Nick Goepper won the men's freeski slope Finals at Sunday's Winter Dew Tour Toyota Championships with his score of 95.00 and he was also voted the Mitch Breakthrough Athlete of the Year.

In his winning run, he stepped things up and did a switch double 14 instead of the switch double 12 he did in his first run.

His run started with a 450 on 270 out on top rail, front swap backside 450 out on A-Frame, on the cannon box he did a switch 2 on rodeo 450 out. For the jumps, he started with a switch left double 10 Japan and finished with a switch right double 14 mute.

"I’ve been so close all year, but to finally get the number one spot feels awesome," Goepper said.

Tom Wallisch took home the Dew Cup and also won Toyota Athlete of the Year with his second-place finish and score of 92.25. He was ranked first overall with wins at each of the previous two Dew Tour stops, and he was the last to drop in to the finals with the only shot of bumping Goepper off the podium. Wallisch has come back in his second run to take the win at each of those events. But today in Utah, he was able to increase his score by one point, but it wasn't enough to overtake the 17-year-old Goepper.

"I’m not much of a go for broke, last run huck yourself, try something new kind of guy," Wallisch said. "I’d rather see skiing be smoother. Just full, complete, good runs. I never really try to huck myself second run. I just go for cleaning it up. Making it as smooth as possible. And it’s worked for me in the past, so I’m going to keep doing it."

His run went like this: switch lip 2 pretzel 2 on the down rail, to switch on frontside switchup backside 450 out, to switch on to cannon rail backside pretzel 450 out to switch. He hit up the jumps with a switch left double cork 1080 Japan to switch right double cork 1080 Japan.

Defending Dew Cup champ Bobby Brown finished third with 91.00 after his second run that started with a switch 2 to pretzel 2 on first rail, switch on to switchup inward 2 out on second, cork 630 on cannon then right double 12 to switch double 14 on the last two jumps.

"I was struggling on the course the last few days," Brown said. "I’m just stoked that I’m on the podium, and Goepper and Wallisch killed it today. I’m just happy to end the Dew Tour on the podium."

Results
1. Nick Goepper, 95.00
2. Tom Wallisch, 92.25
3. Bobby Brown, 91.00
4. Chris Laker, 90.25
5. Russ Henshaw, 89.50
6. Alex Bellemare, 88.00
7. James Woods, 87.00
8. Joss Christensen, 82.00
9. Andreas Hatveit, 76.00
10. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand, 70.00
11. Jamieson Irvine, 69.00
12. JF Houle, 13.00

Nick Goepper


Tom Wallisch


Bobby Brown


Chris Laker


Russ Henshaw


Alex Bellemare


James Woods


Joss Christensen


Andreas Håtveit


Alex Beaulieu-Marchand


Jamieson Irvine


JF Houle


Nick Goepper


Tom Wallisch


De Cup Champion Tom Wallisch

Kaya Turski won the women's freeski slope title with her score of 93.75, increasing her lead by one point in her second run at the Toyota Championships on Sunday, and she also took home the Dew Cup. This was the first year for a Dew Cup in women's freeski pipe.

Turski is on a hot streak after winning the X Games and the last stop of the Dew Tour. It's not suprising, with a winning run that consisted of switch 2 onto the flat box, gap blind swap on the flat down, blind swap on the A-Frame rail, into a blunt 450 off the cannon. For the jumps, she started wtih a switch 720 high mute into a switch 5 Japan.

“I’m training really hard," Turski said. "The opportunity of us being in the Olympics is really huge for me. I’m very excited to go and represent Canada in 2014.”

Second place went to Australian Anna Segal, who scored a 90.75 on her final run and pulled of her first cork 9 without ever attemping one.

Her run went like this: transfer from down rail into down box, back switchup on the up down rail, back 270 out grab on up cannon, right 7 safety on first jump and left cork 9 mute on second.

"I'm really excited to be up on the podium with Devin and Kaya," Segal said. "Those girls are so progressive and so solid. At X Games, Devin beat me, so it was kind of cool to one-up her on this one. Especially since she already won the pipe. She's had her fun."

Devin Logan - who won the Dew Cup and the competition for women's freeski pipe yesterday evening - podiumed again today with a third-place-finish after her first-run-score of 89.00.

"Devin really gave it her all, she’s keeping me on my toes," Turski said. "All the girls are really skiing well these days. The level is definitely being pushed. So it’s really exciting being up there and dropping in, you really have to bring your A Game, and that’s what I did."

Devin's started her higher scoring run with a switch on to up gap down box, to blind 270 out of the up down rail, to 180 safety grab out of the cannon. She hit up the jumps with a switch 5 mute on the first into a cork 7 tailgrab on the last.

She was also in contention for the Cup in slope, but after such a solid season, she had no regrets.

"I was just so happy with yesterday, I just wanted to come in today and have fun and that’s what I did," Logan said. "Just getting another podium is awesome in my eyes. I’m not upset that I got third at all, I’m actually really happy with how I skied."

Results
1. Kaya Turski, 93.75
2. Anna Segal, 90.75
3. Devin Logan, 89.00
4. Emilia Wint, 82.00
5. Keri Herman, 77.00
6. Ashley Battersby, 71.75

Kaya Turski


Anna Segal


Devin Logan


Emilia Wint


Keri Herman


Ashley Battersby

Sebastien Toutant won the men's snowboard slopestyle Finals on Sunday with his second-run-score of 94.50, increasing his lead on his victory lap. With the win, he also took home his first Dew Cup at the Toyota Championships at Snowbasin Resort in Utah.

