Meanwhile back in SoCal, ignoring the hunt for Olympic gold and glory in the Super Duper pipe of Mammoth Mountain, the etnies snow team is getting down at their private snowpark facility The Bearics.
JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Chris Bradshaw, Joe Sexton, Nima Jalali and the crew get all railie and stuff.
Check it.
[Link: The Bearics]
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It’s a trip that after all the excitement of Wednesday’s epic halfpipe final at the Mammoth US Snowboarding Grand Prix the whole thing starts all over again today at 9:30 AM with qualification rounds for halfpipe final number two on Saturday, January 9, 2009.
We’re all waiting to see if Danny Davis‘ momentum pulls through or if someone else is will step up and step in. The men’s field still has room but Shaun White, Louie Vito, and Scotty Lago could tighten their grip.
On the women’s side Hannah Teter could solidify here spot on the team with a win. As Gretchen Bleiler said yesterday, “All I have to do is do the run that I do.” The real battle will be between Elena Hight and Ellery Hollingsworth.
Click here for the official qualification start lists (men and women).
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Chas Guldemond (not pictured above) was leading in the first round of Slopestyle at the Mammoth US Snowboarding Grand Prix today (January 7, 2009) with a 51.2 and that score held up all the way. Nick Julius got his 51.00 on his second run and Brett Esser landed into the third spot with a 49.2. Click here for the complete qualifier results.
No surprise on the women’s side as Jamie Anderson landed her second run with a 50.3 nearly three points ahead of Lynn Neil and Isabelle Lalive in second and third.. Click here for complete women’s qualifier results.
Following today’s qualifiers slope riders will take two days off before hitting up the finals on Sunday, January 10.
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Since it appears that everyone has already seen Danny Davis’ near perfect run. Here is our version with Shaun White’s answer back at the Mammoth US Snowboarding Grand Prix Halfpipe #1.
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The view from the announcers’ stand. Not bad, hey?
Photos from today’s US Snowboarding Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain are now up. Click here to view them all.
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John Jackson, Luke Mitrani and frends keeping the KP faith.
When Danny Davis received his trophy today at the bottom of the Mammoth Super Duper pipe he said, “This is all for Kevin Pearce.” The crowd was littered with signs all afternoon and it looks like the positive energy that the world has been sending KP in Salt Lake City is paying off, according to his facebook page.
One of Kevin’s doctors, Holly Ledyard, M.D., a Neurointensivist (a physician with specialized education and training in critical neurological conditions) at University of Utah Health Care remains positive about Kevin’s condition, “Kevin is in serious condition and remains in intensive care at University of Utah Hospital. We’ve been able to remove his breathing tube, and he is slowly regaining consciousness and able to follow commands. While we’re pleased that he’s improving faster than anticipated, he still has a long recovery ahead of him.”
On a day filled with amazing news, this is the best so far.
[Link: Well Wishes For Our Frend Kevin Pearce]
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Watching snowboarding for the past few years has made it easy to get complacent about Shaun White winning halfpipe contests. Like it or not, we all do it. He seems the perfect halfpipe machine and that makes it simple to put him in his well-marketed box and mark it “the best halfpipe snowboarder in the world.” When someone beats Shaun, like Danny Davis did today, it feels like they have done the impossible. But that’s not exactly fair to either rider.
The truth today is Danny Davis threw down two of the best halfpipe runs in the history of snowboarding. In his first run he blasted a double cork off the first hit. Followed it up with a a Cab 900, a crail, another double cork, and got in one more spin. And he stomped it all perfectly. The crowd was blown away. His score of 47.2 topped the 11 riders who had come before him by more than four points.
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Danny Davis blew minds today. Here he talks about what motivated him to go even harder in his second run even though he was in the lead coming out of the first run.
Kelly Clark talks about making the Olympic Team for the third time and how she will be treating the rest of the US Snowboarding Grand Prix Tour.
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Danny Davis, Shaun White, and Scotty Lago on the boxes at the US Snowboarding Grand Prix at Mammoth. We’ve seen more than our fair share of halfpipe contests and this was no doubt the best we’ve ever seen. Old Olympic announcers will tell you that some people are just built for the Olympics. For them everything seems to come together at just the perfect time and today Danny Davis was all that.
Click here for the men’s official final results.
Kelly Clark is going to the Olympics for the third time. Hannah Teter may be on her way, and Australian Holly Crawford will see them there.
Click here for the women’s official final results.
Follow the jump for the official US Snowboarding press release. . .
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Photographer Steve Sherman (photo editor of Surfer Magazine) will be taking his best photos on the road in Southern California this month and not only that, he’s going to share a little knowledge on how to get great photos. The tour begins Thursday January 7, 2010 at Surfride in Solana Beach. Don’t miss this.
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