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welcome everybody Sal Masekela here your
host of the Red Bull Signature Series
and allow me to welcome you to the
winter wonderland of Vail Colorado it is
here that the best snowboarders on the
planet ascend for a perfectly groomed
super pipe and the best slopestyle
course of the season
now the 37 year history of this event is
full of legendary performances and
progressive moments for snowboarding
it's the end of the season and all of
the riders are looking to push
themselves and the sport now this
mountain is already filled with iconic
names young Chloe Kim
Mark McMorris Scotty James just to name
a few but there's also a new guard of
riders that are looking to make their
first podium here at the burdened US
Open snowboarding championships I'm
talking about names like Zoe sadowski's
- not Haley Langland young red Gerrard
and Lian fair but enough from me Tina
get in here yes yes thank you so are you
fired up I am and you know what Isis
just finished so we actually have to get
going but we have so much left to talk
about yes we do well quickly Lian
Farrell you mentioned him yeah he's from
Maui
that's a snowboarding Mecca there's a
bunch of other riders from places where
you never would think North Carolina
Australia New Zealand that is more
snowboarding Norway Finland Japan I mean
the list goes on and on there's a lot of
variety today it's the we are the world
US Open snowboarding World Championships
I love it um I was up there though snow
speed gonna play a factor there's a
bunch of new snow so we'll have to keep
our eyes on that but we do really have
to go you wanna head to the top I do I
got a I got a whip what a ride
yeah of course while we head over to the
booth Tina breakdown this year's
slopestyle course for us thanks out it
is big and it's been so much fun to
watch these riders practice earlier and
this course really is broken into two
different parts
there's the rails up top and then the
jumps near the bottom and this is
feature number two with a couple
different options lending to creativity
and then right after those rels it goes
into the first jump 60 feet and then
into the second jump a transition
feature and it's all about that final
jump right before the judges and the
format is the best of three runs scored
out of a hundred each of the six
features scored out of ten up to 40
points rewarded for overall impression
and let's see exactly what a full run
down this course looks like ready to
take the course San Clemente his very
own Haley langland and Haley's a really
talented writer but just has never been
able to put it together here at the US
Open her rail riding is so mature
look at that fifty fifty two back lip
and then fifty fifty two backside 360s
she has so many tricks on a course that
offers so many options so heading into
the jump section here she'll start out
with a frontside 360 you watch her
landings and you watch the way she grabs
I mean this when you say style she her
picture is right next to that word look
at that backside 540 coming into this
final jump switch for at the cab
720 okay that was a very smart and
strategic move when she was coming into
that final jump switch I was kind of
thinking to myself are we gonna see the
cap double with a score of 70 7.50 she
becomes the woman to beat
next up maybe on a Sukkah of Japan she
scores a seventy four point one zero
moving her into second place followed by
Finland's any rupee yardie with a score
of sixty nine point eight five from
Westport Connecticut x-games gold
medalists Julia Moreno is no stranger to
the pressure a big contest she's one of
only three women in this event who has
been in a US Open final before and she's
no stranger to the podium she finished
up third last year here for as young as
she is she is so mentally strong the
pressure doesn't seem to get to her I've
seen her ride on some of the biggest
events in the world and it does not
affect her tab double underflip right
there and then the Crippler off that
quarter pipe to regular jump landing
coming into that third and final jump
backside 720 so for insane runs in a row
here to kick off the best of three run
women's slopestyle final and this was a
fantastic start for Julia it was nice
and smooth she landed everything but
it's somewhat standard for her even
though this trick it's a cab double
under flip she makes it look so easy but
it is technical she wraps things up with
a backside 720 lands everything but
there is room for improvement finally
someone breaks the ceiling and gets into
the 80s and 80 point three five Julia
moves into first place
Zoey sadowski's tonight the 17 year old
from wanaka New Zealand and the top
qualifier Olympics was a dream come true
