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Day 3 US Open: Men’s Slopestyle Pre-Qualifiers and Halfpipe Practice Day

March 20th, 2008 by Matt

Ice in Vermont

The weather in Vermont can be crazy at times, and today we got a little taste of ice falling from the sky. But, the riders weren’t deterred and took to the slopestyle course for the men’s pre-qualifier round. The pipe was also open for practice so men and women were dropping in getting a feel for the pipe and getting some runs dialed.

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Day 2 US Open: Slopestyle Practice Day and Halfpipe Qualis

March 19th, 2008 by Nugg

US Open Slopestyle course

Men’s Halfpipe Pre-Qualification and Qualification were held today, but my eyes were on the slopestyle course as both big dogs and little ones got a chance to check out the 2008 course.

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Roxy’s Lisa Wiik @ the BEO

January 19th, 2008 by Lisa Wiik

Alexis and Lisa

Lisa & Alexis

Time for Burton European Open again! Its always fun to come back to Laax where I had my first ever big contest in 2000. Wow, its already 8 years ago!

I was surprised when I saw all the snow on the trees on my way up to Laax. Last year it was just green fields all over the place…. Hope this season will be whiter then last year ☺

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Burton European Open Men’s SS qualifications while the big dogs train the pipe

January 13th, 2008 by Richard

BEO 08 Slopestyle - Wouter De Lang (C) Marcel Lämmerhirt

Today the skies opened up after 2 & 1/2 ft of snow dumped on Laax over the past 24 hours. The junior competitions in slopestyle and halfpipe went down on Friday and Saturday, and today we saw the qualifying runs for the up-and-comers, and the big-dogs heating things up in some training sessions. Read the rest of this entry »

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