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Show MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2008 • THE COLLEGE TIMES Sports B7 Photos by Ken Hoglund / College Times The World's best snowboarders, including Shaun White (left), gathered in Park City for the World Superpipe Championships. World's best snowboarders compete in Utah David Fullmer Sports writer The X Games come to Colorado for a week each year while Utah gets the World Superpipe Championships for a day. Fair trade? Not really. At least Shaun White prefers Utah over Colorado. "Utah offers so many more opportunities than anywhere else," said White, after he won gold in the Superpipe Championships. "Nowhere else really compares." White led a group of the best snowboarders and skiers from around the globe in the 6th annual competition on March 8 in Park City. White landed back-toback 1080s and had clean runs all day to win his second title in as many years. "This is so crazy. It feels like deja vu," said White, who was unsure if he would compete due to an ailing knee. Torah Bright won her third straight snowboard championship after trading great runs with Kelly Clark. "I'm always nervous when Kelly Clark is competing," Bright said. "It gets harder to win each time because in men's snowboard with Kelly Clark and Soko Yamaoka rounding out the women's competition. The winner of each competition took home a $15,000 prize with $8,000 going to second place, and $4,000 to third. Bright's plans for the future include training for the 2010 Olympics and eventually attending college. "Hopefully I'll have a hus- each rider works so hard to improve." The men's ski competition finished out the day with serious height and incredible tricks. Josiah Wells, of Australia, earned first place with a high flying 1260, while Canadian Justin Dorey took second, and Mike Riddle clinched third. Mason Aguirre and Janne Korpi took second and third band and kids somewhere down the road." She said. Shaun White's goals differ from Bright's. "I might make one of those Guitar Hero-type games," said the Red Zeppelin. "I'll call mine Garage Band." White also plans on getting back at Tony Hawk for giving him the nickname "Flying Tomato." 1 Parkway ...whore It's at! snowboarding Ken Hoglund Spons writer Snowboarding is a difficult sport when you think of the different elements that go into it, such as balance, speed, stopping and the occasional fall. Two snowboarders participated in this past World Superpipe Competition that is bringing the sport to a whole new level. Nicole Roundy from Bountiful and Keith Deutsch from Denver are above the leg amputees, which are part of the Adaptive Action Sports. Roundy lost her leg from cancer at the age of eight and Deutsch lost his Amputees Keith Deutsch leg while serving the coun(left) and Nicole Roundy _..i i . , .i ..h - try in Iraq. Using the IatJ Looking for a cool place to live this summer? Parkway Crossing is the answer! our two sparkling pools, two hot tubs, our p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e e v e n t s location your . \ . . . during the Superpipe ^ technology in prosthetic Championships, legs, the XT9, allows them to bend their knees and go oWt say rto! down the mountain comfortably . Jarem Frye created the XT9 a year ago and the xt-9.com website states "it is the only AK. prostheses that mimics the functions of the quadriceps in high activity sports." Roundy said, "Riding' with the XT9 is comfort-; able. Warm up was awesome and it is just great to be a part of an event like this." With riders such as Roundy and Deutsch amputees are being inspired across the nation. Lucas Grossi, the Winter Program Director for Adaptive Action Sports said, "The; program is picking up eachyear. We provide opportunities to make better people out of themselves through snowboarding" BASEBALL from B5 In the series opener, Utah Valley gave up six early runs it couldn't overcome. Aaron Brady suffered his first loss of the season after pitching 5 2/3 innings and allowing seven runs on 11 hits. In the final game Utah Valley failed to capitalize on a 13-11 hitting advantage. Dan Christensen suffered I Bring thlf coupon into the nwrwg«m*nt off tea I to 9«t your application f«« wav«dl Limit one (Mr furfur* ruittenf. 1130 SOUTH, OREMVT 840S8 431-0000 " | .-!•'* '*K the loss after giving up six runs on nine hits that included a five-run third inning. The Wolverines left 13 runners on base and couldn't make the plays when they had the chances. After loading the bases in the fourth, the Wolverines were in position for a big inning, but only one run crossed the plate. This week will be a welcome one for the baseball team as they play their home opener after 21 straight road games to begin the season. Utah Valley will play two home games against Utah in the next two weeks, starting; with the home opener March' 25 at 7 p.m. 1 |