New York – Norwegian Torstein Horgmo maintained the lead in a close contest against Olympic gold medalist Shaun White in the men’s snowboard slopestyle finals and Jamie Anderson won the women’s event Saturday in the second stop of the inaugural Winter Dew Tour.
 
The 21-year old Horgmo took the lead on his first run and the field was unable to best his score of 92.67. His winning run included technical tricks on the rails and the flat box and a cab 900 on the first jump, to a backside 900 on the second jump. He finished with a switch backside 1260 on the final jump.

“This means a lot to me,” Horgmo said. “Winning a contest is fun. I still don’t feel like I beat anybody here today. I’m only trying to beat myself at the contest. I got my win now. I’m super stoked. I don’t think I really realize it yet.”

White, of Carlsbad, Calif. was second at 92.33 and Andreas Wiig of Norway was third at 88.00.

White remains the overall point leader in the race for the Dew Cup based on this event and his win at the first stop of the Tour in Breckenridge, Colorado.

“This was a full-on course,” White said. “We had rails at the top, a rail in the middle, big jumps at the bottom. It was really fun.”

In the women’s field, Anderson, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif. made good use of the course with a tail press to a nose press to a pretzel out on the top rails. She landed a switch backside 360 on the first jump to a cab 180 on the box jump. She finished with a frontside 360 to a frontside 520 on the final two jumps to earn 85.67 points.

“I was just having a good day and my body felt good,” Anderson said. “I didn’t really do so many frontside fives in practice, I was kind of just doing backside 180’s so I’m stoked on that part.”

Canadian Spencer O’Brien was second at 81.50 and Chanelle Sladics, of Newport Beach, Calif., was third at 80.67. O’Brien, who won the previous Winter Dew Tour event, remains the overall point leader heading into the season finale next month in California.

The four-day competition is the second of three stops of the Winter Dew Tour that features men’s and women’s freeskiing and snowboarding disciplines. Sunday’s action features the men’s and women’s snowboard superpipe finals.

Results:
 
Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals
1. Torstein Horgmo, Norway, 92.67. 
2. Shaun White, Carlsbad, Calif., 92.33. 
3. Andreas Wiig, Norway, 88.00. 
4. Mikkel Bang, Norway, 85.33. 
5. Eric Willett, Breckenridge, Colo., 82.67. 
6. Scotty Lago, Seabrook, N.H., 79.33. 
7. Brandon Reis, Peterborough, N.H., 76.83. 
8. Sam Hulbert, Peterborough, N.H., 74.17. 
9. Charles Reid, Canada, 72.50. 
10. Yale Cousino, Lincoln, Vt., 71.83.

Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals
1. Jamie Anderson, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 85.67. 
2. Spencer O’Brien, Canada, 81.50. 
3. Chanelle Sladics, Newport Beach, Calif., 80.67. 
4. Jenny Jones, Great Britain, 75.50. 
5. Megan Ginter, Redmond, Wash., 75.00. 
6. Marie-France Roy, Canada, 74.50.

The Winter Dew Tour consists of three major, multi-sport events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system, and a $1.5 million competitive purse.  Each event features men and women’s snowboard (superpipe and slopestyle), and men’s freeskiing (superpipe and slopestyle).  At season’s end, the overall point’s leaders in the six disciplines are crowned year-end champions and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup. As part of an Alli property, key lifestyle elements compliment the competitions at each Tour event including the Festival village, specialty competitions, and live cutting edge music. The Winter Dew Tour is broadcast live on NBC Sports with additional competition and lifestyle broadcasts on MTV, MTV2 and USA.  The Winter Dew Tour is also distributed on Fuel TV, Universal HD, Rush HD, and internationally on Eurosport, Fox Australia, Extreme Channel and Allarco superchannel.  Winter Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour title sponsor); Toyota (event title sponsor).  Associate partners include Ball Park, Nike 6.0, PlayStation®, Wendy’s, and Verizon Wireless. More information can be found at allisports.com

- Overview of the Dew Tour Slopestyle Course



- Jamie Anderson set it off for the women for won 15,000 for this first place run.



-  The Girls, Burton TM, Channelle Sladics (on the podium), Kjersti Buass and Spencer Obrien (about to get on the podium).


Mens Finals

- Norwegian Pride, Torstein Horgmo (1st) and Andreas Wiig (2nd) both from Norway are stoked for each other.

Torstein Horgmo

- Torstein Horgmo on his way to first place.



- Torstein Horgmo 1260.



- Torstein Horgmo spinning a backside 1260.


Andreas Wiig

- Andreas Wiig



- Andreas Wiig spinning on the last kicker.


Shaun White

- Shaun White gets hounded at every turn.  We ate dinner at the same restaurant and when he left, the hostess announce to the next guests "This is Shaun Whites Table!"



- Shaun White Snowboarding



- A little Course Maintenance for the guys.  Mt Snow is looking really sick these days.


Kevin Pearce

- The men followed the women and started killing it right away.  Kevin Pearce Setting off The Finals


- Kevin Pearce Laying out a stylish 7.



- Volcom Team Manager Ryan Boyce was there shooting his crew and representing the new Volcom Snowboards.


Scotty Lago

- Scotty Lago spinning and holding that tail.



- Scotty Lago


Charles Reid

- Charles Reid is a bad ass



- Charles Reid Double Cork 1080.



- Charles Reid corked out toward the bottom of the course.


Mikell Bang

- Mikkel Bang was definitely slaying it.  His snowboard base graphic says "I Love Lago"


Yale Cousino

- Yale is a great well rounded rider



- Yale Cousino really stands out on the rails



- Yale Cousino Stands Out on the jumps as well.


Sam Hulbert

- Sam Hulbert laying down a smooth switch 5050



- Sam Hulbert frontside 1080.



- Sam Hulbert Boosting off the last kicker.



- The crowd was hyped



- First Place Jamie Anderson, second Place Spencer Obrien, and Third Place Channelle Sladics



- Mens Podium, Shaun White and Andreas Wiig reserving Torstein Horgmo's first place spot. Transworld and Mike Azevedo Photo



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