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Wonder boy Shaun White won the first World
Cup halfpipe of his career Saturday, stomping a 1080 to close his
final run at the State Farm U.S. Snowboard Cup. White’s 44.7 points
topped all runs for the weekend, including Mason Aguirre, who landed
nearly a mirror run to claim second with 43.6 points.
 Crowds
were five deep
For all you techies, “the run” as reported by Aguirre was a “big
straight air to backside five and then back-to-back sevens and a
frontside 1080.” Crowds were five deep along the Bear Superpipe
fences as White went live over the Whiteface sound system with the
winning score of 44.7 on the scoreboard.
“I can’t come all the way to Lake Placid and let the people down,”
said White, who rode the backseat after his first attempt at the
10. “I knew that I needed to land it (the 1080) to beat Mason’s
score because he is such a sick rider. I qualified first yesterday
without practice because I had to do this thing in L.A., so to win
my first World Cup feels pretty awesome. The X-Games was the first
time that I landed a 10 in competition, so it feels pretty good
to have that down.”
Top 25 super-stoked position
Such is life for the 20-year-old international superstar with his
own DVD. Aguirre returned the favor with a big ol pat on the back
for his fellow Burton team rider. “I respect Shaun a lot and I definitely
respect his riding – it’s pretty funny that he was going for the
same run. I’m stoked for him and I’m sure he’s stoked for me. I
was coming out here to get a World Cup top-25 and I got my first
podium of the year so I’m super-stoked.”
Winning the women’s pipe was Japanese snowboarding ninja Soko Yamaoka,
who floated two BIG runs, the best of which racked 40.2 points.
Teammate Mero Narita spared no less room in the amplitude category,
but missed a couple of grabs to land third and sandwich a painted
mustache wearing Mercedes Nicoll of Canada.
U.S. Snowboard Cup - Lake Placid - Halfpipe Final
Men
1. Shaun White, USA, 44.7
2. Mason Aguirre, USA, 43.6
3. Jan Michaelis, Germany, 41.8
4. Justin Lamoureux, Canada, 39.8
5. Kohdai Watanabe, Japan, 38.5
6. Andrew Burton, Australia, 37.6
7. Kazuhiro Kokubo, Japan, 37.1
8. Hugo Lemay, Canada, 35.7
9. Daisuke Murakami, Japan, 34.8
10. Steve Fisher, USA, 14.8 |
Women
1. Soko Yamaoka, Japan, 40.2
2. Mercedes Nicoll, Canada, 39.2
3. Mero Narita, Japan, 37.3
4. Manuela Laura Pesko, Switzerland, 35.4
5. Yayoi Tamura, Japan, 29.0
6. Lindsey Jacobellis, USA, 20.4 |
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