//95// US Open / Total Fight / Ungravity SB Tour

US Open 2008

Stratton, VT / March 17 - 23 2008

Hurry, hurry! We just have 3 minutes. Welcome to shralp! episode 95 from April 6th 2008. The main US-Open Sponsor - you know the name - says we cannot show more than 3 minutes of the US-Open Competition, so we quickly rush through this one week event.

Slopestyle was on Friday, March 21st. Kevin Pearce, who is TTR champ now, didn’t make it to the finals which made him a little nervous back then. There was a red haired guy chasing him in the world ranking trying to get the champ title, too.
3rd place in the slopestyle went to Canadian ripper Charles Reid. Heavy wind made riding difficult.
Tim Humphrey handled the wind well - 2nd place for him.

And then Shaun White. His first run was scored best run of the day - first place for him and Kevin seeing his TTR Champion Trophy going down the drain.

But then Saturday came Pipe and Kevin Pearce made it 3rd - securing him the TTR Champion title.
Mason Aguirre, 2nd place for him.

Shaun White. 1st. Place US Open Halfpipe 2008, enjoy

Slopestyle
1. Shaun White
2. Tim Humphrey
3. Charles Reid

Halfpipe
1. Shaun White
2. Mason Aguirre
3. Kevin Pearce

Music: Theres Only One T In Wichita / peter bjorn and john lets call it off girltalk remix (music.podsow.com)

opensnowboarding.com

Total Fight

March 29 2008 / Grandvalira, Andorra

Squeezed in between France and Spain, the little country Andorra hosts a nice winter sport resort with a nice contest: The Grandvalira Total Fight.

This TTR 4 Star slope style attacked 100 riders who fought for the 17,000 Euros price money.
Blue Skies, fresh snow, a beautifully shaped park and a 3rd place for Frenchman Victor de le Rue.
Rudi Kröll impressed the judges all day long but didn’t stick his Frontside 10 over the big kicker. 2nd place for him in this head to head format event.

Ville Uotila however came out on top with a super smooth run consisting of a switch BS 9 off the big kicker, a FS 7 off the step-up, finishing with a FS 180 to Switch BS 5 off the butter box.

1. Ville Uotila
2. Rudi Kröll
3. Victor De Le Rue

Music: Bad Rriles / PunkAndRoll (music.podshow.com)

totalfightmasters.com

Ungravity Snowboard Tour

Cerler, Spain / March 1st 2008

Should we stay on the so called Iberian Peninsula in the Pyrenees? I guess we should, because we have some footage from the Ungravity Snowboard Tour. A spanish 4 stops AM tour.

Music: Travesties and Transgressions / 70s Cop Show (music.podshow.com)

ungravityboard.com

That’s it for this episode. We will be back in two weeks time on April 20th.

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