The first stop of the 5-ring circus parade is going on RIGHT NOW went down December 10-12, 2009 at Copper Mountain with the US Snowboarding Grand Prix. We were not there because we hate the cold. No wait, that’s not it. We just were not there. Luckily, we are on the press list so we get the results the minute they are official (in a really annoying format with lots of extra things we have to delete) and so here’s everything. Guess what, people did double corks and Kelly Clark and Shawn White won. Yawn.

this photo: That tomato guy. Above: Andy Finch. Photos by Zak Shelhamer

12/12/09 Finals!

Men

1  WHITE, Shaun  47.00
2   VITO, Louie 45.60
3  BLACK, Zachary   44.10
4 AUSTBO, Fredrik  41.20
5  THOMAS, Jarret  41.10
6  BRETZ, Gregory  40.00
7  FISHER, Steven 39.40

Women

1 CLARK, Kelly 44.50
2 BLEILER, Gretchen 42.60
3 YAMAOKA, Soko 40.20
4 CASTELLET, Quera 39.50
5 HOLLINGSWORTH, Ellery35.80
6 SCHAFFRICK, Maddie 35.50
7 CRAWFORD, Holly 24.00

12/11/2009 Men’s Qualifiers

(video)

1 WHITE, Shaun 49.50
2 VITO, Louie 48.60
3 BRETZ, Gregory 45.70
4 DAVIS, Danny 45.50
5 CRAVEN, Dustin 44.50
6 LAGO, Scott 44.30
7 FISHER, Steven 43.30
8 THOMAS, Jarret 43.20
9 MITRANI, Jack 43.10
10 AONO, Ryoh 42.90
11 HOLVIK, Tore-V. 42.90
12 TETER, Elijah 42.60
13 REID, Charles 42.50
14 JOHNSTONE, Nathan 42.40
15 BLACK, Zachary 41.80
16 LADLEY, Matthew 41.60
17 AUSTBO, Fredrik 41.40
18 PEARCE, Kevin 40.90
19 LEMAY, Hugo 40.60
20 KORPI, Janne 40.50
21 ESSER, Brett 40.40
22 AGUIRRE, Mason 39.90
23 MALIN, Markus 39.50

12/10/2009 Women’s Qualifiers

1 BLEILER, Gretchen
2  CLARK, Kelly
3  YAMAOKA, Soko
4  SCHAFFRICK, Madeline
5   CASTELLET, Quera
6  HOLLINGSWORTH, Ellery
7  CRAWFORD, Holly
8  BIDEZ, Clair
9  TAYLOR, Palmer
10  FARRINGTON, Kaitlyn
11  BRIGHT, Torah Jane
12  ANDERSON, Jamie
13 CONRAD, Sarah
14  NAKASHIMA, Shiho
15  HAUG, Linn
16  BRAY, Juliane
17  SINCLAIR, Rebecca
18  HIGHT, Elena
19  PANCOCHOVA, Sarka
20   MARREN, Kelly