The US Freeskiing Grand Prix kicks off the myriad storylines leading up to the 2018 Olympics.
This is the first of 5 qualifying events.
Spinning like a top, she exclaimed I need to go bigger at the conclusion of her run.
A lack of grabs seems to have hurt her score, keeping it in the 70s.
Marie Martino: Both wall flairs, locked grabs in.
DLO: Pretty steezy but nothing over 7 & lacked amplitude.
Apparently switch hits don’t count in women’s pipe?
Men’s Run #1 Highlights:
Simon D’Artois: 3 dubs, first hit was a wild rotation.
Benoit Valentin: ALLEZ!
Plenty of yelling in the start gate was a good reminder this is a serious sport.
Went massive but 0 dubs.
Noah Bowman: RedBull helmet #1.
Steezy 3, sw dub 12 to sw dub 12.
Beau James Wells: Sw drop-in to dub, dub flare to dub 12.
More switch and alley-oop hits up the score a bit.
Mike Riddle: The Riddler!!!
Torin YW: Redbull helmet #2.
David Wise: Switch drop-in to sw dub 10, L dub 12, R dub 12.
Pole toss #1.
Classic pipe knee-grab mutes.
92, into 1st to close out round 1.
Women’s Round 2:
Sabrina Cakmakli: Already qualified for the Olympics just by qualifying for this final.
Crash
Carly Margulies: Young american pushing hard.
First hit 9 is one of the better 1st hit tricks.
Less spinning, less air, but says it was the best run shes done in like 4 years.
DLO: Singing DMX, X Gon' Give It To Ya".
1, 5, 5, alley-oop 5, 7, alley-oop flat5.
Kexin Zhang: Alley-oop 3 lands deep in transition, rest of the run is thrown off.
Shows good control/potential though.
Dart is in the Torin category of amplitude.
Benoit: ALLEZ ALLEZ.
Almost channeling Joffrey with his boosts and smooth, smaller spins.
Noah Bowman: Steeze tweaked stale 3 into sw dub12, dub, dub, right 10 to finish.
Hes a stylish one, enjoyable to watch.
Torin: R 12, 1080,alley-oop dub flat 9.
87 into 4th
Birk: Cork 10, dub 10, L dub 10, dub flat 12.
Wise: Same run as before, crash.
Women’s Round 3:
Sabrina: Washed out on trick #1.
Carly: Some bobbles and a crash.
Annalisa: Solid run, into 4th.
Above all americans other than DLO.
It’s going to be a tight race for the Olympics where there are only 3 spots.
Marie: Flare 5, alley-oop 5 flare, L 10 crash.
She looks like the best out today, most composed runs, big airs, grabs.
Men’s Round 3:
Dart: R dub10 washout.
Blunck: Landed low on 2nd dub, capped blunt on his 3rd dub, final hit.
Cleaned up, this is a podium contending run.
Benoit: Goes for dubs this time, crashes hard.
Looks like a knee injury.
Bowman: Super clean all the way through.
Beau James: 4 dubs, dub 12 both ways, dub flare both ways.
Riddle: Into 4th, same run as forever.
Torin: Went even bigger, crashed on last hit, hard.
Was down for a minute, boot skied out though.
Birk: Same run, his dub down the pipe flatspin is sick.
Wise: Victory lap.
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