September 5, 2008

Burton Australian Open 2008 Over


All photos by Dan Himbrechts

The last day of the Open was on today and the had certainly saved the best till last. The finals of the slopestyle saw Horgmo’s $7,500 AUD winning run getting way out of hand. His started with a fakie backside tail 270 on the downrail, into a switch 50/50 Cab 180 on the battleship, followed by a backside 720 melon, into a frontside 900 indy, finishing with a ridiculously big switch backside 1260 melon. Danny Davis landed 2nd place with a run that included back-to-back 900’s, riding away with $3,500 AUD. Eric Willet (USA) took home $1,500 AUD for his 3rd place finish, his run featured a switch backside 900 mute and frontside 1080 tailgrab. And I think some Australian’s competed but lost. Full results and photos below.

RESULTS

1 Torstein Horgmo (NOR) DC 90.33 $7,500
2 Danny Davis (USA) BURTON 81.50 $3,000
3 Eric Willett (USA) VANS 79.50 $1,500
4 Chas Guldemon (NOR) DC 79.00 $700
5 Kevin Pearce (USA) BURTON 78.00 $350
6 Mason Aguirre (USA) BURTON 77.67 $175

1 Jamie Anderson (USA) BILLABONG 96.17 $7,500
2 Raewyn Reid (CAN) DC 80.50 $3,500
3 Kara Rennie (CAN) NIKITA 63.83 $1,500

by Drew