it really opened up a lot of
possibilities for me like invites to
experience of US Open and stuff and just
standing on the podium with Jamie and it
was like next level and it really helped
push New Zealand snowboarding
and there is that switch backside 900
that she is so well known for that was
one of the most stylish switch backside
nines as well and then on the transition
feature doing a frontside 720 and
rounded things out with a backside 540
hold zones insane eighty two point five
five moves Zoe into first place knocking
out the two Americans the leaderboard
after one run is Zoe in first Julia
Moreno in second followed by Haley
langland in third in Run 2 everyone is
pushing hard to better their scores
luckily for everyone but Zoe this
contest is the best of three runs and
that three run format really allows for
riders to push it knowing that only one
score will count the conditions started
changing in the second runs with some of
the new snow it slowed things down
making it extra difficult to get the
right speed and land in the perfect
sweet spot on these jumps also flat
light conditions made it difficult to
see the jumps and the landings but with
one more run and the pressure building
these riders have a chance to go back up
readjust and throw it down on the third
and final time so after run to the top
four stays the same and it will come
down to the final run to beat Zoe
Sadowski Sadat's
top score of 82 point five five
for the third run the start list is
rewrapped
Japan's Miyabi Onizuka with a seventy
eight point eight seven moves her into
third place hoping to secure herself a
podium finish
Haleigh Langland unable to hold on and
finishes fourth with her first run score
of seventy seven point five and the last
competitor able to take that top spot
away from Zoe will be Julia Moreno and
Julia went extra big on this trick the
cab double under flip and then even
added another 180 but Goes Down and
Julia will take second with their first
run score of 80 point three five Zooey
Sadowski Sadam your 2019 Burton US Open
snowboarding champ what does winning the
US Open mean to you like when I first
started competing and I just wanted to
go I wanted to go since I started
snowboarding and like dude I'm just so
stoked right now
he was our final leaderboard with big
congratulations to Zoe for her first win
ever at the US Open but we are not done
with this amazing course men's
slopestyle is up next when we return to
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as you can see the snow is coming down
here in Vail Colorado and that's gonna
be a factor in this men's slopestyle
finals the format is the best of three
runs scored out of a possible 100 points
24 years old and X Games gold medalist a
Swedish Olympian at Sochi
what does spend Thoren have in store for
us on his first run 5050 backside 270
transfer frontside 270 on 270 off switch
boardslide under flips 7 bringing it
around to fakie and then you could see
right there having problems on that
landing they look like you had some
speed issues a little bit there on that
cab 12 but that was nice getting that
full rotation around and just pointing
it here at the bottom feature he's going
back 14 and look at the grab on that
unorthodox grabs on big spins and he
does them flat I love spend for grands
style of jumping and spin really set
himself apart right out of the gate
doing tricks that no one else really is
doing and adding his own signature style
see that nose grab that adds to the
overall impression score and then he
finishes things up with a 1444 full
rotations setting a very high standard
and thorvin sets the bar early at
seventy nine point six
the reigning champion Mark McMorris of
Canada with a 53.3 five that will not
sit well with him he will look to
improve in one of his next two runs the
20 year old rider from Hawaii Lian
Farrell laid down a solid run and scores
a 70 3.45 moving into second place our
next two teenage Japanese riders both
had qualifying scores that broke into
the 80s
Hiroki kunitake 17 years old from IG he
scores a sixty four point three five
here is rookie toe beat up from Tokyo he
too will be glad that this is the best
of three runs for Matt as he scores only
a 40 point 8 5 with that fall next up
the top qualifier the local boy Redman
Gerard dropping last is weird for me I
never really qualified first but it's
interesting is you know you never get
any answer from him that doesn't feel
measured or thought about yeah and you
see that in his snowboarding as well
absolutely and we've been saying all
week that this course really suits the
way that red Gerard approaches a
slopestyle course look at the speed he
is coming out of the rail section with
switch backside 1260 and then the
frontside 1080 power of the squat
