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Aspen, Colorado. One year after Xavier killed it in the super pipe, we are here to make it happen again and even better, we would like to be both on the podium this time.
We trained in the pipe of snowmass and I crashed on the second day: a trauma, a broken noze and a shoulder that hurts... My self confidence was hurt quite a bit too, especially with the competition coming!
After two weeks of resting, the X Games pipe opened. It is really hard to ride it. All the riders are scared because it is really icy due to water they poured on the walls to preserve the snow. (It is the same system used for slalom slopes...) Mike Riddle was the first to hit the pipe and he crashed on a double, twisted a knee but he is fine now! (his ligaments must be different from ours...) Then Simon crashed really badly on the coping on a double, his head knocked hard on the ice, but he will also be there for the qualifiers, no problem...
Xavier Bertoni, Justin Dorey et Tucker Perkins are the first to really defeat the pipe. But what is really impressive this year is what's going on in the slopestyle! FYI Bobby Brown goes from tricks to tricks with a switch unat bio 9,double corck 12,switch double bio 12, and I'm not joking....
We can feel the level increasing day by day. The show is going to be amazing in both the pipe and the slopestyle !
Credit: Louis Garnier
Skier: Xavier Bertoni, Kevin Rolland, Jossi Wells, Colby
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