“Stevens' switch 9 was the best and cleanest trick,” said Meader.
Marin Hamill (Park City, UT) finished in second for her clean right 720.
Caroline Claire (Mt.
Snow) finished in third.
Claire and Hamill have both had successful seasons with numerous podium finishes at FIS events.
“Shoutout to Schwartz for her rodeo seven off that crazy jump.
It was the highest air in the competition,” said Krepela.
His X-Games level performance blew the judges away.
“Forehand’s left dub 16 is a very uncommon trick.
We see dub 12 all day long, but it’s rare to see a dub 14 or 16.
The tail grab makes it even more difficult and unique,” said Spence.
“His triple 14 was amazing!
It’s just remarkable to see a 15-year-old casually stomp a triple like that!”
“Bercovitch was spinning towards a 7 and reverted back to a 5 in mid air.
It’s an incredibly creative and extremely difficult trick,” said Allen.
Bercovitch finished in second, followed by Cal Carson (Highland Ranch, CO) who placed third.
But it was Sabrina Cakmakli (Garmisch, Germany) who took first in women’s pipe. "
She had a variety of grabs which definitely stood out.
Sabrina completed her execute the cleanest and biggest," said Spence.
In 2016, MacKay finished in second place, just two points behind the 2016 Halfpipe Champion Broby Leeds.
Sammy Schuiling (Steamboat Springs, CO) finished in third.
“That’s a great run.
Sammy’s left double 12 mute and then right into a switch nine, that’s huge.
He nailed all the grabs and had a massive switch combo,” said Meader.
Judges were impressed by the overall performance amongst junior competitors.
“The junior category has so much new talent and has gotten so much more technical.
Especially in Big Air,” said Spence.
“They really came out swinging,” agreed Krepela
“Left and right dubs and triples.
It was really fun to see.
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