2008 Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open: SuperPipe Results
Fukushima, Japan - The rising sun broke through once again as bluebird skies graced the last day of the SuperPipe finals at the Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open. Keir Dillon took home $15,000 and first place for the men’s and Torah Bright repeated her 2007 win in the women’s competition.
The Japanese crowds have a reputation for coming out in full force and Sunday’s SuperPipe finals proved no different. Torah Bright defended her title with her third run that was comprised of a frontside 540, Mctwist Terje style, tailgrab to fakie, Cab 720 nose grab, to a backside alleyoop. Gretchen Bleiler put up a tough fight for second place with a dynamic run consisting of a crippler, method, frontside 9 melon, backside 540, frontside 720 lien air. Switzerland’s Manuela Laura Pesko placed third with a backside 540 mute, frontside 7 lien, Cab mute 360, frontside air to backside 7 mute.
Going huge has been the name of the game this week and the riders were throwing it down in the men’s final. In a field that was dominated by Japanese riders, it was USA’s Keir Dillon that came out on top with consistent amplitude in his run that included a KD roll 900, crippler tailgrab, backside inverted 540, frontside inverted 9 melon, method, alleyoop McTwist 720. Japan’s Kazuhiro Kokubo went two for two with another second place finish in the SuperPipe. Kazu boosted a huge Michaelchuck nose grab, frontside 1080 tail grab, Cab 7 into a frontside 7 followed by a Cab 9 melon. Rounding out the podium was Finland’s Janne Korpi with a Cab 1080 tailgrab into a frontside 10 melon, frontside 7, Cab 9, indy backside 540 into a backside alleyoopchuck.
Today’s competition saw some changes in the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Championship as Torah’s SuperPipe win moved her into first place. Kazu’s two second place finishes this week put him into the lead for the men in the Burton Global Open Series. Jenny Jones is currently leading the women’s BGOS, after winning the Parkstyle event on Friday. The BGOS will award $100,000 to the top male and female competitors at the 26th Annual US Open Snowboarding Championships, taking place from March 17-23 at Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont.
Women’s SuperPipe Final Results:
1. Torah Bright AUS
2. Gretchen Bleiler USA
3. Manuela Pesko SUI
4. Soko Yamaoka JPN
5. Ellery Hollingsworth USA
6. Yayoi Tamura JPN
7. Shiho Nakashima JPN
8. Keiko Ohkura JPN
9. Kelly Clark USA
10. Rika Hatta JPN
Men’s SuperPipe Final Results:
1. Keir Dillon USA
2. Kazuhiro Kokubo JPN
3. Janne Korpi FIN
4. Daisuke Murakami JPN
5. Keito Kumazaki JPN
6. Itaru Fujinuma JPN
7. Kohei Kudo JPN
8. Hiroki Suwa JPN
9. Toni-Markus Turunen FIN
10. Rikuya Narita JPN
In case you missed today’s Go211.com live webcasts of the men’s and women’s SuperPipe finals, both highlights of the winning runs and the full webcasts will be available for replay and on-demand viewing on Go211.com.
About the Burton Global Open Series
The Burton Global Open Series events are the pinnacle snowboarding events of the season. Founded by Jake Burton, the Opens have grown from grassroots events to global spectacles attracting tens of thousands of spectators and riders from around the world. Since the beginning, the Opens have been driven by riders, for riders evolving with snowboarding and riders’ needs over the years. With events held in Canada, Europe, Japan, the United States, New Zealand and Australia, the Opens set the standard for snowboarding events around the globe.
About the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour
The Burton Global Open Series is part of the Swatch Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour, the largest group of independent freestyle snowboard events in the world. TTR ranks riders based on their results at participating competitions and crowns a Swatch TTR World Champion at the US Open. For more information, visit ttrworldtour.com.
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Monday, March 03rd 2008 @ 07:21 AM.
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