Friday, February 9

2001 US Open Big Air Results

FreezeOnline.com

While the usual grumbling could be heard throughout the weekend, it is fair to say that Open's loose judging format was not truly tested until the big air, when Adam Schrab's switch double back flip 180 was knocked out in the second round by Phil Belanger's corked out 900 tail grabs--a far more stylie and unarguably less technical trick. In addition, Rex Thomas threw three different tricks consistently in the semis versus Boyd Easley, who threw the same rodeo nine all night. Still, the overall level competition as high as any in the sport's young history, and over 2,000 people braved the cold under the lights to check the gnar, yo.

US Open Big Air Podium. Photo: Freeze Online

By the time the beer had begun to freeze in the can, Tanner Hall added an Open victory and $6000 to his X Games gold and Huckfest first place with a switch rodeo seven. Boyd's rodeo nine got bigger and better, earning him second place. And Phil Belanger threw another podium finish into his weekend by corking that 900 tail grab out just enough to edge Thomas out for third.

Men's Winner Tanner Hall. Photo: Freeze Online

ESPN and ESPN2 will air the event during the following times(all airings are national and on Eastern Standard Time):

4/17/01 3:00-3:30pm ESPN
4/21/01 10:30-11:00am ESPN2
4/17/01 3:30-4:00pm ESPN
4/21/01 11:00-11:30am ESPN2

RESULTS 2001 FREEZE US FREESKIING OPEN VAIL, CO BIG AIR FINALS Head to Head Competition

FINALS

Best two out of three jumps

1 Tanner Hall X X 1st Place
2 Boyd Easley X 2nd Place

Consolation Round

1 Phil Belanger X 3rd Place
2 Rex Thomas 4th Place

Semi-Finals

1 Phil Belanger X
2 Tanner Hall X X

1 Boyd Easley X X
2 Rex Thomas X

Quarter Finals
One Jump

1 Phil Belanger X X
2 Dominic Legare

1 Peter Mehrof
2 Tanner Hall X X

1 Phil Larose
2 Boyd Easley X X

1 Steele Spence
2 Rex Thomas X X

Round Two

1 Phil Belanger X
2 Adam Schrab

1 Luke Schrab
2 Dominic Legare X

1 Peter Mehrof X
2 Mike Wilson

1 Tanner Hall X
2 Mike Schinke

1 Phil Larose X
2 Zach Paquette

1 David Crichton X
2 Boyd Easley

1 Eric Pollard
2 Steele Spence X

1 Rex Thomas X
2 Marc Belliveau

Jump 1

1 Mathieu Paquette 2 Phil Belanger X

3 Adam Schrab X 4 Andrew Woods

5 Luke Schrab 6 JF Cusson DNS

7 Dominic Legare 8 Evan Raps DNS

9 Peter Mehrof 10 Vinnie Dorion DNS

11Mike Wilson 12 Philou Porier DNS

13 DNS 14 Tanner Hall

15 Mike Schimke X 16 Mike Nick

17 Phil Larose 18 Nick Mercon DNS

19 Zach Paquette X 20 CR Johnson

21 David Crichton X 22 Jon Olsson

23 Matt Sterbenz 24 Boyd Easley X

25 Dash Longe 26 Eric Pollard X

27 Steele Spence X 28 Mickael Deschenaux DNS

29 Rory Will 30 Rex Thomas X

31Marc Brennen 32 Mark Andre Belliveau X

Qualifier Jump

1Mathieu Paquette X 2 Ryan O'Malley

3 Adam Schrab X 4 Eric Hjorleifson

5 Sage Heinz 6 Luke Schrab X

7 Dominic Legare X 8 Jean Francois Belisile

9 Peter Mehrhof X 10 Louis Larose

11 Michael Wilson X 12 Paul Cotter

13 Zak Fishkin DNS 14 Chris Delbosco DNS

15 Shimo 16 Mike Schimke X

17 Peter Mithoefer 18 Philippe Larose X

19 Zach Paquette X 20 Shawn Sullivan

21David Crichton X 22 Cody Burns

23 Jeremie Duchaine 24 Matt Sterbenz X

25 Dash Longe X 26 Chris Ashcroft

27 Steele Spence X 28 Dylan Goodspeed

29 Rory Will X 30 Nobuhiko Tamaki

31Marc Brennen X 32 Thomas Rinfret DNS

Alternates-----

Adam Schrab Iwabuchi Ryuti Greg Tuffelmire Sage Heinz Tony Quinn Joe Vallone Nathan Berkel