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Tignes, France
Last month, Breckenridge resident Eric Willett took home a silver medal from Snowboard Slopestyle at Winter X Games 14 in Aspen. Today in the men
s final in Tignes, France, Willett upgraded and will bring gold back to his hometown in Colorado.
I wasn
t really landing my tricks in practice, but somehow it all clicked and came together for me in the final,
Willett said about his win. After his second run put him in the lead, he said,
I had no idea what I was going to do, and I
m so stoked right now. The course is perfect and the riding level is insane.
Willett threw down a solid second run that put him in the lead for the gold medal with his mixed tricks of backside 720, frontside double cork 1080 and switch backside 900. USA
s Sage Kotsenburg followed close behind to win silver. Marko Grilc of Slovakia took the bronze.
Winter X Games Europe has lived up to my expectations,
said Grilc.
It is so great to see the biggest event in action sports come to Europe.
There were four previous Winter X Games medalists in the final field: Travis Rice, Iouri Podladtchikov, Eric Willet and Chas Guldemond with seven medals among them.
Podladtchikov and Christian Haller of Switzerland competed at the Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Snowboard Slopestyle Men
s
Final Results from Tignes on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Name
Bib #
Hometown
Score
1.
Eric Willett
200
Breckenridge, Colo., USA
91.00
2.
Sage Kotsenburg
195
Park City, Utah, USA
85.33
3.
Marko Grilc
102
Ljubljana, Slovakia
83.66
4.
Stephan Maurer
196
Zikers, Switzerland
82.66
5.
Chas Guldemond
193
Reno, Nev., USA
70.66
6.
Christian Haller
103
Zernez, Switzerland
67.66
7.
Travis Rice
198
Jackson Hole, WY, USA
50.33
8.
Iouri Podladtchikov
197
Zurich, Switzerland
49.33

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