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Duncan Adams-Alpha Dawg from John Minahan on Vimeo.
WINTER DEW TOUR NAMES DYNASTAR'S DUNCAN ADAMS AS A
BALL PARK ALPHA DAWGS WINNER!
March 25, 2009 - The Winter Dew Tour announced the winners of the Ball Park Alpha Dawgs winners this week. Among the winners is Dynastar's Duncan Adams. The other two winning athletes are Tucker Perkins and Nick Martini. Eligible athletes fall under the following criteria: under 18, have been a pro for less than 2 years and competed at all three stops of the Winter Dew Tour. Online voting started immediately after the Tour season ended. The three eligible athletes receiving the most votes won - $5000 each! Adams , 16 years old, had a breakthrough season and will continue his quest next year. He finished 4th in the overall Superpipe standings with a 3rd at the first Dew Tour stop in Breckenridge and 6th place in Mount Snow.
"I'm super excited to be chosen to be an Alpha Dawg," said Adams. "The Winter Dew Tour has definitely done a lot for the up-and-coming winter athletes. A big thank you to them and to Ball Park for recognizing us!"
The
Freeride World Tour 2009 came to an end with an amazing fourth stage
and grand finale: the Nissan Xtreme - Verbier. Frenchman Aurélien
Ducroz, a Dynastar skier, became the 2009 Freeride World Champion with
a incredible victory on the Bec des Rosses.
Reine
Barkered, the Swedish Dynastar skier who won in Squaw Valley, took
2nd in the Verbier Xtreme and as well as 2nd place in the overall
Freeride World Tour.
In the women's competition, Norwegian Dynastar skier, Ane Enderud, dominated and became the Freeride World Champion.
And
last but not least, Raphi Gillioz, a Swiss Dynastar skier from
Verbier, took 3rd at the Verbier Xtreme -- just behind Reine and
Aurélien.
Dynastar
athletes, on Legend skis filled the podium in Verbier and won 2 World
Champions titles! Congratulations to our athletes and thank you for
your commitment, your passion, performance and true talent.
AURELIEN DUCROZ:
2009 FREERIDE WORLD CHAMPION & WINS VERBIER XTREME!
Aurélien
Ducroz lead the overall standings before the stage in Verbier, brought
honor to his "Golden Bib" with a historic run. The windblown Bec des
Rosses face, with 55° slopes, was tougher than usual. Aurélien, on his
Legend Pro Rider skis chose a really challenging line.
After
his podiums at the Nissan Russian Adventure (2nd) and the Nissan Tram
Face in Squaw Valley (3rd), Ducroz was victorious in Verbier. Like his
winning run in 2006, he revealed his mastery and ease on such steep
slopes. Very emotional at the awards ceremony, Aurelien claimed his
spot as the discipline leader. After 3-years, he finally clinched the
World Champion Title that he truly deserves.
REINE BARKERED:
2nd IN VERBIER XTREME & WORLD FREERIDE TOUR OVERALL STANDINGS!
In
the men's competition, Reine Barkered (SWE) surprised us all this
season with his win in Squaw Valley. He concluded the competition with
a run packed with lots of quick jumps. The win in Squaw plus his 2nd in
Verbier put him in second place in overall standings of the 2009
Freeride World Tour -- just ahead of his compatriot Sverre Liliequist,
who won in Sochi.
ANE ENDERUD:
WINNER VERBIER XTREME & FREERIDE WORLD CHAMPION!
Encouraged
by her entire family who came all the way from Norway, Ane Enderud,
chose a creative line with impressive jumps. Thanks to her victory in
Verbier, she took her first Freeride World Champion title just ahead of
Marja Persson (SWE) and Jess McMillan (USA), who were all on the podium
of the Nissan Xtreme - Verbier.
Raphi
Gillioz (SUI), Verbier mountain guide and head of the ski patrol in the
Mont Fort area mesmerized the huge crowd that gathered at the Col de
Gentianes to admire the 14th edition of this legendary competition. By
choosing the central line, of which he alone knew the secrets, he
climbed to the third step of the podium.
