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Jeff Batchelor emerges with silver

Montreal February 23, 2008 (Sportcom) – Jeff Batchelor of Oakville, Ont., won the silver medal Saturday in the men’s halfpipe at World Cup snowboarding competition at Gujo-Gifu, Japan. 

It was Batchelor’s second career World Cup medal. In February 2007, he won gold at Sungwoo, South Korea. He came close to victory on Saturday finishing within 1.1 points of victor Kazuumi Fujita.

In the final, Batchelor collected 41.1 points on his first run while Fujita took the gold with a 42.2 mark on his second run. Gregory Bretz of the U.S., was third at 38.7.

‘’This is wonderful, even though I’m a little banged up,’’ said Batchelor, who didn’t finish his second run. 

The event was held in a snowstorm.

‘’When we got here this morning I knew it was going to be a difficult day. It wasn’t easy with the snow. But I’m from Ontario, so the conditions were familiar. Maybe that’s why I did so well.’’

Justin Lamoureux of Squamish, B.C., also reached the final and finished fourth at 37.5. It capped a successful trip for Lamoureux, also sixth at this season’s Sungwoo stop last Saturday.

Gabriel Dussault of Donnacona, Que., missed a berth in the final by 0.2 points ranking seventh in the second round of qualifying.  The top-six from each qualifying round advanced to the final.

Dussault wound up 13th overall while compatriots Crispin Lipscomb, Brendan Davis, Ryan Bausch and Charles Reid were respectively 17th, 28th, 31st and 37th.

Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland remains the halfpipe World Cup leader ahead of Ryoh Aono of Japan. Lamoureux jumped from 15^th to seventh while Batchelor is 11^th.

No Canadians in women’s final

In women’s competition, no Canadians advanced to the final.

Katie Tsuyuki of Squamish was 10th in qualifying which was a career best World Cup result. Charmaine Ironside was 12th, Dominique Vallée 13th, Sarah Conrad 15th, and Alexandra Duckworth 20th.

Zhifeng Sun of China won the gold medal with 34.3 points. Soko Yamaoka of Japan was second at 32.9 and Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland third at 32.2.

‘’This was very good preparation for the events in Calgary and Stoneham’’’ said Canadian national team coach Tom Hutchinson.

Canadian entries for Sunday’s parallel giant slalom are Caroline Calvé, Alexa Loo, Kimiko Zakreski, Jasey-Jay Anderson, Patrick Farrell, Michael Lambert and Matthew Morison.

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 I had to get up around 4:30 to pack for three hour trip to Mt. Hood. My friends drove in around 5 to pick us up and then hit the road. The morning forecast was cloudy and mild. The other day I bought reflective lense and new beanie so I am as stoked as ever. Speaking of lense and beanie, we got to Hood around 8 as we paused for view of beautiful Mt. Hood above clouds and as we got closer, the weather was not as cloudy and mostly sunny. As everybody in van exchanged words for how humongous Hood is and snow coverage. Pulled into parking lot which was half full then put on the gear as we take deep breath of thin fresh mountain air. It was quite chilly. Everybody was done gearing up and headed to Wyatt East Lodge to stretch our bodies then to Magic Mile Ticket Center to buy tickets. Hit up the slopes afterwards. The first two warmup runs went really well because the snow was mushy. My friends did most runs through terrain park but I spent time shredding slushy snow down Palmer Snowfield to tune up for possible boardercross competitions next winter. All I did was work on speed and turning no matter how the terrain is like. Music is another thing to help me get in flow of riding. The Swedish band "The Knife" had me getting the adrenaline going. I started to get more comfortable with the snow conditions since it's not groomed but I got used to it anyways. Snowbunnies, music, slushy snow were the three things in my mind when it comes to riding in typical summer day which made me a day. Speaking of doing runs...I noticed the summer camp on private terrain. Kids and teenagers came in from as far as Japan, Europe, Nova Scotia. The female skier from Nova Scotia who was in line for lift passed by me giving contact even she couldn't tell that I was making contact too cuz of my reflective lens. I was starting to get the vibe feel of the atmosphere here at Hood. I kept getting more hyped as I grab more runs. I was killing every run better and better with The Knife beat. As hours passed by...my body was running dry due to elevation effect. I took break and headed to Timberline lodge to grab water then headed back for couple runs before it closed down. It was one of my best days of riding this year. I want to go back again. At end of day...I said praise to the three climbers who had their lives taken by horrible winter storm in December. God bless them and bless the mountain for what God has created. Let it be and respect the mountain. Justin

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South Jordan Skate Contest Results (JUNE 30th 2007)

Thanks for all the contestants and spectators for showing up and supporting technique in the annual South Jordan County Fest Contest.

Beginner

Top 20
1. McCabe Jensen
2. Mitchell Schultz
3. Colton Nelson
4. Cameron Anderson
5. Maxwell Schultz
6. Conner Sprouse
7. Micheal Mortensen<----wooo! lol
8. Topher Moreno
9. Jace Call
10. Josh Lowery
11. Kyle Kenner
12. Marcus Ria
13. Jacob Almodova
14. Jesse Kinder
15. Mathew Skinner
16. Dallas Morgan
17. Johnny Knucsen
18. Lucas Brown
19. Ryan Snoddy
20. Michael Marchand

Intermediate

Top 12
1. Justin West
2. Scott Kenner
3. Eric Nguyen
4. Christian Mcrtchan
5. Spike Moreno
6. Nico Deguzman
7. Garret Martinez
8. Isiah Salazar
9. Cassey Ross
10. Cody Cornia
11. Jacksen Larson
12. Sean Winkowski

Expert
Top 10
1. Caleb Orton
2. Danny Sook
3. Kevin Fedderson
4. Jason Gianchetta "Cheese"
5. Matt Fisher
6. Brad Dunn
7.Austin Namba
8. Brandon Hobush
9. Beau Davis
10. Trent Ashton

Best trick was cancelled do to Chase taking a beating! Chase when you read this Nike SB has some free shoes for you so e-mail or call the shop and we will get you a free shoe voucher. Also we want to know if you're ok!?!

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ford or chevy? chevy

diesel or gas? gas

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tail gating or line dancing? tail gattin

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women belong in the... barrel racing

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hunting or fishing? fishin

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stetson or resistol? neither

bed of your truck or a motel? bed

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ropin or wrestling? ropin

tatoos or scars? both

weekend at the rodeo or weekend with the love of your life? weekend at the rodeo with the love of my life

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