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Qualifying results for both men's and women's 
superpipe at the Winter Dew Tour – Nike 6.0 Open

On a day with swirling winds, the week's first snow, and plenty of sun in Breckenridge, Christian Haller put together a run of backside air, 1080 to cab 1080, frontside 720 to backside 540, closing with a frontside 900 to score a 94.75 and qualify first overall for the Men's Snowboard Superpipe here at the Winter Dew Tour Nike Open. In the first heat, Haller held off Norway's Roger Kleivdal and Australia's Nathan Johnstone to take the top spot and gain some momentum into Friday's Semi-Finals. The top 10 riders listed below will advance.

Men's Halfpipe Heat 1 Qualifiers – bold denotes qualified
Rank Name Score
1. Christian Haller 94.75
2. Roger Kleivdal 91.75
3. Keito Kumazaki 75.50
4. Nils Mindnich 72.75
5. Broc Waring 71.00
6. Ilkka-Eemeli Laari 70.75
7. Taylor Gold 70.50
8. Ben Ferguson 66.25
9. Shuhei Sato 66.00
10. Ikkou Anai 63.5
11. Ryo Aoki 61.75
12. Bryan Daino 57.75
13. Kyle Mack 56.25
14. Scott Moline 55.50
15. Chad Otterstrom 52.50
16. Trevor Niblett 46.00
17. Yiwei Zhang 44.75
18. Scotty Pike 38.50
19. Tasuku Ishizaki 36.75
20. Derek Livingston 32.25
21. Seamus O'Connor 24.00
22. Daisuke Murakami 21.00
23. Hans Mindnich 16.00
24. Mike Campbell 14.75
25. Mike Campbell 12.25

 

Men's Halfpipe Heat 2 Qualifiers – bold denotes qualified
Rank Name Score
1. Nathan Johnstone 84.50
2. Kohei Kudo 79.50
3. Arthur Longo 79.00
4. Fredrik Austbo 76.50
5. Benji Farrow 74.75
6. Ayumu Hirano 73.00
7. Hiraoka Taku 72.50
8. Kosuke Hosokawa 68.25
9. Fujita Kazuumi 68.00
10. Tore Holvik 64.25
11. Tyler Anderson 64.00
12. Dom Harington 63.25
13. Johann Baisamy 63.00
14. Eiju Hirano 60.75
15. Wancheng Shi 58.75
16. Scotty James 57.75
17. Brad Martin 54.50
18. Paul Brichta 53.00
19. Ayumu Nedefuji 52.25
20. Nick Fuca 44.50
21. Nick Larson 41.25
22. Brennen Swanson 40.25
23. Ben Kilner 38.75
24. Zach Stone 38.50
25. Harry Gray 22.50
26. Jarryd Williams 12.00

 

In the women's field, China's Xeutong Cai fought through the elements in the Superpipe qualifier early Wednesday morning in Breckenridge, Co. The Chinese native put together a run of frontside air into a backside 540 and frontside 540, followed by a backside air, a cab 720, and closing with a stylish air to fakie to score an 96.75 and take the top qualifier spot for the women.  Japan's Haruna Matsumoto and Colorado native Maddy Schaffrick trailed close behind with 94.75 and 93.00 respectively, setting the stage for a competitive Semi-Final on Friday. The top eight riders listed below will advance.

Women's Halfpipe Qualifiers – bold denotes qualified
Rank Name Score
1. Xuetong Cai 96.75
2. Haruna Matsumoto 94.75
3. Maddy Schaffrick 93.00
4. Rebecca Sinclair 78.00
5. Sarah Conrad 76.00
6. Arielle Gold 74.25
7. Sarka Pancochova 72.50
8. Holly Crawford 70.25
9. Linn Haug 66.25
10. Yuki Furihata 64.25
11. Mirabelle Thovex 63.75
12. Mercedes Nicoll 62.25
13. Nadja Purtschert 60.25
14. Leslie Glenn 58.25
15. Shuang Li 57.00
16. Cilka Sadar 54.00
17. Lauren Shanahan 49.50
18. Katie Tsuyuki 48.25
19. Alexandra Duckworth 45.00
20. Summer Fenton 43.00
21. Brooke Shaw 41.00
22. Katie Williams 23.75
23. Raelynd Tarnove 21.50
24. Calynn Irwin 20.25
25. Akiko Miwa 14.50