Dynastar
filled the podium! Great results and exciting for the Mont Blanc
brand that is a pioneer in freeride ski development; a brand fully
commited to the freeride discipline and a reference in the ski industry
with the Legend series.
Xtreme Verbier and Freeride World Ranking 2009
XTreme Verbier:
Men's:
-1 Aurelien Ducroz (France), skis Dynastar Pro Rider, Lange ski boots
-2 Reine Barkered (Sweden), skis Dynastar Pro XXL, Lange ski boots
-3 Raphy Gillioz (Switzerland), skis Dynastar Pro Rider, Lange ski boots
Women's:
-1 Ane Enderud (Norway), skis Dynastar Exclusive Pro Rider , Lange ski boots
-2 Marja Persson (Sweden)
-3 Elyse Saugstad (USA)
Overall Freeride World Tour Standings :
-1 Aurelien Ducroz Dynastar-Lange (France)
-2 Reine Barkered Dynastar-Lange (Suède)
-3 Sverre Liliequist (Suède)
For more info: http://www.freerideworldtour.com/en/
For more Dynastar/Lange information, check out dynastar.com or e-mail us at
Hey everybody,
Sorry I haven’t updated you sooner on what’s been going on with me lately, it’s been a pretty crazy last few weeks. I’ll start with the last dew tour stop at Northstar on February 18-22. Even though I didn’t end up getting a result at the event, I ended up placing 3rd in the overall and feel like I really made an impact on halfpipe skiing. I crashed on both my runs, my first run I decked on my first hit then my second run I went down on my fourth hit attempting a unnatural double flip. I think I got more exposure from doing two double flips in one run than I would have, had I skied conservatively and got 2nd or 3rd place though. The next day we hopped on a flight and flew to Colorado to do the US Open.
In the past few years the US Open has been going downhill and becoming less and less of a respectable event. This year however, to our surprise, the event was awesome (besides the fact that it is the only event in the history of our sport where they charge an entry fee for invited athletes… and the prize money is about 1/3 the amount as the dew tours). The weather was terrible for qualifiers but it cleared up for finals and the pipe was in perfect conditions. Seeing as Tanner, Simon, Kevin, and Xavier were not there I wasn’t expecting the level of skiing to be nearly as high as any other contest this year, but was I ever wrong. It seemed like everyone in finals was putting down podium runs, which made it extremely hard for the judges to do their job. Due to a bad crash in training I only did my first 2 out of 3 finals runs but landed both of them and ended up getting the two highest scores of my life, a 95.4 on my first run and a 96.6 on my second. It was the first contest I have won in 4 years so I was STOKED! As soon as the contest ended we jumped in our truck and drove to Denver to fly out to Japan for “World Championships” that same night.
I had never been to a “World Championships” so it was a really cool experience to go there and see what they are all about. The event was very well organized and the weather for comp day was amazingly hot and sunny. I stomped my first run but by the time finals came around the skiers left wall started deteriorating and it got the best of my on my second run on my second hit tossing me into the flat bottom. My first run score was 45.3 (out of 50) and I was in the lead until Kevin Rolland put down a really sick run scoring a 45.5 bumping me into 2nd place. Even though I wasn’t the “World Champion” I am still pretty happy with 2nd and probably got more press coverage than I ever have in my life so it was definitely a worthwhile trip.
I was planning on flying home immediately after the contest but they convinced me to stay and do a quarterpipe event in Tokyo where I met the Governor of Tokyo and at more sushi than I thought was humanly possible. The whole quarterpipe set up was made of scaffolding and manmade snow but it was pretty fun. The event was an exhibition event, it wasn’t a contest so we just put on show for the crowd. By the time I did my last hit of the day, the quarterpipe was in pretty rough condition and had a big kink in the wall. I decided to do a cork 5 but popped a little to hard and got tossed into the flat bottom on my shoulder breaking my collarbone.
I went to the doctor today and he said it is about as clean of a break as they come and I should be good to go within 5-6 weeks putting me back right in time for WSI. I will be at home for the next little while trying to get organized and healed up.
