Seth Hill drifting into 12th place in the slopestyle finals. Click here for a complete photo gallery.
Chas Guldemond knew it was going to be a long day at the 2012 US Grand Prix Slopestyle at Mammoth Mountain. Thanks to a week of crazy weather everything got rearranged and Chas didn’t get to practice on the course on Thursday, March 1, 2012.
“This morning was the first time I got to ride the course,” Guldemond said before dropping in on his first qualifying run. “Doing it all in one day is rough. The same thing happened last year. My final run was at 5:30. But it’s all good.”
This year, Guldemond (right) didn’t have to go as long. After a first run that saw him take the lead even though he had some trouble with a landing on the first jump, he could only watch as Sage Kotsenburg landed his second run and moved ahead of Guldemond with a score of 92.
At 5:03 PM, an hour after the Mammoth lifts had stopped running, Guldemond dropped in for his final run and stomped the entire thing (including his cab 1260) for a score of 94.6. Then all he had to do was wait for top qualifiers Ryan Stassel and Eric Willett to make their final runs.
By the time Stassel and Willett slipped into the start shack the sun was beginning to set. It was obvious from the start the Stassel was a bit shaken and mistakes just piled on as he made his way down the course. Guldemond breathed a little easier, but with Eric Willett anything can happen. The top half of his run looked solid, but then he scrubbed a little speed on the first landing. Knowing he had to charge it, Willet pointed it through two more jumps. By the time he got to the final booter his loss of speed had caught up with him and he came up short resulting the biggest slam of the day. Willet was able to ride away, but it was obvious that Guldemond had done it again.
On the women’s side South Lake Tahoe’s Joanna Dzierzawski slipped past best trick winner 17-year-old Indigo Monk to win the event with a run that included both a frontside and backside three. “It was a long day but really fun,” Dzierzawski said. “The weather cleared up and it was absolutely and I don’t think I could be any more excited!”
Karly Shorr took third rocking out to Fleetwood Mac on every run.
The US Snowboarding Grand Prix at Mammoth continues tomorrow (Saturday, March 3, 2012) with halfpipe qualifiers and finals. Follow the jump for the complete results or click here for a complete photo gallery.
Men’s Slopestyle Results
1. Chas Guldemond 94.60
2. Sage Kotzenburg 92.00
3. Mark Hoyt 83.80
4. Ben Ferguson 82.00
5. Sam Hulbert 75.00
6. Kent Callister 74.40
7. Brandon Davis 70.80
8. Nick Sibayan 68.20
9. Hunter Wood 66.40
10. Scott Moline 55.40
11. Eric Willet 44.00
12. Seth Hill 43.60
13. Ryan Stassel 36.40
14, Colin Spencer 31.40
15. Ryan Hryckiewicz 31.40
Women’s Sloptestyle Results
1. Joanna Dzierzawski 86.20
2. Indigo Monk 81.80
3. Karly Shorr 69.00
4. Jessika Jenson 68.60
5. Molly Wilson 61.60
6. Megan Ginter 47.20
7. Julian Brackett 27.80
8. Ty Walker 16.20
Maloof Best Trick Men
Benji Farrow — Switch Double Backside Rodeo
Best Trick Women
Indigo Monk — Frontside 540 Stalefish
