Horgmo's 93.50 was almost four points better than second-place Shaun White's 89.67. Local rider Chas Guldemond finished in third with an 88.00.
White's second-place finish was ...
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
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Jamie Anderson scored the top spot at the season-ending Toyota Championship at Northstar-At-Tahoe Friday, edging Spencer O'Brien for the win 87.50 to 87.17 thanks to a tie-breaker. Janna Meyen-Weatherby was third.
Anderson won both Dew Tour events but O'Brien was solid in all three stops, giving her the overall honor of ...
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Shaun White took the men's Superpipe contest at the second Winter Dew Tour stop at Mount Snow, VT Sunday. White scored a 96.25 thanks to run that included back-to-back 1080s. Following White on the podium was Steve Fisher with a 92.75 and Kevin Pearce with a 90.00.
Kelly Clark took the ...
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
The second stop of the Winter Dew Tour is well underway at Mount Snow in Vermont. Saturday's action included the slopestyle finals for both men and women. Jamie Anderson took the women's title, followed by Spencer O'Brien.
Meanwhile, for the guys Torstein Horgmo took the crown, with Shaun White a close ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
cr. Matt Power
Alex Schlopy was the big underground buzz in freeskiing slopestyle two seasons ago. But he seemed like many of the budding phenoms that excite the sport, then disappear. Maybe they can't stand the pressure. Maybe they never got better than their first flash of brilliance. In Schlopy's case, ...
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