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If you want your summer to be more than just wishing for winter and dreaming about snowboarding in the best summer park, do what the National Slopestyle Teams from The United States, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Belarussia do - come to The Camp of Champions to ride and train in the best summer park in preparation the Olympics and X Games. For 25 years The Camp of Champions, with the only Olympic and X-Games caliber summer park, has been the place to ride, train and have fun in the summer. You can session with your pro coaches as well as pro guests. So many pros have chosen COC as their place to train for Sochi in 2014, that it will make your head spin. You’ll be riding with Seb Toots, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Mark Sollors, Torstein Horgmo, Antoine Truchon, Maxence Parrot, Alex Beebe, Rusty Ockenden, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain and so many others you won’t believe it.

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If you want your summer to be more than just wishing for winter and dreaming about snowboarding in the best summer park, do what the National Slopestyle Teams from The United States, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Belarussia do - come to The Camp of Champions to ride and train in the best summer park in preparation the Olympics and X Games. For 25 years The Camp of Champions, with the only Olympic and X-Games caliber summer park, has been the place to ride, train and have fun in the summer. You can session with your pro coaches as well as pro guests. So many pros have chosen COC as their place to train for Sochi in 2014, that it will make your head spin. You’ll be riding with Seb Toots, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Mark Sollors, Torstein Horgmo, Antoine Truchon, Maxence Parrot, Alex Beebe, Rusty Ockenden, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain and so many others you won’t believe it.

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In a few days time, Rosa Khutor, the host mountain for all alpine events of the 2014 Sochi Olympics will bear witness to its first ever freeskiing halfpipe competition, the FIS World Cup. Far from being prepared, Sochi and the surrounding area is a 24 hour construction zone. Check out this bizarre place and catch the first couple runs of pipe practice with Beau-James Wells, Jossi Wells, Byron Wells, Mike Riddle and Gus Kenworthy.

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News: One Year To The Winter O News: One Year To The Winter Olympics In Sochi

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PARK CITY, UT – One year out from the opening of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, U.S. skiers and snowboarders are scattered across the globe anticipating the opportunities they will face 365 days from now. The opening ceremony for Sochi is Feb. 7, 2014, with the first medal events the next day. The USA is coming off a Best in the World Olympics in Vancouver that saw 17 different skiers and snowboarders win 21 medals.

Venues in Sochi are undergoing final tests this month. Freeskiing and snowboarding athletes will compete in World Cup test events this month with U.S. Ski Team alpine racers conducting on-snow camps.

Successful alpine test events were held a year ago with ski jumping this past December.

Sochi will debut a host of new events including the inaugural appearance of women’s ski jumping, slopestyle snowboarding along with halfpipe and slopestyle skiing.

WHERE THEY ARE NOW?

Freeskiing

Freeskiers are coming off the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix where David Wise and Maddie Bowman swept to halfpipe titles. Athletes are preparing for the mid-February Olympic test events for halfpipe skiing and skicross at Rosa Khutor near Sochi.

Slopestyle stars Tom Wallisch, Bobby Brown and Keri Herman appeared live on NBC’s The Today Show Wednesday morning, Feb. 6.

“It's hard to believe the Olympics are only a year away!” slopestyle skier Tom Wallisch said. “It's really exciting and I hope that I am one of the lucky ones that will have the honor to represent my country. If you would have asked me a couple years ago if I thought our sport would be in the Olympics - it just wasn't on my radar. I am really looking forward to checking out Russia and this next year ahead. I am sure it's going to be a really fun roller coaster.”

Halfpipe skier Maddie Bowman is blown away by to opportunity.

“It's crazy to think that freeskiing is going to be in the Olympics,” Bowman said. “I mean, this is really happening and it's only a year away! Holy cow! The last couple months have been going so well for me and I hope that my skiing continues to improve and I can stay on top of my game. I will be keeping my eye on the countdown. I am looking forward to the next 365 days and the adventure my teammates and I are about to go on.”

David Wise, also a halfpipe skier, is excited represent his sport in the Olympics for the first time.

“The Olympics! Wow, only a year away,” Wise said. “It really is an exciting opportunity and something that I am looking forward to. Not just the potential to compete in the Olympics and all that comes with it, but the journey my teammates and I are about to embark on. It's going to be a lot of work, but this is a really special time in our lives and I am going to enjoy every minute of it - the good, the challenging and whatever comes my way.”

