Burton High Fives

The Burton High fives went down last week and it was one of the sickest comps ever despite some rough condition the riders killed it with our own slope super star Christy Prior taking 3rd in the Slopestyle. The slopestyle was a little marred by weather but was still an incredible event and the top 3 results were as follows.

Mens

First – Emil Ulsletten (CAN) 50/50 to boardslide to fakie – switch tailslide 270 out – cab 270 to fakie – backside bluntslide 450 out – Frontside 900 – Switch backside 1260 – Frontside double rodeo 1080

Second- Darcy Sharpe (NOR) 50/50 to tailslide 270 out – boardslide – frontside 270 to regular – 50/50 backside 180 tweaked melon – switch backside 900 double nose – backside 720 nose- to doubletailgrab – frontside 1080 indy

Third- Yuki Kadono (JPN) frontside bluntslide 270 out – boardslide to fakie – cab 270 to 270 out – 50/50 backside 360 out – frontside 900 – cab 1260 – backside 1080

Womens

First- Jamie Anderson (USA) wallride – backside noseslide – backside tailslide – 50/50 backside 180 out – cab 540 – frontside 360 – backside 540

Second- Miyabi Onitsuka(JPN) 50/50 – 50/50 frontside 180 – cab 270 to regular – 50/50 frontside 180 – cab 540 – backside 360 – frontside 540

Third – Christy Prior (NZL) wallride – wallride – frontside boardslide – 50/50 backside 180 – cab underflip 540 – frontside misty 540 – backside 180 melon

The pipe was equally amazing and apart from a couple of runs most of the riders had clear weather and a perfect pipe.14 year old Chloe Kim proved that she is one of the most incredible humans in the universe tearing the pipe to pieces. A solid line up in the mens saw all manner of doubles and double over head tricks getting thrown down with among others Australia’s 3rd place getter Nathan Johnstone wowing the crowd with impeccable style and a full bag of technical madness.

Mens

Yiwei Zhang (CHN) – Frontside 1080 – Cab double cork 1080 – double cork 900 – backside inverted 540 indy – frontside double cork 1080

Seamus Oconnor (IRL) – backside air – crippler – backside 540 – frontside 1080 – haakonflip

Nathan Johnstone (AUS) – cab 1080 – frontside 900 mute – backside 540 – frontside 1080 – switch alley-oop backside 3

In the womens, Chloe Kim (USA) set the bar high for the women, sending a massive backside air into a frontside 540, McTwist, and a corked frontside 720 before finishing with an impressive corked cab 720, which earned a 92.60. China’s Xuetong Cai landed her last run with an 86.40 to put her in second place, and fellow Burton rider Hikaru Ooe (JPN) took third place with an 85.40.

“I’m really happy about how everything turned out,” said 14-year-old Chloe Kim, who finished second at the 2013 Burton High Fives. “When we came up here this morning the weather was windy and snowy, but turned out to be really good.”