are you kidding me red Gerard
holy cow Wow that run was almost near
perfect red Gerard really interpreting
this course in his own way but the best
part was the landings on all of these
features watch his board and then he
finishes off with his giant backside
triple cork 1440 going off access we
have a contest red crushed that run a
score of 80 point five five I was pretty
scared dropping in for sure
practice is kind of crazy with all this
you know but I'm pretty happy that I
landed one from there he's supposed to
us about the pressure of being the last
to drop now he has the pressure of
waiting and sitting in that top spot
he's followed by Spence Oren in second
and Lian Ferrell in third but we still
have two runs to go back-to-back
reigning US Open snowboarding champ
Mark McMorris had a very hard start to
his season this season definitely had a
big big challenge to start I was over in
China doing some promotion stuff stood
up forma signing and all of a sudden I
had this crazy muscle Bursa
over top of two screws I had in my leg
and then that lasted for a few weeks and
then I had to have surgery and take them
out the two screws and clear the muscle
out so I definitely had a very
challenging start to my season but glad
to be snowboarding again but mark is so
mentally tough and he's had some of the
most horrific injuries and he always
comes back and he usually always comes
back stronger and you can already see
that with this run so far so good one
more jump backside triple cork 1440
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insane all right this trick he does here
I don't think people realize how tough
it is he goes 810 on that rotation so if
Mark was concerned at all about coming
back from an injury it did not show and
he wraps it up with his backside triple
cork 1440 it's the same trick red did
but that tiny bit a hand drag this is
going to be close and just like that
McMorris bounces back with a 70 9.20
that moves him in the third place
Winckelmann has also bettered his score
moves into fourth place and now in
striking distance of that podium but the
bar of the 80.5 5 was unattainable as
the rest of the field bobbled bail and
was mostly unable to better their scores
and at this level these riders need to
be absolutely perfect and one small
mistake they know this run is not going
to count and give them the score they
want even the young Japanese riders had
mistakes and now it's all up to the
final third run to get the score they
want so heading into the last run of the
men's slopestyle competition it's like
this Luke Winckelmann on the bubble in
fourth Mark McMorris sitting in third
with spent thorgan in second chasing
that 80 point 5 5 set by our leader red
Jerrod while the first three riders in
the rear a caught their best scores the
rest had issues trying to take down
Gerard's 80 point 5 5 so the podium is
set but in what order
Mark McMorris currently sitting in third
can he pull off something here and get
the unprecedented three-peat at the
burton US Open of snowboarding
championships
fifty/fifty hard way back to boardslide
270
then there is the front board 810 it's
gonna be switched back to 12 I don't
know if you can stop that any cleaner
than that double Crippler so far it's
been perfect one more jump for mark
he was backside triple cork 16 20 and
that's it the best McMorris can do is
third place however can spend thorgan
pull off the upset
50/50 back three
boardslide 270 and then the switch
boardslide rippy flip he's gonna get
docked for that little bobble right
there he's got to be perfect from here
on out and that's it read gerard you're
2019 Burton US Open
snowboarding champ for slopestyle read
US Open champion tell me how you're
feeling oh man I feel insane this is
like you know it's crazy like I've just
I'm never expected that I'd even be in
the finals at the opening to win Horn
was such an insane podium I'm speechless
man and here is a look at the final
leaderboard half of these competitors
had never even made it to a final here
at the US Open but big congrats to red
Gerard on his first victory at the US
Open we will move over to the halfpipe
here in Vail Colorado for the women's
event when we returned to the Red Bull
Signature Series
welcome back to the Red Bull Signature
Series presented by Kia Motors America
for the Burton US Open snowboarding
championships
slopestyle is in the books with to
first-time finalists taking home gold I
got a feeling that this halfpipe has a
lot in store for us today
Tina what can we expect oh and this is
the most prestigious event here at the
Burton US Open so much tradition and
this halfpipe is big these walls are 22
feet high and the judges score on
several things starting with amplitude
