X Games in Tignes: super pipe and slopestyle

upset the program of these Winter X Games 2011, against the weather but you can not fight, then the highlight of the snowboarding events will be held on Friday 18. In the final appearances of the freeski Quebec, Canada JF Hole, managed to beat opponents and placed the right paw for the win thanks to a first run (of three available for each rider) with: butterbox 450, followed by a 720 Mute , a mammoth 1200 Double Japan and a 900 on the final jump, for a final score of 94.33 points.

In second place, behind by 2 points ... Mica recently, the Norwegian Andreas HÃ¥tveit while the third, the surprise of the day, the young Englishman James Wood. Wood has the advantage of being the first skier in the United Kingdom to win a medal in skiing at the X Games and underscore how England is pulling out all the talent in the action sports disciplines (Jamie Nicholls, Jenny Jones ... to make two more names).

In the evening he also played the final of the women's super pipe, and despite the snow ceased to fall, the show is not missed. A dominating win of the season, the American Kelly Clark, by far the best both in amplitude and in the technique as it does in a beautiful fluency Fs 1080! Second American Hanna Teter, while the other third comes the Spanish Queralt Castellet, both separated by more than 2 points

They played in the evening, including the qualifications of men's super pipe ... with the surprise elimination of one of the favorites Mathieu Crepel! But you can bet that, for the win, Iouri Podlatchicov feel its weight!