Sorry, we failed to post the exciting free skiing halfpipe results yesterday, but here’s the verdict from the halfpipe qualifiers and NOW the final results. I know what you’re thinking, the Olympics we’re last year. But believe it or not, they do this sort of thing EVERY YEAR, even when the rest of the world doesn’t give a shit about snowboarding.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
2011 Visa U.S. Halfpipe Grand Prix
Copper Mountain, CO – Dec. 11, 2010
Snowboard Halfpipe

Men
1. Louie Vito, Sandy, UT, 27.90
2. Luke Mitrani, Mammoth, CA, 26.70
3. Scotty Lago, Seabrook, NH, 25.50
4. Matt Ladley, Steamboat Springs, CO, 25.30
5. JJ Thomas, Golden, CO, 25.00
6. Kohei Kudo, Japan, 24.30
7. Kazuumi Fujita, Japan, 23.70
8. Zack Black, Breckenridge, CO, 22.90
9. Nathan Johnstone, Australia, 22.10
10. Spencer Shaw, Stratton, VT, 21.90
11. Brett Esser, Breckenridge, CO, 21.80
12. Ben Farrow, Mount Holly, VT, 19.90
13. Tore-V. Holvik, Norway, 19.80
14. Kosuke Hosokawa, Japan, 14.10
15. Broc Waring, Edwards, CO, 13.90
16. Greg Bretz, Mammoth, CA, 9.90

Women
1. Kaitlyn Farrington, Sun Valley, ID, 28.30
2. Kelly Clark, Mt. Snow, VT, 26.80
3. Rana Okada, Japan, 24.20
4. Soko Yamaoka, Japan, 23.40
5. Holly Crawford, Australia, 22.50
6. Queralt Castellet, Spain, 20.90
7. Ellery Hollingsworth, Stratton Mountain, VT, 18.80
8. Sarah Conrad, Canada, 18.10

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Men’s Halfpipe Qualifiers

1 HOLVIK, Tore-V. 26.90
2 MITRANI, Luke 26.80
3 WARING, Broc 26.70
4 BRETZ, Gregory 26.40
5 ESSER, Brett 26.20
6 VITO, Louie 25.60
7 BLACK, Zachary 25.30

Women’s Halfpipe Qualifers

1 CLARK, Kelly 27.90
2 FARRINGTON, Kaitlyn 26.20
3 HOLLINGSWORTH, Ellery 25.70
4 CASTELLET, QUERA 25.30
5 YAMAOKA, Soko 24.40
6 OKADA, Rana 24.30
7 CRAWFORD, Holly 23.90