Markus Malin booting it.

After two days of mindblowing slopestyle action, attention switched over to the halfpipe today as the men’s and women’s Semi Finals went down. Check how it panned out…

Laax was frazzled by another bluebird scorcher today which, while good for getting lobstered, makes pipe riding a challenging prospect as the finely crafted walls degenerate into slush, but while the riders struggled with the conditions a tad and holding back on unleashing their big guns there was still some sickness going down.

Freddy Austbo has epic style

On the women’s side of things halfpipe riding is still being dominated by Kelly Clark. In recent times she’s seen herself getting pushed hard by the likes of Gretchen Bleiler and Queralt Castellet, but the fact that she’s won the last 15 contest she’s entered speaks volumes. Despite a bit of a fever, Kelly boomed it here once again to ensure she’s in pole position for tomorrow’s finals ahead of Gretchen and Queralt, who both went tech but without the amplitude of Kelly.

Danny Davis also has epic style

The men were either holding back or hampered by the slush as the dizzying display of pipe riding we’ve become accustomed to didn’t materialise today, with guys like Iouri Podladtchikov not even getting their double dip on – it’s laughable to type but a run with 7s, 9s and back-to-back 10s is ‘mellow’ by today’s standards. Other riders were having success on certain hits but struggling to maintain a consistency that’s important to do well. Mini’s Creative Use of Space is on in the pipe as it was in the slopestyle, so Freddy Austbo’s monster frontside alley-oops and Peetu’s switch straight air could well net them the 5k, but overall it seemed that speed was an issue but judges were clearly rewarding riders who went big.

Iouri Podladtchikov taking it easy

And while guys like Arthur Longo, Peetu, Jack Mitrani and Freddy Austbo were booting it, few went bigger more consistently than Markus Malin who, like Iouri, also kept the doubles in his bag for tomorrow. Atmosphere-scratching amplitude, big flat spins and solid grabs served him well, but we’re sure that come tomorrow’s finals the ante will be upped considerably. You can watch the Burton European Open finals live from 9.15 am tomorrow.

RESULTS

Men

1. Markus Malin (FIN)
2. Iouri Podlatchikov (SUI)
3. Ryo Aono (JPN)
4. Danny Davis (USA)
5. Fredrik Austbo (NOR)
6. Stale Sandbech (NOR)
7. Shuhei Osanai (JPN)
8. Peetu Piiroinen (FIN)
9. Tim-Kevin Ravnjak (SLO)
10. Nathan Johnstone (AUS)
11. Janne Korpi (FIN)
12. Christian Haller (SUI)
13. Hiroki Suwa (JPN)
14. Tore Holvik (NOR)
15. Jan Scherrer (SUI)
16. Manuel Pietropoli (ITA)

Women

1 Clark Kelly
2 Bleiler Gretchen
3 Sadar Cilka
4 Yamaoka Soko
5 Rodriguez Sophie
6 Castellet Queralt
7 Furihata Yuki
8 Haller Ursina
9 Candrian Sina
10 Thovex Mirabelle
11 Bernard Emma
12 Purtschert Nadja
13 Østgaard Buaas Kjersti
14 Anderson Jamie
15 Derungs Isabel
16 Rohrer Verena
17 Kalapos Zoe

As they drop in on Mammoth’s terrain park the crew of Finns – Ville Paumola, Ville Uotila, Aleksi Kumpulainen and Markus Malin - find the big line closed but have themselves a blast on the medium and jib lines regardless before taking it to the backcountry where they find a good spot for a solid kicker session. Next up they take it back to the park at Bear Mountain and to wrap it all up, the boys get some Californian dreaming going on in San Diego. Surf’s up, bitches…

That’s the season wrapped for the series, but you can keep in the loop on these boys’ haps by tuning into the Flying Finns Facebook page.

Fun times. Check it out.

Send it! Photo: Frode Sandbech/Nike 6.0

You’ve read the words, you’ve seen the videos, now feast your eyes on this H-Bomb of a photo blast from last weekend’s Nike 6.0 Air&Style Munich.

