BURLINGTON, VT (February 2, 2012) – Top slopestyle and halfpipe riders are at WinSport Canada’s Canada Olympic Park (COP) this week to compete in the fourth annual Burton Canadian Open (CANO), presented by MINI, including Rockstar’s Chas Guldemond. World famous riders like three-time Olympian Kelly Clark (USA) and current TTR Halfpipe World Tour leader Benji Farrow (USA) will join local favorites like Robby Balharry (CAN) and Brooke Voigt (CAN) to battle it out in one of Canada’s premier snowboard competitions. The Canadian Open is the second stop of the Burton Global Open Series (BGOS), and the entire event is free and open to the public with halfpipe finals taking place on Friday, February 3 at 7:00p.m. (Mountain Time) and slopestyle finals going down on Saturday, February 4 at 11:00a.m. (Mountain Time).
The Pantech Invitational stop of the Dew Tour went down this past weekend in Killington, Vermont. The conditions were less than stellar and rock hard. The riders all pushed themselves regardless of the snow conditions and here are the final results. Check out the highlight video below.
SNB SLOPESTYLE MEN FINALS
1 Eric Willett 91.00
2 Sebastien Toutant 85.50
3 Justin Morgan 80.25
4 Aleksander Østreng 72.25
5 Jake Aaronson 69.00
6 Antoine Truchon 66.50
7 Gjermund Braaten 60.75
8 Ulrik Badetücher 55.50
9 Charles Reid 53.00
10 Chas Guldemond 53.00
11 Mark Mcmorris 44.25
12 Staale Sandbech 41.50
SNB SUPERPIPE MEN FINALS
1 Iouri Podladtchikov 96.75
2 Louie Vito 95.25
3 Matt Ladley 89.00
4 Luke Mitrani 87.50
5 Roger Kleivdal 83.25
6 Spencer Shaw 69.75
7 Mason Aguirre 65.25
8 Tore Holvik 65.00
9 Zachary Black 58.00
10 Jack Mitrani 47.00
11 Kyle Mack 20.75
12 Danny Davis 18.50
NEW YORK – January 19, 2012 – NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2012 Winter Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, continues this weekend with coverage across NBC, NBC Sports Network and NBCSports.com. The NBC action begins with the half-hour pre-show Countdown to the Pantech Invitational that previews the day’s events and competitors, followed by live events. NBC Sports Network continues coverage in the evening.
Todd Harris, Todd Richards, Luke Van Valin and Tiffany Simons will call the action from the Killington Resort, Killington, Vt.
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Men’s Ski Superipe Final (Saturday, 4 p.m. ET) features Frenchman Kevin Rolland battling to win his second straight Dew Cup, after yet another victory in Breckenridge. Right behind Rolland in the standings is Justin Dorev and Rockstar’s Duncan Adams, who are only separated in this competition by half a point.
Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final (Sunday, 3 p.m. ET) will showcase Olympic gold medalist Shaun White battling 2010 Winter Olympian and 2011 Dew Cup Champ, Louie Vito. Close behind the top two is Russian born Swiss rider Iouri Podladtchikov, who has proven he has all the right tricks to land on top of the Dew Tour podium.
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Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final (Saturday, 11 p.m. ET) Norwegian Gjermund Braaten surprised everyone with a victory in Breckenridge and is looking to prove it was not an accident. He will face tough competition including his own countryman and 2011 Dew Cup Champ Rockstar’s Torstein Horgmo, and Canadian Sebastian Toutant, who trails Braaten by a mere 1.75 points.
Men’s Ski Slopestyle Final (Sunday, 11 p.m. ET) Tom Wallisch looks to continue his pursuit for his first Dew Cup after his victory in Breckenridge, but he will have to beat 2011 Dew Cup Champ Bobby Brown and Canadian Alexis Godbout, who had a fantastic comeback after suffering an injury last season.
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NBCSports.com’s action sports section will feature daily event results, recaps and highlights. The Dew Tour can be followed on social media as well, including live athlete interviews, behind-the-scenes updates and on-air talent commentary, on Facebook and Twitter at Facebook.com/TheDewTour and Twitter.com/TheDewTour.
PANTECH INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE:
Saturday, January 21
4-4:30 p.m. ET, Countdown to the Pantech Invitational, NBC
4:30-6 p.m. ET, Men’s Ski Superpipe Final, NBC (live)
11 p.m.-12 a.m. ET, Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final, NBCSN
Sunday, January 22
3-3:30 p.m. ET, Countdown to the Pantech Invitational, NBC
3:30-5 p.m. ET, Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Final, NBC (live)
11 p.m.-12 a.m. ET, Men’s Ski Slopestyle Final, NBCSN
Monday, January 23
5-6 p.m. ET, Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final, NBCN (Re-air)
Tuesday, January 24
5-6 p.m. ET, Men’s Ski Slopestyle Final, NBCN (Re-air)
The Pantech invitational is coming in hot and heavy. The finals are going down this Saturday and the course is looking good. Take a run through the park with Chas Guldemond as he practices for the contest and be sure to tune in on Saturday for coverage of the event.
Now that it’s officially 2012, ESPN has rolled out the final list of invited athletes for Winter X Games 16. The best of the best will be competing in Aspen, Colorado from January 26th-29th including Rockstar’s Torstein Horgmo, Chas Guldemon, Tyler Flanagan, Nic Suave, Cheryl Maas, and Spencer O’Brien. Congrats to our riders and we are itching to see what happens.
Sentury Snowboards was a small company out of Reno Nevada. All the boards were handmade there, one of the few companies still producing snowboards in the US. By the time you read this, their doors will be closed. They put together this obituary video edit featuring the man they call Chuck G…along with some other great riders. It’s a happy video, more of a celebration of life than death. On to bigger and better things. In the meantime, check out this video, Chas is laying down some heavy tricks.
The pros make it look so easy but if you want to get a better taste of what it’s like to spin a 70ft jump check out the video below…and try not to get dizzy. Take a run in Chas’s shoes, or on top of his helmet to be more precise, as he jams through the Dew Tour course at Breckenridge.
Chas Guldemond laid it down this last weekend at Dew Tour’s first stop in Breckenridge. He took home fourth place at the end of the day but not without stomping some heavy tricks. Double backside rodeo, switch double cork 9, frontside 10, backside double cork 10, and a sick 180 on/swich 180 off of the massive wallride. Check out this heavy run below. He puts down some man tricks with smooth style.
The Dew Tour, Nike Open, went down this past weekend in Breckenridge, CO. The snowboarding slopestyle had some of the best riders in the sport throwing it down. Rockstar’s Spencer O’Brien took first for the women and Chas Guldemon and Torstein Horgmo showed well. Check out this recap video below of all the great action that went down.
