http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports The latest hot topics, news and updates from the Action Sports world. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:32:43 GMT Clearspace 1.7.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2008-03-31T18:32:43Z http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports/2008/03/31/burton-us-open-snowboarding-championships The 26th annual Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships were held March 17-23 at Stratton Mountain Resort. The US Open is the final stop on the Burton Global Series and the spot where the best male and female riders are crowned, as determined by their best 5 results in the previous stops. This year Peetu Piiroinen of Finland and Torah Bright of Australia each took home the crown along with a cash purse of $100,000. <br /> <br /> In case you didn't catch the worlds best riders compete for the largest single payout in pro snowboarding last week, ESPN put together a highlight video for you with interviews and footage. Check out the video below and the results from the 2008 U.S. Open.<br /> <p /> <p /> <br /> <object width="440" height="361"><param name="movie" value="http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3315038"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3315038" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="440" height="361" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object> <p /> <p /> <br /> <b>Men's Slopestyle Results</b><br /> 1st Place: Shaun White<br /> 2nd Place: Tim Humphreys<br /> 3rd Place: Charles Reid<br /> <br /> <b>Women's Slopestyle Results</b><br /> 1st Place: Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas<br /> 2nd Place: Jamie Anderson<br /> 3rd Place: Jenny Jones<br /> <br /> <b>Men's Halfpipe Results</b><br /> 1st Place: Shaun White<br /> 2nd Place: Mason Aguirre<br /> 3rd Place: Kevin Pearce<br /> <br /> <b>Women's Halfpipe Results</b><br /> 1st Place: Torah Bright<br /> 2nd Place: Kelly Clark<br /> 3rd Place: Gretchen Bleiler<br /> <br /> <b>Men's Big Air Results</b><br /> 1st Place: Tim Humphreys<br /> <br /> <b>Women's Big Air Results</b><br /> 1st Place: Cheryl Maas snow snowboarding snowboard snowboarder ride winter vermont burton us-open sara-allen active-sara Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:38:39 GMT Active Sara http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports/2008/03/31/burton-us-open-snowboarding-championships 2008-03-31T18:38:39Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago 2 http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports/comment/burton-us-open-snowboarding-championships http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports/feeds/comments?blogPostID=7520