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It’s been a jam packed week of steeze at Cardrona with all the top pro snowboarders from all over the world coming to our little resort in New Zealand to complete in Halfpipe and Slopestyle championships. The storm due to hit on the weekend held off all week, giving us 5 straight days of bluebird skies and 100% visibility. 42 men and 16 women (from across 9 countries) competed for the $6,000 first prize in the slopestyle. Jamie Anderson’s winning run included such tricks as switch backside 360, cab 540 melon and 50/50 backside boardslide on the final rail. The French-Canadian, Sebastien Toutant wowed the judges with his signature “Toutsie Roll” (backside doublecork 1080 melon). Ryo Aono sealed the deal in the halfpipe with a run that included a frontside 1080, backside 900 and cab 1080. He also threw back-to-back corks in his final run. While Kelly Clark pulled frontside 720, cab 720 and backside 540 out of her bag of tricks! Both picked up $7,500 for their win and 850 swatch TTR world event points. Bring on the Winter Games! Until next time x
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