Pat Donnelly Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Text of the article from Skipressworld VALLE NEVADO, Chile (Sept. 16) - The FIS snowboard World Cup season kicked off Thursday with a snowboardcross event in Valle Nevado, Chile. U.S. Snowboarding rider Lindsey Jacobellis (Bondville, VT) was the top American, finishing fourth in the women’s race while Great Britain’s Zoe Gillings captured the win. Of the seven American men competing Thursday, Nate Holland (Olympic Valley, CA) posted the best U.S. finish at 13th. “I made a little mistake,” said Jacobellis, who won four World Cup SBX events in 2004. “I left too much room for Zoe to come in and I paid the price. You live and learn. Tomorrow I plan to stay tighter through that gate, but I did the best I could.” Peter Foley, head U.S. Snowboarding coach, said Jacobellis started in the far right lane for the finals. Coming into a critical gate, Jacobellis left a hole open wide enough for Gillings to slide in front of her and force her to the outside, where Jacobellis hit the fence. Jacobellis noted the conditions were spring-like: “soft, but really fast.” She admitted the altitude has played a factor in her preparation. At more than 12,000 feet, it has taken every bit of the last seven days in Chile to get acclimated. Holland and Seth Wescott (Farmington, ME) made it to the round of 16, with Wescott finishing 15th. Canada’s Drew Neilson won the event over Xavier Delerue of France. “It’s always difficult racing in a pack like you do in SBX,” said Foley. “They just just didn’t execute the way they needed to in order to win. It was a tight race, though. But if you’re not in the lead, you’re definitely more susceptible to getting beat.” Foley said athletes would regroup this evening and study the video from the day’s races in order to prepare for the second SBX event Friday. “Everyone’s riding well enough - we just need to execute better,” said Foley. “We learned a lot from qualifications and from today’s races, and we will study the video and hopefully do better tomorrow.” SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP Valle Nevado, Chile Sept. 16, 2004 Women 1. Zoe Gillings, GBR 2. Kathrin Kellenberger, SUI 3. Manuela Rielger, AUS 4. Lindsey Jacobellis, USA 8. Marni Yamada, USA Men 1. Drew Neilson, CAN 2. Xavier Delerue, FRA 3. Simone Malusa, ITA 4. Mateusz Ligocki, POL 13. Nate Holland, USA 15. Seth Wescott, USA 25. Mike Rosengren, USA 27. Graham Watanabe, USA 31. Jayson Hale, USA DNQ - Ben Jacobellis, USA DNQ - Jeff Greenwood, USA For complete results, visit http://www.fis-ski.com/results/even...14559&limit=125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 That link is broken, but it looks like the event has been cancelled.....? FIS site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirror70 Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 It's good to see Seth is back to racing again after his crash at the USASA races. I wonder if his doctor knows about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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