Winter X Games 13 Thursday Recap
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From: Winter X Games 13 January 23, 2009 |
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If last night’s performances were any indication, Winter X Games 13 is the year of the underdog. First, snowmobiling megastar and defending champ Levi Lavallee fell to Joe Parsons in Snowmobile Speed and Style. Then Xavier Bertoni came out of nowhere to snatch the gold from Tanner Hall and Simon Dumont in Ski Superpipe; The two haven’t lost an X Games pipe gold in five years. Finally, defending champion Torstein Horgmo lost out to Travis Rice in Snowboard Big Air.
SNOWMOBILE Speed & Style Final
1. Joe Parsons   ÂÂ
2. Levi LaVallee   ÂÂ
3. Cory Davis  ÂÂ

Men’s PIPE SKI finals
1   Xavier Bertoni    87.66   93.66   86.00   93.66
2   Tanner Hall   23.00   85.66   92.00   92.00
3   Simon Dumont   26.33   90.00   91.00   91.00
4   Justin Dorey   83.33   40.00   63.00   83.33
5   Colby West   75.00   79.33   19.66   79.33
6   Duncan Adams   70.33   20.00   74.66   74.66
7   AJ Kemppainen   66.00   72.33   15.66   72.33
8   Kevin Rolland   12.00   50.00   12.66   50.00

SNOWBOARD Big Air Final
Heat 1A  ÂÂ
Torstein Horgmo   67%
Andreas Wiig   33%
Heat 1B  ÂÂ
Mikkel Bang   8%
Travis Rice   92%
Final  ÂÂ
Torstein Horgmo (Switch Backside 1260)   22%
Travis Rice (Double Cork Backside 1080)   78%