2009 WINTER DEW TOUR -- Justin Dorey 3rd, Duncan Adams 4th, and Mike Riddle 6th Overall --
Dynastar/Lange has three of the top Superpipe athletes in the world. The final stop of the Winter Dew Tour at Northstar in California, on February 21st 2009, was an incredible day for Dorey, Riddle, and Adams. Although this Tour stop was not their most successful, it still had a tremendous impact on the freestyle world.
Justin Dorey... Unbelievable! The first and only person to do 2 double back flips in one run of Pipe -- one on each wall. "The level of skiing is crazy right now," said Tanner Hall from the winner's podium, "The man who really deserves props tonight is Justin Dorey -- that dude is the future of Halfpipe skiing!"
Justin, 20 years old, was unable to land his two double back flips but has given the world a glimpse of his potential as well as the sport's potential. Congratulations to Dorey, who still clinched 3rd in the overall standings despite his 11th place finish in Tahoe.
Duncan Adams, 16 years old, had a breakthrough season and will continue his quest next year. He finished 4th in the overall Superpipe standings with a 3rd at the first stop in Breckenridge, 6th place in Mount Snow, but was unable to make the finals in at Northstar in Tahoe.
Mike Riddle, 22 years old, finished 6th in the overall Superpipe standings and 12th in the overall Slopestyle standings. Mike proved to be a contender in both disciplines but fell short in the finals which kept him from the podium. In both Slopestyle and Pipe, Mike qualified in the top three solidifying his position among the top competitors.
Tanner Rainville, Dan Marion, Alex Schlopy as well as young up-and-comers, Hans Wiener, Jack Sullan and Matt Duhamel are Team members that have also achieved great results this season. Congratulations to all Dynastar/Lange athletes!
Mike Riddle & Justin Dorey
Duncan Adams
Tanner Rainville
Mike Riddle at the Dew Tour
Freeski Superpipe Mens
Rank
Name
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Breckenridge
<th class='event' width="100"><a href="/events/mount-snow">Mount Snow</a></th>
Mount Snow
<th class='event'><a href="/events/toyota-championship">Toyota Championship</a></th>
Toyota Championship
Total Points
StartFragmentX-Games Superpipe Final Justin Dorey 4th &Duncan Adams 6th In the 13th annual X-Games Justin Dorey, twentyyears old, finished 4th with runs that were great but had smallmistakes in them, keeping him from the podium. His enormous double back flip onhis first hits set him up for difficult, technical, stylish and crowd pleasingruns. Duncan Adams, sixteen years old, finished 6th proving he canski with the best. His runs hadhuge amplitude, technicality and incredible style.SKI SuperPipe Men's Final1 XavierBertoni 93.662 TannerHall 92.003 SimonDumont 91.004 JustinDorey 83.335 ColbyWest 79.336 DuncanAdams 74.667 AJKemppainen 72.338 KevinRolland 50.00Up next for Dynastar Lange is slopestyle, with prelims andfinals Sunday the 25th, Tanner Rainville will bring out the styleand tricks to hopefully land him on the podium. SuperPipe crowdJustin Dorey after 4th place finishDuncan Adams top of pipeTanner Rainville with Dynastar 6th sense- SPINRainville launching the cannon boxEndFragment
StartFragmentJustin Dorey 3rd Duncan Adams 5thgoing into X-Games finalsJustin Dorey finished 3rd and Duncan Adamsfinished 5th in the Prelims for the X superpipe. Both Justin andDuncan fell their first runs, putting enormous amount of pressure on theirsecond run, in which they stepped up to seal a spot in the top 8 for thefinals.Tonight, Thursday the 22nd at 7pm Aspen time, thefinals will be live on ESPN.Unfortunately Team Riders Mike Riddle and Dan Marion weunable to qualify in the top eight for the finals. Dan had two solid runsputting him in 13th while Mike struggled his first run missing a few of his tricksand then decked his second run leaving him in 12th.Results1) Tanner Hall - 90.002) Xavier Bertoni - 87.663) Justin Dorey - 83.004) Kevin Rolland - 80.005) Duncan Adams - 76.336) Simon Dumont - 76.337) Colby West - 75.008) AJ Kemppainen - 70.00-cutoff-9) Matt Margetts - 67.6610) Byron Wells - 66.6611) Taylor Seaton - 63.3312) Mike Riddle - 61.3313) Dan Marion - 59.3314) Peter Olenick - 57.6615) Walter Wood - 47.6Justin Dorey Justin DoreyJustin Dorey Duncan AdamsDuncan AdamsDuncan AdamsMike RiddleDan MarionSlopestyle practiced got underway with Tanner Rainvillewarming up on the challenging course.Tanner RainvilleEndFragment
The first superpipe practice for the X-Games has finished and this event is shaping up to be one of the best. The pipe is massive and in perfect condition. Dynastar Lange has 5 athletes in the GAMES with Justin Dorey, Mike Riddle, Duncan Adams, Dan Marion all in pipe, and Tanner Rainville in slope. The pipe final is Thursday, so stay tuned for continuous updates. Justin Dorey
Tune into MTV this Sunday at 10pm eastern and check out our introduction
episode to the Nitro Circus TV series. I promise you wont be
disappointed!