The contest went off, with next level riding from all 16 dudes in the main event – Markus Malin, Peetu Piiroinen, Sage Kotsenburg, Ulrik Badertscher, Peter König, Werni Stock, Seb Toutant, Christian Haller, Iouri Podladtchikov, Ethan Morgan, Markku Koski, Janne Korpi, Nils Arvidsson, Seppe Smits, Halldor Helgason and Mason Aguirre all deserver huge props for putting on one hell of a show. Thankfully it wasn’t just another back 10 late cork fest, there were proper back 10 doubles, front 10 doubles, flat 12s, Lobsters and we even saw Mason Aguirre do a super slow front 5 that was awesome.

Here’s a heap of killer shots from Frode Sandbech and a few from our hardworking Photo Ed, Sami Tuoriniemi.

The show is scheduled to go down between 12.30 and 1400 CET and for those of you who can’t watch it live, or who just want to know what we’re making of it all, we’ll hopefully be doing a live Minute-By-Minute blog of what’s going down. (Disclaimer – MBM dependent on technical logistics, staffing issues, and amount of powder on the local mountain.)

Here’s how the first round of face-offs is gonna go down…

1 – Marco Grilc vs. Mikkel Bang
2 – Peetu Piroiinen vs. Haldor Helgasson
3 – Andreas Wiig vs. Scotty Lago
4 – Werner Stock vs. Stale Sandbech
5 – Elias Elhardt vs. Kazuhiro Kokubo
6 – Markus Malin vs. Seb Toutant
7 – Gjermund Braaten vs. Seppe Smits
8 – Janne Korpi vs. Eric Willett

Who do you reckon will make it through? Calling those 8 rounds of potential snowboarding El Clásicos is a tough call, but seeing as we put it out there we’ll give you our predictions…

1 – Grilo won the Innnsbruck gig last year with a couple of regular and switch double 10s; Bang bagged 2nd as a rookie in 2007 and is one of the few riders who can make switch back 12s look good… We’re thinking there’ll be a lot of people doing double backside 10s, so if he can put the switch back 12 down we’ll go with Mikkel Bang.

2 – Peetu is the reigning TTR World Tour Champ after slaying it consistently last season, but Halldor won the X-Games Big Air with a perfect score. Again, tough to call but we reckon Halldor Helgason will take this one.

3 – Andreas has some hammers in his bag for sure, but after seeing Lago’s second or third try switch double backside rodeo 10 in the Smith webisode yesterday, we’d have to say Scotty Lago for this tie.

4 – Damn, this is hard. Staale’s deservedly got some hype around him right now and we gave him an interview. But we know Werni’s got the bang bangs on lock too and we saw him working on the switch back 12. Jeez, why’d we do this? Ok, we’re guessing Staale will be the punters’ favourite in this heat so we’ll back Werni Stock to get the better odds.

5 – Elias can put down the double cork back 10 like clockwork and comes in on a high from winning the Pleasure Jam, but will he have enough if Kazu turns it up to 12? Kazu doesn’t seem shy of putting it all on the line and if for nothing else he deserves our support due to his sterling ‘controversy’ at the Olympics. Kazuhiro Kokubo for this heat.

6 – Markus has some mad skills to be sure, but we’re gonna have to go with Seb Toutant in this round. He does those Tootsie Roll 12s of his just a bit too well, and after a summer of airbagging down under we reckon he could have more in the can if the shit hits the fan.

7 – Awesome as it is for a flatlander to get in this gig, we have to say that after witnessing the stompers he put down to win Freestyle.CH, we’re backing Gjermund Braaten to get through here. Ain’t no messing with that back 12 double of his.

8 – Janne is super consistent and a seasoned competitor, but that young buck Willett has really impressed since he burst on the scene. If the occasion gets to him it could be a different story, but our money’s on Eric Willett to nudge his way past the Finn and into the next round.

Shoot, that was frickin’ tough. Well, we’ll see how right or wrong our calls are tomorrow from 12. Looking forward to this bad boy…

Well, here’s all the fine print from Saturday’s event as seen from the TTR point of view.

The TTR Men's Top 5 as seen by Laura Austin

It was another superb day in Stratton, Vermont for the 6Star Burton US Open halfpipe finals. The pipe was in perfect shape, the rider list was full of talent and the riding level was high making for some intense competition. Kazuhiro “Kazu” Kokubo (JPN) was the men’s halfpipe victor of the day and Kelly Clark (USA) took the win in the women’s competition. After Saturday’s pipe finals wrapped up, Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) was officially crowned Swatch TTR World Champion and the men’s 2009/2010 TTR Top 5 is now set in stone.

