I-Pod check. Vito check. Taking care of business!!! Check. Our SPY pipe slayers turned up the volume knob to an eleven on Friday night at the Superpipe finals at the inaugural European Winter X Games in Tignes, France. SPY anti-hero I-Pod held nothing back and took gold in the biggest pipe that European parks have ever seen dropping in with a Cab double cork 1080, inverted frontside 540 and landing a double McTwist 12. His final score of 98.00 made it into the books as the highest score in X Games history.
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“Two weeks before the Olympics, I did it in my head. Then I started [trying it] a week ago. The Olympics were a big downer for me, and I came home and didn’t ride. I came back from a relaxing trip, went to a session and landed it second try….I have another double that I’ve never shown in competition, and of course I’m going to add that to my run. I want to make it interesting, and I’ve never stopped believing that it’s possible to beat Shaun. You shouldn’t either …”says I-Pod.
Photo: ESPN
I-Pod grabs gold, video compliments of ESPN
Livin’ larger than life Louie took home an impressive bronze with a 92.33. His outstanding run put down a triple double with back-to-back-to-back double corks.
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Nevertheless Louie was lookin’ good and wore it well with his all new 2010 Signature Trevorsnow goggle.
Louie nabs bronze, video compliments of ESPN
Photo: Guis
View from the deck.
Stay tuned as the guys head later this week to the US Open of Snowboarding March 18-20th in Stratton, Vermont.
Hot off the press and ready to take on the heavy comp, the SPY all-star line up will be ready to grab gold at this year’s premier Winter X Games Europe in close to zero temps in Tignes, France March 10-12th.
Recent Vancouver Olympians, crowd pleasing favorite Louie Vito has been crushing the pipe all season while young gun Sarka Pancochova is slaying her practice runs with huge straight airs and smooth style and keep your eyes on Iouri Podladtchikov — he’s been stomping a double Mctwist 12! For Slopestyle, Frederik Evensen will be pushing the envelope with his undivided attention to perfection of jaw dropping spins with his mellow laid back style.
Back at it, fresh off his Stair Rail Battle win from Switzerland, JF Houle will be throwing down in ski slopestyle all the while technical savvy Canadian Charles Gagnier will be ready to impress. Time to make them go nuts, the crowd will be front and center to watch ski pipe rider sensation Duncan Adams compete in the inaugural Winter X Europe. All eyes on deck watch for these unstoppable SPY’s.
*All times local Tignes time, GMT +1
Wednesday, March 10th
1pm - 3pm Snowboard Slopestyle Men’s Elimination
6pm – 7:30pm Skiing SuperPipe Men’s Final
Congrats to Iouri yet again for another outstanding finish at the Burton European Open. Iouri finished 3rd with his last run of the contest,where he did a huge cab double cork 10 on the first hit. Keep an eye out for Iouri at the upcoming Winter X games.
Congrats to Iouri after a huge win at the O’Neill Evolution Halfpipe event. Hammering out a run of a frontside 540, backside 900, frontside 1080 and a cab double cork 1080. Iouri has been already killing the contest circuit this season, taking a second at the Dew Tour, and fourth at the Billabong Air & Style. With up coming events like Dew Tour and the Winter Olympics, we are excited to see what’s next for Iouri.
