Mount Snow Dew Tour Pipe Final Results & Photo Gallery
johnpoulin
- January 11 2009
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Shaun White took the lead from Steve Fisher on his last run to take the Dew trophy tonight, and in doing so finds himself atop the overall Dew Tour rankings. Kelly Clark put an exclamation point at the end of her homecoming weekend by taking first on the women’s side, edging out fellow Vermonter Hannah Teter.
The Mount Snow park crew spent all morning digging out the pipe after we received about a half foot of snow overnight, re-cutting the pipe and getting it all nice for the nationally televised final. Kevin Pearce sparked the men’s session with an awesome first run, starting with a lofty frontside 9 into a McTwist with a tweak that Terje would be proud of. Later down the pipe Kevin threw a nice frontside 10 tail that really psyched the crowd, ending with a huge frontside air at the bottom of the pipe that made me chuckle in awe. Unfortunately, Kevin’s time on top was short lived. No sooner than you could mutter “Mister Extremo” (or whatever the hell the Dew Tour’s mascot is called), Steve Fisher came spinning down the pipe to snatch the lead. Linking up large 7’s, 9’s, and 10’s all the way down the pipe, Fisher’s first run score had him sitting on top of the leader board almost all night, but in the end it was White who took the cheese, literally. Podiums all weekend received wheels of cheese. What else would you give away in Vermont? Shaun got off to a slow start, scoring a 58.50 on his first run after washing out on his last hit. But with his fan club behind him, Shaun came out swinging on his second run. An alley oop backside rodeo to start things off made way for a plethora of big spins, ending with a switch alley oop backside rodeo on his last hit.
New England monopolized the podium for the ladies, with 17-year-old Connecticut native Ellery Hollingsworth taking third place honors. A clean skate style backside air started things off, and she ended with a seemingly effortless backside 7 on her heelside wall after floating a few 5’s through the middle section of the pipe. With the last run of the final, Hannah Teter linked up back-to-back 5’s with back-to-back 7’s, but it just wasn’t enough to match the amplitude and power of Kelly Clark. She went huge each hit, showcasing a perfect frontside 7 that was higher than just about everyone else’s straight airs. Kelly was definitely a fan favorite this weekend and took full advantage of the home cooking and overall welcome she received at her home mountain. With the win tonight, Kelly is on top of the overall Dew Tour standings, ahead of Hannah Teter by 25 points. We’ll see if things are shaken up at the next and final stop of the tour when it travels to Northstar-at-Tahoe, California.
Men’s Final Results:
1. Shaun White
2. Steve Fisher
3. Kevin Pearce
4. Danny Davis
5. Mason Aguirre
6. Scotty Lago
7. Matt Ladley
8. Charles Reid
9. Dylan Bidez
10. Elijah Teter
11. Greg Bretz
12. Luke Mitrani
Women’s Final Results:
1. Kelly Clark
2. Hannah Teter
3. Ellery Hollingsworth
4. Kjersti Østgaard Buaas
5. Charmaine Ironside
6. Kaitlyn Farrington
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January 11th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Damn Danny Davis in fourth?
January 11th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
sizzecond
January 12th, 2009 at 12:02 am
this was disappointing. once again, steve was going huge and shaun throws his stock run we’ve all seen 100+ times because he bobbled his 1st and wins it. judges need to start awarding for creativity (at least as much as can be found in a pipe run) and penalizing the stock runs. sure, shaun’s is better than most, but that run shouldn’t be winning contests anymore. there’s no risk in it for him. fisher was ripping, as was davis.
January 12th, 2009 at 12:35 am
I love Charmaine Ironside.
January 12th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Dude as much as i don’t like seeing shaun white all the time an alley oop backside rodeo first hit then combo 10’s and 9’s and then a switch alley oop backside rodeo on his last hit. Its pretty hard not to win.
January 12th, 2009 at 9:07 am
hell yizzess. Red Baron takes first.
January 12th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Sorry Props Shaun won this hands down. Fisher needs to spin smoother and grab his board.
Seems like everyone was struggling to get their best out of the really cold weather and icy pipe.
January 12th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Technically it is the best run. that’s all the judges judge by, technicality. they need to judge on style more
January 12th, 2009 at 10:05 am
What’s up with the Frends Frat? Seriously is this what snowboarding has become, a popularity contest?!?!?!
January 12th, 2009 at 11:08 am
yea he couldn’t land his runs the way he wanted too…..he fucked up his first run and messed up in his second run and his last 2 hits were just grabs
January 12th, 2009 at 11:09 am
davis messed up on both his runs he’s lucky he even got top 5
January 12th, 2009 at 11:23 am
yeah man i agree. as good as those kids are and as fun as they seem to keep the whole thing, the whole frends thing is a little pop clique. i mean they’re all on burton so when shaun wins they should be down with it. they don’t even give him one dap. it’s ok though because shaun white is indeed better than all of them. that run was insane.
January 12th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Ok, so admittedly, there are A LOT of amazing pipe riders, and Shaun winning is beyond mundane, HOWEVER, until you see that dude rip live and in person you cannot really understand just how good he is. TV does not do pipe justice at all. In real life they all look so damn sick that you start to feel bad about yourself. But there is something about the way Shaun rides that makes him better. He could do the same run, and you can say he has no style, or whatever you want, but he just has that X factor (I know I know, X factor lame choice) that you can’t really explain. Kevin Pearce is insane, but I think if you went pound for pound Shaun would probably beat anyone head to head.
