Saturday March 16th 2007 Stratton, VT woke up to cloudy, dark and very cold sky's. Slopestyle pre- qualifiers and qualifiers had been cancelled the day before due to winds and rain all day. The course was hard and fast and everybody was having a much better time clearing all the jumps. Things got started around 10:30 - 11:00 am just as a storm started rolling in. Mid semi finals it started dumping hard, the wind picked up and speed started to become an issue. The guys were throwing down in a three run best run final. Travis Rice was unstoppable and the condition didn't effect him or his riding as he had no trouble on the jumps throwing a huge rodeo 720 ( earing him best trick ) and multiple spin combos in his runs. Shaun White and Euro Janne Korpi also where landing some solid runs rounding up the 2nd and 3rd spots.
The ladies did their thing but speed proved to me a major issue for most of them. Young Jamie Anderson rose the top and was hitting and clearing all the big lips thrown down a solid cab 540 ( winner her best trick) and couple of front side three's and defiantly stood of from the rest of the pack. Aussie Torah Bright rolled into 2nd and Jenny Jone's rounded up 3rd place for the Womens 2007 US Open Slopestyle Championships.
Men's Results
1st - Travis Rice (QUICK SILVER) : $20,000 and $5,000 for the Snickers Best Trick
2nd - Janne Korpi (ONEILL) : $10,000
3rd - Shaun White (BURTON) : $5,000
4th - Heikki Sorsa (BURTON) : $2,000
5th - Tim Humphreys (FLOW) : $1,500
Women's Results
1st - Jamie Anderson (SALOMON) : $20,000 and $5,000 for the Snickers Best Trick
2nd - Torah Bright (ROXY SNOWBOARDS) : $10,000
3rd - Jenny Jones (SALOMON) : $5,000
4th - Claudia Fliri (VÖLKL) : $2,000
5th - Sylvia Mittermueller (OAKLEY) : $1,500
Watch the Slopestyle video:
- Jumbo Screen with live broadcast at the bottom of the hill
- Shaun " The Animal" White waiting the drop the course
-East Coast hero Yale Cousino frontboard in semi finals
- All the qualifiers threw down for a spot in the semi finals
- Double D Danny Davis about to drop the snowy course
- The hard snowfall in Tahoe's Chaz Guldemond's final run didnt seem to be an issue here as he boosts off the third jump.
- Jussi Oksanen
-Chaz Guldemond spinning a 1080 into almost 1260
- Scotty Lago with NBC all up in his grill
- Pat Moore was at the Open
- and Pat also boardslide the stair case box
- X Games and Vans Cups slopestyle winner Andreas Wiig mid seven
- 2nd place finisher Janne Korpi
- Heikki Sorsa getting some last minute advice from TRice
- Heikki lipslide the first stair feature
- Straight into the first jump
- Forum rider Pat Moore front five tail off the second jump
- Chaz huge Ollie
- Tim Humphreys rode well all day ending up in 5th place
- Andreas Wiig had some problems clearing and landing the last two jumps probably due the heavy snow. Here Mid 1080
- Shaun White
- Shaun fell a few times but pulled through and end up 3rd
- Speed was not a problem for Travis Rice has he was no doubt on another level from the other riders
- TRice rodeo seven 3rd booter
- The crowd loves free stuff
- Dumping at Stratton, VT as crowds wait for the slopstyle awards
- Best Trick winners Jamie Anderson and Travis Rice
- Women's US Open 2007 slopstyle winners
- Men's US Open 2007 slopstyle winner's
Related: Check out the Full Report of the 2007 US Open Halfpipe HERE