Jan. 19, 2008 - The ninth-annual Burton European Open wrapped up today with Kelly Clark (USA) easily soaring into first place, taking women’s halfpipe riding to an entirely new level with incredible amplitude and super smooth style. Kelly earned $10,000 USD, 1000 TTR Ranking Points and 8000 points toward the Burton Global Open Series Championship title, which awards $100,000 to the female BGOS point leaders after the US Open.
“This is a big win for me and sets me up well for the $100,000 Burton Global Open Series Championship title,” said two-time Burton European Open halfpipe champion and three-time US Open champion Kelly Clark. “My run today was definitely one of the best I’ve ever had.”
Also announced today was the first ever Overall Burton European winners, with Jamie Anderson winning a Suzuki Grand Vitara Freeride for having the highest overall combined score from the BEO Women’s halfpipe and slopestyle competitions.
“I’m so stoked,” said Jamie Anderson. “Everyone was telling me that I won the car, but I didn’t want to believe it until it was over. This is the first time I’ve ever won a car, and it’s really great timing because I don’t even own a car right now.”
The riders were definitely stepping it up in today’s perfectly cut 22-foot halfpipe, where they had three runs to put together their best scores. In the women’s competition, Torah Bright took the initial lead with a very technical, strong first run that looked like it would be hard to beat. Then Kelly Clark dropped in, and she meant business. Her first hit was a huge frontside air that was way bigger than many of the guys’ first hits. Throughout her run, she kept her amplitude way up, stomping a backside 540 mute, frontside 540 tail grab, indy grab finishing things off with a frontside 720 mute. Her first run score of 92.67 proved impossible to beat, and she used her last two runs to ‘play’ in the pipe, attempting to land a 900 and just doing huge straight airs during her victory lap. 2007 BGOS Champion & Swatch TTR Tour Champion Torah Bright (AUS) finished in second place and 2006 Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter (USA) took third place.
After today’s SIX(6)STAR BEO halfpipe finals, Jamie Anderson took over the World No. 1 position in the Swatch TTR Rankings, with Kelly Clark moving into World No. 2 and Torah Bright rounding out the top three in the current Tour standings.
With the Burton European Open finished, it’s on to the Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open, taking place from February 26 - March 2 at Alts Bandai, Fukushima in Japan. Currently, Jamie Anderson is in the lead for the $100,000 Burton Global Open Series Championship title.
BEO Overall Winner: Wins a Suzuki Grand Vitara Freeride Edition car
Women’s: Jamie Anderson (USA)
Women’s Halfpipe Final Results
1 Kelly Clark USA BURTON 92.67
2 Torah Bright AUS ROXY 88.33
3 Hannah Teter USA BURTON 82.67
Women’s Slopestyle Final Results
1 Jamie Anderson USA SALOMON 69.00
2 Jenny Jones GBR BILLABONG 67.67
3 Silvia Mittermueller GER OAKLEY 65.17
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