And yes the FRENDS thing is pretty forced, especially the Keir part, but they all rip and Lago is the fucking shit.
January 12th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Scotty Lago is on Flow and he’s the coolest one of them
January 12th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
FRENDS is just a group of homies having fun. Everyone who shreds has friends they like to ride with an inspire them the ride harder, be better, and get creative. It just so happens that this group of friends came from the cradle of shred(VT/NH) and they decided why not have some fun making some stickers and junk. Its pretty stupid for people to hate on them because they are bummed they don’t have the skill or drive to create something like FRENDS. Then again its sadly become a trend in snowboarding to hate on people like crazy when they are on their game.
oh and pound for pound KP is better than Shaun its call tweaking and its an east coast thing.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
yea lago rides for flow, anyone who think frends is a burton thing is retarted. why do you think they are such good friends? its because most of them are team members, thats how they met.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
props to the dude above me. stop hating on frends, why do you care if they have a crew. and shaun is not the best, he doesnt do anyting special. if he tweaked his grabs and corked his spins he would be. lago nails double cork 9’s and 10’s in his run, and he holds his grabs the longest.
January 12th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Shaun’s run was the best…was it a “96″, no way. But his run was tops, no doubt. And quit hatin’ on the FRENDS crew, they rip ass! KP, double D, Mason, and Lago have the shit, STYLE!! I just can’t get with that Fisher dude, goony MFer!!
January 12th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Props to Charles Reid,
Its crazy to see how this kid can perform well in so different aspect of snowboarding. shakedown,rail contests and now pipe?!?!?is so natural and dont give a f*** about his fame and talent
keep up the good work man
January 13th, 2009 at 1:39 am
yeh i agree with style and i reakon dannys style in the pipe in better than shauns. but steve fishers is horrible, not a fan….
January 13th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Fisher has the WORST stinkbug style EVER. He is the perfect example of why pipe riding has a bad name. He is Just doing tricks to do them. Yeah, they might be big, but its QUALITY NOT QUANTITY. Basically everyone in that contest, (minus my Frends and Elijah and Greg) looks like a flipping robot. Try some new shit, there is no instruction manual to snowboarding you KOOKS!!!!!
January 13th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
sucks for greg bretz, kid has sick sick style, but he always decks out
January 13th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
i agree that keir is a bit of a stretch
January 14th, 2009 at 3:11 am
Ben, Shaun did a stock run? Alley oop bs rodeo firts hit and then so much speed after…no one can do that in an icy pipe. Kevin,Danny, whatever they jut cant touch him. Its Shaun whos putting new tricks into the run like alley bs rodeo mute and switch alley bs rodeo. Danny, Kevin and Lago go for stock runs.
Just Shauns Mctwist is so much better than anyones bs spin.
Plus Stevie Fishers style is really bad…
So Ben, stop writing about things Yoy clearly have no clou about…
January 14th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Marek, i think you are mistaken. Danny, Kevin, and especially Lago do not ride stock runs. Lago has not done the same run more than once in either of the first dew tour stops. He has a different run every single time…how is that stock? So, you are the one who needs to stop “writing about things yoy clearly have no clou about…”
January 14th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I fail to see how fisher’s style is picked out as the worst here. He does shit clean, and big. If you talk about people doing tricks to do them, the WHOLE frends crew minus scotty looks and does everything the exact same. Quit hating on fisher, just because he’s not the norm of everyone else whose doing well at contests. that’s bullshit.
January 15th, 2009 at 1:00 am
mike, Lago’s doing way less different tricks in his runs than shaun… He cant do cab 10,he cant do bs 10, he cant do mctwist, he cant do normal and switch bs rodeo. All other tricks he does White did in his runs years ago. So I dont know where Lago’s runs are so special… Poeople hating in White just cause he wins and always lands his runs…
January 15th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
shaun white kicks ass
January 15th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
shaun white is the best and he allways will be
January 15th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I’m not really sure why you think he can’t do those tricks…When you start your runs off with Double Cork 10’s its kind of hard to throw another rediculous 10. You cant tell me that shaun could do that. sure, both of them could do 2 cab 10’s in their runs, but i have not seen shaun do a double cork 10, or any other rider besides lago for that matter. Lastly, the mctwist is not that sick..kevin pearce’s mctwist was just as good as shauns was, and he absolutely stomped it. If lago wanted to throw down shaun’s run he could out do him trick for trick. Shaun has done the same exact tricks for the past few years, he just switched up the order of some and added a rodeo, big deal. Any of the pros could do it just as good if they used that run as much as shaun has.
January 17th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Mike, that double cork is not really a double cork and he cant stomp it in the constests. He has problems with normal 10s anyway. He cant do a cab 10, plus Pierce cab 10 is not that good. What about bs10?
Plus alleyy bs rodeos and these switch are hard to keep the speed after. Do You reaaly think all the other pros let White win, cause they wanna “keepi it real” and make different pipe runs? Hehe, I guess You never competed in a pipe contest, cause You dont know what You’re talking about.
January 25th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
deffinetly true. But he’ll get better…
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