Duluth, MN - The
Chevy Revolution Tour wrapped up snowboarding competition at Spirit
Mountain ski area on Sunday with newcomer Jude Balsimo (Lakeland, MN)
and Lynn Neil (Ogden, UT) winning the slopestyle competition.
The slopestyle course had three different jumps (a 35, 40 and 45) and
ended with an "s" rail or a flat down rail.
"Today was an excellent day. The slopestyle course was great. It was
challenging and it produced a lot of competition. It really came down to
the finals It was really close," said U.S. Snowboarding Program Manager
Abbi Nyberg. "Jude is someone I have never even seen compete before and
Lynn is typically a boardercross rider, but she thought she'd just come
out and hang out at the slopestyle for a little bit, so it was exciting
to see those two win."
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The slopestyle
competition also featured a junior competition, which had its own
slopestyle course and featured up-and-coming younger riders.
"It was great to have junior riders there. We had a huge junior
turnout-probably the best we've seen at any junior jams here. Kids
traveled from all over the place to compete, which is really cool. It's
good to see the progression of the sport," Nyberg said.
The Chevy Revolution Tour will move on to Copper Mountain, Colo., for
competition Jan. 20-22.
"We're definitely looking forward to Copper. They have a great pipe
right in the base area. A lot of the athletes actually live in that area
so we get some big crowds coming out to see them. We're also looking
forward to a great slopestyle course. It should be really cool. We've
had a great start to the tour so far," Nyberg said.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
2008 CHEVY REVOLUTION TOUR
Duluth, MN - Jan. 13, 2008
Slopestyle