Kelly Clark on her way to the 2010 US Open title. Photo: Shem Roose.

The Last Major Pipe Event For The Men, One More To Go For The Women
It was a heated battle in the halfpipe today with some amazing riding by both the men and the women. The women dropped into the pipe first and Kelly Clark was the definite standout with her signature smooth style and high amplitude. She was able to seal her fourth US Open halfpipe victory with a run that included a huge frontside air, backside 540 mute, frontside 720, Cab 720 mute and ended with a frontside corked 900. It was a close call for the second and third place finishers with Kaitlyn Farrington (USA) taking the second position and Ellery Hollingsworth (USA) in third.

The men’s competition was jam packed full of action with Japanese style master, Kazu Kokubo, putting together an amazing winning run consisting of a frontside 900 melon, chicken wing McTwist, frontside 1080, Cab 1080 and a frontside double cork 1080. Louie Vito (USA) came in a very close second place throwing three consecutive double corks in his first run. And, Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI) also put on quite the display with a run that included a Cab 1080 double cork and a 1260 double cork.

Peetu Piiroinen with the TTR trophy. Photo: Laura Austin

The Swatch TTR World Tour Top 5 Finalists
Peetu Piiroinen took the top spot on the Swatch TTR Tour for the 2009/2010 season and today he officially walked away with his second consecutive TTR World Champion trophy. “This is special. I am the first guy who won the TTR twice” said Piiroinen. “Next year maybe for the third time. It is just incredible.” Not only does he get to bask in the glory of this prestigious title, but he also was awarded with $50,000 USD for his amazing effort throughout the super busy season.

The rest of the TTR Top 5 finalists also walked away with some major cash and incentives. After his third place finish today, Iouri Podladtchikov, secured the World No. 2 position taking $25,000. Markus Malin (FIN) took fourth place in the pipe today which was good enough to bump him into World No. 3 earning him $15,000, young Norwegian rookie Gjermund Braaten didn’t make it to finals in today’s event but, with his arsenal of great results throughout the season, he ended up in World No. 4 and was awarded $11,000. Janne Korpi finished in fifth place today which gave him the World No. 5 spot and is now $9,000 richer. All of these athletes will also receive automatic invites to all major TTR events for the 2010/2011 TTR World Tour Season.

One More Major Tour Stop Forthe Women
With the Burton US Open wrapped up, the women will travel across the U.S. to Mammoth Lakes, California for the 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam, the final major women’s event of the season. Even though she didn’t make it to halfpipe finals today, Finnish newcomer of the season Enni Rukajärvi was able to move into the tour lead overtaking Sina Candrian (SUI) who was bumped down to current World No. 2. Lisa Wiik (NOR) remains in World No. 3, Sarka Pancochova (CZE) stays in World No. 4 and Cilka Sadar (SLO) is sitting in World No. 5. The women’s TTR World Champion title is still wide open for all the ladies mentioned above as they get ready for the final major event of the season.

More highlights from the Winter X-Games Europe pipe finals, including chatter with the duders from our boy Jon Weaver. iPod was certainly pumped!

The pipe. Photo: Stef Camde/Shazamm/ESPN Images

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The halfpipe haps in Tignes for the televisually impaired.

Righto, let’s start with an apology. We wanted to do this for the women’s and the slopestyle at this, the first ever European Winter X-Games, but technical difficulties prevented it. And by technical difficulties we mean one of the hamsters powering our internets keeled over and died. And our intravenous booze drip malfunctioned. Or we were too busy doing something else. Ah well, one of those might be true.

But, hey, that was then and this is now. We are locked in to the superlative strewn American drawl on the Canal + live feed and shall be reporting in a hit-by-hit manner on what they, the organisers, have decreed to be the blue ribband event – the men’s Halfpipe – should you not be able to get on the feed due to work blockers, dead rodents or an aversion to American commentry.

