Seb Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Latest news on conditions for the World Cup at Stoneham, Quebec City. Friday is Boardercross, Saturday = PGS and Sunday = Halfpipe. We had some snow wednesday ( 10 in. ) but the crew succeed to remove it from the PGS run. The run is mainly "very hardpack = icy" due to rain we had a week ago. Thursday was a great day for training ( sunny, 25F ). Forecast for Friday night is 4 in. and another 10-12 in. for Saturday night. PGS could be run between the 2 snowfalls. As temperature is close to 32F, this could be a mixture of rain / snow. Seb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf Rat Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 thanks for the update!!!. best of luck to all involved.. video or pics would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Snowboard results: Women side: Jacobellis won the finals, not without a crash at the end. with 50+ feet advance, she mislanded the final jump, turn wild and hit the "balloon" Nokia gate that was located 2 feet in front of the finish line, she spinned and crossed the line on her back, right in front of Maelle Rikker ( CAN ). Francon ( SUI ) completed the podium and local Dominique Maltais finished 5th, due to a fall in semi-final. Men side: was an all-French podium with Vaultier, De Le Rue and Valery. Canadian Rob Fagan finished 4th, Jasey Jay with a rare SBX apparence finished 6th and Ryan Hickey 7th. This morning, we had the 4 in. forecasted during the night, they will be light through the day. PGS to come. Seb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf Quebec Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 What a shame ! I check on many TV web sites (canadian ones) and none are presenting the alpine event. Called at Stoneham station and it may be shown on TV in a few weeks ... We even have a guy who was world cup winner for years, Jasey-Jay Anderson, and still one of the best rider and Radio-Canada doesn't show the event ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 First thing, weather...the additionnal snow didn't start until after the event. Race conditions: the course was still very icy, the snow was pushed on the side and left no room for major error. For the men race, Matthew Morrison and Jasey-Jay pleased the crowd with a 3rd and 4th place. Matt had a big fan club ( family ) who jumped over the fence after his 3rd place finish he obtained after a mistake from JJay who had a 1,4 second lead in the first run. Jasey Jay had a good weekend after his 6th place yesterday. Quebec crowd is not used to his success since he often had disapointing results here over the years. For First place Benjamin Karl ( AUT) won over Andreas Prommegger ( AUT ). Benjamin from Sigi Snowboard team, had a perfect day and kept Kessler from a swept. He is now leading the championship. Tyler Jewell had good runs up, beating Bozetto in his first duel. In quarter finals, he made a mistake in his second run and lost against Prommegger. On women side, no finalist from Can or USA. Seb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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