In his first major career title, local freeskier Bobby Brown won the men’s slopestyle finals and veteran freeskier Tanner Hall won the men’s superpipe finals Saturday in the first stop of the inaugural Winter Dew Tour in breckenridge, CO.
The seventeen-year-old Brown, of Breckenridge, drew gasps from the crowd with his progressive tricks on the slopestyle course, which included a switch misty 1080 to a switch double rodeo 900 off the jumps. He finished with a rodeo 450 off the rail.
“The day before in training I was working on that switch double rodeo and I was freaking out while I was upside down, and somehow I came onto my feet, so I was just super stoked about that,” Brown said. He finished with a score of 90.50
New Zealand’s Josiah Wells (89.50) was second, followed by Henrik Harlaut, of Sweden, at 85.67.
In the freeski superpipe event, Hall landed a 1080 at the bottom of the superpipe for the first time in his competitive career. His run also included back-to-back 900’s and an alley oop flatspin to score 90.75 points.
“It feels good to come in and lay down a really solid run and throw a trick I’ve never thrown in a comp,” Hall said. “It means a lot to come out and win and just have good momentum going into the next one. I know what I gotta work on to better my runs and I’m just stoked for Mount Snow.”
Canadian Justin Dorey was second at 85.50 and sixteen-year-old Duncan Adams, of Breckenridge, Colo. was third at 81.00.
The four-day competition is the first of three stops of the Winter Dew Tour that features men’s and women’s freeskiing and snowboarding disciplines. Sunday’s action features the men’s and women’s snowboard superpipe finals.
Winter Dew Tour at Breckenridge
Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Finals
1. Bobby Brown, Breckenridge, Colo., 90.50. 2. Josiah Wells, New Zealand, 89.50. 3. Henrik Harlaut, Sweden, 85.67. 4. Per-Kristian Hunder, Norway, 83.17. 5. Matt Walker, Basalt, Colo., 79.67. 6. JF Houle, Canada, 79.50. 7. Simon Dumont, Bethel, Md. 8. Tucker Perkins, North Hampton, N.H., 71.33. 9. Alexis Godbout, Canada, 69.00. 10. Antti-Jussi Kemppainen, Finland, 68.17.
Men’s Freeski Superpipe Finals
1. Tanner Hall, Kalispell, Mont., 90.75. 2. Justin Dorey, Canada, 85.50. 3. Duncan Adams, Breckenridge, Colo., 81.00. 4. Peter Olenick, Aspen, Colo., 79.50. 5. Simon Dumont, Bethel, Maine, 78.75. 6. Xavier Bertoni, France, 75.00. 7. Kevin Rolland, France, 70.75. 8. Taylor Seaton, Avon, Colo., 67.50. 9. Lyndon Sheehan, New Zealand, 64.75. 10. Walter Wood, Evergreen, Colo., 27.00.