Toutant held onto first place after his first-run-score of 90.25, and secured the win as the last rider to go. But he still put all he had into his second run, with a back 270 on first rail, 5050 gap frontside 3 out on the second, front blunt 270 out on the up box, into a front 10 double on the first jump and finishing wiht a back 10 double.

"It feels great," he said. "The first stop I got second place, the second stop I got second. To end up the season with a first place and winning the Cup, it’s a great feeling. Especially because I didn’t have a really good time riding this course because it was really hard and the weather was always pretty bad. But I’m just stoked I rode pretty good and I’m first. I couldn’t be more happy."

Dash Kemp also took over the second-place spot on his first run with a score of 83.50. His run went like this: Cab 270 on, to front board tail 270 out, into front 3 back 5 off the cannon, then cab 9 tail into back double 10 on the last two jumps.

He came back in his second run looking to increase his podium position, and he was riding solid until the last hit sent him straight to his face on the landing. His face quickly swelled up and he ended up with a concussion, but was ok to walk away. The upside was that his first-run score held on until the end, and he remembered absolutely nothing about the crash while heading to the podium to accept his award. This is his first season competing on the Dew Tour.

"I feel like I'm in the twilight zone right now," he said. "This is crazy. I’m so stoked."

Spencer Link earned his first Dew Tour podium with his third-place-score of 77.25.

"It feels awesome," Link said. "Dream come true."

"This morning I thought it was going to go bad," he continued. "Practice went horrible. But then I calmed down and I just rode how I could ride."

Link's higher scoring first run consisted of a backside nosepress on the up down, to front 360 over, to backside 180 out on cannon rail. On the jumps, he landed a Cab double 9 to a backside double 10.

With flat light conditions and a course consisting of three rail sections and two jumps, many of the heavy hitters had to deal with falls in thier runs.

Eric Willett was coming off a win at last month's Pantech Invitational, and he had a chance at winning the Cup. But his first run he crashed and in his second he had a bit of a hand drag after his backside 9 that left him in 7th place when the contest ended.

Other big contenders that finished off the podium were Sage Kotsenburg, who had a good first run but not up to his full potential, and his score suffered after a fall on his second left him in 6th place. Gjermund Braaten, who won the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour, also had slight deduction for a hand drag in his first run. He finished 5th.

Results
1. Sebastien Toutant, 94.50
2. Dash Kamp, 83.50
3. Spencer Link, 77.75
4. Jake Aaronson, 70.50
5. Gjermund Braaten, 69.75
6. Sage Kotsenburg, 61.25
7. Eric Willett, 58.75
8. Seth Hill, 53.00
9. Ian Thorley, 40.25
10. Justin Morgan, 37.25
11. Mark Hoyt, 25.00
12. Brandon Reis, 23.25

Sebastien Toutant



Dash Kamp



Spencer Link



Jake Aaronson



Gjermund Braaten



Sage Kotsenburg



Eric Willet



Seth Hill



Ian Thorley



Justin Morgan



Mark Hoyt

Brandon Reis

Spencer O'Brien came back from 5th place to take the win and her second career Dew Cup at the women's snowboard slope Finals at the Toyota Championships. She nailed her second run with a switch boardslide to 5050 on the up gap down box, to a frontside boardslide on the A-frame to switch on the cannon. For the jumps, she went switch backside 5 mute into a frontside 7 indy.

"It felt really good," O'Brien said of taking the win. "Kind of surreal. I wasn’t really thinking very much on that last run, so when I stomped that last trick I was so happy. It’s a lot of pressure when you don’t land your first run."

Enni Rukajarvi, of Finland, was second with 86.50, riding without goggles to adjust to the flat light conditions. She threw down a noseslide, tailpress, 5050 stalefish, and back 5 into a Cab 5 on the two jumps. She also finished second at the last women's snowboard event in Breckenridge, Colo., the Nike Open, and this was her first time doing the entire Dew Tour.

"I’m so happy for getting second," Rukajarvi said. "I had big troubles in the practice landing my tricks so I’m just happy I landed my run."

South Lake Tahoe's Joanna Dzierzawski was third with 80.25 after putting together a switch boardslide to tailpress, 5050 to front board on the up down rail, up the cannon poke out, and a back 3 into front 3 off the toes on the jumps.

"Oh my gosh, I am so happy to have made it to Finals at the Dew Tour," Dzierzawski said. "It’s my first time making it to all the stops. It was just so awesome and the course was really fun. All the girls were so supportive as always, and I’m just so happy to be here."

Results
1. Spencer O'Brien, 94.50
2. Enni Rukajarvi, 86.50
3. Joanna Dzierzawski, 80.25
4. Julianne Brackett, 73.75
5. Nicki Slechta, 67.60
6. Sarka Pancochova, 36.25

Spencer O'Brien


Enni Rukajärvi


Joanna Dzierzawski


Julianne Brackett


Nicki Slechta


Sarka Pancochova

David Wise won the mens freeski pipe Finals with a score of 94.50 and Kevin Rolland took home his second consecutive Dew Cup at the Toyota Championships after finishing second with 93.00. Torin Yater-Wallace was third with 92.75.

Wise took the lead in his first run and held onto it until the end. In that winning run, Wise started with a switch double 1080, into right 9, left 9, alley oop flatspin 5 tail to end with a double cork 12. With Defending Dew Cup champ Rolland and 16-year-old pipe phemon Yater-Wallace set to drop in after him, he wasn't leaving things up to chance and decided to go for his first-ever 14 on his second and final run.

“My first run was good, it was really a solid run for me, so I kind of felt like I had to add a little bit of something to it," Wise said. "The 14 was the first thing that came to mind, so dropping in I was like, ‘OK, I’ll go for that 14 at the end. I know it’s there. It’s just one extra rotation. I can get it.’ “

He wasn't able to land it, but he was so close to bringing it around. This is a great season for the 21-year-old from Reno, who's coming off a win in pipe at X Games.