you've got to go big and you got to do
your tricks difficulty followed by
execution how you land them how you hold
your grabs and the overall impression
all the competitors that we have spoken
to have said that this is the
best-looking halfpipe of the season so
we can definitely expect some big things
first up shoot on kai of Beijing China
and she has had a phenomenal season so
far this year finishing up on the podium
a number of times
Japanese rider senator Mita came on
strong edging out suit on Kai with a 70
3.50 Bruna Matsumoto slotted into third
with a 70 point three seven but that was
immediately overtaken by the strong
riding of American maddie Mastro as she
slid into third place with a 72 point to
five and then it was another American
Arielle Gold to drop in an Arielle a
two-time Olympian has also been
balancing out school at the University
of Colorado this year but she puts
together a great first run finishing off
at the Michael truck
and ariel is rewarded accordingly with a
seventy six point three seven making her
our new leader I feel really good I'm
just glad that I landed a run so now I'm
gonna try and get it turned down well
good luck
Thanks but there is still one more rider
to drop the five-time X Games gold
medalist the youngest woman to win an
Olympic gold in snowboarding the face of
the sport Chloe Kim I just kind of focus
on myself and do what's best for me so I
never really felt pressure from anyone
else to really let any type of
negativity get to me because I honestly
don't care you know what I mean and I
think that's just something that's
really helped me learn more about myself
and I think that was one of the main
things I had to do to overcome like a
lot of insecurities was because I just
cared too much about everyone else's
opinions and like what everyone wanted
me to do that I just kind of got stuck
and lost in that so I don't know I just
kind of stopped caring
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[Applause]
look for something big on this first
wall so much style tab 900 links it with
a switch backside 540 that's a new trick
for her and then a cab 720 and goes down
that is a big shock to see Chloe Kim
fall clearly not what Kim was hoping for
on her first run and that puts her at
the bottom of the standings Arielle gold
is our leader with that seventy six
point three seven followed by senator
Mita and Jew tonk I in second and third
but do not expect these scores to hold
with two more runs left in women's
halfpipe and you never see Chloe at the
bottom we do know she's riding with a
hurt ankle but she's gonna charge
through and right now second runs as we
see right now Zhu tonk I starting things
off big here in her second run as she's
sitting in the third spot here's that
air to fakie a thing of beauty this run
is looking a little bit more complete
than her first run for me comes around
much better on that 720 to get that
those shoulders around the bottom now
there you go that was a huge improvement
we are in the 80s for the first time and
Kazu Tong in the front spot
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senator Mita Haruna Matsumoto and madam
Astro all had a difficult time trying to
push their riding to catch up - Zhu Tom
kite aerial gold puts down a cleaner run
and improves her sport to an eighty one
point eight seven
however she remains in second place
Chloe Kim with that injured ankle is
still able to put down a solid run which
earns her an eighty-two point five zero
and moves her into second place the top
three with scores in the 80s and after
two runs Joo tanka sits in first with
eighty three point seven five followed
by Americans Chloe Kim and Ariel gold in
second and third in between competitions
Kelly Clark and I got a chance to go hit
the slopes and catch up on the lift the
open is just such a great venue such a
such an incredible event it's a little
bittersweet and not participating this
year is probably like the first time in
twenty years for me but I love where I'm
at and I'm grateful I still get to be on
my snowboard um do you have some of them
women coming up to you and still asking
you questions about their runs or yeah
I've been riding with the girls actually
all morning today just working on
people's lines and initiations and
giving little tips here and there cuz
it's really my wheelhouse I mean just
having you here I'm sure means the world
to everyone I mean it means like just
having you here and being on the lift
and finally getting a chance to get a
run in with you it means the world I
mean it's not any less open without
Kelly Clark welcome back to the Red
Bulls Signature Series presented by Kia
Motors America for the burden US Open
snowboarding championships this is the
final run of women's halfpipe
