Tonight the Winter Dew Tour superpipe hosted one of the most progressive pipe contests to date, and it was only the semi-final.  To bring you up to speed since the last Dew Tour pipe event at Northstar: flat three is the new ten-eighty, more than half of the riders in the final have at least one double in their run, and as usual, the bigger the better with judging.

Banks Gilberti dropping first in the semi finals

Xavier stretching 

Xavier added a double to his run

Peter Olenick about to stomp his double flatspin of the evening

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Kevin Rolland demonstrates a mute grab that would be solid with any pipe trick, but it's even better with a dub 9

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RESULTS

1. Mike Riddle - 92.50

2. Xavier Bertoni - 90.00

3. Kevin Rolland - 88.75

4. David Wise - 85.00

5. Josiah Wells - 81.75

6. Matt Margetts - 81.25

7. Thomas Krief - 79.75

8. Dan Marion - 73.75

9. Banks Gilberti - 70.25

10. Matt Duhamel - 69.00

-- cut-off --

11. Peter Olenick - 66.75

12. Christian Allen - 65.00

13. Duncan Adams - 63.50

14. Noah Bowman - 63.25

15. Colby West - 62.00

16. Tucker Perkins - 57.50

17. Lyndon Sheehan - 51.00

18. JP Solberg - 41.75

19. Byron Wells - 36.25

20. Tyler Peterson - 29.75

21. Gus Kenworthy - 8.25

22. Walter Wood - 6.25

23. AJ Kemppainen - DNS

For more recounts of the preliminary pipe slaying check out the writeups on Freeskier and Newschoolers, and for a more visual recap of the action check out this quick edit of our favorite highlights from the evening...

Winter Dew Tour Ski Superpipe Prelims from Orage on Vimeo.

Photos: Felix Rioux