“I’m on a hot streak for sure," Wise said. "It’s fun to be out here enjoying the sport. Landing runs. I’ve been around in the scene for a long time and did a lot of finals where I just didn’t quite get the run the way I wanted to. So just being able to land runs and just enjoy doing what I do has been awesome. And that’s honestly what’s made the difference for me."

For Kevin, he was sitting in 11th place going into his final run after falling on his first, and the Dew Cup was hanging well out of his reach. If he finished below 7th place, the Cup would belong to Yater-Wallace.

"It was trouble in my mind," Rolland said. "It was really odd in my mind at the top, and I just tried to put the run to grab the Dew Cup."

He came back and dropped switch into a 900, to switch 720, back-to-back double flips and finished with a double cork 1260 to earn the second-place and the Dew Cup for his highest overall season rank.

"It feels really, really great," Rolland said. "Especially this year because I didn’t get the X Games win and I didn’t get the last Dew Tour."

Yater-Wallace could have had a very different outcome had his ski not come off when landing the last trick of a perfectly executed first-run that included a double cork 12 mute into an alley oop flat 5 and a double flair. Miraculously he was still able to stay on his feet, and rode it out on one ski. His explanation for pulling it off: "I was just so stoked to land, and I just needed to, so I had to." It brought cheers from the crowd, that were quickly replaced by boos towards the judges when his score suffered for it.

But with one run left, he came back for redemption with a double cork 12, alley oop double, double cork 9, left 10, into a switch 9. His third-place finish bumped Simon Dumont off the podium and into 4th with a 91.75.

"I feel great about my season," Yater-Wallace said. "I guess I’ve been on the podium at almost every event so far. So I can’t be happier. I don’t care where I really ended up today, I just wanted to be on the podium so bad and I was. I had a ton of fun and I put down a run I had never done before, which has been my goal for a while, and I just couldn’t be happier."

Results: 

1 David Wise  94.50
2 Kevin Rolland  93.00
3 Torin Yater-Wallace  92.75
4 Simon Dumont  91.75
5 Thomas Krief  90.75
6 AJ Kemppainen  86.25
7 Mike Riddle  83.75
8 Tucker Perkins  78.00
9 Josiah Wells  76.75
10 Gus Kenworthy  75.00
11 Matt Margetts  40.00
12 Benoit Valentin  29.75

David Wise



Kevin Rolland



Torin Yater-Wallace



Simon Dumont



Thomas Krief



AJ Kemppainen



Mike Riddle



Tucker Perkins



Jossi Wells



Gus Kenworthy



Matt Margetts



Benoit Valentin

For the first time in Winter Dew Tour history, the women's freeski pipe athletes were competing for a shot at the Dew Cup, awarded to the highest overall in season standings. After Saturday's Finals at the Toyota Championships, Devin Logan won the Cup and the event with a score of 90.00.

“I knew I was in contention for the Dew Cup and just had to come out and put down the best run I could," Logan said. "I had slope this morning, so I was a bit tired, but I got some energy, found some deep down and ended up doing it, so I’m thrilled." She also won the slope Semi's held earlier in the day.

In pipe, she came back in her second run to take the win with a Japan grab, to 5 tail grab, flair, mute grab, alley oop critical, 7 mute, to finish with a switch alley oop 5.

Canadian freeskier Rosalind Groenewoud finished in second with 82.50 on her second run that went like this: Japan grab, to 5 tail grab, flair, mute grab, alley oop critical, 7 mute, switch alley oop 5.

"I feel good," Groenewoud said. "Both my runs had little mistakes in them, so obviously I would have liked to be cleaner. But my second run had a trick I’ve never completed before, a kind of cork 5 flair upside down. So I was happy about doing that for the first time in competition and I’m hoping to clean it up for next event."

Maddie Bowman, who came into the event ranked first overall, finished third with 80.00.

Logan not only won the Dew Cup and the Toyota Championships title, she earned the Paul Mitchell Breakthrough Athlete of the Year award, largely for her 2nd place finish in both slope and pipe finals at the Winter Dew Tour's Pantech Invitational in Killington, Vt. She was stoked to accept her award.

"That’s awesome," Logan said. "I know my family was out there voting for me so much.They were rallying up everyone they knew. That definitely helped push, but also you add the athletes’ vote and seeing that I was thrilled. I’m just so happy winning Dew Cup, Breakthrough Athlete and my first double threat. It’s a dream come true. It hasn’t set in yet."

Tomorrow she will compete in the slopestyle finals, with a great potential for earning back-to-back Dew Cups in both the pipe and slope disciplines.

Results:
1. Devin Logan 90.00
2. Rosalind Groenewoud 82.50
3. Maddie Bowman 80.00
4. Anais Caradeux 70.00
5. Ayana Onozuka 67.25
6. Brita Sigourney 54.50

Devin Logan


Rosalind Groenewoud


Maddie Bowman


Anais Caradeux


Ayana Onozuka


Brita Sigourney

Only two points separated overall season leader Iouri Podladtchikov from defending Dew Cup champ Louie Vito heading into Saturday's Winter Dew Tour championships.

In the end, Vito won the men's snowboard Pipe Finals with his score of 98.00, increasing his lead with the highest score ever to take home the Dew Cup at the Toyota Championships, held Saturday at Utah's Snowbasin Resort. I-Pod finished second with 97.00.

"I-Pod’s riding so well, he’s so consistent and he definitely pushes me every time I snowboard," Vito said. "So it was nice to be one and two with him going into the final stop, because it made me make sure I was on my game and he definitely brought it for sure."

