US Open Slopestyle

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Fri, Mar 21 2008 12:00 am | 0 Comments

Shaun White, mid winning 2008 US Open Slopestyle run

2008 US Open slopestyle podium. 1st Place Shaun WHite, 2nd Place Tim Humphreys (right), 3rd Place Charles Reid (Left).

2008 US Open Womens Slopestyle podium: 1st Kjersti Buass, 2nd Jamie Anderson (right), 3rd Jenny Jones (left)

The rain earlier in the week made for very icy conditions on the hill and froze to all the trees--which looked surreal when the sun came out for finals.

The sun came out for finals and made for good spectating.

Third place finisher, Jenny Jones from the UK, with a big backside 180.

Jamie Anderson spinning three here and hit all the big jumps straight into second place.

New Hampshire's Chas Guldemond struggled to stick his whole run on the icy course in finals

There was a lot at stake in the slopestyle competition, including $20,000, 10,000 BGOS points, and 1,250 Swatch TTR points for the top male and 1,000 points for the top female.

Scotty Lago sends a switch backside rodeo over the second booter in a line of four jumps.

"I feel great," said Shaun White. "I wasn't planning on competing, but I thought I would take a run this morning to see how I felt. I really liked the landings, we lucked out with the weather and I ended up taking it. I'm stoked."

Cheryl Maas landed in fifth place.

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