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Last season Lib Tech and Gnu hit the road up the eastern seaboard shredding events and “the slopes” hard, bro. Preston Strout came along as an impartial observer and Tim Zimmerman shot the whole thing for a feature in Snowboarder Magazine. This is the footage of that tour. Classic grab the bros, grab the boards, grab the brews, film each other and see what happens! From Lib Tech’s Near Canada Open at Sunday River to Eastern Boarder’s Last Call at Loon with stops at Waterville and The Mike Baker Banked in between. Starring: Ted Borland, Brandon Reis, Max Warbington, Jesse Burtner, Gus Warbington and Sam Hulbert.
It has been twenty-seven years since halfpipe debuted at the Open and since then, it has reigned as one of the most iconic transition contests in all of snowboarding On Saturday, March 8, 2015, under sunny, blue skies, the men’s and women’s halfpipe finals at the thirty-third iteration of this iconic contst continued to provide a benchmark in style, trick depth, and progression. From first place men’s finisher Taku Hiraoka’s massive airs, to Arthur Longo’s styled out tweaks, to Chloe Kim’s first-ever 1080, and Kelly Clark’s three-peat, further solidifying her position as the rider with the most USO wins ever, it was an impressive day of competition. Enjoy the highlights in the 33rd Annual Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships halfpipe finals video.