Erik
From Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville, the producers who brought you
Jackass, comes MTV’s next big smash the Nitro Circus. Travis Pastrana,
the world’s best freestyle motocross rider since the age of 14, has
built an empire doing things previously thought impossible and always
unadvisable. His Nitro Circus franchise includes video games, licensed
merchandise, and now a MTV series. Whether it’s jumping out of an
airplane without a parachute or being the first person ever to double
black flip a motorcycle, Pastrana does not stop. Joining him in the
cast are his equally insane and entertaining buddies: childhood friend
and professional mountain biker Jim DeChamp, charismatic loud-mouth
nemesis Andy Bell, base jumping daredevil Erik Roner, female motocross
sensation Jolene Van Vugt, and husky and hysterical former sheet-rocker
Streetbike Tommy. Their hilariously intense and irrational game of
one-upsmanship coupled with their strong friendship makes this train
wreck the most watchable show in years. ”Unlike Jackass, the Nitro
Circus guys actually are professionals, but that doesn’t mean they got
all their marbles, because they don’t. I am wondering if these yahoos
got any.” - Johnny Knoxville
Hey guys,
Sorry I haven't gotten updated you guys on how my early season trip to Colorado went earlier...I just got home from the first stop of the "Dew Tour" the other day... had a bit of a hectic trip home due to a plane lighting on fire at the denver airport and some weather issues. I ended up having to fly to Calgary (about a 7 hour drive away from Vernon) and somehow managed to hitch a ride with a friend of a friend a day later.
Anyways, I had never done a contest this early in the season so I was slightly skeptical about being ready for the "Dew Tour". I only had a couple weeks on snow before the event and was coming back from knee surgery in the fall. Thanks to Coppers early opening of their halfpipe though, I was able to get some solid time in the pipe before the contest and get most of my tricks back. I have also never hit the gym so hard in my life which has helped me immensely and already saved me from injury a number of times.
When it came time to throw down in the contest I qualified 2nd for in prelims which was a huge confidence booster going into finals. That confidence was much needed when the weather turned for the worst on saturday night which made skiing the pipe extremely challenging. It was around -30 degrees with the wind chill... I have never skied in winds that strong but luckily I didn't get tossed around to bad during my runs. I stomped my first run which was pretty conservative (left flat 3, switch 7, right 9, right flat 3, switch right 7) so that left me with no reason not to send it on run #2. The plan was to up my amplitude on my next run and change my 2nd hit from a switch 7 to a switch 10. I ended up stomping it and finished 2nd to Tanner Hall.
All in all I am extremely happy with how my season has started. I have never felt stronger or more confident and I am ready to do some WORK this season! Hope all is well and I will keep you posted on my current endeavors! Thanks for your support... Happy holidays!
Justin Dorey
The Dew Tour in Breckenridge kicked off with great success. Dynastar athletes have shown up ready throw down. Tanner Rainville is pre-qualified in slope won’t have to ski until Thursday while Mike Riddle had to go through qualifying and finished 3rd out of 50 competitors. Alex Shlopy made it by the skin of his teeth by placing 17th and one competitor pulled out, allowing Alex to slide into the 16th and final qualifier spot.