there you see Chloe Kim watching and
resting that injured ankle she's
currently sitting in second place after
two runs but with the rear acmad e
Mastro is up and looking to better a
seventy two point two five we don't want
to rush me into anything that's gonna
get me hurt since I'm rebuilding so like
the Crippler the dove crip hasn't been
something I'm focused on it's kind of
we're just been worrying for like the
right mental state when fundamentals are
feeling good I'm feeling good the tricks
are feeling good there's nothing to be
questioned so like there hasn't really
been
a concern or like need to do the dope
crip in practice but who knows about
this calm this is always like everything
always feels good here and you could see
Maddie a pop talking to her new coach
James Jackson and he's been great for
her this year staying with that front
five that we all love into the back side
five
will she push it she'll stay with the
front seven into the Hawkin
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there we go we got the double oh my
goodness she just did oh my goodness you
are watching snowboard history right now
Wow and have her to land a double
Crippler Madi Mastro just landed the
first double Tripler oh what a hit he
repetition that was amazing
did you see her react when she came when
she realized that she did it Kelly did
you expect that from her know that that
shocked me in the booth here so let's
get another look on the replay here this
is just a set up trick for her the
Hawking flip and here we go here's the
moment of truth
winding up textbook perfect spotting or
landing the entire time tranny finder
that was perfect and she couldn't have
chosen a better time to land this trick
look at that what a special moment and
with that historic run Maddy becomes our
new leader with an eighty four point
seven four I'm literally out of words of
how happy and overwhelmed I am I've been
I literally go to bed dreaming about
doing that so I'm just like I'm just so
so happy you did you do any and practice
at all um no I was just talking to my
coach at the top and he's like well I'm
gonna scramble your brain a bit how do
you what do you think about this and I
was like let me see if I can visualize
it and if I'm visualizing it it's on and
I saw it and we're like okay let's go
you're on like just don't think just do
and yeah so now I didn't do this
one in a while well congratulations that
was amazing thank you so much I'm so
happy
Maddy Mastro has just set the standard
for what it's gonna take to win this
2019 burton US Open Chloe Kim our
defending champ undefeated all season
she's battling an ankle injury this
woman is a champ she knows how to get it
done
can she block out the pain with a
winning run right
now dropping into that backside wall
with a huge method right into that
frontside 1080 Telegraph much better
right into that cab nine here we go with
that switchback five much better and we
will see it folks with the cab 1080 what
a run when all was on the line she not
only improved on that 1080 she had the
tail grab much better the setup trick
was much better if yeah you could see
when she dropped in she meant business
this was a different run for her just
from how she charged into that first hit
this was absolutely phenomenal watch the
size of that big backside method and
this cab 900 was huge she knew she had
to do this if she wanted the bump into
those top positions with the cap ten
just missing the grab again it'll be
interesting to see where they place this
to the lead we have one more rider to go
next up shoot on kai of Beijing China
will see if she has any more tricks
excuse she can pull out any other stops
she's gonna add she's gonna have to add
something to bump it up
there's that frontside 900 right into
that backside 540 and that was big into
the air to fakie executed so well here's
that cab 720 she'll go with the inside
seven into the cab nine so that's the
same run that she did for her second run
arguably it was a slightly cleaner we'll
see what the judges think an eighty
point eight seven jus tank I will not
improve and stays in third place making
madam Astro our 2019 Burton US Open
snowboarding champion I'm just fully
overwhelmed I cannot be like any more
just filled with happiness this is my
first contest I've won and especially
the first contest to be at the US Open
is just like this incredible amazing
feeling I can't even put it into words
to describe how incredible I'm feeling
right now a huge moment for women's
snowboarding but an even bigger moment
for madam Astro taking her first win
after a season dominated by Chloe Kim
who still managed to get second despite
a severe ankle injury rounded out by
xuetong Kai in third we are not done yet
