
Frenchman Kevin Rolland won the 2009 FIS World Halfpipe Championships in Japan and crushed the competition throughout the FIS season. He claimed the top spot in the World Cup halfpipe standings after winning World Cup contests in both the US and France in the same year. At only 20 years old, the Frenchman also made his mark in superpipe at the 2008-09 Winter Dew Tour. He claimed seventh place overall in the ... Full bio >
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Watch Kevin Rolland, Justin Dorey, Duncan Adams and more as they compete in the freeski superpipe finals at the Nike Open 2011 in Breckenridge, CO more
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Kevin Rolland dropped into the pipe and from his first massive switch 9 it was clear his goal was to take down the competition at the Nike Open in Breckenridge. As defending Dew Cup champ, he was prequalified straight into finals and the last to drop in more
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Torin Yater-Wallace charged hard into the 602 foot long pipe, starting with a right 9 tail, followed by a huge left 9 tail and an equally big double flare, more
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Check out highlights of Dew Cup champion Kevin Rolland from the 2010/11 Winter Dew Tour. more
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If you look at a photo of Kevin in the start gate before a winning run you can see the fire in his eyes more
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The chase for the Superpipe Winter Dew Cup is over and Frenchman Kevin Rolland found himself on top again. more
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Kevin Rolland fell on his first run after an alley oop flatspin and he came back with back-to-back doubles in his second to take the lead and leave with the win. Check out this video to see what riding the pipe is all about at the Winter Dew Tour stop in Killington. more
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My Five is an Alli feature where we ask the same five questions to five different athletes and compile all the crazy answers for your reading pleasure. For this installment, we talked to freeskiers. more
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Frenchman Kevin Rolland won the 2009 FIS World Halfpipe Championships in Japan and crushed the competition throughout the FIS season. He claimed the top spot in the World Cup halfpipe standings after winning World Cup contests in both the US and France in the same year.
At only 20 years old, the Frenchman also made his mark in superpipe at the 2008-09 Winter Dew Tour. He claimed seventh place overall in the Dew Cup standings without even competing in the second stop.
After watching fellow countryman and best friend Xavier Bertoni win gold at the 2009 X Games, Rolland achieved the same feat the following year. Already known as a progressive skier, Rolland threw down a pipe-slaying run with a whiskey flip mute grab to alley-oop flatspin 360 to switch 720 to rightside whiskey flip to double cork 1260. It blew the minds of the judges and earned him a whopping 95.00.
Rolland is regularly covered on all the freeski websites and you can check in with him and Bertoni on their own bi-weekly webisode series on FollowUs.tv.
| Rank | Nike Open 2011 | Pantech Invitational 2012 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 72 | 172 |
| Rank | Nike 6.0 Open | Killington 2011 | Toyota Championships | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86 | 100 | 100 | 286 |
| Rank | Totino's Open | Wendy's Invitational | Toyota Championships | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 75 | 40 | 28 | 143 |
| Rank | Breckenridge | Mount Snow | Toyota Championships | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 60 | 0 | 75 | 135 |
Kevin Rolland dropped into the pipe and from his first massive switch 9 it was clear his goal was to take down the competition at the Nike Open in Breckenridge. As defending Dew Cup champ, he was prequalified straight into finals and the last to drop in
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Torin Yater-Wallace charged hard into the 602 foot long pipe, starting with a right 9 tail, followed by a huge left 9 tail and an equally big double flare,
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The chase for the Superpipe Winter Dew Cup is over and Frenchman Kevin Rolland found himself on top again.
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Watch Kevin Rolland, Justin Dorey, Duncan Adams and more as they compete in the freeski superpipe finals at the Nike Open 2011 in Breckenridge, CO
Alli Video
Check out highlights of Dew Cup champion Kevin Rolland from the 2010/11 Winter Dew Tour.
Alli Video
Kevin Rolland fell on his first run after an alley oop flatspin and he came back with back-to-back doubles in his second to take the lead and leave with the win. Check out this video to see what riding the pipe is all about at the Winter Dew Tour stop in Killington.
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