Alex Schlopy
Alex Schlopy
Mike Riddle
Superpipe qualifying was today the 17th and pre-qualified athletes Mike Riddle, Justin Dorey and Duncan Adams laid low and just practiced while younger Dynastar athletes tried to their mark on the tour. Jack Sullan out of Snowmass, CO finished 8th in qualifying, moving him to the prelims. Turning 16-years-old today Hans Wiener missed the next round by 3 spots.
World Superpipe Championship in Park City UT, Dorey 2nd, Riddle 3rd
Justin Dorey Jossi Wells Mike Riddle
The World Superpipe Championship stopped off in Park City UT on Saturday March 8th 2008, where Justin Dorey claimed 2nd, Mike Riddle placed 3rd and Dan Marion finished 10th. Some of the biggest names like Simon Dumont and Peter Olenick, just to name a few, were all competing for the $15,000 first place payout.
Justin Dorey
With a great crowed surrounding one of the world’s biggest and best superpipe, at 22 foot walls, Justin and Mike showed them spectacular runs with plenty of style and amplitude. The format was “best run of three”, where Justin went for it all on his first run impressing the crowed and the judges. Mikes second run was his best sliding him in to 3rd by a point over Simon Dumont. Next stop for most of these guys is The European Open and the WC finals.
Mike Riddle
Final Results
1st - Jossi Wells (NZ)
2nd - Justin Dorey (CAN)
3rd - Mike Riddle (CAN)
4th - Simon Dumont (USA)
5th - Tucker Perkins (USA)
6th - Matt Hayward (CAN)
7th - Byron Wells (NZ)
8th – Peter Olenick (USA)
9th - JP Solberg Peter (USA)
10th – Dan Marion (USA)
Dynastar/Lange athletes put on a good show at the North American Open
Dan Marion 2nd in Superpipe, Tanner Rainville 3rd in Slopestyle, Athena Brownson 3rd in Slopestyle and Duncan Adams placed 8th in Superpipe at the North American Open in Breckenridge Colorado. Despite some weather, our Dynastar/Lange athletes had a very successful weekend
Dan, Tanner and Duncan, originally from New England, have found a home in the Summit County Colorado area giving them the opportunity train and compete in their back yard. All four of these athletes have been working very hard to fine tune there skills which seem to be paying off.
Duncan and Athena are younger athletes that have hit the freestyle world with there style and skill set ranging from big mountain skiing, racing and of course park skiing. There are many events left on the schedule, keep an eye out for all Dynastar/Lange athletes.
Dynastar Lange athlete Jesse Bryan finished 2nd this past weekend February 15th at the Subaru Squaw Valley USA Freeskiing Open. Jesse came into the final day in 2nd and managed to hold to it with two very consistent and extremely exciting runs. The level of skiing was incredibly high with athletes dropping 30-40 foot cliffs, along with technical drops and tremendously high speed skiing. The conditions were not ideal but the sun was shining and all the athletes stepped up to the plate and threw down incredible runs.
Jamie Burge, Ben Wheeler and Drew Stoecklein also had great finishes in the Squaw Valley Comp.
Dorey 4th and Marion 5th at the Jeep King of the Mountain Pro Tour
Justin Dorey finished 4th and Dan Marion finished 5th on February 10th at the first Superpipe Jeep King of the Mountain Pro Tour formally the Ski Tour in Squaw Valley California. It was an epic weekend with the sun blazing down on us in 45 degree weather and athletes skiing well.
Justin Dorey
Justin made it to the four person SUPER FINAL skiing very well with incredible amplitude and style. With the one run format mat, Justin had to lay it all on the table, unfortunately crashing at the end of his run finishing in 4th.
Dan Marion had a great weekend with consistent and smooth runs. Dan did not make it to the SUPER FINAL but was able to claim the 5th position from a very strong field.
Dan Marion
Mike Riddle finished 6th in the Winter X-Games 12, Superpipe Finals on January 24th 2008. Mike was unable to put together a clean run under the lights in Aspen. The level of competition was the highest it’s ever been and Mike has the capabilities of placing in the top three but tonight he just couldn’t pull it together.
Next on the competition list is Slopestyle, Sunday afternoon, where Dynastar Lange has Tanner Rainville competing for the top position.
Tanner Rainville
