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The weather didn't cooperate for the second day of the US Open...but the riders still gave it 100% as the rain poured down!

It's Skiboarder Cross History!!  All Revel8,  All Pro, at the Skiboardplanet.com 2010 US Skiboard Open, check out this shot!
From left to right, Dave Lynam, Brett Connor, Branden Harding, and Kirk Thompson...all in the air on the Cross course! 

Photos courtesy, Patrick McNaughton.

Another first for SkiboardPlanet.com in the 2010 Event was the addition of the Big Air Competition.  We gave the guys 2 shots at giving it their all.  We let the guys pick the jump (majority vote) and then they threw their best tricks, hoofing it up to the top of the jump to give their second try.  From the review of the video and from our judges, Brett Connor and Sonja Dragan,  the winner is...

In 2009, the Fakie competition was a first of it's kind ever, a gated slalom course for a single ride.  We tested each competitor for their skills and ability in a timed race.  Each competitor had one chance to do their best and the top 3 times won the medal slots.  This year the 2010 competion expanded it's skills definitions and gave another 1st ever of it's kind of Fakie competition.  Fakie Parallel Slalom.  The guys competed against each other in heats and the "best of" won in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medals.
After setting up the course we watched the guys and girls give it their best.  A great big thanks goes out to Kirk T., Kirk S., Brett, and Jason for getting out in the rain to help Normand and I set up the course!!

Your PRO Winners for Fakie Parallel Slalom...!!

This year's biggest challenge with the Fakie Parallel Slalom course was the fact that Ragged refused to set it up.  They gave us the drill and gave us the gate markers and basically said if you still want to do it here you go...I'm sure their decision was weather related, they just didn't understand that skiboarders have skill and determination and the weather doesn't scare us!!  We set up our course, placed the markers, painted the start, finish and turn lines, and continued with our competition. 

Our Amateur Division Winners...