men's halfpipe is up next when we return
to bail Colorado for the Burton US Open
snowboarding championships you're
watching the Red Bull Signature Series
welcome back to the Red Bull Signature
Series presented by Kia Motors America
for the Burton US Open snowboarding
championships the final competition here
in Vail
the men's halfpipe big names on the
start list but the man to watch is
Scotty James he is looking to win and
clinch a perfect season format is the
same as the women best of three runs
scored out of a possible 100 points and
here we go in run one here comes Dani
Davis from Chucky hella Lake Tahoe yeah
Dani is an absolutely incredible
snowboarder I mean so creative and so
amazing he is called
your favorite snowboarders favorite
snowboarder and this is why backside 360
into the Pop Tart
frontside nose bone coupling that with a
massive McTwist and then the frontside
double cork 1080 Dani Davis is a
throwback to what halfpipe riding has
always represented creativity style and
amplitude and what a way to kick off
halfpipe finals and the bar has been set
by the technical style master Dani Davis
with a seventy nine point six two on his
first run
Canadian Derrick Livingstone had a solid
first run as well putting down 78 point
1 2 Ruka harana of Japan seemed
unaffected by the falling snow and kept
it going with a seventy nine point two
five next up is rival katayama taking a
little space for himself before pointing
it and coming in hot look at that free
ollie landing high on that transition
wall starting things off with a massive
backside air grabbing method into the
frontside 1080 to the moon and then the
cab double 10 frontside 900 backside
1260 from rival Katayama and then the
front double 1260 ramu Katayama
just put every competitor at the US Open
officially on notice that was the best
run I have seen him do all season long
look at how high this first hit is he's
got to be at least 40 feet plus above
that flat bottom and just so much style
- this is what the US Opens all about
and Rui boo is rewarded for going huge a
90 point for nine the new sport of B Rai
boot that run was amazing and just tell
me the emotions you're feeling right now
I convinced a lot of Hudson to me oh my
god oh my god I'm so freaking out well
deserve how do you go how do you step it
up from there
higher and higher that's of course yeah
well good luck rival amazing first run
oh wow here we go if you're not sitting
at home you should sit you know Tigers
got his red shirt on Sunday what is
Scottie James got on Sunday my season
has been pretty special so far
currently undefeated we are at the US
Open it's my last competition and
hopefully I can finish off strong and be
nice to stand up at the top of every
party in this year but you know I'm just
gonna enjoy the week and let the rest
just happen for me Wow switchback double
cork 1080 into the backside double cork
1260 oh she's going for it
big frontside 1080 with the nose grab
into the cab double cork 1080 going to
the moon finishing it off with a
frontside double cork 1260 and yep yay
hold up the way that Scotty drops in the
fact that he drops in switch watch this
switch backside 1080 and he's so high on
that and then he combines it with a
backside double cork 1260 so that
combination alone that's one of the
hardest combinations in competitive
halfpipe riding right now and this is
the moneymaker right here frontside
double cork 1260 92 even he did it Wow
feels amazing put a solid one down you
know it's actually pretty fast in there
snow he's not really affecting us so I
strapped in for a good day it's gonna be
an awesome day for boarding and yeah
it's nice to put the first one down top
qualifier you total cyka drops in last
and earns a very solid eighty four point
four nine enough for third place the
benchmark for the men's halfpipe the 90s
current leader Scotty James with a 92
rival katayama in second with a 90 point
four nine two more runs to go but the
riders binding execution on the second
run difficult
and you can see that new snow falling
and sometimes that just completely
throws a rider off both on speed timing
the landings even riders like Jake Bates
who's so consistent one small mistake
and he's off his line
right boo katsuyama trying to go higher
couldn't land cleanly and even our
leader Scotty James unable to hold on
so after two runs our leaderboard is
like this the USA's Danny Davis sits in
fourth followed by Japanese riders you
total suka in third and rival Katayama
in second first place
Scotty James with a 92 one run left one
chance to put it all on the line can
Scotty James hold on to that top spot
and clinch a perfect season the final of
the men's halfpipe when we return you're
watching the Red Bull Signature Series