Snowboarding

Top snowboarders were in Laax, Switzerland, for the Burton European Open. Now it’s off to Sochi for halfpipe and SBX test events.

“I love my country and I really hope that I will be able to be on that Olympic team next year,” slopestyle rider Chas Guldemond said. “I have been trying to stay really focused and perfect my run, there are always ups and downs, but I am going to do my best to be there. I've never been to Russia and I hope that I get to be there with my team.”

Halfpipe rider Scotty Lago hopes to return to the Olympics in 2014.

“I had such a great experience in Vancouver - there was so much fun energy around the games,” Lago said. “And here we are, a year away from Sochi and all the guys are riding so well. It's been fun to watch everyone learn new tricks and ride together. The year before Vancouver had a lot of twists and turns and it all worked out well for me. I hope that I can continue to ride solid so that I have the opportunity to go to Sochi in 2014.”
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The Park The Hips - Snowboard The Park The Hips - Snowboard Part 2

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If you want your summer to be more than just wishing for winter and dreaming about snowboarding in the best summer park, do what the National Slopestyle Teams from The United States, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Belarussia do - come to The Camp of Champions to ride and train in the best summer park in preparation the Olympics and X Games. For 25 years The Camp of Champions, with the only Olympic and X-Games caliber summer park, has been the place to ride, train and have fun in the summer. You can session with your pro coaches as well as pro guests. So many pros have chosen COC as their place to train for Sochi in 2014, that it will make your head spin. You’ll be riding with Seb Toots, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Mark Sollors, Torstein Horgmo, Antoine Truchon, Maxence Parrot, Alex Beebe, Rusty Ockenden, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain and so many others you won’t believe it.

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If you want your summer to be more than just wishing for winter and dreaming about snowboarding in the best summer park, do what the National Slopestyle Teams from The United States, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Belarussia do - come to The Camp of Champions to ride and train in the best summer park in preparation the Olympics and X Games. For 25 years The Camp of Champions, with the only Olympic and X-Games caliber summer park, has been the place to ride, train and have fun in the summer. You can session with your pro coaches as well as pro guests. So many pros have chosen COC as their place to train for Sochi in 2014, that it will make your head spin. You’ll be riding with Seb Toots, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Mark Sollors, Torstein Horgmo, Antoine Truchon, Maxence Parrot, Alex Beebe, Rusty Ockenden, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain and so many others you won’t believe it.

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If you want your summer to be more than just wishing for winter and dreaming about snowboarding in the best summer park, do what the National Slopestyle Teams from The United States, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Belarussia do - come to The Camp of Champions to ride and train in the best summer park in preparation the Olympics and X Games. For 25 years The Camp of Champions, with the only Olympic and X-Games caliber summer park, has been the place to ride, train and have fun in the summer. You can session with your pro coaches as well as pro guests. So many pros have chosen COC as their place to train for Sochi in 2014, that it will make your head spin. You’ll be riding with Seb Toots, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Mark Sollors, Torstein Horgmo, Antoine Truchon, Alex Beebe, Rusty Ockenden, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain and so many others you won’t believe it.

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If you want your summer to be more than just wishing for winter and dreaming about snowboarding in the best summer park, do what the National Slopestyle Teams from The United States, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Belarussia do - come to The Camp of Champions to ride and train in the best summer park in preparation the Olympics and X Games. For 25 years The Camp of Champions, with the only Olympic and X-Games caliber summer park, has been the place to ride, train and have fun in the summer. You can session with your pro coaches as well as pro guests. So many pros have chosen COC as their place to train for Sochi in 2014, that it will make your head spin. You’ll be riding with Seb Toots, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Mark Sollors, Torstein Horgmo, Antoine Truchon, Maxence Parrot, Alex Beebe, Rusty Ockenden, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain and so many others you won’t believe it.

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If you want your summer to be more than just wishing for winter and dreaming about snowboarding in the best summer park, do what the National Slopestyle Teams from The United States, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Belarussia do - come to The Camp of Champions to ride and train in the best summer park in preparation the Olympics and X Games. For 25 years The Camp of Champions, with the only Olympic and X-Games caliber summer park, has been the place to ride, train and have fun in the summer. You can session with your pro coaches as well as pro guests. So many pros have chosen COC as their place to train for Sochi in 2014, that it will make your head spin. You’ll be riding with Seb Toots, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Mark Sollors, Torstein Horgmo, Antoine Truchon, Maxence Parrot, Alex Beebe, Rusty Ockenden, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain and so many others you won’t believe it.

