Copper Mountain, CO - Snowboarding rookie Jaime Anderson (South
Lake Tahoe, CA) and Madison Ellsworth (Frisco, CO) took to the slope in
a huge way Saturday night, winning the Paul Mitchell Progression
Session at the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix presented by Sprint at
snowy Copper Mountain in Colorado.
The run was kitted out with a bomb
drop into a cliff style step down and finishing with a huge log stall.
The musical stylings of DJ Majai, who came out of retirement to perform
for the Progression Session, had the crowd and riders entertained by
fresh music.
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Anderson, who came to town to compete in the Progression Session, said
she was intimidated by the weather and course at first, but once her
fears settled she came out on top.
"It feels great. I'm so happy to come out here and ride. Everyone is
out here and having a blast so I'm stoked. It was a good time,"
Anderson said. "I was pretty scared when I got here, but I hit the jump
and it felt really good. This little feature [the log] was a little
scary, but everything was good."
Ellsworth had to beat out the men's heat, which was stacked with
talent, including last year's first Progression Session winner Tim
Humphreys (Basking Ridge, NJ).
"It feels more than amazing and I'm really happy about it," Ellsworth
said. "I was just having fun on the jump and it [the log] was
interesting at first I wasn't sure what to do or where to go but I
figured it out."
With the conclusion of the Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, the action
will return Jan. 29 - Feb. 1 at Boreal Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of
California.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
PAUL MITCHELL PROGRESSION SESSION
Copper Mountain, CO - Dec. 13, 2008
Men's
1. Madison Ellsworth, Frisco, CO
2. Harrison Grey, Canada
3. Sage Kotsenburg, Park City, UT
4. Dylan Alito, Evergreen CO
5. Tim Humphreys, Basking Ridge, NJ
Women's
1. Jamie Anderson, South Lake Tahoe, CA
2. Celia Miller, Breckenridge, CO
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