Cover – Hmm, what do you do when you are 16 years old, just won a ton of cash by winning the overall Dew Tour and just got your drivers license, hmm I wonder – Sage Kotsenburg (chatting with Joel Muzzey from Transworld) can now buy a new vehicle AND save money for college or whatever
Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe, Calif. was named the Dew Cup champion and Female Athlete of the Year after winning today’s final at Mount Snow Resort. Norway’s Torstein Horgmo won the men’s snowboard slopestyle final, while 16-year-old Sage Kostenburg – who placed second today – was named the overall Dew Cup champion, making him the youngest Dew Cup winner in Winter Dew Tour history.
Anderson, 19, won the women’s snowboard slopestyle final, making her a first-time Dew Cup champion. Her flawless 720 mid-run helped give her a winning score of 96.25. Twenty nine-year-old Jenny Jones of Great Britain took the second-place position with a score of 83.50 and Canadian Spencer O’Brien, 22, followed in third with a 78.75.
“It’s unbelievable; I’m so excited to win the Dew Cup,” said Anderson. “I’ve come so close before so to actually get it this year is a great feeling.”
Horgmo, 22, won the men’s snowboard slopestyle final after throwing out a switch 270 on the skate feature and a switch backside 1260 to give him a top score of 96.50. Park City, Utah-native Kostenburg came in second with a 90.25 and 23-year-old Ian Thorley of Marquette, Mich. rounded out the podium in third with a score of 86.75.
Kostenburg came on to the Tour this season as an Open Qualifier in Breckenridge, Colo., eking his way out of the open qualifier round of competition to take second place in his first professional contest. After being near the lead for all three stops, the rookie was crowned the youngest Dew Cup champion in the Winter Dew Tour’s two-year history tonight.
“Before this year the thought of winning the Dew Cup didn’t even cross my mind,” said Kostenburg. “Coming into the stop I started to think, ‘Hey, I can actually do this!’ So I put my mind to it and to come away with the overall win is just amazing. I’m so excited!”
Saturday’s events for the Toyota Championship include the superpipe finals for freeski and snowboarding. Sunday’s events include the finals for the Gatorade Free Flow Tour, the official amateur series of the Winter Dew Tour, along with the Toyota Tricktopsy Big Air featuring top freeskiers like Simon Dumont, Bobby Brown and Jossi Wells.
Results:
09-10 Dew SlopestyleTour Champion - Sage Kotsenburg
Stop 3 Toyota Championships:
1- Torstein Horgmo
2- Sage Kotsenburg
3- Ian Thorley
4- Sam Hulbert
5- Chas Guldemond
6- Brandon Reis
7- Nick Poohachoff
8- Ulrik Badertscher
9- Eric Willett
10- Tyler Flanagan
11- Nick Julius
12- Scotty Vine
09-10 Dew Tour Champion - Jamie Anderson
Stop 3 Toyota Championships Results
1- Jamie Anderson
2- Jenny Jones
3- Spencer O'Brien
4- Megan Ginter
5- Kjersti Ostgaard Buass
Women's podium. L-r, Jenny Jones, an excited Jamie Anderson and Spencer O'brien