Snowboarding News January 2008

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THURSDAY, 31 JANUARY 2008
	NZ Snowboard Team Enjoys Success Overseas
	EUROPE - The New Zealand Snowboard Team has completed its final competition of the 2008 European campaign: the FIS World Cup Halfpipe in Bardonecchia, Italy. Kendall Brown (Mt Manganui), after a great week of training, landing backside 720s and attempting her first 900 was consistent throughout qualifying, semi-finals and finals finishing in 5th place – her best result of the season and r Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 30 JANUARY 2008
	Pellissier, Pietropoli Win at FIS World Cup
	France’s Anne Sophie Pellissier and Italy’s Manuel Pietropoli reigned supreme in the Halfpipe contest of the Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup Season. This was held last Sunday, January 27 at the Bardonecchia—Melezet in Italy. Pellissier finished with a total of 44.5 points, defeating Spain’s Queralt Castellet, who won second place while Sophie Rodriguez, Pellissier’s teammate, got the third Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 29 JANUARY 2008
	Andy Finch Wins at TTR World Snowboard Tour
	Top US snowboarder Andy Finch won at the recently concluded Swatch TTR Six (6) Star O’Neill Evolution Halfpipe Competition. It was held last Friday, January 25 at Davos, Switzerland. Finch impressed the judges with his skills, sweeping away the victory from Torstein Horgmo who was barely 20 points behind. Nicholas Mueller, Collin Frei, Manuel Pietropoli, Ches Guldemond, Mathieu Crep Read Full Story
MONDAY, 28 JANUARY 2008
	Andreas Wiig Wins Gold at Snowboard SlopeStyle
	Norway’s top snowboarder Andreas Wiig bagged the Snowboard SlopeStyle gold at the recently concluded ESPN X Games 12, held at Aspen, Colorado. Wiig has impressed the judges and spectators by exhibiting a perfect run of 900 degrees and 1080-degree aerial rotation, snatching the gold from six-time X Games gold medalist Shaun White. At the Men’s Snowboard SlopeStyle, snowboarders ride d Read Full Story
SUNDAY, 27 JANUARY 2008
	Skiers, Snowboarders Required to Wear Helmets
	A new bill, authored by Representative Bob Constan, requires skiers and snowboarders alike to wear helmets. The said bill was passed shortly after a skiing accident. The said incident occurred last December, when a 13-year old girl who was skiing at Shanty Creek Resort’s Schuss Mountain in Bellaire died after suffering from a head injury. Authorities claimed that the girl’s death could ha Read Full Story