Shaun White and Kelly Clark take Mount Snow by storm.

Shaun White Wins Men’s and Kelly Clark Wins Women’s Winter Dew Tour Snowboard Superpipe Finals at Mount Snow Resort in Vermont.

Full Event Recap (Courtesy Alli Sports)

NEW YORK – January 11, 2009 –Olympic gold medalist Shaun White won the men’s superpipe finals and hometown hero and fellow gold medalist Kelly Clark won the women’s event Sunday in the second stop of the inaugural Winter Dew Tour at Mount Snow Resort in West Dover, Vermont.

Shaun White’s winning run included a backside rodeo 720, a backside 900, back-to-back 1080’s into a 720. He finished with an alley-oop rodeo and scored 96.25.

“The first run was really good but I knew I could go a little bigger than I did in that first run,” White said. “It was a weird run. My glove was kind of iced over and we had to add these marks to my board so I’d make sure I grabbed it. I went through that second run there and it just all fell together.”

Steve Fisher of Breckenridge, Colo., was second at 92.75 and Kevin Pearce of Norwich, Vt., was third at 90.00.

White now holds the lead in season standings in both the superpipe and slopestyle disciplines.

In the women’s event, Kelly Clark, of West Dover, Vt., executed a frontside air to a backside 520. She continued with a frontside 720, a cab 360 and a frontside 520. She finished with a backside air and earned 90.75 points.

“I couldn’t be happier coming home to Mount Snow and doing so well in front of all my friends and family,” Clark said. “I really had a lot of fun tonight and it’s great to come away heading into the third event with a first and a second place.”

With this win, Clark secured the lead in overall point standings for superpipe.

Hannah Teter, of Belmont, Vt., was second at 88.75 and Ellery Hollingsworth, of Darien, Conn., was third at 83.00.

On Saturday, 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.

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.”

Shaun 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.

Later in the day, Simon Dumont, of Bethel, Maine, won the men’s freeski superpipe finals after taking the lead in his first run and increasing his lead in his second, to finish at 94.00.

His winning run included a cork 900 to a 900 on the right wall. He continued with a cork 1260, an alley oop 720  to finish with a switch 1080. Dumont’s win was redemption from his fifth-place finish in Breckenridge, Colo.

“My self esteem was down a little bit,” Dumont said. “Breckenridge didn’t go my way. Slopestyle didn’t go my way. So, I had one option and it was to come out here and hopefully lay something down. I wasn’t the only one. It was a huge night for skiing. I’m psyched to be a part of it.”

An event highlight came from Canadian Justin Dorey who executed a technical double flip in his second-place run, which scored 91.75. Tanner Hall, of Kalispell, Mont. was third at 90.00.

Dorey and Hall are now tied for first place in the season point standings and Dumont is only 10-points behind in second.

Taking his freestyle rail skills to the slopestyle course, Canadian freeskier JF Houle won the men’s slopestyle finals on Friday.

His fellow competitors embraced and congratulated him at the finish of the course after witnessing his impressive tricks on the rail obstacle. Houle executed a 450-degree spin onto the rail, with three spins as he slid down the rail, to finish with another 450 off the rail. He scored 92.00.

“I’m strong at rail and I just went for a super technical run,” Houle said. “I think it’s never really been done in slopestyle before. So I’m pretty stoked on that. I’m super stoked that finally rail gets some respect in the slopestyle course.”

Per-Kristian Hunder, of Norway, placed second at 86.67 and Alexis Godbout, of Canada, was third at 85.00.

Houle placed sixth at the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colorado.

“Now with the first place I can’t believe it so I’m just going to be on it for the next Dew Tour for sure, and train hard,” Houle said.

The four-day competition was the second of three stops of the Winter Dew Tour that features men’s and women’s freeskiing and snowboarding disciplines. Approximately 24,800 fans enjoyed the Winter Dew Tour experience at Mount Snow Resort in Vermont. The tour will conclude in February at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in California.

