{"id":40295,"date":"2013-03-02T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T20:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=40295"},"modified":"2013-03-02T12:08:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T20:08:57","slug":"mcmorris-obrien-take-us-open-slopestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=40295","title":{"rendered":"McMorris &#038; O&#8217;Brien Take US Open Slopestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5xwUSDvXNsg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was all Canada at the top of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.burton.com\/uso\" target=\"_blank\">Burton US Open Snowboarding Championship<\/a><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>slopestyle podium yesterday (March 1, 2013) as <strong>Mark McMorris<\/strong> (video above) and <strong>Spencer O&#8217;Brien<\/strong> ruled the Vail, Colorado course.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While snow fell steadily all day, the riding level remained high with competitors working hard under tough conditions. Mark McMorris took his first ever US Open men\u2019s slopestyle victory with a winning run that included a MINI wallride to gap to lipslide, gap to backside lipslide, double backflip indy grab, frontside 1080 mute grab to a backside 1080 mute grab. Coming in second was <strong>Torstein Horgmo<\/strong> (NOR), who arguably had the best rail trick of the day, and rounding out the podium in third was <strong>Chas Guldemond<\/strong> (USA). . . \u201cWinning the US Open is one of the highlights from my season, and I think everyone is psyched to see it in Vail,\u201d said Mark McMorris. \u201cConditions were a little rough, but I kept my speed up, and these are the best jumps ever built in slopestyle. I\u2019m having more fun than I\u2019ve ever had and to be sharing the podium with my good friends is really fun.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien edged usual winner Jamie Anderson by .45 of a point. For the official word from Burton, follow the jump.<!--more-->Mark McMorris &#38; Spencer O\u2019Brien Win Slopestyle Titles at the 2013 Burton US Open Presented by MINI<\/p>\n<p>Vail Mountain, CO (March 1, 2013) Mark McMorris and Spencer O\u2019Brien won slope style titles at the 31st annual Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships presented by MINI at Vail Mountain. Both Mark and Spencer will take home $45,000 each as well as a coveted title from the sport\u2019s most legendary event.<\/p>\n<p>While snow fell steadily all day, the riding level remained high with competitors working hard under tough conditions. Mark McMorris took his first ever US Open men\u2019s slope style victory with a winning run that included a MINI wall ride to gap to lip slide, gap to backside lip slide, double backflip indy grab, frontside 1080 mute grab to a backside 1080 mute grab. Coming in second was Torstein Horgmo (NOR), who arguably had the best rail trick of the day, and rounding out the podium in third was Chas Guldemond (USA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning the US Open is one of the highlights from my season, and I think everyone is psyched to see it in Vail,\u201d said Mark McMorris. \u201cConditions were a little rough, but I kept my speed up, and these are the best jumps ever built in slope style. I\u2019m having more fun than I\u2019ve ever had and to be sharing the podium with my good friends is really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark\u2019s win today made him the World Snowboard Tour Slopestyle Champion for 2013, and he\u2019ll claim his trophy at the US Open award ceremony following half pipe finals here in Vail tomorrow. <\/p>\n<p>On the women\u2019s side, event organizers and athletes made a joint decision to cancel today\u2019s women\u2019s slope style finals due to increasingly adverse weather conditions as the afternoon went on. As a result, the top three women from slope style semi-finals podiumed, landing Spencer O\u2019Brien with top honors, Jamie Anderson (USA) in second place and Brooke Voigt (CAN) in third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy that our safety was considered in today\u2019s cancellation,\u201d said Spencer O\u2019Brien. \u201cLucky for me, I was first in semi-finals so I\u2019m stoked with the win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the $3,000 Nokia Rookie Award for slope style was presented today to Darcy Sharpe and Brooke Voigt, who both earned the award through a combination of their standings on the World Snowboard Points List, individual competition results and progressive riding.<\/p>\n<p>Finally in other award news, Vail beat out LAAX to win this year\u2019s MINI Feature Award. Designed by Snow Park Technologies, the Burton US Open slope style feature offered various rail, wall ride and transition options all arranged around a huge 20-foot wall ride mounted on a quarter pipe with a MINI parked in the center.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, don\u2019t miss the last day of the Burton US Open with half pipe finals beginning at 9:50am MST. Also tune in to watch live coverage from Vail on Universal Sports and NBC Sports Network, plus original live coverage, additional airings, run replays, full webcasts, broadcast schedules and more on www.Burton.com\/USO.  And remember to follow our line throughout the US Open at facebook.com\/burtonsnowboards, #BurtonUSOpen, twitter.com\/burtonsnowboard and @burtonsnowboard on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Slopestyle Final Results:<br \/>\n1. Mark McMorris CAN, BURTON, 83.05<br \/>\n2. Torstein Horgmo NOR, DC SHOE CO, 82.53<br \/>\n3. Chas Guldemond USA, ROCKSTAR, 81.63<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Slopestyle Final Results:<br \/>\n1. Spencer O\u2019Brien CAN, NIKE, 75.33<br \/>\n2. Jamie Anderson USA, BILLABONG, 74.88<br \/>\n3. Brooke Voigt CAN, 32 SNOWBOARD BOOTS, 70.08<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was all Canada at the top of the Burton US Open Snowboarding Championship slopestyle podium yesterday (March 1, 2013) as Mark McMorris (video above) and Spencer O&#8217;Brien ruled the Vail, Colorado course. While snow fell steadily all day, the riding level remained high with competitors working hard under tough conditions. 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