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Photos by Bo Bridges
The weather was a factor all day Friday at the 13th Winter X Games. A heavy snow fell most of the day slowing both the pipe and slopestyle courses. But as they say, the show must go on. In men's Slopestyle Qualifiers Shaun White needed a strong second run just to qualify for finals, while Chas Guldemond qualified first with two solid runs. In women's Superpipe Ski, Sarah Burke won her third straight X Games Gold in the event by throwing what many are calling the greatest run in women's pipe history. We'd have to agree, click here for more on the event. Torah Bright won women's Snowboard Superpipe, avenging her loss to Gretchen Bleiler last year. Bleiler fell on both of her runs and was forced to pull out of the competition after suffering a concussion. The most hyped event of the evening was Snowmobile Next Trick. Everyone in the crowd was anticipating Levi LaVallee's double backflip attempt, the first in history, and he did not disappoint. While the attempt was ultimately unsuccessful, LaVallee provided the most exciting moment of X Games thus far. Dane Ferguson won the event by default, he was the only athlete to ride away clean from his jump.

 SNOWBOARD Slopestyle Men's Elimination
   Name   Run 1   Run 2   Best Score
1   Chas Guldemond   78.00   78.00   78.00
2   Scotty Lago   26.33   76.33   76.33
3   Peetu Piiroinen   75.66   34.00   75.66
4   Andreas Wigg   59.00   73.33   73.33
5   Jussi Oksanen   22.33   71.00   71.00
6   Mikkel Bang   50.00   70.66   70.66
7   Tim Humphreys   69.66   28.66   69.66
8   Shaun White   26.66   67.66   67.66

SKI SuperPipe Women's Final
   Name   Run 1   Run 2   Run 3   Best Score
1   Sarah Burke   89.00   70.33   93.33   93.33
2   Jen Hudak   92.66   30.00   21.66   92.66
3   Jess Cumming   84.00   77.00   40.66   84.00
4   Roz Groenewoud   13.33   72.66   81.00   81.00
5   Virginie Faivre   79.66   63.66   74.00   79.66
6   Angeli VanLaanen   76.33   59.00   59.00   76.33

SNOWBOARD SuperPipe Women's Final
   Name   Run 1   Run 2   Run 3   Best Score
1   Torah Bright   83.66   91.33   8.66   91.33
2   Kelly Clark   88.33   29.33   24.00   88.33
3   Hannah Teter   81.33   54.00   83.00   83.00
4   Ellery Hollingsworth   47.00   70.66   47.00   70.66
5   Kaitlyn Farrington   39.66   62.33   66.00   66.00
6   Gretchen Bleiler   40.00   10.66   0.00   40.00

SNOWMOBILE Next Trick - Men, Final
   Name   Sled   Best Score
1   Dane Ferguson   901   100.00
2   Jimmy Fejes   903   0.00
2   Joe Parsons   700   0.00
2   Levi LaVallee   108   0.00
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