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Winter Dew Tour at Mount Snow Resort
Friday, January 9, 2009
West Dover, Vt.

Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Finals

1. J.F. Houle, Canada, 92.00.
2. Per-Kristian Hunder, Norway, 86.67.
3. Alexis Godbout, Canada, 85.00.
4. Sammy Carlson, Tigard, Ore., 82.50.
5. Henrik Harlaut, Sweden, 78.17.
6. Nick Martini, Winchester, Mass., 75.67.
7. Bobby Brown, Breckenridge, Colo., 73.33.
8. Mike Riddle, Canada, 70.83.
9. Jon Olsson, Sweden, 69.50.
10. Charles Gagnier, Sweden, 69.50.

Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Points

1. J.F. Houle, 165.
2. Per-Kristian Hunder, 165.
3. Bobby Brown, 160.
4. Henrik Harlaut, 150.
5. Alexis Godbout, 130.
6. Josiah Wells, 125.
7. Sammy Carlson, 110.
8. Simon Dumont, 86.
9. Nick Martini, 81.
10. Matt Walker, 79.

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Winter Dew Tour at Mount Snow Resort
Saturday, January 10, 2009
West Dover, Vt.

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.

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Points

1. Shaun White, 190.
2. Mikkel Bang, 165.
3. Torstein Horgmo, 160.
4. Andreas Wiig, 155.
5. Sam Hulbert, 125.
6. Charles Reid, 115.
7. Eric Willett, 94.
8. Kevin Pearce, 85.
9. Daniel Ek, 81.
10. Janne Korpi, 80.

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.

Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Points

1. Spencer O’Brien, 190.
2. Jamie Anderson, 175.
3. Jenny Jones, 165.
4. Bev Vuilleumier, 140.
5. Megan Ginter, 140.
6. Chanelle Sladics, 135.
7. Marie-France Roy, 115.
8. Kjersti Ostgaard Buaas, 110.
9. Kimberly Fasani, 110.
10. Christina Curry, 90.

Men’s Freeski Superpipe Finals

1. Simon Dumont, Bethel, Maine, 94.00.
2. Justin Dorey, Canada, 91.75.
3. Tanner Hall, Kalispell, Mont., 90.00.
4. Tucker Perkins, North Hampton, N.H., 88.50.
5. Mike Riddle, Canada, 85.00.
6. Duncan Adams, Breckenridge, Colo., 81.50.
7. Colby West, Breckenridge, Colo., 79.50.
8. Byron Wells, New Zealand, 76.00.
9. Antti-Jussi Kemppainen, Finland, 69.75.
10. Taylor Seaton, Avon, Colo., 61.25.

Men’s Freeski Superpipe Points

1. Tanner Hall, 180.
2. Justin Dorey, 180.
3. Simon Dumont, 170.
4. Duncan Adams, 145.
5. Peter Olenick, 110.
6. Tucker Perkins, 105.
7. Taylor Seaton, 100.
8. Byron Wells, 95.
9. Mike Riddle, 94.
10. Colby West, 80.

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Winter Dew Tour at Mount Snow Resort
Sunday, January 11, 2009
West Dover, Vt.

Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals

1. Shaun White, Carlsbad, Calif., 96.25.
2. Steve Fisher, Breckenridge, Colo., 92.75.
3. Kevin Pearce, Norwich, Vt., 90.00.
4. Danny Davis, Highland, Mich., 89.25.
5. Mason Aguirre, Duluth, Minn., 84.50.
6. Scotty Lago, Seabrook, N.H., 80.00.
7. Matt Ladley, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 71.00.
8. Charles Reid, Canada., 59.50.
9. Dylan Bidez, Minturn, Colo., 49.00.
10. Elijah Teter, Belmont, Vt., 46.75.

Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Points

1. Shaun White, 190.
2. Danny Davis, 175.
3. Scotty Lago, 145.
4. Steve Fisher, 125.
5. Elijah Teter, 120.
6. Kevin Pearce, 102.
7. Greg Bretz, 100.
8. Mason Aguirre, 81.
9. Charles Reid, 71.
10. Louie Vito, 70.

Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals

1. Kelly Clark, West Dover, Vt., 90.75.
2. Hannah Teter, Belmont, Vt., 88.75.
3. Ellery Hollingsworth, Darien, Conn., 83.00.
4. Kjersti Ostgaard Buaas, Norway, 68.75.
5. Charmaine Ironside, Canada, 54.75.
6. Kaitlyn Farrington, Sun Valley, Idaho, 32.75.

Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Points

1. Kelly Clark, 190.
2. Hannah Teter, 165.
3. Kjersti Ostgaard Buaas, 140.
4. Elena Hight, 135.
5. Charmaine Ironside, 115.
6. Ellery Hollingsworth, 110.
7. Kaitlyn Farrington, 105.
8. Gretchen Bleiler, 100.
9. Molly Aguirre, 100.
10. Elizabeth Beerman, 95.

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For more information on future stops of the Dew Tour visit the Alli Sports website. For our review of the action at Mount Snow please visit Winter Dew Tour: Mount Snow Vermont. For complete event coverage including videos and photos visit the Alli Sports Mount Snow site.

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Results courtesy Alli Sports
Images © James H. Pickett
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Winter Dew Tour: Mount Snow Vermont

The winter Dew Tour comes to Mount Snow–Shaun White Pictured

If you ever have a chance to attend a stop of the Winter Dew Tour, don’t miss it. Day one was riddled with snow, if you came to the event with the intensions of snowboarding day one was a gift. Constant snowfall and light attendance made the runs soft and uncrowded, I myself had to leave the camera in my hotel room and take advantage of the fresh falling fluff. Toward the end of the day, my legs were a little weary so i decided to get the camera out for a little half pipe practise. This is the very first time i have had an oppertunity to shoot in adverse weather with the Canon 1Ds Mark III and test the weather sealing. Happily I can announce that it is weeks later and the camera is still functioning with no issues.

Day 2 was one of the more phenomenal photography days I have seen in the winter time, the sun was powerful but there was little or no pollution present making for an amazingly rich blue sky. The snowboard slope style course was fast, freshly groomed and surprisingly lacking our good old northeastern ice.

Photographer and rider unknown. © James H. Pickett

The staff at Mount Snow did an amazing job with setup and maintenance for the event. Carinthia (at Mount Snow), being the only peak in the northeast that is entirely snowboard parks, was the perfect venue for this stop on the tour. The slopestyle coarse was built on the Inferno trail, and I must say, is nothing short of amazing with huge features. While in the rider tent at the top of the course I overheard Shaun White and another rider discussing how it was great to have an actual course that was an entire trail, and not just a series of a few kickers like other events. When you make the trip to Mount Snow and head for the Inferno trail, beware of Mineshaft, not because it is dangerous, but because of a stretch of flat at the bottom that can slow you to a halt without enough speed.

As a child, My parents first threw me into a pair of skis at a very young age, and one day I fell into a snowboard and never looked back. To watch professional ski slopestyle and halfpipe is to watch an insane air ballet that is more entertaining than the Blue Angels.  Never miss and opportunity to witness professional freestyle skiers at work. They go high, and they spin hard.

The midway housed a ton of fun vendors with product demos, games, and yes… girls. Don’t lie, thats one of the reasons you went, and will go again. Extra special thanks to the Toyota team, specifically James, one of the VIP shuttle drivers that kept my weekend entertaining as hell. (When in West Dover, VT during an event, don’t think of going anywhere but the Snow Barn, it is a constant apres ski party.)

Special thanks goes out to Alli Sports, the team responsible  for the Dew Tour at all of its stops, Great people to work with and even more amazing when you need information (thanks Matt.) or have to arrange something on site.

EVENT RESULTS