And an interesting finale it should be, following, as it is, hot on the heels of the Greatest Snowboarding Halfpipe Competition Ever Of All Time (c), (r), ™ that was the Olympics. This time round there’s no Shaun White (dinner date with Obama), Peetu Piiroinen (drinking in the success of his second TTR World crown) or Scotty Lago (living the dream on TMZ), but there’s certainly enough big hitters to make things interesting, so expect double corks, beefcake airs and (potentially) better camerawork than at Cypress. Of course, if you’re reading this chances are you can’t see the camerawork so we’ll let you know on that one, but suffice to say there will be (potentially) better Minute-By-Minute reporting as it won’t be 5am here and we won’t have drank 12 eco-conscious beers.

The finals are set to kick off at 18.00 Central European Time so we’ll be back just before to give you some more waffle and let you know if they’re calling any bits of the pipe the ‘Money Hit’, the ‘Flange Cannon’ or ‘Joss Ackland’s Spunky Backpack’. Until then, here is where we would give you our opinion on how the guys are riding and who’s in with a chance, but unfortunately some rocket scientists declined to air the pipe qualifiers so we’re going in blind. Here’s who’s in, and in the order they qualified…

Qualified riders

1 – Markus Malin (FIN)
2 – Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI)
3 – Christian Haller (SUI)
4 – Louie Vito (USA)
5 – JJ Thomas (USA)
6 – Aluan Ricciardi (FRA)
7 – Mathieu Crepel (FRA)
8 – Luke Mitrani (FRA)

Ok, we did the thing where you close your eyes, wiggle your finger around and point and have come to the conclusion Luke Mitrani will win. In reality, though, we’re backing Iouri Podladtchikov to take first, what with his back-to-back doubles and brand spanking new double McTwist 1260 that he may or may not deign to break out. But we’re also backing the Frenchies to be in there somewhere what with the hometown support. Plus, despite our flippant remark earlier, Luke Mitrani has got killer style and a deep wizard’s sleeve. And, dang, Markus Malin‘s been riding hard this season… So, as you can see, it’s far from a done deal.

Come back shortly before 18.00, and refresh your page in every couple of minutes to read what goes down.

Until then, have a gander at the highlights of the women’s pipe finals…

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And, should you wish to see the bangers from the men’s Slopestyle, then here’s them apples for ya.

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And to continue our avalanche of ‘Ands’, here’s Jenny Jones‘s winning slopestyle run from this morning…

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The crowd will be going nuts for this boy, believe. Frenchman Aluan Ricciardi in the pipe qualifiers. Photo: Danny Burrows.

Hello, good evening and welcome to our live Minute-By-Minute event reporting from the inaugural Winter X-Games Europe in, as our American commentator cousins have been referring to it, Tiña, France.

Riders are warming up, prepping themselves to get busy in the pipe for the men’s final in around 30 minutes, so to fill the time we’ll let you know some facts and figures hastily cribbed from deep within the X-Games’ webguts.

The measurements of the Superpipe used at the Winter X Games are as follows: 220 metres long, 18 metres wide, 5 to 6 metres high. The Tignes SuperPipe has the same dimensions as the one in Aspen that was host to the earlier X-Games event.

There are four judging criteria: amplitude, difficulty, execution and overall impression.

Each rider gets three runs, with the best run counting.

And there’s no SMS voting which, although maybe sucking for the French riders, is good for anyone who likes to see legitimate snowboarding competitions. Wooha. The lowest placed qualifier will have the honour of dropping first, so it will be American Frend Luke Mitrani who’ll be getting proceedings underway. As we mentioned earlier we didn’t see any of the qualifiers but we’ll stick a virtual tenner on Luke’s first hit being a double Heave-Ho…

18.05

So, Luke Mitrani stands atop Tignes’ love tube, straps in and hopes to come gushing out the end with the mother of all money shots. The next 30-odd seconds will determine whether he’s the snowboard equivalent of John Holmes or John Major. Edwina Currie, Jesus Luke, you don’t want that… He kisses his iPod, drops and pulls a double heave ho, front 10, cab 7, front 7 haakon and alley oop to slam. We win our bet but Luke will have to land to avoid Edwina’s sultry looks. 41 points.

18.07

Crepel. Front double cork 10 to bail. And the cries of a thousand Frenchmen fall flat. He tries another double and falls. Another two chances to get the crowd pumped, though, Mat.

18.08

Another Frenchman, Aluan Ricciardi has his chance to get the Frenchies pumped. What’s he got? Big fs air, bs 9, to misarable fail for the French thus far.

