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Mike Estes, illegal contest air at June Mtn.
NASBA/OP PRO
JUNE MTN, CA 1/23/91
Although both June and
Mammoth Mountains in
the Eastern Sierra Nevada
get heaps more snow than
other Cali spots, the cover-
age for the June Mountain
NASBA/OP Pro Race and
Halfpipe competition on
January 18-20 was lacking
this year. Conditions were
clear and crisp-so crisp
that the icy halfpipe walls
had to be formed with the
help of a chainsaw. Andy
Hetzel and Craig Kelly
were one-two in the men's
halfpipe, with tricks like.
Hetzel's fakie-to-lipslide-to
fakie, fakies-to-aerials and
crooked cops. Kelly was
going down the line with
back-to-back 360's into
540's and Caballerial vari-
ations. Chris Roach boned
and poked his way into
third, and upstart Mike
Ranquet flew to fourth.
June Mountain's proximity
to the LA Basin also
brought out such snow-
boarding celebs as
Christian Fletcher, who
carved the pipe and adapt-
ed to the frozen transi-
tions without a prob. Bert
Lamar debuted his new
self-titled company and
extreme skier Glen Plake
scissored up the halfpipe
on skies. A closing shot
had Andy Hetzel carving
down the pipe with a rope
tied to the nose of his
board like the early snow-
board pioneers.
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RESULTS
Men's Race
1) Chris Karol
2) Pietro Colturi
3) Dave Dowd
4)
Tim Windell
5) Mark Fawcett
6) Jason Ford
7) S. Melhuse
8) Greg Race
9) Andy Coghlan
10) Kris Jamison
Women's Race
1) Tara Eberhard
2) Betsy Shaw
3) Kirsten Bedard
4) Sabina Koss
5) M. Taggart
Men's Halfpipe
1) Andy Hetzel
2) Craig Kelly
3) Chris Roach
4) Mike Ranquet
5) Jeff Brushie
6) (tie) K. Wallace
Noah Salasnek
8) Jason Ford
9) Shaun Palmer
10) Damian Sanders
Women's Halfpipe
1) Tina Basich
2) Carla Dalpiaz
3) Michele Taggart
4) Tara Eberhard
5) Kirsten Bedard
Men's Slalom
1) Chris Karol
2) Mike Jacoby
3) Tim Windell
4) Pietro Colturi
5) Mike Kildevaeld
6) Kevin Delaney
7) Dave Dowd
8) Andy Coghlan
9) Mark Fawcett
10) (tie) Jason Ford
James Pruskowski
Women's Slalom
1) Tara Eberhard
2) Lori Gibbs
3) Jean Higgins
4) Betsy Shaw
5) Audrey Bernstein
TDK WORLD CUP
BRECKENRIDGE, CO 2/8/91
The World Cup at Breck-
enridge usually has a more
serious air about it, due to
the participation of inter-
national boarders. Still,
that didn't stop a fully
clothed pool party at Bea-
ver Run Lodge spearhead-
ed by Shaun Palmer and
Craig Kelly. It was whis-
pered along the halfpipe
that Jeff Brushie was go-
ing to take it down. De-
spite Brushie's low profile
in practice, he did just
that with his solid side-to-
side pump and high airs
where he pulls three dif-
ferent twists, tweaks and
torques between take off
and landing. European
stand-out Bertrand Dener-
vaud gave Jeff the brush,
though, by blasting big
airs of his own and styling
a thick satch of tricks. If
he was more known by the
judges, Bertrand could
have just as easily taken
down first. Activity around
the halfpipe started out a
little slow and low earlier
in the week. The pipe
channel was narrow, steep
and tight and low airs
were the rule. They widen-
ed it and chopped the
walls by Saturday's final,
though. Of course, the
best boarding was on
Monday after everyone
had left,
RESULTS
Women's Giant Slalom
1) D. Guiauchain FRA
2) Gaia Dabbeni ITA
3) Jean Higgins USA
4) Ashfid Lofthus NOR
5) Nicole Angelrath SUI
Above: Tucker Franson in full frontside straight arm effect.
Right: Todd Richards blasts a skate-style backside method air out
of the opening wall of the Breckenridge halfpipe
9) Serge Vitelli FRA
10) M. Freinademetz AUT
Women's Parallel Slalom
1) Ashild Lofthus NOR
2) Petra Muessig BRD
3) Gala Dabbeni ITA
4) Ursula Scherez SUI
Kemper
Andy Hetzel racks up another victory
6) Michele Taggart USA
7) Betsy Shaw USA
8) Petra Muessig BRD
9) Corinna Bergerot FRA
10) Ursula Scherez SUI
Men's Giant Slalom
1) S. Melhuse USA
2) Gregory Race USA
3) Mike Jacoby USA
4) Dieter Happ AUT
5) Eric Rey FRA
6) T. Remmelink NED
7) M. Freinademetz AUT
8) B. Denervaud SUI
9) Peter Bauer BRD
10) Jason Ford USA
Men's Parallel Slalom
1) Philippe Imhof SUI
2) Mike Jacoby USA
3) Laurent Besse FRA
4) Alexis Parmentier FRA
5) Eric Rey FRA
6) Chris Karol USA
7) B. Denervaud SUI
8) Luc Pellison FRA
5) Martina Magenta ITA
6) Tara Eberhard USA
7) D. Laulon FRA
8) Corinna Bergerot FRA
9) Betsy Shaw USA
10) E. Sunderland USA
Women's Halfpipe
1) Angelrath Nicole SUI
2) Tina Basich USA
3) Michele Taggart USA
4) Jean Higgins USA
5) Ashild Lofthus NOR
6) Petra Muessig BRD
7) Evelyn Vuillemier SUI
8) Kelly Legaz USA
9) Mertina Magenta ITA
10) Tara Eberhard USA
Men's Halfpipe
1) Jeff Brushie USA
2) B. Denervaud SUI
3) Andy Hetzel USA
8) Shaun Palmer USA
9) Terja Haakonsen NOR
10) Massimo Perotti ITA
BODY GLOVE
CLASSIC
MT. BACHELOR, OR 1/12/91
RESULTS
Men's Giant Slalom
1) Kevin Delaney
2) Andy Coghlan
3) Sanders Nye
4) Tim Windell
5) Craig Kelly
6) Steve Klassen
7) Jack Coghlan
8) Carl Fisher
9) Chris Karol
10) Noah Branden
Women's Giant Slalom
1) Tara Eberhard
2) Michele Taggart
3) Tina Basich
4) Shannon Dunn
5) Lori Gibbs
6) Carla Dalpiaz
7) Kirstie Elder
8) Johanna Burandt
9) Heather Worrell
10) Morgan Lafonte
Men's Halfpipe
1) Keith Wallace
2) Craig Kelly
3) Jeff Brushie
4) Shaun Palmer
5) Jimi Scott
6) Dave Scoana
7) Jeff Davis
8) Andy Hetzel
9) Jason Ford
10) Masato Ogawa
Women's Halfpipe
1) Tina Basich
2) Shannon Dunn
3) Michele Taggart
4) Carla Dalpiaz
5) Kelly Jo Legaz
6) Morgan Lafonte
4) Todd Richards USA.
7) Megan Pischke
5) Camille Brichet SUI
6) Keith Wallace USA
7) Craig Kelly USA
8) Crystal Aldana
9) Kirstie Elder
10) Danielle Goldsmith