But Vito answered back in his winning run with a double crippler, double Michalchuk, front double 10, cab double 10, front 10 to end with a cab 7.

Up at the top of the pipe, as the last rider to go, I-Pod had one more shot at taking over the top spot.

"It was really interesting up there," I-Pod said. "I was like, 98, alright, what the hell am I going to do now."

 He responded with a Double McTwist, front double, Cab double, front 10 into a Cab 10. While perfectly executed, it wasn't enough to take the win.

"I’m really happy with my run," I-Pod said. "It’s kind of a long pipe and it’s really under vert, so I was trying to fix a new run together. And it really worked out for me. Louie taking it in the end, I’ll give it to him. But the battle is on."

Results after the first round saw Vito leading over I-Pod (94.75 to 93.00) with one run left for each. After an amazing first run, Trevor Jacob was sitting in third at the end first heat, while rocking a sweet Star Wars-esque full face helmet for extra confidence while boosting his massive airs.

Second round highlights included an amazing run from Spencer Shaw, which included his first ever frontside 14 halfway through, and let him take over the third place position from Jacob and finish on top of the podium.

"That was the first time I’ve ever done that run and a 14," Shaw said. "My heart was pounding so hard at the top of the pipe, and it all worked out, I’m so excited. I’ve never tried it before. Right before I dropped in, my coach was like, ‘Why don’t you try that?’ and I was like, ‘Ok,’ and I dropped in and it worked out well."

For Vito, it was back-to-back Dew Cups after he pulled it off again this season.

"I got two seconds and what do they say? I was the bridesmaid and never the bride, or something like that," Vito said. "I get tired of being second. I’m stoked to be consistent but I wanted to at least get on top of the podium this year. I did and what better place than where I’m living now in Utah, at the Toyota Championships, to walk away with the Dew Cup."

Results
1. Louie Vito 98.00
2. Iouri Podladtchikov 97.00
3. Spencer Shaw 90.00
4. Trevor Jacob 88.00
5. Zachary Black 86.00
6. Ben Ferguson 83.50
7. Jack Mitrani 81.50
8. Mason Aguirre 80.00
9. Kyle Mack 73.75
10. Paul Brichta 70.00
11. Ben Watts 67.00
12. Scotty Pike 63.00

Louie Vito

Iouri Podladtchikov

Spencer Shaw

Trevor Jacob

Zach Black

Ben Ferguson

Jack Mitrani

Mason Aguirre

Kyle Mack

Paul Brichta

Ben Watts

Scotty Pike

Louie Vito and Jack Mitrani

Louie Vito and Iouri Podladtchikov

Louie Vito

Louie Vito

Kelly Clark came back and took down Gretchen Bleiler to bring home the Toyota Championships win and her third Dew Cup at the women's snowboard pipe Finals. Her score of 95.00 to Bleiler's 94.25 gave her the advantage during Saturday's event at Utah's Snowbasin Resort.

The lead changed hands between the two riders, with Bleiler in the lead going into second and final runs. Her first run started off with a massive crippler, backside 5, frontside 9, backside air, frontside 9, backside air, frontside 7 to end with a cab 7 and score 91.00. Clark responded with an inverted 7, and back-to-back 5s in her run, but it left her sitting in second with an 89.25.

China’s Xuetong Cai was another big contender with massive amplitude and 5s and 7s mixed into her run, and she finished in third with and 89.75.

But the battle of the Finals really became all about Bleiler and Clark, who were both guaranteed a Dew Cup with the win.

Bleiler dropped in for her second run before Clark, and started things off with a massive Crippler, 900 tail grab, backside air tail grab, and a frontside 7 mixed into her run. She managed to increase her lead with the 94.25, but with Clark still up top and waiting to drop, there was no guarantee that score would hold up, and such was the case.

“I really had to stay focused on what I came out to do today,” Clark said. “My strategy really gets tested when I’m put in that position where the scenarios change dropping into my final run. I have to stick to the plan regardless of what’s going on around me, and that’s what I was able to do and land it on my feet and come through with the win.”

For Bleiler, it was a bit of a repeat from the first event of the season where she also finished second to Clark.

“I’m bummed,” Bleiler said. “Again, Breck was super close. This was super close. It just keeps me motivated to keep working harder. Last Dew Tour in Breck, that already motivated me for this event and getting my tailgrabs around more on my front 9s. I didn’t do my back 9 today, so I still have more to give. And I know I can do front 10s since my front 9s are coming around so easy now. I’m not too worried, but I’m a little bummed that it was so close."

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Kelly Clark



Gretchen Bleiler



Xuetong Cai



Sophie Rodriguez



Sarah Conrad



Arielle Gold

Devin Logan won with her second-run score of 86.50 after a run with perfect execution on the rail sections and a switch left 5 on the first jump and a left 7 on the last, both with massive amplitude and solid grabs.

After quite a few falls in the first round of the women's freeski slope semis, the girls turned the heat on for round two and came back with switch 720s and some solid runs at the Toyota Championships.

Devin Logan won with her second-run score of 86.50. Thirteen women competed on the Winter Dew Tour course at Utah's Snowbasin Resort, but only the top 5 advanced to Sunday's Finals.

 Kaya Turski is ranked first overall in season standings, and is favored to win the first-ever women's freeski slope Dew Cup, but it all comes down to tomorrow's Final. She automatically advanced, and did not compete in Semis.