welcome back to the Red Bull Signature
Series presented by Kia Motors America
for the Burton US Open snowboarding
championships the final run for the
men's halfpipe competition starts now
Scotty James sits in first with a 92 and
with the rear a cup the start list for
this final run he will be the last to
drop and third and final runs where the
pressure is mounting some of the riders
got their best scores of the day
including Pat Bergner but a slight hand
drag cost them the podium and Kent
Callister overcoming a big fall earlier
is still able to boost over the crowd it
coming to you from South Korea kwanghee
Lee scores a sixty two point five zero
and then it's all about one of the
favorites Dani Davis Styles out of
McTwist has problems with the landing
and finishes in fourth position three
riders left to go all three will podium
but can either of the Japanese riders
take out Scotty James score of a 92
first up is U total suka sitting in
third with that eighty four point four
nine
huge frontside 540 into the backside 900
that was massive frontside double cork
14 to the cab 1080 and a 1260 to rounded
out if you see the compression coming
out of that final hit that was
ridiculous that he held on to that trick
he looked like he got blown out of the
barrel unbelievable the compression the
speed the g-forces
okay emotions aside is this gonna be
enough
so he goes backside 900 here Scotty has
a backside 1260 he does do this
frontside double cork 1440 that's
something that Scotty is not doing the
cab 1080 does tube grabs on that and
then finishes off with the frontside
double cork 1260 they are both finishing
off with this same trick yeah this is
going to be super interesting to see
where it comes in at and eighty-seven
point one two it's an improvement but
not enough to move him further up the
podium he finishes his day in a
respectable third place and now there is
one rider left to unseat mr. Scotty
James
[Music]
[Applause]
this right now this is one of those
beautiful pieces of history in the
burton us open ken rabu katayama do it
on his final run that was a gigantic
method into the front side 1440 cab
double cork 1080 right there than the
front side 900 and that's it that is it
Scotty James has just won his very first
burton US Open this is big I mean this
is absolutely major for him huge
congratulations
this victory lap undefeated the entire
season and that is so understated that
is such a hard thing to do with the
level of competition in competitive pipe
riding today
to think about winning every single
contest that you enter is ridiculous and
he's just having fun we saw a nice shot
of his brother and dad down the bottom
look at this high fives for the crowd
[Applause]
Scottie James is your 2019 burden US
Open men's halfpipe champion Scottie you
have now continued to keep your
undefeated season going but you get to
engrave your name amongst legends US
Open champion how do you feeling and I
can't find words that describe how I
feel right now I'm pinching myself it
was in 2007 I came to my first US Open
and I watched everyone ride and I was
with my mom and I said I want to be in
the finals one day and Here I am you
know I came out and I stayed on my toes
all day everyone has been riding so well
and I just wanted to ride my snowboard
the way I do and I was able to do that
and just let the rest happen some
absolutely over the moon a truly
incredible achievement by Scotty James
Tina we had four first-time winners at
the US Open I know I love it and you
know they're all Olympians but you could
just tell winning here at the US Open is
extra special I mean this is a
snowboarders event and that is a wrap
snowboard history once again thank you
for joining us at the 2019 Burton US
Open snowboarding championships
progression reigning supreme at the open
congrats to zoe Sadowski Sonam and red
Gerrard the new guard taking the wins in
slope style and there's so much to say
were the perfectly built halfpipe it is
hard not to be in awe of what we
witnessed the performance by Scotty
James that's championship performance
getting that perfect season didn't lose
an event at all this entire season they
were personal first and historical first
Maddy Mastro had a dream of making a
double Crippler in a contest becomes the
first woman ever to do it she embodies
what progression means in women's
snowboarding and for that she gets the
Red Bull signature moment we look
forward to more from Maddy as her career
moves forward the Red Bull Signature
Series travels from the snowy mountains
of Vail Colorado to the Starion
mountains of Austria with a 25th edition
of the crown jewel of hard enduro 500
riders start only
and pull will finish at the Iron Giant
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