Turski’s Dew Tour win wraps up a six-medal weekend for Canada
OGDEN, UTAH (February 12, 2012) – The 2012 Dew Tour wrapped up in Snowbasin today and Canadian Kaya Turski came away with a gold medal, the Dew Cup and the award for athlete of the year, which she shared with American Devin Logan.
Turski, who won the X Games two weeks ago and was also crowned X Games female athlete of the year, has had a perfect season so far, winning every slopestyle event she’s entered.
The Montreal-native had today’s event sewn up on the first run where she scored a 93.75. Anna Segal of Australia was second at 90.75 and Logan took the bronze medal at 89.00.
The slopestyle course in Snowbasin was fairly technical, with three rail features and two jumps. It’s the kind of course Turski loves. “The course really worked in my favor because I’m strong on the rails and I worked hard to get my rail game on point here.”
Turski, who didn’t have a slopestyle coach before this season, credits hard work and the resources that have become available to her since the Olympic announcement, from the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association and its partners as well and her main personal sponsor, Red Bull, with her results to date this season.
“I feel like all my hard work’s been paying off — in the gym and the summer and with my coaches and sponsor. It’s exciting to have it all pay off. And I work well with [my coaches] Toben [Sutherland] and JF [Cusson]. It definitely feels good to have people at the start gate cheering for you and people to consult on your run. Before I only had my friends, and they were my competitors, so it wasn’t quite the same.”
Huntsville, Ontario’s Dara Howell, the newest member of the Canadian National Slopestyle Team, was sixth in the semi-finals, just missing a berth into today’s finals.
Turski also finished on top of the Dew Cup standings with 200 points.
On the men’s side, four Canadians advanced to finals, but none reached the podium. The US swept the top spots with Nick Goepper in first at 95.00, Tom Wallisch in second at 92.25 and Bobby Brown third at 91.00.
The top Canadian was St. Boniface, Que.’s Alex Bellemare in sixth at 88.00. Next was Alex Beaulieu-Marchand of Quebec City in 10th at 70.00. Jamieson Irvine of Barrie, Ont. was 11th at 69.00 and Drummondville, Que.’s JF Houle was 12th after falling on both his runs, at 13.00.
Canadian men who did not advance to finals included: Vincent Gagnier of Victoriaville, Que. in 17th; Philip Casabon of Grand-Mère, Que. in 19th; Charles Gagnier of Victoriaville, Que. in 22nd; and, Alexi Godbout of Mont Tremblant, Que. in 24th.
Turski’s medal wraps up a six-medal weekend for the Canadian Freestyle Team, including one in aerials, one in halfpipe, three in moguls and one in ski slopestyle.
The National Slopestyle and Halfpipe Teams next compete at the Mammoth Mountain World Cup on March 2 and 3.
Freestyle action continues this week with back-to-back mogul NorAm competitions at Apex Mountain Resort tomorrow and Tuesday; an FIS World Cup Aerials event in Kreischberg, Austria on February 17 and a World Cup mogul competition in Naeba, Japan on February 18.
For more information or to schedule athlete interviews, contact Canada Freestyle Media Relations Manager Kelley Korbin at: kelleykorbin@freestyleski.com.
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Full Dew Tour results available at: http://www.allisports.com/winter-dew-tour/results
TOYOTA CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 2012 SKI SLOPESTYLE FINALS
1 Nick Goepper 95.00
2 Tom Wallisch 92.25
3 Bobby Brown 91.00
4 Chris Laker 90.25
5 Russ Henshaw 89.50
6 Alex Bellemare 88.00
7 James Woods 87.00
8 Joss Christensen 82.00
9 Andreas Håtveit 76.00
10 Alex Beaulieu-Marchand 70.00
11 Jamieson Irvine 69.00
12 Jf Houle 13.00
TOYOTA CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 2012 SKI SLOPESTYLE WOMEN FINALS
1 Kaya Turski 93.75
2 Anna Segal 90.75
3 Devin Logan 89.00
4 Emilia Wint 82.00
5 Keri Herman 77.00
6 Ashley Battersby 71.75
For more information or to arrange for interviews contact CFSA Media Relations Manager Kelley Korbin.
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