1. Devin Logan 86.50
2. Anna Segal 85.00
3. Emilia Wint 81.63
4. Keri Herman 79.67
5. Ashley Battersby 74.67

Devin Logan


Anna Segal


Emilia Wint


Keri Herman


Ashley Battersby

Russ Henshaw impressed the judges in Saturday's ski slope semifinals mixing style and technicality to make the most of the slopestyle course in Snowbasin.  Henshaw's run of left 270 on to k-fed to a stylish back 360 finishing with a left double cork 12 and huge right switch double cork 1080 scored him a 87.83 on his first run.  Henshaw beat out Alex Bellemare (86.83) and Chris Laker (85.50) respectively.

Results:

1 Russ Henshaw 87.83
2 Alex Bellemare 86.83
3 Chris Laker 85.50
4 Jf Houle 84.33
5 James Woods 84.33
6 Alex Beaulieu-Marchand 82.00
7 Jamieson Irvine 81.83
8 Andreas Håtveit 81.17
9 Joss Christensen 80.00

Russ Henshaw



Alex Bellemare



Chris Laker







James Woods



James Woods



Jamieson Irvine



Andreas Hatveit



Joss Christensen

Mason Aguirre won the men's snowboard pipe Semi-Finals held under the light Friday evening at the Toyota Championships in Snowbasin, Utah.

Aguirre's run of frontside 540, backside 540, into a frontside 1080, cab 700, followed by a frontside 900 and stylish backside air scored him a 79.00. Zach Black (75.00) and Trevor Jacob (73.00) finished in second and third respectively. The top 10-finishers join the two Dew Tour overall season leaders - Iouri Podladtchikov and Louie Vito - in Saturday's Final. I-Pod is gunning to steal the Dew Cup away from Vito, the defending champion.

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1. Mason Aguirre- 79.00
2. Zach Black- 75.00
3. Trevor Jacob- 73.00
4. Ben Ferguson- 72.00
5. Spencer Shaw- 70.50
6. Ben Watts- 68.00
7. Kyle Mack- 65.25
8. Jack Mitrani- 64.35
9. Scotty Pike- 63.50
10. Paul Brichta- 62.75

Mason Aguirre



Zach Black



Trevor Jacob



Ben Ferguson



Spencer Shaw



Ben Watts



Kyle Mack



Jack Mitrani



Scotty Pike



Paul Brichta

Gretchen Bleiler came back with a massive Crippler and stellar run to take the win from China's Xuetong Cai in the women's snowboard pipe Semi-Final during Friday's Toyota Championships.

Bleiler's second run was heads above the field of 13 women, and the combination of amplitude and smooth and technical tricks awarded her a 92.25.

All the women threw down in the 22-ft. pipe, but only the top five advance to Saturday's Final. They will meet up with overall season leader Kelly Clark, who is automatically seeded into the Final.

A standout competitor was the youngest of the field, 15-year old Arielle Gold who had great style and execution in her first run and finished third with 75.00. She trailed second-place-finisher Xuetong Cai, who nearly won with her score of 90.50.

Hannah Teter had a great first run until she collided with the deck and had a hard fall, but was ok in the end.

Check back for results and photos.

1. Gretchen Bleiler 92.25
2. Xuetong Cai 90.50
3. Arielle Gold 75.00
4. Sophie Rodriguez 70.75
5. Sarah Conrad 70.50

Gretchen Bleiler

Xuetong Cai

Arielle Gold

Sophie Rodriguez

Sarah Conrad

The men's freeski comps kicked off with Friday's pipe Semi-Finals at the Dew Tour's Toyota Championships. David Wise set the bar incredibly high with his first-run score of 95.00. Wise threw a switch left 720, right 900 tail to left 900 nosegrab, alley oop flat 540 tail capped with a huge left double cork 1260 tailgrab with undeniable amplitude. His score held on until the end of the competition and Wise took the win at Utah's Snowbasin Resort. The next closest finishers were Thomas Krief with an 89.00 and Gus Kenworthy with an 88.00.

The top 10 from the field of 21 will advance to Saturday's Final, where they will meet up with the top two overall, Kevin Rolland and Torin Yater-Wallace. Rolland will be fighting to defend his Dew Cup, while 16-year-old Yater-Wallace will be answering back in hopes of winning his first Cup.
 

1. David Wise- 95.00
2. Thomas Krief- 89.00
3. Gus Kenworthy- 88.00
4. Simon Dumont- 87.50
5. Matt Margetts- 87.00
6. Benoit Valentin- 86.50
7. Mike Riddle- 85.00
8. Tucker Perkins- 84.50
9. Josiah Wells- 82.50
10. AJ Kemppainen- 76.00

David Wise


Thomas Krief


Gus Kenworthy


Simon Dumont


Matt Margetts


Benoit Valentin


Mike Riddle


Tucker Perkins


Jossi Wells


AJ Kemppainen

Mark Hoyt won the men's Snowboard Slopestyle Semi-Finals on Friday at the Winter Dew Tour's Toyota Championships. His score of 88.17 on the three rail sections and two jumps held off the rest of the field of 19 riders. The top nine from Semis advance to Sunday's Final along with the top three overall riders, Sebastien Toutant, Gjermund Braaten and Eric Willett.

The Colorado native put together a run of disaster to 270 frontboard, tailslide 270 off over the up down rail, into a 5050 backside 180 off the cannon box finished with a switch backside 900 mute grab and huge backside double cork 1080 melon grab to score an 88.17. Sage Kostenburg (86.50) and Seth Hill (86.50) finished second and third respectively.

