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News Release
| 2/8/08 - Reiter, Mueller win Race to the Cup |
PARK CITY, Utah (Feb. 6) - It was a victorious day Wednesday for U.S. men's
snowboarders who swept the podium of a NorAm parallel slalom in extremely snowy
conditions in U.S. Snowboarding's Race to the Cup Series at Park City Mountain
Resort. U.S. Snowboarding's Justin Reiter (Steamboat Springs, CO) won the race
followed by Tyler Jewell (Steamboat Springs, CO) in second and Vic Wild (White
Salmon, WA) in third.
"I feel pretty good. It was a great day out there. Park City Ski Team and the race
department up there did a great job dealing with adverse conditions and putting on a
good race," Reiter said. "It was a lot of fun to ride and the racing was good. The
action was tight. It was great to see these guys who haven't qualified for World Cup
yet duke it out and there were some knock down drag out rounds out there."
Reiter said that although it was a competition, it was also a welcome departure from
his regular schedule.
"It was pretty relaxed. It was a nice break to come back from the World Cup tour and
see all our friends from Canada and the U.S. and even some from Japan."
On the women's side, Erica Mueller (Steamboat Springs, CO) won with U.S.
Snowboarding teammate Michelle Gorgone (Boston) in second. Karol Sztokfisz of Poland
finished third.
"It was pretty good [to win]," Mueller said. "Actually, just the other day Justin
and I were talking about how I haven't won a race in a couple of years and I said I
really needed to do that again. I'd been on the podium but I hadn't won, so it was
pretty cool to come out on top."
According to Mueller, while she anticipated the storm they had to compete in, with
her experience in those conditions, she wasn't thrown off.
"I knew it was going to be soft but I'm used to that, being from Steamboat, and you
just ride the ride and do what you have to do to get to the bottom without falling
on your rear," Mueller said.
The Race to the Cup series continues in Park City Thursday with men's and women's
giant slalom. "It will be a lighter day of racing. Instead of taking 10 runs we only
have to take two so that will be a nice change of pace for us," Mueller said.
"I am hoping to win again. I tend to be more of a slalom rider, so today was awesome
and I hope to bring that into GS and build my confidence for the World Cup."
OFFICIAL RESULTS
FIS SNOWBOARDING NORAM CUP
Race to the Cup
Park City Mountain Resort
Park City, UT - Feb. 6, 2008
Parallel Slalom
Men
1. Justin Reiter, Steamboat Springs, CO
2. Tyler Jewell, Steamboat Springs, CO
3. Vic Wild, White Salmon, WA
4. Masaki Shiba, Japan
5. Zachary Kay, Mount Shasta, CA
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Women
1. Erica Mueller, Steamboat Springs, CO
2. Michelle Gorgone, Boston
3. Karol Sztokfisz, Poland
4. Lilian Halme, Canada
5. Jessie Hazen, Denver |
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