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After three consecutive days featuring bluebird skies and balmy temperatures, rain descended on the Lake Tahoe area, making a mess of the marquee event in the Winter Dew Tour.
The U-shaped superpipe, gleaming but dry and immaculate a night earlier for the ski superpipe final, was pelted by rain and sleet throughout Sunday afternoon’s snowboard superpipe contest at Northstar-at-Tahoe resort.
Yet, spectators showed up by the hundreds and watched red-faced and blue-lipped as the world’s premier riders rose above the slop and lesser rivals to claim top awards for the season-ending Toyota Championship and the Dew Cup superpipe series…Â More info