Hagerty wins Tour's slopestyle event
Carrabassett Valley's Jasper Tripp competes in the Revolution Tour's final leg of competition held at Sugarloaf. Here he soars in the half pipe competition held last Monday. (Sugarloaf photo) CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Chris Hagerty and Chelone Miller finished first and second, respectively, in the Tuesday, March 9 Revolution Tour slopestyle competition at Sugarloaf, while Allyson Carroll and Victoria Guinn took the top two spots in the women's competition.
Eric Beauchemin finished third for the men, and Danya Patterson took home the third and final podium spot for the women.
Hagerty's second-run score of 36.7 was good enough to secure him the top spot for the men, while Carrol jumped to the top of the podium with a second run score of 32.4. Riders were judged on two runs, keeping the best score out of the two.
Competitors enjoyed sunny skies and warm temperatures during the slopestyle competition.
The Revolution Tour is the top junior event tour in the country, featuring competitions in halfpipe, slopestyle and snowboardcross. The event brings together athletes from across the country to identify the top juniors. Halfpipe and slopestyle athletes 13 and older (snowboardcross 15 and older) compete together in an open-class event. The Revolution Tour is also used to qualify athletes for World Juniors, U.S. Open, U.S. World Cup, US Grand Prix, USASA Nationals and Project Gold camps.
Tyler Troy and Benjamin Farrow finished first and second, respectively, in Monday's Revolution Tour halfpipe competition, while Jessi Huege and Shelby Simpson took the top two spots in the women's competition.
Korean Jin-Wook Jung finished third for the men, and Allyson Carroll took home the third and final podium spot for the women.
Troy's second run score of 37.10 was good enough to secure him the top spot for the men, while Huege jumped to the top of the podium with a second run score of 35.90. Riders were judged on two runs, keeping the best score out of the two.
The halfpipe competition was the first of three separate disciplines that athletes could compete in at Sugarloaf during the final stop on this season's US Snowboarding Revolution Tour.
The final snowboardcross event was terminated due to the weather.