18.09

Veteran JJ Thomas, woh the announcers say has competed in a hundred X Games or something, looks to show experience counts. Does it? Front 10, CAb 10, fs air, bs 9, something, then a McTwist. Having regular riders calling goofy tricks when you’re typing sucks. Can I just say goofy riders rock, regular footer suck.

18.12

The dancing boy, Louie Vito, who Uli here reckons will double cork all over the place, gets ready to drop. And then there’s a nice graphic thingy promoting something or other. 79.66 points for JJ by the way.

18.15

Ah, it was a replay of JJ’s run. The regular footers here who are supposed to be helping me are still confused as to what some of his tricks were. Like I said, regular footers suck. Louie Vito’s talking now. Show the boy riding!

18.17

After an eternity, Vito drops. He’s goofy! Front double 10, cab double 10… and then bails. Damn. He’ll do better in his next couple runs that’s for sure. He’s goofy, you see.

18.19

Swiss boy Christian Haller is up now. He didn’t have the best time in Vancouver, can he make it count in Tiña?.. Big method, front 10, cab 10, front 5, back 5, front 9… and that’s it for Hitch. 85 points dead and he goes into first for now.

18.20

Iouri Podladtchikov, a goofy rider it must be noted, is in the gate. Stance aside, we’re backing him for the podium at a minimum. Do we know what we’re talking about? He pulls out a cab double 10, front 6, back 10 scabber and the scabby scabbiness means that’s a throwaway run for the iPod.

18.23

First place qualifier Markus Malin, a Finlander, is locked and loaded. He unloads into a huge fs air, bs 9, front double 10, cab 7, frons inverted 9 and back 10. A back 10? Gnarlaroo. That should be first place for now… and is, with 90.33 points.

18.26

Malin gets grilled by Anne-Flore Marxer, who seems as overwhelmed as Markus. As it stands, it’s Malin, Haller and JJ Thomas on the 1, 2, 3 right now. My assistant goes to relieve himself now so if these ads finish abruptly I am royally screwed.

18.30

Ads done. Uli back from the bog. Action coming up from Tiña. 5 out of the 8 riders fell on their first runs so they’d better be stepping it up if they want a sniff. Luke Mitrani fires in for run 2 … double heave ho, front 10, haakon, front 9, alley oop back rodeo. Better, Luke, but he’ll need to improve the lower half of his run as he lost speed on the front 10. Gotta deliver on the last run now. 82.33 points. Our lot here think the judging is off a tad on that

18.32

Mat Crepel drops into a wall of French noise. Front double 10, haakon, front 12, air fakie, switch back 9, switch backside alley oop rodeo. Everyone here is going nuts for Mat’s run. If he’s not in first, then the world is wrong. That, right there, was a killer run. 95.0 points. His reward? A tete a tete with AFM. Allez les bleues et merci a touts.

18.35

More for the locals to cheer as Aluan Ricciardi drops in with… big fs air, back 9, front 10, haakon to a bit of a flat landing to shoulder barge with the flat bottom. He was going big, but ‘ouch’ is all he’ll end up with.

18.39

JJ Thomas, with what the announcers claim to be the ‘Mustache of Power’, offers up front 10, cab 9… to revert, speed loss and nul more points than his first effort.

18.41

Louie Vito looks to up his first run’s score and prove me right about goofy riders. We’re watching Crepel’s run again and, despite being a regular foot, that is most certainly one whale cock of a run. It will be VERY hard to beat Le Crepe…

18.43

The question is ‘what’s Vito got?’ The answer is… front double 10, cab double 10, another double… err.. back 9, front 10. That’s a banger. And… and … and.. 92.83 points is what he gets.

18.48

Louie’s stoked to have got 3 doubles in a row – the first in competition EVER – but it’s only good enough for 2nd. Is that fair? We would say yes. We’d explain but Christian Haller drops and… backside air, front 10, cab 10, front 5, back 5, front 9 to slammeroory. That’s not going to have any bearing on things.

18.50

iPod, Switzerland’s very own snowboarding rockstar, gets his second run going with a cab double 10, huge front 5, backside double McTwist 12, and a cab 10. BAAAAAAAAAANG! This final is nuts. Who needs Shaun White?

18.53

98.0 points for iPod. First place. Booya. God, we love being right. Bullshit aside, that was a serious run. He’s speachless. The commentators can’t say his name. Priceless.