Results

1 Mark Hoyt 88.17
2 Sage Kotsenburg 86.50
3 Seth Hill 83.00
4 Dash Kamp 82.83
5 Justin Morgan 81.50
6 Jake Aaronson 79.17
7 Ian Thorley 76.83
8 Spencer Link 75.33
9 Brandon Reis 73.17

Mark Hoyt


Sage Kotsenburg


Seth Hill
Dash Kamp


Justin Morgan


Jake Aaronson


Ian Thorley


Spencer Link

Brandon Reis

With the biggest pipe of the season, 15 female freeskiers from around the world battled for the top five results and a spot in Saturday's Final. Devin Logan finished first with her second run score of 88.00 in Friday's Toyota Championships Semi-Final at Utah's Snowbasin Resort. She will join the overall season leader Maddie Bowman in the 6-person Final, where the girls will be gunning for a chance at the first female freeski Dew Cup in superpipe.

Devin Logan scored an 88.00, taking the top spot with a run that was defined by clean execution, huge amplitude and smooth grabs.  She started with a straight air, followed by a left 540, flair, straight air, alley-oop 180, and left 720, ending her run with a switch 540.

Results

1. Devin Logan 88.00
2. Rosalind Groenewoud 86.50
3. Brita Sigourney 85.00
4. Ayana Onozuka 78.25
5. Anais Caradeux 75.50

Devin Logan

Rosalind Groenewoud

Brita Sigourney

Ayana Onozuka

Anais Caradeux

A field of 15 women competed on the snowboard slopestyle course during Friday's Winter Dew Tour, looking for a spot among the top five that advance to Sunday's Final. Czech rider Sarka Pancochova started off the first semifinal action of the weekend right with a win in women's snowboard slope semifinals. Pancochova's run of half cab boardslide to 50 50, 50 50 to front boardslide into a 50 50 indy off the cannon box, capped with a frontside 360 and stylish backside 360 indy grab poked to perfection, impressed judges for a score of 87.33.  Enni Rukajarvi (86.00) and Julianne Brackett (83.67) finished second and third respectively.  The top five will meet up with Spencer O'Brien in the Toyota Championships final. O'Brien holds the overall season lead and advances straight to finals.

Results:

1. Sarka Pancochova- 87.33
2. Enni Rukajarvi- 86.00
3. Julianne Brackett- 83.67
4. Joanna Dzierawski- 76.50
5. Nicki Slechta- 72.50

Sarka Pancochova

Enni Rukajarvi

Julianne Brackett

Joanna Dzierawski

Nicki Slechta

Salt Lake local Louie Vito will be coming to Snowbasin with one goal in mind – to become the first male winter sports athlete to win the Dew Cup for two consecutive years.  After landing on the podium just shy of a win at the first two stops of the season, Vito will need to take the top spot in Snowbasin to claim the Cup.  He finds his most threatening competition in Iouri Podladtchikov, the winner of Killington’s Pantech Invitational and current leader in the Tour standings by a mere two points.  In slopestyle there is no shortage of fresh faces and up-and-comers eager to make a name for themselves on the international stage of the Winter Dew Tour.  Sebastien Toutant’s pair of second place finishes puts him in the lead for the Dew Cup, but Gjermund Braaten, who burst onto the scene with a smooth and technical run at the Nike Open in Breckenridge, is not one to be counted out of contention.  

Louie Vito

 Men’s Freeski Superpipe is set to be a heated competition, as the season has shown more than one athlete can have what it takes to win on any given day.  Kevin Rolland has a chance to repeat his 2011 Dew Cup performance while holding a narrow lead in the Tour standings, while  Torin Yater-Wallace, fresh off taking the first Dew Tour win of his pro career, can also claim the Cup if he tops the podium again.  Salt Lake City local Tom Wallisch has all but locked up the Freeski Slopestyle Dew Cup with two first place finishes this season, but hot on his heels is Nick Goepper, who has landed on the podium twice this year.  A stellar run from Goepper could bring him the Cup, if Wallisch fails to meet his usual level of perfection on the course. 

Kelly Clark and Gretchen Bleiler will face off in a winner-takes-all battle in the Snowbasin superpipe.  Clark, the former gold medalist and reigning Dew Cup champion, has ruled the women’s snowboard contest circuit, not losing a halfpipe event since the Winter Dew Tour stop in Breckenridge in 2010.  There will be no shortage of excitement as Bleiler attempts to end Clark’s streak at the top.  Spencer O’Brien blew away the competition on the slopestyle course in Breckendrige.  If she is able to repeat at the Toyota Championships, she’ll walk away with the Dew Cup, which she’s had her sights on since she last won it in 2009.    

Tom Wallisch

For the first time in Winter Dew Tour history, the top female freeskiers will be competing for a Dew Cup.  Just a few weeks ago, the ladies met at the Pantech Invitational for a glimpse of what they would be up against for the championship title.  Maddie Bowman took the top spot on the superpipe podium, but with the level of competition so close, the season title in Snowbasin is anyone’s for the taking.  Kaya Turski is coming in hot to the Toyota Championships after winning at the Pantech Invitational and claiming an X Games gold medal on consecutive weekends.  She’ll be fighting off Devin Logan and Emilia Wint for the first women’s Freeski Slopestyle Dew Cup. 

In addition to the exciting competition throughout the weekend, the Winter Dew Tour will host a FREE Mac Miller concert on historic 25^th Street in downtown Ogden on Friday, February 10, at 9:00pm.  Mac Miller grew up in Pittsburgh with a musical aptitude that already far surpasses most other hip-hop lyricists.  His August 2011 debut “K.I.D.S.” took the music industry by storm, earning critical acclaim from well-respected hip-hop magazines and websites.  Mac’s upbeat rhymes are sure to hype the Winter Dew Tour crowd for a weekend full of non-stop action. 