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If you want your summer to be more than just wishing for winter and dreaming about snowboarding in the best summer park, do what the National Slopestyle Teams from The United States, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Belarussia do - come to The Camp of Champions to ride and train in the best summer park in preparation the Olympics and X Games. For 25 years The Camp of Champions, with the only Olympic and X-Games caliber summer park, has been the place to ride, train and have fun in the summer. You can session with your pro coaches as well as pro guests. So many pros have chosen COC as their place to train for Sochi in 2014, that it will make your head spin. You’ll be riding with Seb Toots, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Mark Sollors, Torstein Horgmo, Antoine Truchon, Alex Beebe, Rusty Ockenden, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain and so many others you won’t believe it.

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News: 9th Annual Squaw Valley News: 9th Annual Squaw Valley Prom Set For February 23

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Proceeds benefit the High Fives Foundation; a Tahoe-based 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting injured winter action sports athletes and CHARITYSMITH

(Truckee, Calif.) — High Fives Non-Profit Foundation and CHARITYSMITH will present the Squaw Valley Prom, Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. The event will take place at Squaw Valley’s Olympic House, in Olympic Valley, Calif. More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the event.

Bust out your Zink sunscreen, beachwear and spring break attire as the Squaw Valley Prom drops in 1990s spring break style.

“The High Fives Foundation knows how to put the FUN into the word fundraiser,” said J.P. Lagos, Heckler Magazine.

Purchase your tickets today for the premier High Fives Foundation event of the season before it sells out. Tickets will be sold through February 23 at www.squawvalleyprom.com for $100 per couple and $200 stag (single).

The event will feature world-class musical entertainment, a GoPro video booth, a bigtruck Headwear “Sew on Site” store, an Image Factory photo booth, and a costume contest for the best-dressed “radical 1990s spring break attire.”

The multi-level event will include two DJ sets featuring world-class entertainers wearing the latest KOSS headphones. During the event, headliner DJ Chris Clouse with Ryan Lucero, special guests Carlo, The Silver Boombox Thief and DJ Trick Master Fly will bring the heat to the1990s Spring Break theme.

“The Squaw Valley Prom is hands down the best party to hit Squaw Valley since the 1960 Winter Olympics,” said Clayton Kenney, Red Bull, Portland (OR).

A marquee event for the High Fives Foundation, the Squaw Valley Prom is entering its ninth year and has seen tremendous growth and exposure since its inception.

To date, the High Fives Foundation has assisted 34 athletes from 10 states in eight respective funding categories which include: living expenses, insurance, travel, health, healing network, adaptive equipment, winter equipment, programs and stoke (positive energy, outlook and attitude).

Thank you to the very generous and supportive sponsors: Title sponsors: GoPro, KOSS Headphones and Squaw Valley.

Presenting Sponsors: Red Bull (official non-alcoholic beverage) and Coors Light (official adult beverage).

Supporting Sponsors: bigtruck Brand, Volkl Skis, Northwestern Mutual - Ryan Williams and Dress the Part(y).

About the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation: High Fives Foundation is a Tahoe-based 501.c.3 non- profit organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for athletes who have suffered a life- altering injury while pursuing their dream in the winter action sports community. Formed as a way to “pay-it-forward” by the founder from his own recovery to help injured athletes, the Foundation has helped 34 athletes to date since its inception in 2009, more information visit www.highfivesfoundation.org

About CHARITYSMITH:

National Society of Memorial Funds is a public charity based in Menlo Park, California. Established in 1994, CHARITYSMITH serves to provide an efficient framework for the creation and administration of memorial funds. www.CHARITYSMITH.org
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If you want your summer to be more than just wishing for winter and dreaming about riding the best summer park, do what the National Slopestyle Teams from The United States, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Belarussia do - come to The Camp of Champions to ride and train in the best summer park in preparation the Olympics and X Games. For 25 years The Camp of Champions, with the only Olympic and X-Games caliber summer park, has been the place to ride, train and have fun in the summer. You can session with your pro coaches as well as pro guests. So many pros have chosen COC as their place to train for Sochi in 2014, that it will make your head spin. You’ll be riding with Seb Toots, Stale Sandbech, Mark McMorris, Mark Sollors, Antoine Truchon, Alex Beebe, Rusty Ockenden, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain and so many others you won’t believe it.

