 Team
USA |
| Rachel
George |
Bill
Brzoza |
| Keith
St. Onge |
Mikey
Caruso |
| Lane
Bowers |
Ryan
Boyd |
| US
Coach |
| Jon
Kretchman |
Slalom
Finals:
Keith St. Onge needed to slalom a
20.6 to increase his overall points by 17 and put some pressure on David
Small. After doing 9.5 wakes on his front pass, he pushed it too
hard on backs and fell a 9.5, resulting in an 18.5 and 3rd place behind
Brett Sands' 19.5 Gold, and Kenny Derry's 19.4. Brett's Gold is
the 1st time an independent skier has won a gold medal at a Worlds
event.
Trick
Finals:
Keith St. Onge went into the finals needing to trick no less than
9910. After falling on a reverse line 360 in his first pass, he
got up on his 2nd pass doing 4 feet-to-feet toe-turns, 540s, 720s, but
fell short of his mark with a 7950 and 3rd place. David Small took
the gold in tricks with a 8850 in the finals, and Andre De Villiers took
2nd place with a score in the mid 8,000's. Paul McDonald
fell in his 1st pass but put up over 4100 pts in his 2nd pass and
finished in 4th. Congrats to Paul for an awesome Worlds and 1st
time in a Worlds final. John Pennay finished 5th. We are
unsure of his score.
Jump
Finals:
After watching Keith fall slalom and tricks, David Small knew he had the
overall wrapped, so he came out just launching himself off the
ramp. He landed a perfectly clean 27.5 meter jump, which was later
downgraded to 27.4 meters. That's 89.89 feet and a new World
Record, pending official ratification. We were so excited about
that info, we forgot to ask distances on 2nd and 3rd, but Brett New took
2nd place and Lane Bowers brings home a bronze medal with 3rd in Jump.
As for the ladies, Gizzy wrapped up the Overall early with her
unbelievable 4300 pt trick run, but she had a tough time in semis and
final rounds falling in tricks and slalom. What resulted was
Rachel George bringing home the GOLD in Slalom, Tricks, and Jump.
That's her first clean sweep. Rachel's strong finish in the finals
secured a solid win for the US team.
Semi-Finals
New
pending World Record.
DAVID SMALL wraps up the World Overall Title with a 9900 pt Trick
run. Yes, we did say 9900 Points!
Andre DeVilliers 9350
Keith St. Onge 8750
John Pennay 8200 plus or minus
Paul McDonald 7850 (new PB)
Peter O'Neil 7030
Jump:
David Small 25.8
Patrick 25.5
Ben Greenlow 25.5
Brett New 25.4
Lane 24.7 (Lane and Billy had a jump-off for 5th)
Brzoza 24.6
Wake Slalom
Keith 20.1
Sands 20.0
Kenny Derry 18.8
Lane 18.6
David Small 18.1
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