Mac Miller

The confirmed athlete list for Toyota Championships is as follows: 

The full schedule of events for the Toyota Championships is as follows:

Thursday, Feb. 9^th  – Festival Village Opens at 9:00AM

Friday, Feb. 10^th – Festival Village Opens at 9:00AM

Saturday, Feb. 11^th – Festival Village Opens at 9:00AM

Sunday, Feb. 12^th – Festival Village Opens at 9:00AM 

**Schedule is subject to change. To stay up to date on the action, follow live updates via the Dew Tour on Twitter**

Running through the entire weekend, the Festival Village offers something for everyone attending the Dew Tour.  Visit the Pantech tent to test out the newest cell phones, play pool or air hockey at Paul Mitchell, and grab a ride all weekend in one of Toyota’s free shuttles. 

David Wise

For additional Winter Dew Tour event information, visit www.Allisports.com and the Dew Tour Facebook page. 

The complete 2011-12 Winter Dew Tour schedule is as follows: 

Event Date Location

Nike Open Dec. 15-18 Breckenridge Ski Resort – Breckenridge, Colo.

Pantech Invitational Jan. 19-22 Killington Resort – Killington, Vt.

Toyota Championships Feb. 9-12 Snowbasin Resort – Ogden,Utah 

Closing out its fourth year, the top athletes in the world will take part in the 2011-12 Winter Dew Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded at season’s end to champions in each of the eight disciplines. The 2010-11 Dew Cup champions include Louie Vito (men’s snowboard superpipe), Kelly Clark (women’s snowboard superpipe), Torstein Horgmo (men’s snowboard slopestyle), Jamie Anderson (women’s snowboard slopestyle), Kevin Rolland (ski superpipe) and Bobby Brown (ski slopestyle).The Winter Dew Tour continues its commitment to progression in action sports, with premier superpipes and the highest level slopestyle courses.  

It clearly wasn’t an easy day to be a Dew Tour judge after the battle that went down between Louie Vito and Iouri “I-Pod” Podlatchikov in the snowboard pipe finals at the Pantech Invitational in Killington, Vermont.
 
Vito was holding on to the lead after his first run with a score of 94.75 that set the bar high. There were some falls from a lot of the heavy hitters, nearly guaranteeing Vito the win.

p>Check out I-Pod's winning run

But with I-Pod still in the mix, that quickly changed, and in the end, the win went to him for his score of 96.75 on his second run. The run started off with a Cab 7 crippler into back double 12 into front 10 to cab 10.

“I’m really happy I put down my back 12,” I-Pod said. “It’s always really special to pull out that trick because it’s real dangerous in these conditions. This is the iciest pipe I’ve ever ridden.”

Vito fought back as the last rider to go, and like a true competitor he nearly challenged I-Pod's lead with an impeccable second run that improved upon his results. Vito’s run started off with a double crippler, into backside 5, frontside double 10, cab double 10 to finish with a frontside 10 to score a 95.25, but it wasn’t enough to unseat I-Pod.

“I hate losing no matter what,” Vito said. “I-Pod put down a run and I can’t control what he does. I just try to go out and put down a run, but now I need to step it up and make sure there’s no question.”

Matt Ladley finished third after a solid showing. He’s coming off a wrist injury with recent surgery and 13 screws in place, but after his riding tonight it’s clear he’s back in top form.

Nearly all of the Frends crew made it to Finals, along with heavy hitters I-Pod and Vito. Another finalist worth noting was 14-year-old Kyle Mack, a former Gatorade Free Flow Tour winner that's making his way into the big leagues. He hails from Danny Davis' home mountain in Michigan.

Results:
1. Iouri Podladtchikov 96.75
2. Louie Vito 95.25
3. Matt Ladley 89.00
4. Luke Mitrani 87.50
5. Roger Kleivdal 83.25
6. Spencer Shaw 69.75
7. Mason Aguirre 65.25
8. Tore Holvik 65.00
9. Zachary Black 58.00
10. Jack Mitrani 47.00
11. Kyle Mack 20.75
12. Danny Davis 18.50

I-Pod



Louie Vito



Matt Ladley



Luke Mitrani



Roger Kleivdal



Spencer Shaw



Mason Aguirre



Tore Holvik



Zack Black



Jack Mitrani



Kyle Mack







Frends Crew



Louie and I-Pod



I-Pod Wins

There was no room for error among the field of 14 freeskiers if the guys had any chance of cracking into the top three at Sunday's Pantech Invitational freeski slope Finals. It seemed like the win was in the bag for Bobby Brown, after he scored a 93.00 in his first run with his signature style; smooth and solid on the rail sections and huge and blasting over the three jumps. He stomped his landings and his score held on straight through until the last guy to drop in for second runs.

If the last to drop had been anyone other than Tom Wallisch, there may have been no contest. But Wallish was coming off a win at last month’s Dew Tour in Breckenridge, where he came back in his second run to take the title. In true Wallisch style, he did it again here in Killington. Not only did he bump Brown into second, he did it by scoring the highest ever in Winter Dew Tour freeski history with a 95.25.

"I was just trying to convince myself that I’m a second-run skier," Wallisch said. "So far every major contest win I’ve had has been second run. Even Euro X Games two season’s ago, we had three runs, but my brain just likes to do a good second run. So I was just trying to convince myself that was how it was going to go, get a good mindset, just picture myself at the bottom and just let my body do the work."

His run started with a switch lip blind 2 on the top down rail, into a right foot forward front up blind 4 on the flat down, into a switch lip front 4 on the cannon rail. He hit the jumps with a left double cork 1260 mute to switch left double cork 1080 japan, to switch right double cork 1080 japan.

It had to be a letdown for Brown, who wasn’t able to increase his initial lead on his second run after falling on the last hit, but he didn’t let it show.