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News: Shaun White With The Win News: Shaun White With The Win In Men's Snowboard Superpipe Final

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The Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships marked the fifth consecutive year of a winter stop at Breckenridge, Colorado, and when it comes to Superpipe this location has provided multiple ground breaking opportunities for riders and spectators alike.

This year, Dew Tour introduced to the superpipe a cable camera that runs down the center of the pipe showing the rider’s runs from drop in to finish from the front perspective – a superpipe first that truly enhanced the viewers experience.

Directly following a snowy final for the women, the clouds broke and offered some sunshine to the men making for a feel good environment for everyone.

With past years in the back of everyone’s minds, Shaun White was a favorite to come in and take home another Dew Cup to add to his collection. However, as we saw in semi-final, White is human and occasionally slips an edge and with the stiff competition this event was truly up for grabs.

By the halfway point of the competition, Louie Vito had laid down an insane first run that temporarily put him in first place with a score of a 90.00 that seemed unmatchable. Then, White rolled in and everything for before went out the window as White nailed every wall with perfection and pulled out a 95.25 and the top spot.

White’s first run held true and carried him to the top of the podium and awarded him the 2012 Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Dew Cup. White’s double mctwist 1260, or tomahawk as White prefers to reference it, was truly the trick that set his run apart from the rest, as he was the only one in the lineup with it in his arsenal.

That’s not all, since White had secured a spot on the podium, and practically guaranteed a first place with only one rider left to go, White went for another trick that only he has in his bag, a double rodeo. Although he did not pull the double rodeo, he did take home the Dew Cup.

“I think that [the new single-stop event format] is great – the Bigger, the better! When you make it a premier event like that it sets it up for everyone to bring their A-game,” said White, still taking in his victory. Looking toward the future at the 2014 Olympics to take place in Sochi, Russia, “I started training a year ago, and this is all part of it. I’m just going to keep doing what I have set out to do.”Be sure to check back shortly for complete results posted below and a photo gallery posted to the top of this article.

Be sure to check back shortly for a photo gallery posted to the top of this article.

Results

1^st Place – Shaun White 95.25

2^nd Place – Louie Vito 90.00

3^rd Place – Taku Hiraoka 81.50

4^th Place – Christian Haller 77.00

5^th Place – Ayumu Hirano 72.75

6^th Place – Nathan Johnstone 66.75
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The Park - Pro Line First Jump The Park - Pro Line First Jump - Snowboard

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Riding the COC Park is like watching the X-Games or the Olympics go down right in front of you, and actually being a part of it. Seeing Seb Toots, Mark McMorris, Stale Sandbech, Matt Belzile, Torstein Horgmo, Mark Sollors, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Jody Wachniak, Antoine Truchon, Robby Balharry, Matts Kulisek, Brooke Voigt, Craig Gouweloos, Jake Fine, Jason Dubois, Jon Versteeg and so many other coaches and campers send it is amazing. There were a lot of “Best Day Ever!” quotes at the end of each day from campers and pros alike. Come to camp and take your game to the pro level and see why The Camp of Champions is the summer training partner of the US, Canadian, Norwegian, Dutch, Belorussian and New Zealand Olympic Slopestyle Teams.

Check out “The Park” in the Camp Of Champions albums and on the Camp of Champions App for your iPhone, iPad and Android device and peep the videos from 30 of the 80 features, jibs and hits in the park, to get a taste of how awesome the Camp of Champions Park actually is and how one session at The Camp of Champions can change your life and get you on track to live your dreams of going pro.

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Elias Ambühl Interview - Atomi Elias Ambühl Interview - Atomic Airtime

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Elias Ambühl loves to ski and was one of the first new generation European freeskiers to push the level on the international freeski scene. The wunderkind from Switzerland has had fantastic competition results all around the globe, pushing the level at every event he attends while always smiling and having a good time.

Atomic employees sat down with him in Zurich before freestyle.ch to find out more about his life as a professional freeskier, his opinion on the Olympics and what his plans are for the future.

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News: Keri Herman and James Wo News: Keri Herman and James Woods Win Historic Olympic Slopestyle Qualifier

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USHUAIA, Argentina – U.S. Freeskiing's Keri Herman (Breckenridge, CO) placed a check mark on history Friday, Sept. 7 with an FIS World Cup slopestyle skiing victory during the first 2014 Olympic Winter Games qualifying event. Great Britain’s James Woods took the win for the men. The top American male was McRae Williams (Salt Lake City) in eighth.