18.54

Markus Malin will have to turn it up if he wants any of this X Games gold. Frontside air, back 9, front double 10, cab double 10, weirdest front 5 ever and attempted back 12 to scuffery. Good effort, but not good enough.

18.58

As Flight of the Conchords once sang ‘It’s business, it’s business time’. Third runs about to kick off and it’s make or break time. Can anyone better Iouri’s run? To quote Winehouse, ‘I say noooo nooo no.’

19.00

So it is round three now. Thanks, again, Coco from 7Sky for the beer Mitrani drops for a double heave ho to anus. Game over for the American.

19.02

Now it’s Mat Crepel’s last chance to send the crowd into delirium. He needs 98.01, and that is tough. Front double 10 hand drag… cab 3… something… he knows that’s not gonna be donning the disco platforms, but he’s in silver spot. Will he hang on?

19.04

Aluan Ricciardi drops to French people roaring. What’s he got? Fs air, bs 9, front 9, McTwist, front 10. Not gonna be good enough for a podium but he landed his run and looks happy enough. Jesus. 5th place as it stands. As an aside, why can’t these announcers pronounce Iouri’s name? It’s POD-LAD-TCHI-KOV. Where on earth do they get the ‘Pad’ from?

19.07

JJ Thomas, currently 8th, needs to bring it now. He’s got a front 7, cab 7, lein, method, McTwist and a slasher. To be fair, he knew the game was up and just had a run for himself right there. To try and squeeze on the podium in this gig would require some riding from another planet right now, and it looked like JJ knew he’d rather leave it to the kids to scrap for this one.

19.12

Louie Vito’s up for his last run. Front double 10, cab double 10, front 5, back 9… arrrrrgh, to sketcher. Props for putting together back-to-back-to-back double corks, but that’s all for Vito

19.15

Christian Haller’s last shot at moving on up goes like this: bs air, front 10, cab 7, someting or other, window winder, alley oop… Again, he knew the game was up half way down that run.

19.17

Iouri in a funny position here. What does he do? He’s posted the highest pipe score in an X Games pipe contest ever… He drops. Cab double 10, front 5, massive bs air, and then a couple more straight airs. It looked like he was up for trying the double McTwist again but wasn’t set up quite right. But damn, the one he did in his second run was smoother and more stylish than Shaun does em.

19.21

Markus Malin will have to have the run of his life here to nudge Iouri from the top spot. He’s frickin good, but is he that good? We’ll see now… biig fs air, bs 9, front double 10, cab double 10, front 5, annnnnnddddddddd back 12 attempt. He was battling for a podium spot right there until the last hit, but comes away with no bling. Iouri Podladchikov is the winner of the first ever European Winter X Games halfpipe. And he did it with one of the sickest runs you’ll ever see.

WOWZERS

Iouri Podladtchikov, knocking the back out of the X-Games Europe pipe in Tignes. Photo: Danny Burrows.

That was quite some halfpipe competition. You want the final standings? Here they are.

1. Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI)98.00
2. Mathieu Crepel (FRA) 95.00
3. Louie Vito (USA) 92.33
4. Markus Malin (FIN) 90.33
5. Aluan Ricciardi (FRA) 88.66
6. Chris Haller (SUI) 85.00
7. Luke Mitrani (USA) 82.33
8. JJ Thomas (USA) 79.66

Iouri Podladtchikov, Mathieu Crepel and Louie Vito - The first Euro X-Games pipe podium men.

According to our American friends, Tiña is about to explode. And so are we, this eco-conscious beer certainly goes through you, but more importantly we’ve just seen some history go down right before our very eyes. Iouri Podladtchikov won gold with the highest score ever in a men’s X Games halfpipe contest, putting down the double McTwist 1260 that only Shaun White had busted out in competition before; and Louie Vito landed three double corks in a row – again unprecedented in pipe contests. Plus Mat Crepel’s run was a joy to watch, and the other guys did more than merely make up the numbers too. All in all, bangertronic.

Check back tomorrow/Monday for full video highlights of this gnarlfest of a pipe comp, and in the meantime – go snowboarding over the weekend.

Thanks for reading. We are out.

The top 8 riders advance to the finals tonight at 6pm (CET).