Neither wind, nor rain, nor sleet, nor snow could keep the Dew Tour Superpipe Men's and Women's Snowboard finalists from their chosen path to shred the pipe today. The weather presented a bit of a challenge for the athletes competing. The visibility was rough and the snow/rain/slush just kept dumping. The crowd was stoked and soggy but toughed it out until the end for both men's and women's finals.
The gals showed the superpipe no mercy today. They pushed it each run throwing big airs and taking some pretty hard hits. Sierra-t-Tahoe's Elena Hight held nothing back in her final runs comin' out 3rd, While Kelly Clark took first overall to grab the Dew Cup, Torah Bright took first in the final Superpipe for the tour.
The guys were hucking massive airs and pulling out all the stops today despite weather and snow conditions. Mason Aguirre took first in the Superpipe Final beating out Shaun White and Scott Lego. A huge upset for Shaun, the crowd was totally stoked for this kid who had one of the best runs of the comp. Shaun White did take the Slopestyle and Superpipe overall for this 3 series event, as usual congrats Shaun.
So that's it ladies and gentlemen for the 2009 Winter Dew Tour. Hope you got out here and enjoyed all the goings-on on the mountain and in the Village. The really, really, really, really....really good looking and extremely talented athletes may be gone and you will no longer be able to stand at the base of the pipe in an attempt to get on camera and launch your modeling career, but everything else epic about Northstar-at-Tahoe remains and it's now at your disposal.
On another note, I just want to say thanks to everyone involved in this massive event. It takes a lot, from a lot of people to make something like this happen and everyone has done a phenomenal job!
Also, apologies for the lack of a video today, Chris (who has been shooting all the events for the blog and doing a smashing job!) was not able to shoot today due to forces outside of his control.
This is Lauren, signing off.
...I still love Mountain Dew
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