An X Games silver medalist, Herman won by a huge six-point margin to mark her first podium since 2011. Herman’s winning run: clean double kink rail, frontside 270, switch cork 720 bro-kang grab, switch 540, 360 safety grab, to a cork 540 mute grab.

Switzerland’s Eveline Bhend took second and Canadian Dara Howell came in third.

“This feels amazing and almost surreal. It hasn’t quite clicked in yet because I am so far away from home,” Keri Herman said. “It’s been a great week in Argentina and I had some time to figure out what I needed to do to win and I did it.”

The next chance for athletes to qualify will be Jan. 11, 2013 during the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, CO – part of the winter-long Sprint U.S. Grand Prix series.

Slopestyle and halfpipe skiing will make their debut at the 2014 Olympic program in Sochi, Russia. The Olympic qualifying period provides individual athletes with opportunity to achieve required international ranking in order to be eligible for Olympic selection and helps the USA earn the maximum number of nation's quota spots.

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News: Olympic Slopestyle Quali News: Olympic Slopestyle Qualifying Opens Sept. 7 In Argentina

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USHUAIA, Argentina (Sept. 5) – The 2014 Olympic Winter Games qualifying period opens Sept. 7 for slopestyle skiing with the first FIS World Cup slopestyle event of the season in Argentina. The sport will make its Olympic debut in Sochi, Russia. Among the U.S. Freeskiing athletes slated to compete are X Games medalist Keri Herman (Breckenridge, CO) and Emilia Wint (Denver, CO), who recently won The North Face Freeski Open of New Zealand. Also present are newly added U.S. Freeskiing Rookie Team members Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, CO), Annalisa Drew (Andover, MA) and Willie Borm (Chaska, MN).

"I’m really looking forward to contributing to setting the Olympic qualifying pace at Ushuaia," Emilia Wint said. "It’s going to be great to show off slopestyle at Sochi so that world can see what a fun and cool sport slopestyle and our community has always been."

The 17-month qualifying period provides individual athletes with opportunity to achieve required international ranking to be eligible for Olympic selection and helps the USA earn nation's quota spots.

"The FIS World Cup in Ushuaia, Argentina is the first Olympic qualifier for slopestyle skiing leading up to Sochi 2014," U.S. Freeskiing slopestyle coach Skogen Sprang said. "This is such an important milestone for the sport and its athletes. The next 17 months will surely provide a great show and an exciting race to the Olympic games."
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News: Kelly Clark Wins First O News: Kelly Clark Wins First Olympic Snowboarding Qualifier, Matt Ladley 4th

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Wanaka, New Zealand – Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) opened the 2014 Olympic Winter Games qualifying period for snowboarding with victory at the FIS World Cup halfpipe Sunday in Cardrona, New Zealand. Clark, who won double gold at the 2012 X Games, has won a staggering 19 of her last 20 contests. The New Zealand halfpipe marks the first event of the Olympic qualifying period that lasts for the next 17 months.

Clark fell in her opening run, but stomped a winning run of 83 points for a 2.25 point margin of victory. Clark’s winning run: frontside 720 indy, cab 720 mute-grab, frontside air, backside 540 mute-grab, to frontside 540 Japan-grab.

France’s Sophie Rodriguez was second behind Clark and Spain’s Queralt Castellet came in third. Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT) took fourth.

Japan swept the men's podium with Ryo Aono in first followed by Shuuhei Sato and Yiwei Zhang. Matt Ladley (Chicago, IL) was the top American malign also in fourth.
 
U.S. Snowboarding riders placed three men and three women in the top 15.  Scotty Lago (Seabrook, NH) was sixth, Kaitlyn Farrington (Bellevue, WA) took eighth and Benji Farrow took 14th. The 17-month qualifying period provides individual athletes with opportunity to achieve required international ranking to be eligible for Olympic selection and helps the USA earn nation's quota spots.  

"With my win and Hannah's [Teter, fourth] good finish, this is a great start to the season for the U.S." Kelly Clark said. "Falling in the first run is never ideal but I tried to look at it as an opportunity. That's exactly what can happen in major events. So it's good to get used to it and this kind of pressure."
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