Kelly Clark, Jamie Anderson win Burton New Zealand titles
August 17, 2009 by jane
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Kelly Clark wins Burton New Zealand Halfpipe final
New Zealand’s largest snowboarding event, the Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships, came to a close after four intense days of competition. Part of the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour, the 7th Annual New Zealand Open showcased some the world’s top snowboarders competing in halfpipe and slopestyle competitions for over NZ$50,000 in prize money.
Hundreds of competitors from all over the world flocked to Cardrona Alpine Resort to compete, and action got underway on Wednesday with men’s and women’s slopestyle pre-qualifications and qualifications. Men’s and women’s halfpipe qualifications went down on Thursday, followed by men’s and women’s slopestyle semifinal and finals on Friday with Jamie Anderson (USA) and Sebastien Toutant (CAN) riding away with the top spots worth $6,000 each.
Saturday saw a field of 40 men and 21 women compete for the halfpipe titles worth NZ$6,000. In the women’s competition Kelly Clark and Jiayu Liu battled it out in semifinals with huge amplitude and clean spins, while Elizabeth Beerman just bumped Kiwi Kendall Brown from advancing on to final.
Halfpipe finals consisted of three runs each for men and women, with the women first to drop. The Asian contingent finished strong taking four of the top eight spots in the women’s finals, with Zhifeng Sun from China taking third. Her winning run featured an impressive frontside 900. Jiayu Liu (CHN) rode away with second with a run that featured back-to-back 720s and back-to-back 540s. But it was Kelly Clark that pulled it out with a whopping score of 83.67. Her winning run started with a massive frontside air followed by a backside 540 indy, into a frontside 720 tailgrab, followed by a Cab 720, finishing with a frontside 540 indy.
Clark had this to say of her win, “I felt really good today; I got to try new things. I like progressing, and when you ride against a solid group of competitors it pushes me to do more. I’m happy that I did well for my first contest of the summer, especially going in to an Olympic year.”
With the Burton New Zealand Open finished, the next stop in the BGOS is the European Open, taking place January 9-16, 2010 in Laax, Switzerland. The European Open is the second stop on the 2009-2010 Burton Global Open Series.
Jamie Anderson is currently in the lead for the Burton Global Open Series Championship titles and a piece of the $200,000 prize purse. With only two results on her account so far, 08/09 Swatch TTR World Champion Kelly Clark moves into world no. 7 with her victory in New Zealand.
Get on Board: Burton NZ Open
August 1, 2008 – Just because it’s summer here, doesn’t mean snowboarders put their gear away and head to the beach. Many professional riders head south of the equator to find winter elsewhere.
A number of top snowboarders could be found at the Burton New Zealand Open held this week. As the first event on the annual Burton Global Open Series, the NZ Open is the competitors’ first chance to make a play for the 2009 championship title worth $100,000 – the largest single payout in competitive snowboarding today.
Eighteen year old Jamie Anderson, without a doubt one of the most talented female snowboarders in the world, dominated the competition Friday to take the top spot on the podium in the Slopestyle finals. Cheryl Mass was a distant second with a 66.00 and Spencer O’Brien was third with a 65.33.
There was also a Quarterpipe Jam held, with hometown hero Juliane Bray winning for the women. Kelly Clark took highest air and best trick honors.
Keep reading for a full breakdown of the day’s action and visit the official site.
Snowboard: Tahoe teen wins 07/08 Women’s TTR World Championship
April 2, 2008 by jane
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April 2, 2008 - 17-year-old Jamie Anderson has won the Women’s TTR World Tour Championship after killing it at the Slopestyle event at the Roxy Chicken Jam in Mammoth California on Monday.
Following a season of tense competition, it all came down to the Roxy event. Torah Bright and Kelly Clark took top honors in the Halfpipe, as Bright held on to her Tour Lead from the US Open and Clark’s 1st place performance moved her ahead of Anderson going into the final event.
It was at the Chicken Jam Slopestyle where Jamie Anderson would rise to the occasion with a picture perfect performance to become the 07/08 Women’s Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion.
Going into the Championship there was less than a 40 point spread between the top three snowboarders – Torah Bright, Kelly Clark, and Jaime Anderson. With a total of 981.62 points for the season, the Tahoe teen took home $25 000 for Monday’s win, plus another $100 000 for taking the TTR championship. Torah came in second and Kelly rounded out the podium. Wow – that was a Pretty Tough season!
Kelly Clark wins 2008 BEO Women’s Halfpipe Final
January 19, 2008 by admin
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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.
