Dew tour – my ignorant opinion

In an outcome that comes as very little surprise to viewers, the Dew Tour men’s snowboarding super-pipe has been won by Shaun White. As one of the most dominating athletes arguably in any sport, White has won all of the big snowboarding competitions and taken the sport to new levels by inventing new tricks. White has been competing on the professional scene since the age of 13, and was the first athlete to achieve a perfect score of 100.00 in a competition. The boarder has become a household name with both avid viewers of the sport and even viewers who have a fleeting interest in the Winter Olympics. White has won a winter X Games medal every year since 2002 and is the only competitor ever to win medals in both the summer and winter X games. Continue reading “Shaun White takes gold in Dew Tour snowboard superpipe”

The 2015/16 snowboard season has begun in style with the (Mountain) Dew tour in Breckenridge Colorado. Kicking things off was the Women’s slopestyle competition, with a final six comprising of; Spencer O’Brien, Hailey Langland, Anna Gasser, Cheryl Maas, Katie Ormerod, Klaudia Medlova and Anna Gasser. The roster for the final was strong, with all competitors putting in strong performances and no competitor achieving a score lower than 73.60. The top three justified their places on the podium, achieving scores greater than 85, however Anna Gasser was a cut above the rest with a mighty score of 91.20. The 24 year old Austrian won her first ever major competition putting on a master class in spinning tricks, stomping a frontside 540 , a cab 540, a switchback 180 and a frontside 720 to finish her strong run a full 4.80 points ahead of Spencer O’Brien in second. Hailey Langland who finished top in the semi-finals with a score of 93.60 finished in third.

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