“I’m just stoked on how I did, obviously Tom just threw an amazing run and I’m stoked for him,” Brown said. “Now I’m just looking forward to X Games next week.” 

Seventeen-year-old Nick Goepper knocked Sammy Carlson off the podium into fourth after he finished his final run, so the competition was heated straight through to the last minute.

Wallisch is now in the overall lead heading in to next month’s finals in Snowbasin, where Brown will be fighting back as the defending Dew Cup champ.

Results:
1 Tom Wallisch 95.25
2 Bobby Brown 93.00
3 Nick Goepper 91.25
4 Sammy Carlson 90.25
5 Henrik Harlaut 88.75
6 Andreas Håtveit 87.25
7 Russ Henshaw 85.50
8 Jf Houle 84.00
9 Alex Beaulieu-Marchand 83.50
10 Chris Logan 80.75
11 Alexis Godbout 80.50
12 Dane Tudor 72.00
13 Alex Bellemare 68.50
14 Philip Casabon 60.25

In the women's field, Devin Logan conquered the rail sections and jumps to nearly take the win at Sunday's Pantech Invitational slopestyle Final, until Kaya Turski fought back in her last run to win it with 92.25.

"I have my whole family and friends here with mu just trying to keep me calm," Turski said. "I tried not to think about the first run, tried to keep it together. It was a new run, so I was all in."

Turski's run went like this: Front switchup on the down bar, into a switch gap to the downbox, into a 180 on the cannon to switch 3 off. On the jumps, she startede with a switch 5, into a 5, to finish with switch 7.

Many among the field of 6 freeskiers struggled to put down clean runs, with the massive jumps offering no mercy. But the girls rose to the occasion and Logan's score of 90.50 held on until Turski came through as the last girl to drop.

"I came a little short (on last jump) and I knew next run I had to just go in a little faster," Turski said. "I went at it straight and tucked as much as I could and hoped for the best. The wind was a little tricky today, but I made it through."

Check back for photos and video highlights.

Results:

  1 Kaya Turski 92.25
2 Devin Logan 90.50
3 Emilia Wint 85.00
4 Eveline Bhend 80.00
5 Emma Dahlström 41.25
6 Dara Howell 36.50

Men’s Freeski Slope Podium




Bobby and Tom



Tom Wallisch



Bobby Brown



Nick Goepper



Sammy Carlson



Henrik Harlaut



Andreas Hatveit



Russ Henshaw



JF Houle



Alex Beaulieu-Marchand



Chris Logan



Alexis Godbout



Dane Tudo



Allex Bellemare



Philip Casabon



Kaya Turski



Devin Logan



Emilia Wint



Eveline Bhend



Emma Dahlstrom



Dara Howell



Eveline Bhend



Dara Howell



Eveline Bhend

The next generation of freesking made their presence known in Saturday’s Pantech Invitational.

Torin Yater-Wallace came through with not only his first Dew Tour podium, but he grabbed the top spot with a win at Saturday’s Pantech Invitational. As the youngest guy in the field, 16-year-old Torin came through in a big way with his first-run score of 90.25 that gave him the lead at Saturday's evening comp. Looking flawless and skiing with complete control and apparent ease, he managed to increase his lead in his second run to win with a score of 93.75.

“I landed the run that I’ve been practicing on my first run, and it couldn’t have gone better,” Torin said. “So I was stoked and I wasn’t nervous on my next run so I just sent it. I just went a little bigger, got bigger grabs and instead of switch 7 I went switch 9. So I ended up stomping it and I’ve never done a switch 9, so luckily I landed it.”

In his second run, Torin started with a double cork 12 mute, left 9 tail, double flare mute, alley oop flat 3 safety and a switch 9 mute.

Sharing the podium beside him in second was 19-year-old Tai Barrymore, another stranger to the Dew Tour awards ceremony that blasted his way through with massive amplitude as the lead qualifier going into Finals. He finished second with a score of 88.50.

“I feel awesome, this is the first time I’ve ever been in a Dew Tour final and I’m speechless,” Barrymore said.

Barrymore did a left 900 to right 900 to left cork 5 to an alley oop double flat 9 to a 1080.

Tucker Perkins grabbed the third position with his final score of 85.75.

“It’s been a crazy contest. Even starting last night. The pipe was super firm and icy last night, and we show up today and it’s been snowing all night and all day and it’s super slow and really bumpy. I tell you, every one of us had to change our game plan to come up with something new to survive.”

Defending Dew Cup champ Kevin Rolland, also the winner of the last Dew Tour event in Breckenridge, Colo., was not able to come through in his usual way, and he had to settle for fifth, behind Justin Dorey, who also podiumed in second at that event, the Nike Open.

Results:
1 Torin Yater-Wallace 93.75
2 Tai Barrymore 88.50
3 Tucker Perkins 85.75
4 Justin Dorey 83.00
5 Kevin Rolland 80.50
6 David Wise 78.75
7 Joss Christensen 77.38
8 Duncan Adams 76.75
9 Taylor Seaton 76.50
10 Gus Kenworthy 76.00
11 Noah Bowman 73.25
12 Xavier Bertoni 46.25

Torin Yater-Wallace

Torin Yater-Wallace

Tai Barrymore

Tucker Perkins

Justin Dorey

Kevin Rolland

David Wise

Joss Christensen

Duncan Adams

Taylor Seaton

Gus Kenworthy

Noah Bowman

Xavier Bertoni

Crowd at Killington

Torin Yater-Wallace, Tucker Perkins and Tai Berrymore watching Kevin Rolland's run

Peter Olenick and Simon Dumont cheering on Torin Yater-Wallace